Yesterday, Sunday, at 8:07pm, Annabella turned ONE week old. On her mama's birthday, she made it to her one week anniversary. What a great present for mama.

We, went and saw Annabella yesterday, of course. She was doing pretty well, she's slowly stabilizing and her settings are coming down. The doctors tried her on a "conventional" ventilator but Annabella wasn't quite ready for that so they moved her back to the oscillator. They also have her under the "bilirubin lights", helping her process the excess bilirubin in her system - this is very common for newborns. She's getting a great tan - so much more than daddy.

Because Annabella is under the bili lights they have some sunglasses on her. They're grey and foam padded and actually quite big on her. They keep the light out of her eyes which is sort of strange because she hasn't opened her eyes yet. Or has she?

Saturday, right as I was saying goodbye, giving her a little kiss on her fuzzy head and giving my final pep talk, she tried to open her left eye. She opened it enough for me to see her pupil but not her iris - I'm expecting bright blue eyes. One of these days I think we'll get a little wink from her.

WINK