a few milestones

1. Jasperina's milk came in Monday. It was the morning after several long bouts of inconsolable crying. We were sleep deprived, stressed out and panicked. I was worrying that we were not going to be up to the challenge because it is soooo very hard to listen to her cry and scream. It just breaks my heart over and over to hear her scream and cry for hours. So when Jasperina said "Milk!!" we cried. We really need a good sign and got one at just the right time. I don't cry much at all, so when my tears welled up I knew my life is now very different.

2. Lila is learning to burp and poop! Big stuff. That plus the milk equals much less crying.

3. Lila had a bit of jaundice and we have been using a bili blanket to help her metabolize the extra bilirubin in her system. She gets off the bili blanket today. (if you have not seen one of these in use they are bizarre, there is a unit kind of like an LCD projector with a hose coming from the bulb. the hose goes to a thin flat panel that emits an earie blue light. you put this "light paddle" on the skin. the light helps reduce bilirubin. at night with the lights down our baby glows blue - kind of like whatever was in the trunk of the car in Repo Man. i tried to take pictures but they didn't turn out).

4. Lila slept for almost 5 hours last night.

5. Lila gained 4 ounces in the last 24 hours.

6. Who says prayers don't get answered?

7. Jasperina has ankles again, the swelling from the c-section and birth is starting to go down.

8. Lila is starting to mimic expressions a little bit.

9. I'm starting to think we are going to be OK.