Day 68: Surprises for Christmas (with photos)

Loki's first Christmas was full of surprises for him and for us.


When I (mom) walked in on the day of Christmas Eve I did not see Loki's isolet in the room. If Margaret wouldn't have been there, I would have quickly decided that Loki had moved rooms. However, Margaret was there! In Loki's spot there was a big, blue crib with a tiny bundle of baby inside. That bundle was our little guy. As a four pound baby who is more or less able to keep himself warm, or at least to warm up after being cold, he has now graduated to an open crib. This is super, super exciting news. It is so fun to see him in an actual (hospital) crib. We can get him in and out much easier and it is so much easier to change his diaper. Margaret kept this surprise from me when I spoke with her on the phone, so probably jumped a few feet in the air upon entering the room. Margaret seemed about as excited as we are. I almost told Dad on the phone but the decided that the same walk-in surprise would be fun for him.


Next, we received so many wonderful gifts for Loki and ourselves. The most amazing gift was one from Nana in Indiana. She send us a quilt, made in 1979 by her aunt and great aunt. They made squares with the Dutch Boy pattern, which his commonly used by quilt makers. She wanted to make two quilts; one for Dad and one for his brother. However, the squares did not match up right. So, one quilt was made and then never used until Nana realized why there was never a clear purpose for this piece of art yet. Her Dutch boy just came about twenty years later in the handsome shape of our little Loki Sky! He fits in this quilt about hundred times, so he'll have to wait until he is a little older and sleeps in an actual twin bed, but we'll keep it safe and clean for him until that time. Santa Amber brought Loki a very cute set of frames for his hand and foot prints, which are so much larger than they were just two months ago!

Amber getting Loki ready for the night:


Then, on Christmas day, when I unwrapped Loki to change his diaper I saw his shoulder and was surprised that I did not recognize the white with red top he was wearing. As I unwrapped him further he was all dressed up in the absolute cutest Christmas outfit. Again another surprise from Margaret. Oh my, if Loki was candy I would have eaten him up at that moment, so very, very sweet and cute.

Dad was finally able to hold Loki and they cuddled up for a Kangaroo hold for about an hour, which seemed to very good for both of them. Loki was sound asleep and dad made sure to not wake him up. He was surprised about how much bigger Loki felt on his chest. You can not hold our little guy in the cup of your hands anymore.




Last but certainly not least, was bath time. Margaret showed us some of the tricks on how to give Loki a bath. I was able to give Loki a bath by rubbing his tiny body with soap and rinsing him off in a little tub. He tolerated this quite well, although he lost a degree in temperature, which is apparently common. I was not very fast as you can see in the video's dad will upload sometime later today. The whole process took about 30 minuted of nakedness and wetness without all the cozy, warm blankets wrapped around him. Loki received some "fly by" oxygen through a mask and did quite well with that. His coloring remained really nice and pink, despite the fact that he did not like every bit of his bath. It was a really wonderful experience and hopefully dad will feel confident enough soon to give it a shot as well.


Weighing 1925 grams now he looks so much bigger, not so sure about the bath though:



Most certainly a Christmas to remember; Thank You Loki, Nana and Margaret for being special contributors :-)