*happy thanksgiving!

The Dianna family has had a great Thanksgiving day. Will's new NICU room has made all the difference in visiting him. Children's Hospital is so inviting and cheery and we are starting to see more & more familiar doctor, nurse, and parent faces every time we go. I will have some pictures of the holiday decorations there soon.

Here is his new room. This door will soon be decorated with his name. We'll have to find a little Christmas tree for his 1st Christmas too.

This giant machine with the screen in front of the isolette is the ventilator. It will be really nice when we don't have to see it anymore.

Today Will's nurse took pity on me and helped me hold him as well as possible without taking him all the way out of bed. I've done this before for other reasons; changing his blankets for example. It's basically the same position he usually lies in but lifted a few inches in the air. This time she raised the top of his isolette so there was nothing in between us and helped with the wires for the sole reason of me holding him. It was nice to get a sense of how he moves and how much he weighs. Since his head was not turned to the side the shape of his face was even different. His eyes were open the whole time. It was nice to get that time to connect with him.

Back to sleep.

This is the blanket we have covering his isolette to keep it dark -
a thoughtful gift from our neighbors.

Thanks to everyone for the great meal today! We wish we could have seen all our family near and far, especially the Diannas in Pennsylvania. We look forward to being able to bring Will to celebrate holidays in the future.

Here is Katie back at home wagging her tail to say
Happy Thanksgiving!

~Jody