Hipstamatic Friday

A smiling happy Baby Monkey

Today

Baby Monkey found her thumb.

Look! Ahead!

This is big news even though it might not look like it to you. For the first three and a half months of her life Baby Monkey has only ever looked to the right. Always. No matter what creative method the nurses at hospital tried to turn her head to the left or straight ahead, it didn't work.

Not the toy placed to keep her head in place, nor the rolled up blanket.

In case you're wondering why she sleeps on her tummy, that's because she was on a monitor all the time therefore there wasn't the concern about SIDS. At home she sleeps on her back of course.

It's been a while...

a long while, and lots has happened. 

 Baby Monkey made a very early appearance on May 18th. Way too early so she spent a month in an incubator and then a few weeks in a warming bed before being allowed to come home at the end of June. That's one of the first photos of her with the drip still in place but without the breathing mask which she had to have for a few hours.

She was really tiny but not anymore, this is how she looks now. 

She sure does like her food and has gained enough weight so that she doesn't have to have the special formula for premature babies anymore. I won't say all is well but everything is a lot better.

Look!!

I wanted to do this for a long time.

It's a Baby Monkey!!

So much for my news for the week.