More little updates

Saturday November 27th:
Our baby gained two ounces from yesterday. 3 lbs 4 oz These increases are phenomenal! We are approaching the mark of 1500 grams, this is the point when things are supposed to pick up pretty quickly. The doctor is having them test Ele tonight to see if she can hold her body temperature without any extra heat circulating around her. If she can hold it through the night they might graduate her to a crib! This is big news because a crib is one of the 2 requirements she has left before getting to come home. I'm hopeful she will do awesome. Oh and we got to give Ele her bath tonight. It was so much fun, partly because it helped with bounding, but mainly because it was fun to see how our little girl has her Daddy firmly wrapped around her little finger. As we started to go through the process of weighing Ele and then getting to start the bath he was so concerned about her getting too cold or not liking it. He kept wanting to hold her and it was really cute. In fact as I put her down to start changing her he kept on almost pushing my hands out of the way because he wanted to hold her to comfort her and let her know he was there. So note to self, he is totally smitten by our little girl and I might have to make sure he doesn't spoil her too much.

Sunday November 28th:
Another 2 ounces! And passing the 1500 gram mark. 3 lbs 6 oz 1525 grams. She held her temp through the night so they removed her little water bed and she has been holding steady all day as well. So this afternoon they will test her in the crib! If everything goes well then she can stay in the crib unless for some reason she stops holding her body temp. Which could happen but I have a feeling with how much she is gaining each day, if she can handle it these first few hours she'll be able to stay in her crib. We are going back tonight and can't wait to see our little girl graduated to a crib. Mainly I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone that is praying for our family and especially little Ele. She is so strong and has done so well and we know we are being blessed and many times carried by the Lord and the prayers being offered in our behalf. We are so grateful for the support that has been given to us and for how understanding everyone has been. Thank you so much for everything. I'll try and keep everyone posted with updates on this blog. Hopefully in the next little while things will really pick up and before we know it we'll have our little girl home.