Growing and Baptism

It's so hard to believe Audrey hit 5 weeks old this past weekend already. Time really flies by when you are in a constant sleep-deprived stupor. Audrey continues to do great and is eating and growing like a champ. Amanda took her to a follow-up at the pediatrician yesterday, 10 days after our last visit, to make sure all was continuing on the right path with her eating and growth. She had put on a whopping 10 ounces in the past days and went from 6pounds 1oz to 6pounds 11oz. We were thrilled as an ounce a day was at the top level of what they described as possible for expected growth. Amanda and I can really tell just holding and looking at her that she is filling out and growing. She is also starting to become more awake and vocal which we find refreshing. Being premature, on medication, and through surgery we felt like all she did was sleep. I think she must be realizing that she's going to have to start making some noise to hang in there with the constant levels of screaming and yelling coming from Avery and Ryan. I never imagined I would welcome the sound of a baby crying but with Audrey it is another feeling of normalcy.


Audrey was baptized at our church, Roswell Methodist, this past Sunday 7/18. We were lucky that one of our good friends had the spot reserved for her own daughter's baptism and let us know before officially giving it up so we could jump on it once she did. We were talking to the preacher beforehand in the Welcome Center area and gave him a recap of Audrey's story. During the ceremony he held her and walked her around the church to introduce her to the congregation. Doing so, he was telling everyone her story and he got a little choked up which caused me to get a little teary-eyed as well. It was certainly one of those moments that we found hard to imagine reaching but there we all were. The ceremony was really nice and Audrey did great.


We're looking forward to going back to the EP doctor's visit on next Tuesday to take a detailed look at how her heart is doing and if there is any changes to be made. They mentioned that there is a good chance we will modify the pacer rate settings to be a little lower as she is growing.


- Mark




Audrey at 5 weeks...

All five of us...

Baptism...

With Audrey's cousin, Katherine...

A big Yawn...