3 weeks old and more

Grandma Johnson's first time holding Ryder and Taylor's first
time seeing Ryder.

Mom Dad and Ryder

Bath Time

My smiley boy.
This is the head box.

Ok so I haven't updated for a few days and a lot has kind of happened with little Ryder. Lets just say Friday and Saturday nights were not his best nights. Poor little guy has had the stuffiest nose and they couldn't ever get any boogers out so he was having the hardest time breathing it was so sad and scary. Saturday night he weighed 5lbs 2oz yay bud he gained a pound that's awesome. Also on Friday and Saturday he had some visitors Aunt Jodene,Aunt Bridget Aunt Misty and Grandma Johnson came and saw him. Grandma Johnson got to hold him for the first time she was so excited. We decided to just let the grandmas and grandpas hold him right now. Mom it's our and Mileys turn this weekend :) His cousin Taylor got to come and see him on Saturday and she was just so amazed by how little he is and he's a pound bigger then when he was born lol but she was so cute. Sunday when we got to the hospital he had this weird round box over his head. But it's a good thing lol they call it a head box and it's like a humidifier. They are trying to get him less congested and what we noticed it has already seemed to help. He doesn't have the stupid nose oxygen in so it's nice they are hoping it will clear his nose and that he can wing himself off of oxygen. The downside to the box is we can't hold him whenever we want now because we really need to get him cleared up. So I guess it's not too bad because I really do want my little boy to get better. But last night after I fed him Clayt got to hold him and he was breathing so good without oxygen and his nose sounded so good so we are loving the box it is working great for him :) They are also going to start feeding him with bottles yay we need to get that darn feeding tube out of his poor nose. Ok so I will come in and breast feed once a shift and then they will breast feed him once a shift so it will get him working on the suck swallow and breath and then he can come home yay maybe just a couple of weeks or so we can't wait for that day. When we weighed Ryder last night he was 5lbs 3oz he's growing like a weed lol he is 3 weeks old today so crazy. Clayt says he's getting chubby lol he has a double chin and he says he's working on his third lol you can tell in his face that he has put on weight so he looks really good. We are so proud of you little Ryder your such an amazing little boy keep fighting.