"So... I've been meaning to ask, but felt weird - how is your daughter doing?"
"Great! Pretty much normal baby stuff!"
"Really?"
"Really!"
It's a conversation I'll never tire of having... I can have it over, and over, and over again. It never gets old!

We're taking it as it comes, soaking it all up - and every once in a while, thinking about what a wild, mucked up summer it was. In a way, the entire summer/fall gets compartmentalized; neither Sara nor I think too much about the NICU days. Instead we are focused on normalcy, or as close to normal as having a newborn and a toddler can be!
I've been meaning to get a post up for weeks now - the next thing you know, Thanksgiving has passed and Christmas is almost upon us! Straight to the point here - Lily is still doing wonderfully... she now weighs TEN AND A HALF POUNDS - almost six times her birthweight! She is wow-ing her doctors with her neck control, ability to roll over, and visually track objects (like mom and dad!) from across the room, without our even making sound. She can see. She can hear. She can smile, and she can coo.
A while back - what seems like an eternity ago - I wrote a list of doctors' quotes on a very, very terrifying day. Today I can re-write the list - and these days are filled with much, much better days.
"You guys are really lucky. She looks great, you can't even tell she was preterm."
- Lily's pediatrician, at her first checkup
"That's unheard of, even for a fullterm baby at this age."
- Lily's pediatrician, on her rolling over from back to front on November 15th"I wouldn't write it down, but I've seen a lot of preemies, and this is going to clear up."
- Lily's retinologist, on what he thinks about her stage 1 r.o.p.
"I think you're holding a miracle in your arms."
- Lily's Neurologist, at her 5 month checkup
"She made it on the charts!"
- Lily weighing 10.5 lbs on her 5 month, 4 day checkup
Thank you again, everyone who follow's Lily's story this past year - for your support, thoughts and prayers - I've said it before, and I'll say it again - they worked a miracle!
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