Dearest
Family!
Happy
Birthday, Connor, on Wednesday,
March 1st!
It
has been a busy & exciting week, with a few firsts for us! On
Tuesday,
we did our first training with full time missionaries.
President Wadsworth, the mission President & his wife, were
meeting in Bozeman with three zones. We did training with them over
Skype & felt it went well! We understand there were about
40 missionaries there!
Again,
this week, we were able to Skype with Aubrei! She is a Ward T&
FH Consultant, abt age 19, & is amazing! She shared an
experience that she had had with the Young Women in her ward training
them.
Our
supervisor in SLC was so excited to call us on
Tuesday &
share his experience with the Apps. He is also a consultant in
his ward. He'd had the inspiration to cast the image on his
phone to a TV beside the room where they usually help people with FH,
after Sac Meeting & during SS time. People would stop by &
ask him what he was doing. He had the opportunity to help
several find names in just a few minutes!
Several
nights this week we visited with Will Croft, helping him with the
Apps! He is very excited, & wants to get the members of his
Hardin branch involved. We also spent an afternoon in Cody,
visiting with the Hopkins, directors of the Cody Murals
visitor's Center. One of the highlights of the Center is the
Keyosk about Family History. They were wanting ideas &
exposure to the Apps, to see how this might be used there next
summer. They have Senior Couples called to serve there for the
summer & want them to help people in the Family History center
that is also located there.
Four
afternoons this week ladies have come & helped with the quilt!
It has been fun to visit! So appreciate their willingness to
share their talents!
Today
was a quieter day, spoke in the Lovell 3rd ward, then spent the
afternoon & evening at home. Dad has been fighting a cough,
so even took a nap!
Enjoyed
listening to a few BB games over the internet, it was regional BB
Tournament. Also are trying to review the Roots Tech
broadcasts which we missed the weekend we were in Bozeman.
There are some really special ones. President Russell M Nelson
& wife Wendy do one that is great! Here's the link if you
want to turn it on while you'r driving or working around the house.
https://www.lds.org/topics/family-history/familydiscoveryday/nelson?lang=eng&old=true
I
have also included Kirena's 10 week old report of Cozy & a photo!
Love
to all of you!
Ten
weeks old. 35 gestational weeks.
In
some ways I can hardly believe it's been so long. In others, it feels
like an eternity of hospital visits.
My
sweet Cosette changes almost daily. This stage of life is full of
growth, and it's so fun to see her transform from a preemie into a
newborn. She is nearly five pounds now (about 17 inches long), but
still wearing preemie clothing (small ones at that!).
We
had some small breakthroughs with her reservoir. Typically they
remove 10g per kilo (15-18 cc's of fluid), but three times in a row,
they hit 5cc's, and her fontanel started to sink. This means we
finally have caught up with her excess! They have tapped much less
over the past week in hopes she will need it less frequently. The
issue is not resolved, but we may finally have a handle on things.
This also means her head is looking more rounded and "normal".
It's a happy thing to see!
We
also began to introduce the beginning steps to bottle feeding. This
is a massive step for Cozy, and we are anxious to see if she will
have the capability to bottle feed. It may be weeks or even months
until we know more, but we will continue to help her stretch that
comfort zone.
Those
are about the only things to report. There's really no end in sight
as to when she can come home. Our biggest hope is that maybe she will
be transferred to a closer hospital so our family can be a little
less strained. We dream of the day you can meet your big brother!
