Pretty little face …

“Praise God from whom all blessings flow”… Grateful for Aurora’s progress. This week’s been big. Aurora was taken off the nasal cannula and so far has been doing good breathing on her own! She also got her feeding tube out…more like she ripped it out herself..haha (a very common Aurora move….girl’s been constantly pulling out feeding and breathing tubes since she’s had them…strong little grip/ confident little girl..saying.. "‘I got this…no tubes needed here’)…and then she kept taking her bottles so they didn’t have to put the feeding tube back in! AND we’ve even been able to allow Aurora to nurse once a day over the past few days. She mostly does bottles because of the added nutrients she needs to gain weight. She is slow at the bottles and needs some support but is doing it!

God willing if her progress continues we may get to take her home in a week or two! She just needs to continue to stay stable with her breathing, keep finishing her bottles , and start gaining some more weight! Right at 6 lbs now…hoping she can put on and keep on a few more!

She is 6 weeks today! We celebrate her progress, knowing the journey ahead is still long and full of hills, we are so grateful for where we are..and are longing to have our whole family together, to not be saying goodbye to one child to go see and be with the other!

Grateful for hopefully this sweet angel, with this pretty little face, being able to come home to us soon! We continue to wait and pray, and do our best to try living enjoying the little moments day by day. We often feel tired and worn down from the long days, but try to focus on our gratefulness and encourage and lift each other up. Its a beautiful reminder how we (any of us as humans) CAN’T (or were not intended) to do it on our own. We need Jesus and we need each other. His strength and the gift and care of community and relationships are what we all need and what we were created for.