Beautiful Eyes

Today Jolianne is doing better. The swelling in her face has gone down considerably. When I was visiting her today she was able to open her eyes and look around a little. I was a little worried when I saw that she was awake because she has been getting very upset when she wakes up and realizes that she has the breathing tube in. She didn't get upset at all today. Her heart rate was normal and her oxygen saturation's stayed up. (They had been dropping when she was awake) It was so awesome to see her beautiful little eyes again. She is a little over 6 1/2 pounds today. They had to move her feeding tube from her mouth to her other nostril because she keeps pulling it out. She really dislikes when she has tubes in her mouth. Jeremy and I like it better when she doesn't have tubes in her mouth also. She just looks so uncomfortable with her mouth propped open. I did notice that she has developed a small rash where one of her leads were attached to her tummy. The nurse said that sometimes the babies to get skin irritations from the leads. They reduced her ventilator down a little more again today to give her a chance to breathe more on her own. Jolianne and I have finished our fairy tale book and have moved on to Winnie the Pooh, we read one chapter every day. I hope that she likes the story. I already have our next book picked out. When I was a little girl my favorite Christmas book to read was called "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus". I found it online and ordered a copy for us. (You gotta love the discounts of buying used books!). I hope that she likes the story as much as I did. Maybe it can be the start of a Christmas for us. Ronnie has a book that I read to him every year also. It actually started out as Andy's Christmas book but he has gotten a little old for story time =). Ronnie and I have already started reading our Christmas book at the house. I can't wait for next year when I can share Christmas stories with both of my little ones. Who knows, maybe even Andy will sit in for a story or two!!!

Love,
Crystal