BIG Girl!

Since we have been home from the hospital we have had weekly nurse visits, where they check to make sure Rylee is gaining & growing. She had been gaining weight pretty steadily, about a pound a week. Our last visit with the nurse was the last week of Dec, weighting 8lbs 4oz.

Much to our surprise Keith took her to the doctor over the weekend for her RSV shot, and she weighted 10lbs 11oz, WOW!! We couldn't believe it!! On top of that, they didn't have enough medicine to give her they only expected her to be 8lbs. So our preemie, was to big and couldn't get her shot!! That is Hard to Believe!!

She has made a huge jump from coming home in Nov, weighting 4lbs 15oz until now! What a big Girl she is becoming and we are enjoying every minute of it.

Our First Holiday Season

Thanksgiving was wonderful, we didn't go anywhere (which was nice) we had food delivered to us from family, a few light visitors made for a great first holiday home.

In the middle of Dec we had some professional photo done with Rylee for Christmas, Newborn pictures and first family photos too, they turned out great!! I have posted a few, but there are much more and will be posting them soon.

With the holidays fast approaching the doctors release us to attend family functions so we went to a family Holiday party, and we went to family houses for Christmas and Christmas Eve. We had a wonderful first Christmas as a family!

Rylee got tons of cute stuff from grandma's and grandpa's, not to mention aunts and uncles, cousins, and family friends. Wow she's only a few weeks old and already has it all.

New Years at the Perigo's was quite, we had my mom and sister over for board games & to ring in the new year. All and all it was a fun evening at home surrounded by the best people ever, Family!

Coming Home 11/24

We got the greatest news ever on Sunday Nov 22, that we might have our Turkey home for Turkey day! Much to our shock...we had a lot to do...or at least I felt like it. So that Sunday was a wonderful day to say the least. We where told that Tuesday would be the discharge day if everything went well the next few days.

So we where asked to stay in a special room with Rylee overnight, at Children's to get a feel of how home would be. So we packed our bags for our first night stay with our baby girl. It was a glorious night, with no sleep (cause we where up with every peep) but I wouldn't change it for the world.

We brought our baby girl home 11/24, a long over due day, 7 1/2 weeks after Rylee's arrival in this world. But still 4 weeks earlier then expected!! WOW!

She's getting so big

So baby Rylee is starting to fill out more and more, she is now out of the isolette and in a big girl crib, he weight is now 4lbs 1oz, and she is beginning to feed from a bottle.

I can't believe how far she is coming, we still don't know when she is coming home, but we know it is getting close. Please keep sending her your wonderful prayers, god is great at answering them daily.

March of Dimes

I am so glad I have always given to this organization, they have really done a lot for us so far. I guess you just never know when you will need something like this.

The March of Dimes Prematurity Awareness Day is Nov 17Th. Please help me show them support. I made a band in honor of Rylee, feel free to donate to such a great cause.

Here is the website www.marchofdimes/fightforpreemies

or the link to Rylee's band
http://www.marchofdimes.com/prematurity/b_new.asp?band_id=51089

Thanks so much for all your support and love while Rylee is in the hospital, we love you all very much, and great prayers are being answered all the time.

Our Little Miracle

Rylee Jo Perigo, arrived Sat Oct 3rd at 9:58 pm, she was delivered by emergency C-Section. She weighted 2 lbs and 8 oz. and was 15.25 inches long. She was 12 weeks early, she just couldn't wait to meet mommy an daddy and all her loving family!

She is at Children's Hospital in the NICU area, and we she will probably be there for a few months, they have told us to except her to be there until her due date, which was 12/21.

We are so blessed to have her in our lives, & she is doing very good, taking breast milk, she is breathing on her own, and a little bit of a wiggle worm, with an attitude. :)

BIG Thank you to everyone that has been praying for her, she is our little miracle!!

Rylee's Room

I know I said that I would put pictures up of her Room, so hear they are...sorry it took so long. Please enjoy, I know baby Rylee's gonna love her room.