Picture of Avery

I recently came across this picture of Avery, right after she was born. They had cleaned her up and assessed her and taken her down to the NICU, where they hooked her up to a bunch of monitors and got an IV going (in her head). The IV was just precautionary in case an infection had caused my water to break early. It hadn't and when her blood cultures came back a day or two later normal, they were able to (painfully) remove the IV... well, the IV itself wasn't the painful part, it was the gobs of tape stuck to her hair. Also, she may look pretty chunky (which technically she was for a 6 week early preemie) but she wasn't. Once you could compare her to someone's hand, you could tell how little she really was. And she obviously was going to be a chunker, but the rolls on her skin you see were empty... it was weird. She was born right at the gestational age where fat starts to store up under the skin. Although the tight arm bracelet definitely makes her look chunky! :) I am so curious as to how Hadley will look - like Avery? Will she be chunky too? Or a peanut? Not too much longer! :)

Oh, and in case you never read it and are interested, here's the link to read about Avery's birth:
http://nothingtodobutwait.blogspot.com