THANKS!!

We cannot begin to thank everyone for all of the thoughts and prayers for our family and especially for Nathan. Steve and I are doing our best to return phone calls and messages, but are having a hard time keeping up with so many :) We will be using our blog to keep everyone up to date with Nathan's progress...here are a couple pictures from Nathan's first 24 hours:


All bundled up :)


Nathan's first crib.


Sound asleep.

So Big :)

Over the past 36 hours, Nathan has made some great progress. He is no longer on the ventilator which was inserted down his throat (as seen in the pics) preventing him from making any sounds at all. They removed it this morning and replaced it with just a breathing tube through his nose. He is doing most of his breathing on his own which is GREAT!! Also, they were able to insert a feeding tube and Nathan started receiving Mom's milk today in addition to the nutrients from his IV. They will slowly introduce breast milk to him and eventually he will be able to feed from a bottle. He is now under a blue heat lamp to help combat jaundice. He's sporting some shades over his eyes and seems very relaxed. He'll most likely be under the light for a couple days. Overall, Nathan seems to be quite the fighter and is progressing with everything very nicely.