Hello! I know I should've started this blog a long time ago when I was in the hospital like Derek and Emily did, instead of forcing millions of emails upon the masses, but we were pretty busy and we really just finally thought of a fun name for the blog and one can't start blogging without a fun blog name... In any case, here it is at long last!

We had another recheck with the doctors at Children's Hospital on Monday and received another good report! Haley's Echocardiogram, EKG, and saturations all look good and are actually improving, not just staying the same, so that's great! Unfortunately her feeds have not increased along with her weight gain so we are now having to mix her formula at a greater concentration so she can get the calories she needs even if she can't take in the normal volume. An inability to take in an adequate volume is 'normal' for heart babies, as they tell us eating is like running a marathon for these babies and they just tire out before they can take in enough. They've been impressed that she's done so well on her own to date, and we've been thrilled, so we just have to accept that this is the next step. The one benefit to this is it will hopefully let me stretch my breastmilk supply out for longer, as they want us to mix her bottles at 3/4 formula and 1/4 breastmilk. They think it would be better for her to get smaller amounts of breastmilk for as long as possible, and it will also make the taste transition easier on her. (Normally formula is mixed to 20 kcal/ounce, and Haley's will be mixed to 24 kcal/ounce.)

Haley's 2 month birthday was on Tuesday and she weighed in at a hefty 9 pounds 8 ounces! In the last week and a half or so she has really started to fill out and has lovely fat leg rolls and elbow dimples - it's great! Unfortunately she's also had some colicky episodes, but hopefully that's just the transition to adding in formula and will pass as she gets used to the change. The most exciting news is that about a week and a half ago she has started to give us some giant toothless grins which are the cutest things ever! We all act like fools all the time now trying to elicit these wonderful smiles. :)

Alright - that's all for now. Below is a picture of Miss Haley-bug from today, modeling a onesie that Greg-O made for her at her baby shower! :) If I don't post anything else, I will try to post a new picture of her every day (or two)!