37 weeks

Today marks Olivia's 37 week gestational age! She got to celebrate by having individual attention from both parents :) phil kept to the normal schedule and was here yesterday afternoon and this morning and I switched things up by coming yesterday morning and this afternoon. I went back to class last night and then had a project to complete today that was worth 20% of my grade, so I decided it was in my best interest to be in brookings today! 
Olivia had an exciting night last night as she decided to take matters (well, rather her ng tube) into her own hands. And the little punk pulled it out! Phil had just finished holding her and laid her down and right after he turned his back, he heard her scream. When he looked, she had completely pulled out the tube and pulled off the tape from her face! The nurses put it back in (phil did ask if we could keep it out, even though we knew that wasn't going to happen) and thankfully it's on the other side of her face. So now we can all see her dimple (which phil is not very proud of.... according to the nurses this afternoon, he was showing her dimple off to anyone that walked in the room) :)
Today and yesterday, she has been pretty active. It just feels so good to see her looking around more and more. She remains at 30cc by bottle and 22cc by ng tube for 6 feedings. But today she weighs in at 5 pounds 9.2 ounces! She continues to look better and better each day. Since she is still having troubles finishing all of her feedings, a speech therapist is going to be here tomorrow to see if there is anything else we can do to help her finish. She also does not burp very well, so that could be another issue with the feedings. For her 8p feeding tonight, I was able to get her to take 23cc, which is the most she's ever done with me. 

So, we continue to give her love and spend lts of time snuggling with her!