Davis meets his bisnonna (great grandma)

Thank You Danila

Davis modeling his adorable new bib hand made with love by his Italian cousin Danila.

Back to His 'Old' Self

After a tough week of the whole family being sick, we're trying to get healthy again.  We all got the same bug that Davis had, which gave us a bad cough and lots of congestion...no fun.  Luckily, Davis is back to being himself again and Mom and Dad are nearly there.  Since coming out of his sickness he has had a voracious appetite.  I don't know where he puts all that milk! As you can see from the pictures Davis is now smiling up a storm.  He has been very happy and is making a larger variety of sounds.  He is most interactive when you put him on the bed in our bedroom and loves the whale sounds on his soothing sounds sheep. He has been having a great time spending some of his days with Nana while mom is at work.  Davis has been showing her how to navigate the neighborhood on their walks and is working with her on becoming an expert in parallel parking.

Some good news and some bad

Well, Davis had a pretty good visit with the cardiologist today.  He now weighs 10lbs 10oz and is 23in long.  On the premature male growth charts, that puts him in the 40th percentile.  On the full term male growth charts he's in the 4th percentile, but at least he's on the chart!  The doctor and nutritionist both praised us for all our hard work and said he's looking great.  The bad news is that he has a cough that seems to be getting worse.  So he had 2 chest x-rays which showed a little fluid in his abdomen.  Dr. Jone didn't seem too alarmed by this but told us to give him an extra dose of lasix (which flushes out fluids) tonight.  His blood oxygen levels were also hovering around 80, which is too low (should be around 90).  She said this is probably due to him fighting this virus and told us to up his oxygen level for a while to compensate.  His two medication prescriptions were also raised due to his increased weight.  So we don't have to go back for another month, but now we're fighting off this virus which I seem to have also caught.  Chances are that Kelly will have it soon as well.  It was great to have both my parents at the appointment with us today and they provided lots of support.  When we finally finished up, we met Jason for lunch in the cafeteria which is always nice and we all laughed histerically together.  Davis was such a good baby throughout the entire day, and then slept through our lunch.  :)  What a guy.  So now we're just focusing on getting him feeling better and then long term, getting off the oxygen.  But no one seems to be in any rush to do that since it's really supporting his lung function for now.  Wish us luck!

Tomorrow is a big day

Tomorrow we have an appointment with Dr Jone, our Cardiologist at Children's Hospital.  This will be our first apt with her in a month, so we're excited to see how much he weighs, how long he is now, and how she thinks he's doing.  We have been working hard on getting Davis bigger, and feel that he's very healthy and happy lately.  He's enjoying walks around the neighborhood in the stroller or the carrier, spending lots of time with Nana now that I'm back at work part-time, and he still loves his baths.  :)  We love the fact that he's smiling a lot lately and trying his best to talk, which is really a bunch of adorable baby noises.  It's almost as if he's testing out his voice to see what sounds he can make.  He's also making good progress in the sleep department and is currently waking 0-2 times a night.  He's slept through the night several times which is very exciting and we're hoping to see more of this as time goes on. Stay tuned for an update tomorrow!

Wedding Weekend!

 Not only was it a long holiday weekend but it was also Mike and Katie's wedding.  They are long time friends of the Kotas family, especially Zach.  Davis slept through the ceremony and most of dinner.  He woke up just in time for the party to begin.  Davis rocked out to the music and spent a little time on the dance floor.  He danced with Chris, who was going through withdrawal from being away from his little girl Lucy.  This gave Mom and Dad a chance to get in a dance together.  There was a photo booth at the wedding so Davis went in for some pics with the family.  Congratulations to Mike and Katie!

 

Davis napping in dad's arms during the ceremony

Sweet kicks from uncle Jason

Sacked out at the cocktail hour

Lots of Firsts

We just dropped grandpa Grimsley off at the airport and I think Davis misses him already.  We had such a great time while he was here and Davis had a few "firsts" as well.  We spent an overnight in Evergreen with Davis, which he had never done before.  This also means he slept in a big crib for the first time up there, and he did great!  I thought he'd have a tough time sleeping in the big crib since he has only slept in the pack n' play so far.  But he didn't seem to mind at all and kept to his normal sleep schedule.  The next day we spent the day at Evergreen lake and Davis seemed to enjoy our walk around the lake and then just hanging out on the park bench with us while we took turns taking out the kayak for a lap.  That night we took Davis to his first Rockies game too.  It was a huge day for Davis.  He did phenomenal!  We laid him on my lap, looking back towards me, and he starred at the huge bright lights while sucking on his pacifier for 8 innings.  What a champ.  He was perfectly happy and really enjoyed the night.  He definitely found the bright lights more exciting than the game, but that's ok...whatever makes him happy.  We finally swapped out his pacifier for a bottle (which Kelly had warmed under his shirt for a few innings), which he took happily and then he slept in the carrier on our walk home.  I couldn't be more proud of our little guy.  Tomorrow we're taking Davis to his first wedding here in Denver as well so we're hoping that goes just as smoothly.  We'll keep the blog updated as all this happens.  Wish us luck!