Day 41 - Without the tape!

Tristan had another great night last night, he slept the entire night, his apnea monitor did not go off at all and most importantly his color did not change again after those 2 incidents at 8:45 pm and 9:30 pm last night, this is a big praise! Tanner came home late this afternoon, he had so much fun spending the night at his friends house! And Tayden, he was so excited to see Tanner, he wouldn't leave him alone. After dinner we bathed Tristan and then Trayc said he needed to replace Tristan's feeding tube so before he put it back in guess what I got to do? I was able to kiss all of his little cheeks, rub all of his face and touch all of his little lips WITHOUT THE TAPE. See, he's had a feeding tube since the day he was born and the oxygen since Dec. 23rd so I really only get to rub his little forehead because his face is to tiny therefore between the feeding tube tape and oxygen tape, it pretty much covers every part of his face from his eyes down to his chine. I cannot put into words how I felt, it was so sweet to touch his soft little face and feel his face against mine WITHOUT THE TAPE. I was smothering him with kisses as I was telling him over and over "Mommy loves you so much, Tristan, and I am so proud of you for making it to Day 41, you're mommy's big boy", I'm just trying to enjoy every moment I can to love on our precious little boy, taking nothing for granted - even the fact that the tape was off. We took lots of pictures so we could see his sweet face and lips (see above picture) WITHOUT THE TAPE. Then, we all sat on the couch to watch the Jaguars and Patriots play in the Playoffs and for everyone who watched the game you know the Patriots won, oh well maybe next year! Please pray for Tristan's continued strength, please pray for his apnea to decrease, please pray for his color change and please pray for us as we face another new day tomorrow.