Venturing out of the NICU!

We had a really fun day today!! Our favorite NICU nurse let us bring Josiah to our room (unsupervised - *gulp*) TWICE today for a total of about three amazing hours. It was SO fun to get to hold him and spoil him a little bit. I tried to change my first diaper without the nurses there, and I think I used three diapers because he kept trying to pee on me! We had to change his clothes, blankets, and even his ankle bracelet after that incident.

Jason wanted me to feed Josiah cookies & donuts to try to fatten him up so we could take him home sooner...

Josiah & his daddy...notice that the cookies are closeby.

As for medical stuff, the little guy gained 2 oz. yesterday (according to his weight this morning), so he's back up to 5 lbs. Hopefully he will have gained a little more when they weigh him tomorrow morning. His bilirubin count was down slightly which is good, so they're going to skip a day and re-test him the next day (with the assumption that it will continue to go down). This is pretty cool considering that about 60% of all babies have jaundice, and preterm babies are at a higher risk for it. Also the little guy seems to have a little bit of a diaper rash. Here's what the nurses are using to treat it (no joke!):

We are continuing to try to be patient while we wait for Josiah to have the stamina to eat without the help of the feeding tube. This is not as easy as it sounds!

Thanks again for your thoughts & prayers. Oh, and if you could sneak in a prayer for Jason's final tomorrow, that would be great! :)