Josiah's 1st Halloween

This is Josiah's 1st Halloween....he dressed up as a newborn baby! =) Josiah & his mommy stayed home while Daddy took the girls out trick-or-treating.

It was too cold and Josiah was too young to go out trick-or-treating....so he & mommy stayed home together, all snuggled up....enjoying our time together.

Josiah & Mommy

This was taken the day I was discharged from the hospital. Josiah was receiving his tube-feeding at the time, but you can't see the feeding tube or the bottle of breastmilk/formula mix behind me that was in the process of going into his NG tube via gravity.

Josiah ~ October 21, 2006

The "sweet feet" of Josiah

Our little man...relaxed in his isolette in the NICU

Josiah & Mommy's hand

Josiah & Mommy's hand ~ taken after his second IV was removed.

Josiah ~ 3 days old

Mr Josiah @ 3 days old --- with his feeding (NG) tube in place. At this point, he was only about 4.5# but still has a double chin and quite chubby cheeks!

One Very Proud Daddy and One Lucky Son

Daddy & Josiah --- Prince Josiah was 15 hours old in this photo

"Kangaroo Care"

Josiah & Mommy doing "Kangaroo Care" (aka skin-to-skin contact). The NICU encourages this type of care as it helps the little preemies to regulate their body temperature and encourages bonding, etc. Josiah still enjoys this "Kangaroo Care" and is such a little "snuggle bug"! This photo was taken during the first time I got to hold Josiah...he was just over 14 hours old ~~ those 14 hours seemed like ETERNITY!