Belated update

Hi everyone,

Sorry that it has been a while since the last update. Julia has been doing well, but there hasn't been much new news to share. However, she has now achieved a few milestones, so we wanted to share them with you.

She has finally learned how to drink from a bottle and now does so with gusto. She is able to finish her bottle in less than 5 minutes and even looks around for more at the end. This is great news, because this is one of the criteria they will use when they decide to let her come home. It is also great news as it means that she no longer has the feeding tube in.

She has also passed her "Car Seat Challenge" - this is simply that she must be able to sit in her car seat for 90 minutes with no problems. They want to ensure that when she goes home that you'll be able to safely transport her.

Today was also her first full bath. Up until now she has only had sponge baths. Unfortunately, we didn't have the good camera with us, so I was only able to grab a few pictures with my cell phone.

In any event, we'll be posting some more picture galleries, but for now, here is one of her without any tubes.

We'll post more soon.

Le & Mike