Today's Rock Star

was Kau'e. He has been knocking it out of the park with his eating's lately. Today during the 5 hours I was at the hospital with him he breastfeed 15 minutes (actively) and then took 27 out of 53ml of breast milk from his bottle, then at the 3pm feeding he ate the whole 53ml bottle of breast milk in 17 minutes. It was pretty amazing to see him be so active and alert while feeding; it made me so proud. It was pretty amazing to have this one-on-one time with him today.

Also, little Kau'e is gaining more and more weight. He now weighs 5 lbs and 12 oz, which is pretty impressive considering 12 days ago he was born and weighed 5 lbs 2 oz (10oz in 12 days)!

We love his little spirit and am grateful that things are slowly working in his favor. We just hope and pray that we can bring him home soon and start the home routine. It's just so foreign to not take your baby home with you when you leave the hospital and to be at home thinking/worrying about him in the hospital. We have some amazing nurses, angel nurses, taking care of him.

Pictures taken of Kau'e on Saturday 1-8-11 and Sunday 1-9-11. Current weight as of Sunday 1-9-11 is 5 lbs and 12 oz.