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Hi All -

How about an update from the NICU? Lila is still doing great. She is under the lights for the bilirueben (jaundice from being born so early and the extra bruising from being born face up) and wearing goggles to practice up for the slopes some day:). This is very normal for the age she was born so be encouraged and keep praying. We are nursing but babies this age need to be bottle fed until they are mature enough to have the stamina and coordination to be without one.

We are on a pretty good schedule... Lila wakes up right before each feeding, I take her temperature, change her diaper, nurse, bottle feed, burp, reposition in bed, I pump, and finally she gets kisses, I rest, and then we start over:)!

My mom visited today and again, I am so thankful for my parent's help in being away from home!

THANK YOU to everyone who has literally done a "clean sweep" of my house. I don't know how to describe how happy this makes me feel but one thing is for sure... we are truly blessed by our friends and family. I am thanking God for all of you. This whole situation is probably the hardest thing I have ever done and you all have made it better.

I better throw in the fact that this hardship is also the happiest I have ever been. Being a mother is the most amazing emotion I have ever experienced. With everyone's help and Lila's health under the circumstances, I can't help but feel unworthy of so many blessings, and what I have to say is that this is the definition of God's grace and mercy.

So now, sit back and enjoy Lila and see the house:).