Home 4 Weeks!

Faith has been home for 4 weeks.  She will be 15 weeks old (adjusted age = 10 weeks old) tomorrow.  As of this past Monday, she was still sleeping 3 hours at a time at the most and wanting to do it during the middle of the day.  On Friday night, she slept 4 hours straight from Midnight to 4 am.  Last night, she slept 6 hours straight from 10pm to 4am.  We woke up thinking something was very wrong but everything was just fine.  Wow, what a huge change in just a few days.  Here is to this continuing!  Sleeping so well at night makes her hungrier and less sleepy during the day time.  She is having a lot more happy awake time.  Mommy and Daddy are much happier too!  :)  Faith smiled in response to my smile for the first time yesterday and I cried with happiness.  She is now weighing 9 lbs. 11 oz.  She is definitely longer too because she out grew her newborn size clothes. 

Thank you for all of your love, support, and prayers.  Please leave us a comment!

With Love,
The Sunde's

Photos taken today by Aunt Sammy!

Photos 3/3/12

Look at those chubby cheeks! 3/1/12

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Home for 3 Weeks!

Faith has been home for 3 weeks now.  In some ways it seems shorter but in others it seems longer especially at 6am when she hasn't let me sleep all night.  She will be 14 weeks old tomorrow.  Since she was 5 weeks early, her adjusted age is 9 weeks old.  Plus, we have to to take into consideration all the time she spent in the NICU/PICU.  So far, she is acting fairly appropriate for her age or maybe just a little bit behind.  She still has her days and nights mixed up.  After a week of keeping her up during the day as much as possible, we were all very cranky to say the least.  It did not do any good to wake her during the day and not let her sleep much.  She was still up all night, not eating well at all, and cranky all day and night.  She is also colicky and is cranky because of that during the night.  We are hoping and praying the colic passes very soon and once it does we will work on a schedule.  For now, I sleep during the day when she does and am up all night with her.  It is still very difficult to get much sleep because she has appointments in the afternoon when I need to be sleeping.  This week is going to be rough with an appointment each day Monday thru Thursday.  Thankfully 2 of the appointments are at our house but the other 2 are downtown.  It is going to be a busy, exhausting week!


Thank you for your continued support and prayers!
With Love,
The Sunde's

Enjoying a swing! 2/24/12

Time Flies!

It is hard to believe that as of tomorrow Faith will be home for 2 weeks already.  She turned 12 weeks old on Monday.  She is doing fine but has her days and nights mixed up.  We are working on fixing that!  :)  She has had several doctor appointments and they have no concerns.  Mommy was sick for a few days and quarantined to our bedroom but is starting to feel better now.  Daddy had to take a few days off from work and rely a little more on Grandma Sunde than usual.  Grandma Sunde and Grandma Smith have been helping out a lot!  Faith still has a lot of restrictions on visitors because if she gets sick, it will likely land her back in the hospital.  So, for now, only GrandParents are allowed to see her.  Once cold/flu season is over and she gets bigger and stronger, she will be able to have visitors and start meeting everyone!
Please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers.  We pray that her brain shunt continues to work properly for a very, very, very long time! 
With Love,
The Sunde's