Pep Talks

Every night, we make our way back to the hospital anxiously anticipating what our little guy is up to. As soon as we have him in our arms, we give our little guy a pep talk. Our nightly ritual pretty much started the very first night he was born. I was brought down from recovery, and we got in a good chat before they wheeled me up to postpartum. Kevin's pep talks are THE BEST. They are consistently the same (which I don't think he realizes) and include how proud we are of him, what he's most excited to do with him when he's home, and (my personal favorite) telling Jamison of all the "good stuff" we've got for him at home. I love how excited Kevin is about our purchases. Haha We are just a little excited to be around this tiny babe.

Our most recent pep talks have been getting Jamison excited to eat on his own. He's been working so hard but being a preemie, he's not quite coordinated enough to get the suck, swallow, breathe reflex down. They're letting him try again once a day, and each day he gets better. I feel like I hold my breath the entire time, but he's doing just fine. He was pretty determined to arrive and I know he'll be just as determined to eat on his own. I've gotten better at not watching the numbers on his monitor all the time, too. (Major improvement for myself!)

Grandma & Grandpa Couch were here for the weekend and they gave some pretty good pep talks too. Jamison loved meeting grandpa and being snuggled by his grandparents. We even squeezed in a quick photo shoot during his weigh in one night. He was the best sport! He must be used to it because his mom is always in his face snapping pics. Thanks for coming, we love and miss you already! 

My favorite part of the day is when I'm with my little family having our nightly chat. I can't help but be so grateful. We love our growing little boy! 

Jamison is back in his "big boy bed" (the open crib). Not as comfy as his isolette, but he's doing just fine!