Day 19



Sleepy in his sock monkey hat

Today is Hayden's first Mother's Day and to celebrate the NICU gave me a card with a new set of his little footprints on it. Today he weighed 2 lbs. and 6 oz.!!! He gained two whole ounces in one day! He seems also to be doing better with his breathing because today he only had one incident where he stopped breathing; hopefully as time passes they will get less and less frequent. He is eating 19 mls. every three hours by pump and seems to be doing great. Also, he has started to be able to have more regular bowel movements all by himself. They also took off his body temperature sensor last night because he is getting better at regulating his own body temperature now. And one more big accomplishment.......BIG BOY DIAPERS! He has graduated to the next size up in diapers. I got to hold him tonight and he did pretty good. He had his eyes open and was looking around at everything. He was also smiling a lot tonight. We got some really good pictures with his new little preemie sock monkey hat that a friend made for him, unfortunately, it is still a little too big for him! He still looked adorable anyways and at the rate he is growing I'm sure he'll fit in it soon. Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there!! Keep remembering to pray for Hayden because he is doing so so well because of your prayers. We love you!

Tim, Hilary, and Hayden!