Guess What....I'm HOME!!! Griffin in his own words...

Did you think we had disappeared?!  Well, we did sort of disappear from our abilities to blog because the doctors let me go HOME!!  Do you notice anything different about this picture below? 

That's right...no more NG tube!!  What a relief!  The doctors kept telling Mama that one day it would "click" and I would be able to nurse around the clock by myself.  She really wanted me to come home and so it was hard to be patient, and I didn't want to let her down, so I was trying really hard.  Then, the day after our first blog post, it clicked!  Eating was so much more fun and easy all of the sudden, and no more having milk poured down my stomach - now I can taste and enjoy like you all do.  And a day later, I got to come HOME after 4 weeks and 6 days in the NICU. 

Mama and Daddy told me that I was going to love being home, but since I didn't really know what home was (since I've lived in an isolette for my first five weeks), I couldn't understand how great it really would be!  But let me just say...it's GREAT!  Mama thought you would like a brief update on the past week of my life at home and then she is going to get back to filling you in on the first five weeks of my life.  So since we've been home...

• I've made two trips to the doctor to make sure that I am gaining weight...and HUGE praise...I AM!!  I am now 5lbs. 10 oz!  That's a BIG improvement from 3lbs 4oz (what I dropped to just after I was born).
• After all of Mama's worries about me not being able to eat, I am now showing her that I LOVE to eat...all the time...and she is now worrying about what life will be like when I am a teenager.
• You probably won't believe this, but it's true:  Because of all the great tummy time the NICU nurses gave me in the hospital, I showed Mama on Monday during tummy time how I could ROLL OVER from my tummy to my back!  She couldn't believe it - five weeks and five days old - a new record!! 
• Our first week really hasn't had many other notables except that we are all learning a new schedule and how to function on a little less sleep than Mama and Daddy were used to before I arrived.  But I'm sleeping between 2-3 hours at a time at night, so everyone seems happy.
• OH and Mama says that I should mention what the doctor told us:  Because I am so small and still four weeks away from my actual due date, he told us that it would still be best to not get out and to not have many visitors so that I won't get sick.  That's hard for Mama but she wanted you all to know that she has loved getting your notes, texts, messages, emails, and calls.  It won't be too long before I am big enough and strong enough to venture out and meet everyone.  Until then, stay tuned for updates and pictures...