Cougar Town

Hello all! It's Saturday already...where has the week gone?

We just received an awesome package from the Martinez family since they just got back from Hawaii.....so jealous!!! This is one of the things they brought back for us:

When we got married in Oahu, we had similar ones made for us at the Dole Plantation. Now Kalista has one of her own! Thank you so much Uncle, Auntie, Alex and Aly.

Off topic: We found a picture of the pink foam lollipop after all (from our last blog post). Here it is...

We must say, she doesn't mind the foam swab if we keep it in her cheeks, but hates it when we run it over her tongue. Her milk stain is toward the back of her tongue and she has a bit of a sensitive gag reflex, so it's not so fun when we hit the wrong spot. Tongue + Swab = Retching (Bad news!!!)

Kalista is doing well and her belly continues to heal...the area of raw pink skin is slightly bigger than the size of a nickel now. Wahoo! Kalista has been gaining adequate amounts of weight and her dietician, Lora, is happy that the new ratio of formula, milk and rice cereal are working so well. She is now 11 lbs, 3 oz. Such a big, healthy baby!!!

In the past few days, we have taken to the play mat again with Kali. She does very well sitting up with minimal head bobbing and enjoys playing with her mirror and all the toys attached to it. We share the play mat with her six month old neighbor.

Her neighbor had the cutest shirt on yesterday that had a car on it and under the car it said "Cruisin' for Kisses". The nurses made a joke and called Kali and her neighbor "Cougars" since they are the oldest girls in the NICU C Pod. Just this week, Kalista has been cleared to play and visit with her neighbor. Our medical care team wanted to make sure Kali's thrush was completely gone.

Kalista has figured out how to soothe herself with her tiny hands. It is adorable watching her suckle and lick them. She smiles quite a bit more, but brings out the serious face and "what?" face most of the time.

Today we had to change Kali's NG tube since the cap broke off the end of it and of course, we took full advantage of her clean face. IT'S PHOTO SESSION TIME!!!

We brought in a new toy this morning...Mallory the Monkey...for Kali to play with. The stuffed hula monkey and Kali have become good friends...they are so cute together. Mallory made it into the photo session too.