Cute voice

This child of mine



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Tonight I find myself asking... Why does my child keep trying to die? Ellas tubes were WAY more eventful than anyone would have liked. Her ENT said she did great getting the tubes, it took 10 minutes, she had an infection on the left (I thought so!)... then she stopped breathing, and had to be intubated. Once they thought she was okay they extubated her and she yet again stopped breathing and had a severe laryngospam (which closes the airway) eventually they got her re-intubated etc. etc. and after almost 2 hours she finally came out of the OR. During this time they discovered that Ella's airway is TINY. Much smaller than it should be, Dr. Meier also questions whether she has some type of lung disease so we will be seeing a pulmonogist for all of that. Overnight we had more fun and had "abnormal cardiac tracings" so we spent the day with cardiology. Everything turned out fine with that. We are now home, Ella is doing just fine. I need a drink.

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Happy Birthday Lulu

To my darling, spunky, unique, and loving little Lulu Happy 5th Birthday my princess. Ella is so lucky to have a wonderful cousin like you!

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soaking her head in baby oil. Cradle cap is my arch enemy!

still loves her baths

I love her profile!

5 months

Where has the time gone? My little beauty is 5 months old! She is getting very vocal and so smiley. She will now put her feet down to stand up. She is a wonderful baby. She is rarely fussy and basically sleeps through the night. She does usually wake up for a bottle around 5 am then will go back to sleep until around 9-10am. I adore her. As much as I would like her to stay little I have to admit she gets more fun everyday. I don't have new measurements but last I heard she was 9 pounds 10 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long. She still wears some of her newborn clothes especially pajamas and onsies. I usually use 0-3 month size clothes. My favorite thing to do is rock her and sing to her. She smiles and tries to join in. She gets her tubes on Monday (my singing may not be so great once she can hear it better!!). I love her. I know I am not biased, she is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen.

December 19, 2011

she is mine in a way that she will never be theirs, yet she is theirs in a way that she will never be mine...

Decemeber 19, 2011

Judia Wilson W.

will forever become

Ella Nicole Olson

Updates

Today we went and got surgical opinion #3 from Dr. Meier. He was GREAT! I love him! He will be putting tubes in on Monday. We will be leaving her adenoids alone for another year or so. While we were in the office they did a weight and length. Being a NICU parent makes you obsess about such things because previously that information was always current, up-to-date and available. Now I never know. She is a total fatty! She weighed 9 pounds 10 ounces (up from 8.3 a little less than a month ago) and she is 20 inches long (up from 18). She is doing great. She is trying so hard to "talk". I can only imagine it will explode after she is hearing better!
She looked so cute today. She had a onsie with a tutu attached to it. I was just about to take her picture and then I smelled her and decided to change her first. Guess what? It is really difficult to change a diaper with tutu lace everywhere. Needless to say I got poo everywhere. So after a nice bath ...

Couldn't be cuter, even with her tutu!