Emily is 7 months old!

Yesterday Emily turned 7 months old. Crazy how time flies. It's all a blur when I think back to those days when they were born and in intensive care for almost 4 months...wow. But Emily has made such progress. She is such a happy baby for the most part. She smiles and coos and "talks" back and forth with me. Madi sometimes says, "Mom, why are you talking like that to Emily. Emily can't talk!"

I can't get enough of her, and sometimes squeeze her a little too much. :) The last four nights she has slept through the night. Two nights ago I put her to bed at 8:30 and she slept till 8am!!! Almost 12 hours! Of course I woke up in the middle of the night a couple of times freaked out and made sure she was ok. It's always scary the first few times they do that.

The girls just adore Emily. And are always putting their faces right up to her. (These pictures were taken Oct. 28th.)
We feel so blessed that her eyes are now out of danger. Her ROP disease is completely gone. The doctor was pretty dumbfounded and just very surprised by the growth of her vessels, because at one point he was on the verge of sending her down to Salt Lake for eye surgery and then the next week, a miracle! Her bloodvessels started growing in the right direction, which is so rare. Only a very small percentage of babies born that early come out of ROP without treatment for it. We are so grateful for this blessing and for the opportunities that it will give her in the future. I am also grateful that I don't have to take her in every week to get "tortured" with the eye exams. They were awful, but obviously necessary. And many of the doctors that Ryan has worked with over the last few months in his rotations, have also said the same thing, that that is amazing. We feel very blessed and I can't thank my Heavenly Father enough!