Days 55 and 56

Our big boy now weighs four pounds! Can you believe it? We're so proud of him. He is doing really well in Level II NICU. Yeay Zachary! He has had one bottle every day this week and has finished each bottle in twenty minutes (which is the amount of time allotted). He's so amazing!

As a reward for being in Level II, the doctors are now allowing us to hold him whenever we'd like, providing his temperature is fine. We are so excited! Granny Marie was excited about the news too and she rushed right over to the hospital to hold him. We imagine that Grandma Marla will spend most of her next trip holding him too. Only a few more weeks until Grandpa Ted and Grandma Lynne come to down to meet him. There are so many family and friends anxious to meet our special big boy. Due to him being a preemie, we were told not to plan a big coming home party, but instead have a couple people over at a time. I think we need to buy stock in Purell hand sanitizer too the way the NICU doctors were talking.

Zachary is now 8 weeks old and is 35 weeks (corrected). We can't believe how quickly the last eight weeks have flown by and we couldn't be more proud of him!

Have a wonderful and safe weekend. Love to all!