How was your Wednesday? Ours was great!

My Wednesday update will be short and sweet as I am beat tonight!! Suffice to say it was another remarkable day for the super baby. His doc is absolutely amazed by his progress in the last 36 hours. She can't believe how quickly he's turned around, and I know it's because of everyone's prayers for this precious baby. The Great Physician certainly has his hands on Charlie!!

Today we had another major milestone as he got to nurse and take a bottle for the first time. He did a great job nursing the first time, but the other three times we tried, he was just too tired, so we gave him a bottle to supplement. His feeding tube and IV were pulled this afternoon, so now all he has is a small nasal cannula delivering some oxygen. That's it other then the basic monitors.

We held Charlie almost all afternoon and evening, and I even got to bathe him tonight. Boy did he need it...he was stinky after seven days without a bath. He did not enjoy it one bit, but he sure smells and looks better. And he gets to wear real clothes. Jason had fun shopping for him at Babies R Us tonight while I stayed at the hospital.

Here are a few photos of sweet Charlie from today.





Here's how I left him at 10 p.m. all snug and tucked safely in his bed.