And the scale says...

Kaelyn is doing AWESOME! We went to the pediatrician today and our little 1 pound 11 oz micro-preemie baby weighs 8 POUNDS-6 OUNCES!! She has been packing on the pounds like no other. She has almost gained 3 pounds since we brought her home....just over 1 month ago. They weren't kidding when they said she would do better at home. We're so glad she was able to get well enough to make that happen.

We also met with Early Intervention today and she said Kaelyn looked AWESOME! She has made progress in just two weeks since we met with her the first time. We're working on strengthening her neck muscles, so tummy time. She doesn't absolutely love it, but she's a great sport. We're also working on getting her to follow things with her eyes. She is sleeping really well, she'll eat her bottle at 10:00 pm and then sleep till 6:00 when I wake her up to feed her. I give her 2:00 am feeding via gavage. That way I don't wake her up and she can get her much needed rest.

As far as her heart goes, she's doing really well. Her oxygen needs have not gone up at all and she's even on less oxygen at home than she was in the hospital. We will be back to the cardiologist in a few weeks. They want her to be at least 12 pounds before they do her surgery, but if she continues to do well they will probably let her get as big as possible....whatever that means. :)

So I have a funny story. A lot of the time when I try to get her to look at me she will look away, and when I try and get in her view she continues to turn away. Its a fun little game I play and it always makes me laugh. So last night I was getting ready to go to bed and Wayne was like, "Ah, get that" as he pointed to something under my feet. The look on his face told me it was a critter, so I totally flipped out and then looked down and saw a big BEE on the floor right between my bare feet. I hopped around like a crazy lady and then finally killed it with my shoe because Wayne was sitting on the floor holding Kaelyn, so I knew I had to do it. So after I got my wits about me I look up and of course she is staring at me with this look on her face that said, "Really mom, really?" In which I replied, "Little Missy, you're not suppose to see me like that...now you know what a sissy I am". Needless to say it was a pretty entertaining night here at the Bonner house.

P.S. There are lots of new pictures on the picasa page. I just have to take pictures of her in all her cute outfits since we don't get to go out and show her off.

Here's what 8 lbs - 6 oz looks like.

Check out our matching bracelets Polly made us...she thought it was something to suck on if you can't tell

Notice anything different? She got to go without oxygen while mom changed her stickers. Her eyes just get bluer every day!