Sunday, February 11th - Kaia's comments

Toasting another transition! A successful move to Stapleton.

Ride 'em cowboy. Connor loves to help vacuum.
Lauren off her CPAP! Almost 4lbs!

Precious time with mom
Sweet little girl breathing well on nasal canula!

Wow - what a weekend. In a frenzied pace, we packed up and moved house over the past 3 days. We're almost feeling settled, but vicious colds (Grant, Connor and I are all sick) are slowing our progress today. Neighbor/friend Diana watched Connor all day on Friday so Grant and I could direct Amazing Moves (4 very fit guys and 2 trucks - how did we accumulate so much stuff??!!) to move us. They were truly 'amazing', as they didn't leave a nick or a scratch on any walls, they disassembled and reassembled all of our beds, and they literally RAN from the truck to our house inbetween loads.

Lauren made significant progress of her own on Friday as she transitioned from her Bubble CPAP (oxygen and pressure into her nose) to nasal canula (oxygen with no pressure, requiring her lungs to do more work.) When I went in to visit her for our kangaroo session on Saturday morning, she was awake. "Quick, let's try to nurse while she's so alert!" said her nurse, Erin. Amazingly enough, she latched on right away and began nursing!!! Everyone was absolutely impressed. Even Connor didn't nurse on the first try, but this little 32 week'er figured it out right away. It was so much fun to hold her without all of the 'headgear' required for the CPAP. She really felt like a normal newborn, and at almost 4lbs, she's getting there! I just loved staring at her beautiful little face. She just seems so calm and content when I hold her....I didn't want to let her go.

On Saturday, the Ft. Collins Nesbitt crew kicked into high gear, helping us unpack boxes, arrange rooms, run for food, etc. Matt, Julie (with the next baby Nesbitt on board, due in August!), Walker, Laney May all helped us break in the new pad. Patty May even stayed up until 1am getting our whole kitchen organized! Thanks Nay Nay!!!

On Saturday morning, we received our weekly cell phone call from my parents, who are currently traveling in India. It was great to hear about their adventures, their intense discussions with the other travelers and the exotic foods they're enjoying. They'll spend 2 more weeks in India and then head to Africa for more excitement! Thanks to friends Gerry and Fran Johnson, they are able to check this blog on a daily basis, and thanks to a satellite cell phone, we're able to chat with them weekly.

Today, we celebrate Lauren's 1.5mo birthday. Our sweet little girl has been in the hospital for 6 long weeks now, but we are so thankful for her amazing care. Unfortunately, she did have one setback today. Although she did pretty well on the nasal canula, she has been desatting quite a bit (low oxygen levels) indicating that she's working pretty hard to breathe. Rather than pushing her and risking her health, the docs decided to put her back on CPAP for another week. We knew this might happen, so we're not too disappointed. We'd rather not chase her health, and we'd rather have her truly transition when she's ready.

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Love,
Kaia, Grant, Connor, Lauren and Mugwa