Moving Forward

There have been some very exciting things going on with our little man. He now weighs 1550 grams/ 3 lbs 6.6 ounces, he has officially made the 1500 gram requirement for his surgery. He is scheduled for his bowel repair on Monday at 01:00 pm. We are preparing for it by having  an emergency baptism. We are able to have his godparents, grandparents, and us there to witness this event. His Godparents are Sarah Reynolds, she is his Tia, his Godfather is Ray Villarreal, our nephew. We are so excited that he is gonna be baptized.


Last weekend we started bottle feeding and breastfeeding. He did really great taking the bottle, but we are focusing on the breastfeeding. He will have no option but breastfeeding when he comes home, so that is the most important thing to work on. It has been a lot of work trying to keep up with pumping, and now both breast feeding and pumping, I feel so exhausted. He is starting to hit some milestones, but he will be taking a few steps back when he has his surgery. He will have to be vented (put back on the machine that breathes for him), when he gets off of that he will be on the cpap
machine, and then back to the cannula. This is what we need to do to get closer to coming home.

Gabriel's Tia Sarah finished his room for him, she hung up all his decorations and fixed my work. She and Grandma "Buela", Marissa's mom, Sebastian and Noah came into town for a visit. Buela cooked food for us, it is nice to eat something other than cereal and sandwiches, Sarah painted the guest bedroom and started our room. Sebastian and Noah brought the love and entertainment. We are so lucky to have such great family.