GREAT NEWS!!!!!!

I want to start this update by first thanking EVERYONE for their prayers!!! THEY'VE WORKED!
Collin has made huge strides in the past ten days!!! Last Tuesday, at his clinic appt the doctor pulled his central line out! He weighed in at 18lbs, 6oz, and that same day he rolled over for the first time!! Now, he’s a rolling fool! The rest of the week went great as he learned to blow raspberries! haha The week ended with a great surprise from Grandma and Grandpa Nastase! Collin got a present in the mail, a new high chair!!! Yippie! This week has been going great as well! Tuesday, we went to clinic and Collin’s doctor said that it was time to start weaning Collin from his tube feeds!!! He has a two hour window where he isn’t attached to anything! I guess if you haven’t had a sick baby before it’s hard to understand how amazing it is to walk around your home holding your baby and not having to carry a pole with tube feeds or IV fluids!! :) Anyway, Collin has also taught himself something! He can now scream a bloodcurdling cry, then when I almost die running to him to make sure he’s okay he laughs! His arm strength is getting stronger everyday, can’t wait until he crawls! Please continue to pray! Love you all!!!!

Collin and his duck!

Sophia, Collin LOVES the duck you gave him!!! These pictures are from last night! We'll be watching the football game later today, Collin has a Nebraska jersey he'll be wearing! I'll update the pictures tomorrow. Have a good day, we love you all!!!!

Pictures from Collin's 6 month Birthday!!

Collin's standing up!

Collin looks VERY fat here!haha

Cute!

Falling!!!haha

Collin's into being upside down!

Baby Collin’s doing GREAT!!!! He’s 6months old and 18lbs!!! :) We went to clinic on Tuesday and he’s fluids are down to 350ml every other day! He’s also able to have 7 one oz bottles and can have 3/4th of a little jar of baby food 4 times a day!

Happy 6 Month Birthday, Baby Collin and Happy Grandparents's Day!

Collin-boy, I loved you before you were born!

I remember the call as if it were this morning;
Your beautiful mama calling to say you were growing inside her
She was excited and worried and happy and overwhelmed
Her big question? “Do you think I'll be a good mom?”

As I reassured her that she would be a wonderful mom,
Thoughts of you consumed me
I imagined you, tiny and growing in her belly and I couldn't wait ‘til we met
And I knew I was blessed, because I was going to be your Grandma!

You continued to grow and my love grew with you
Mama’s belly grew, too, and we loved every minute of the changes her body took on
I remembered my own belly growing with my babies and felt closer to her more than ever before
Your daddy loved you both so much and gave you tender, loving care, before you were born

I thought of the first time we would see each other
How you would be soft and tired from your journey
You would cry a little, but would be comforted by the love and touches of your family
How little your toes would be, like five little round angel kisses at the end of each foot

I wondered what your parents would name you
And what color would your eyes be?
Would they be brown like your uncles’ and Nana’s?
Or blue as the deepest sea?

I knew you would be beautiful, with a light to rival the Sun’s
I hoped you would have your Mama’s and Grandpa’s dimples
And a head full of curly hair!
Hair straight or wavy, I couldn‘t wait until you took your first steps and had your first hair cut!

I looked forward to reading you stories about the moon and pirates and dinosaurs
And together, making cookies and cakes and May Baskets galore
I could see you in your first Halloween costume
And on your first day of school

I envisioned sand castles and mud pies and “Midnight Walks”
I looked forward to your first pet
You losing your first tooth,
Your first love

Collin Matthew,
I loved you before you were born
And my love for you grows every day
I wish for you health, success and happiness in each and every way

Clinic update

Collin’s doing great development wise, he’s holding his head up, sitting with the a little help and can stand if he holds onto my fingers!!! He has yet to rollover but that is quickly approaching! He didn’t get a lot of tummy time because I was too scared to let him have it so his upper body strength isn’t as good as it should be. We’ve been doing tummy time 4x a day and he’s showing huge improvement. His legs are VERY strong!!! When he does tummy time he tries to crawl and ends up plowing his face into the ground! Hahaha, it sounds worse than it actually is! He has also started to scoot using his feet while on his back!
One of Collin’s favorite songs (only because it was one of the two baby songs I knew when we had him, hahha) is itsy bitsy spider so for Halloween he will be a spider!!!! The costume is soooooo cute!!! I can’t wait to take him out and get lots of pictures! Speaking of holidays, Collin’s birthday (march 9th) is going to be a celebration!!! We are going to have him baptized (rebaptized) in the morning and have his birthday following the ceremony and you all will be invited! I’ll make sure to send out formal invitations as soon as we get the details worked out!
Today, we went to clinic but Dr. Sudan wasn’t there so we’ve still yet to get a picture of him with his team!! Maybe next time!! The plan is to have his central line out in two weeks!! After the line comes out and he’s holding his hydration ok we will start to concentrate more on oral feeds and give windows (breaks where his continues feeds will be turned off)! The drs don’t think that he’ll have any problems in the future!! We’re feeling more and more positive everyday!! Thank you for your prayers!! Keep them coming!

Lots of Love,

Erin

p.s.
I just met and new couple (they remind me so much of Matty and I) that
are here for the same reasons as we are. Please say an extra prayer for them
too!

Hi!!! I apologize for not updating the blog in the past few day. Collin didn’t do so well with the peas. Since then we’ve tried carrots ( which he loved!) and Green beans! He’s liked both of those, guess he’s just not a pea man!haha Today, we went to GG’s house and Collin played with his cousins and other family members. Well, I don’t have much to say other than he’s doing great! Here’s a couple pictures!!!! Love you all!!!!