A Full Recovery

Last week Ava had another little infection.  Instead of the runny nose, congestion type of infection like her infection about a month ago, this was more of a respiratory infection.  She was more restless, needed extra breathing treatments, and even had to go on oxygen for a couple days.  However, we are so happy that she never required more support from the ventilator so while it wasn't a step forward, it wasn't a step backwards either.  We have now had two infections since being home from the hospital and we hope that these are helping to build up Ava's immune system.  We are also praying for a healthy winter.  We are doing everything we can to minimize the chance of infection and we will continue that....limiting visitors to only a few healthy adults, washing or sanitizing our hands ALL the time, continuing to be homebound other than walks and doctor appointments, the list goes on.  But all the doctors say infections are bound to happen.  Zack and I are willing to sacrifice our social lives and hand condition (washing hands 24/7 = cracked, dry hands) to fight those pesky infections as best we can!

Ava is now her normal self, as is Reese!  Ava is such a "chill" baby and Reese is such a "give me attention" baby.  Ava is rolling over to her belly all the way now even though she lays on one of her arms most of the time because she can't get it out from underneath her.  She's got some obstacles with her tubing too but we try to get them out of her way as much as possible.  She's also sitting up pretty well with a little support on her legs and lower back.  Reese is moving all over the place.  She does 360s on her belly so she can see everything that's happening around her, along with getting up on all fours a lot.  When she's on her hands and knees she inches around but does most of her moving by rolling, pulling, and pushing around on her belly.  She's also sitting up all by herself and only tips over every once in a while.  And of course, they are both keeping mommy and daddy extremely busy!  Enjoy the pictures below.  I tried to attach a couple videos but they weren't attaching.  Hopefully I'll have better luck next time!