Getting settled...

We are slowly trying to get settled into some sort of normal life with two children. When we got home on Thursday, Trista and Tiana had put balloons in our front yard and decorated the upstairs of our house, it was really nice. We had to do a little bit of shopping when we got home because we didn't have all of the baby stuff that we needed! The weekend went really well, even though I was a little nervous. Sophia was eating on her own and we only had to use her NG tube once over the entire weekend. We hoped that when we took her into the cardiologist on Monday he may tell us we can take the tube out. So we took Sophia for her first cardiology appointment and she did very well. She is now 7 pounds 5 ounces and 21 inches. They gave her an EKG and are going to wait until next month to do an echo. He seemed really impressed with her progress and he told us he will be monitoring her left artery to make sure that it grows as she grows and as long as it does, then we are good. He did make the decision to take out her NG tube since she was eating so well, Jason was a little nervous since she hadn't been taking her medicine by mouth, but I was determined to get the darned thing out! Now she is looking more and more like a normal baby, except if you take her clothes off. The cardiologist wants to check her weight a little more and we may be able to wean her off of her high calorie formula and on to just breast milk. She has been nursing more and more and doing very well. She is such a champ and she amazes Jason and I every day. Gabi is so in love with her and she has been such a big help. Jason is going to go back to work next week, but I won't be going back until September 2. For those interested, I will attempt to keep this blog up through Sophia's first birthday with updates on her and then thereafter I will do a Robinson family blog!