An Almost Perfect Night

It was a great evening. A mom from the MOMS Club brought an excellent dinner for us today and the four of ate together. Braydon shared some of his new and expanding vocabulary with words such as "actually", "automatically", and a couple others that are too big for me. Brody pretended to be Cookie Monster with his oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. However, his hair is getting long and he looks more like Animal from the Muppets. I got the boys ready for bed and spent about 30 minutes with each of them individually, first with Brody and then with Braydon. We read and discussed the day and hopes for tomorrow.

Dre went to visit Siena this morning and the report was that she is doing well. I went up tonight after the boys went to bed and fell asleep. The report is the same. The nurses and nurse practitioner talked about how tiny, mature, and beautiful she is. The pic line may be coming out in fewer days than attempts it took to get it in her. They may try to initiate bottle/nursing soon. Also, she is getting close to coming out of the isolette and being introduced to an open air crib. They never give exact timelines for these things, but all indications are pointing to new milestones and strong progress.

Aaaaahhhh, my little girl is just growing up so fast! :)

My time with Siena was so precious tonight. I held her close for awhile and chatted with her about her day and my day. We read some of the boys favorite books together like, "Guess How Much I Love You", "Wheels on the Bus", "Tumble Bumble", "Moo, Baa, La, La, La", "Sheep in a Jeep", and Precious Moments "My First Book of Catholic Prayers". Part of the time she had her eyes open and looked around and part of the time she was snoozing away. She felt so perfect nuzzled in my arms as we lounged back together.

Tonight was almost perfect . . . a wonderful family dinner, a relatively calm bedtime with the boys, and special evening of 1:1 time with Siena. I know I'm being greedy, but it will be perfect when she is at home with us.