Daddy's 30 today...

Today is Brad's 30th birthday and him and Dylan are having a great day! Dylan is weighing in at 4 pounds and 1 1/2 ounces now. He is eating 35 cc's every 3 hours, they are now alternating between breastmilk and preemie formula with iron. The reason for this is to give him extra protein and calories. Dylan this week has decided to pull his CPAP tube out 3 times. One time on Saturday night, one time on Sunday when daddy was holding him and one time last night when mommy got there. All of the times with out the CPAP tube or anything assisting him he was stating 100%. This is incredible, but the decided to still put the CPAP tube back in eventhough he was showing them what a big boy he is. The reason they put it back in is because his settings are on 9 and before they like to try the nasal canula they like the CPAP to be at 4. If they switched him right away to a nasal canula he could take a couple steps backwards if he wasn't ready for it and since he is doing so good they decided not to try that yet. Last night he had a hard night, he was up crying all night. So the nurse picked him up and held him for 45 minutes and the little stinker was fine. This makes us feel terrible that we weren't there with him because he is probably getting tired of being lonely and I am sure he is more than ready to come home. Still no time frame has been given to us but we are realistically thinking the end of January some time will probably be close to accurate. So Dylan is doing great, we put a Christmas tree in his room and Santa has already came to visit and brought him a book. So things are great, we are just growing, eating all of his food, breathing good and thanking god that his eyes and tummy are just fine! He had a bath the other night and daddy assisted with it, pictures to come! We love you Dylan and Happy Birthday Daddy!~