Monday night

Thank goodness for Grandma -- she went shopping, cooked us lunch and dinner, did the laundry, and had quality time with Matthew today!

Mattie isn't smiling at us quite yet (that's one of the two month milestones), but he's making a lot of smiley expressions, which is pretty cool. I think James is doing a bit of that, too, but of course we don't get to spend quite as much time with him.

Matthew didn't have his blood pressure check visit from the nurse today, because insurance hadn't authorized it. Hopefully this is just a miscommunication somewhere rather than the start of a big hassle.

The plan for James is to restart feeding tomorrow, with small amounts of the special formula given continuously. If that works, we will all be delighted and do a dance of joy. If he has trouble with that, though, then they'll do an upper GI study to make sure there are no additional blockages (although the surgeons don't think there are). They'll also look at his stool to see if his intestines are absorbing nutrients properly.

He seemed to be feeling okay when we were visiting this morning; we both got to hold him, and he was alert for a while when we first arrived. (Apparently he wanted to listen in on the doctors' rounds!) When we talked to the nurse a little while ago, she said she thought he wasn't feeling so good (a little irritable), but maybe he just had a long day. (He was getting a blood transfusion because his hematocrit was a little low.) Poor Jamesie, I just want him to feel better!