The Holliday Family » Add new tag http://chollida.com/blog The easiest way to stay up to date Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:49:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Reading’s hard, Lets view Photos http://chollida.com/blog/2009/01/20/readings-hard-lets-view-photos/ http://chollida.com/blog/2009/01/20/readings-hard-lets-view-photos/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:05:31 +0000 Chris http://chollida.com/blog/?p=15 Here are some Photo’s from the past 2 weeks:

With Dad

With Dad

 Here’s a photo of Ruby and dad.

As you can see, both of us have plenty of hair.

The white dot on the side of Ruby’s head is Velcro (TM) which helps hold Ruby’s shades onto her head.

Usually Ruby and Dad will have time together after she has eaten.

The astute among you may also see that I am sporting a pretty sweet mustache that was meant for Matt’s wedding.

Resting with soother

Resting with soother

 Here is Ruby sleeping.

She is sporting a wool touque, and fleece vest.

You can also see her holding her own soother with her left hand.

This is a very advanced maneuver and probably means she has more of her mom than dad in her:)

Wearing shades

Wearing shades

 Here’s Ruby under a UV lamp.Evidently almost all premature babies are deficient in something called “belly ruben” (sp?).  This has something to do with jaundice.  This condition has since cleared up

The white things on her eys are her shades.  I think they may be Oakley’s.

You can also see the IV in her head, I’m told that the head is often the easiest place for the nurses to find a vein to put the IV in.

The paste like substance on her face helps hold in a feeding tube that goes from nose to stomach.  The tube has since been removed.
Kent eating
Kent eating
 This is our cat Kent.

He has nothing to do with Ruby, he’s just on here because he is basically awesome in every way.

In this photo you can see his vertical black stripes in his coat.

I’m no vet but I believe these are racing strips and they help Kent to run fast.
]]> http://chollida.com/blog/2009/01/20/readings-hard-lets-view-photos/feed/ 1333 Ruby at one and a half weeks http://chollida.com/blog/2009/01/20/ruby-at-one-and-a-half-weeks/ http://chollida.com/blog/2009/01/20/ruby-at-one-and-a-half-weeks/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:34:14 +0000 admin http://chollida.com/blog/?p=10 Marla and Ruby

Marla and Ruby

Ruby is now almost 2 weeks old.  Some people have said that they have a hard time picturing what 2 lbs and 11 ozs looks like.

Here is a picture of Marla and Ruby on day 2.  She really is the smallest person we’ve seen.

I’ve gone back to work after taking 4 days off to help Marla.

Marla’s daily schedule consists of making a lunch time trip to the hospitla to feed Ruby for noon and 3.

Together we return for Ruby’s 6pm feeding and we stay for atleast an hour.  Usually Marla will feed and then Ruby and dad have a half hour of story time, though Marla has been know to hog Ruby and cut into my time with her:)

My work has been great in helping us.  They’ve let me work what ever hours I need to inorder to see Ruby, though considering I can work from home as much as I want that isn’t much of a difference:)

As far as we know Ruby will be at the hospital for atleast the next 3 weeks though it is still too far into the future to set a date with any amount of confidence.

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