it was a great weekend....

Cannon did great this weekend. He is still breathing all on his own and is doing great with it. He was breathing pretty fast at first, but now his breaths per minute are right where they like to see them. They even took the sticky things off his face that hold the cannula in place yesterday - that means they do not plan on him needing the cannula again. His feedings have been increased to 25cc's per feeding and they are now adding a calorie supplement to help pack on the pounds. He is still getting an enema every day to help move things along. When I asked the nurse about it she said it is very normal to have to do this since he should still be in utero right now he would normally not be eating food this early. His digestive system just needs a little help to get started. He is no longer receiving any nutrition through his IV so they took it out of his arm today. I am so happy about this because the IV was pretty big compared to his arm and they had all kinds of tape on it to hold it in place. It just looked so uncomfortable. They also turned off the humidity in his isolette since his skin is looking so good. He is down to just the feeding tube and the leads for his heart rate, oxygen saturation and respiratory rate.
This picture was taken a few days ago right after they took him off they nasal cannula. You can see that he still had the IV in this picture because of all the tape on his arm.

Charlie had a busy weekend. We spent lots of time with Cousin Roger. On Saturday, we braved Boo at the Zoo along with the rest of the city. It was crazy! Charlie wore his Paul Stanley costume which was a big hit. Everybody loved the wig and makeup. He had a great time getting candy and checking out all the animals.

On Sunday, Eric took him to the Boise Philharmonster. They got to play the instruments which is right up Charlie's alley.

Then they played in the leaves at Grandpa Rodger's house.

This time of year is so fun!