We have a request for more bath pictures. What do you think Camilla?

For the first time in 11 weeks, we did not go to the hospital.

Stretching out at home.

The ducky has landed! (Camilla in her car seat, preparing to go home)

Camilla keeps life from getting too predictable. She was scheduled for surgery at 7:30. They prepared her to go down to surgery, and the operating room called to have her sent down, but when her neurosurgeons got together to do the final review of her most recent ultrasound, they decided that she doesn't require a shunt just yet. Maybe she will need one, maybe she won't. Her hydrocephalus is still uncertain and unresolved. Camilla will keep us in suspense.

If she's not going to get surgery, then she doesn't need to be in the hospital anymore. This is both very exciting, and somewhat terrifying. She will do well at home though. We're still not certain when she will arrive, maybe later this week.

Today we finally went to the store and bought a car seat, crib, and all that other baby paraphernalia, almost 11 weeks after our baby was born.

No surgery today.

Camilla might be going in to surgery at 7:30 am; they haven't decided yet.

Everything is "mini" these days...

Happy 4th of July Camilla. Hopefully your independence day isn't too far off. (She's sitting in my orange winter hat, by the way. Someday, when she's older, she'll hate us for this...)

I like how she holds her pacifier.

Camilla hasn't needed the feeding tube since Thursday; all of her food comes through the bottle, or direct from the source. She also passed the 2 kg mark, weighing in at 2010 grams (4 pounds, 7 ounces).

It appears that Camilla's hydrocephalus is continuing to progress. She is scheduled for surgery on Tuesday, though it's not certain yet.

Camilla passed her hearing test. We were already pretty sure that she could hear though, since she jumped every time that the chair squeaked or I dropped the lens cap. Also, her most recent eye exam revealed that she has stage-one retinopathy of prematurity. Stage-one isn't serious, and for now they will simply check every week to be sure that she isn't advancing to the more serious stages.

Guess what...

Camilla is beginning to tolerate her mommy's kisses. She'll have to if she's going to "make it on the outside".