All Dolled Up

The NICU has a wardrobe of preemie clothes for little girls and Clara is now wearing "dresses".  These dresses may be smaller than most doll clothes, but they are really cute! The nurse dressed Clara in an Elmo dress yesterday and we brought in her first blanket (don't worry, Wilson got one too) to spruce up her isolette. Somehow these small touches make her seem more like a "normal" newborn. Chris promised Clara many shopping trips when she gets out of the hospital (consignment shops, of course).

Both Clara and Wilson are gaining weight. Clara now weighs 2 pounds and Wilson is up to 2 pounds and 5 ounces. Today Wilson's feeds were increased to 16cc's/3 hours and Clara's feeds were increased to 13cc's/3 hours. This is an all-time high for both of them! Hopefully they will tolerate such large amounts and continue to gain weight. Here is a picture of Clara in her new hat (to go with her new outfits) posing for the camera tonight! We didn't want this post to be the "Clara Show," but Wilson put his hands over his face and acted like he didn't want to be bothered.

Thanks to modern technology, we have at least one picture of what Clara might look like when she gets older. The high tech app,"Face Blender" helped us see into the future. We took a piture of each of us, uploaded the image, and the app automatically blended our faces together to project what our kids could look like. We are now accepting donations for the plastic surgery fund.  It's a good thing there is dentist in the family - look at that grill (Mom, that means mouth). Yikes!