Owen Mark Ricks

I finally got to see my little nephew yesterday. He was hooked back up to a bunch of stuff, but is back off it today. He's on a light-bed for his bilirubin. That's why it's all blue underneath him like that. His hair is so soft and fluffy! He is so tiny, especially compared to Clay. :)



Here he is holding on to his Grandma's pinky finger. Too cute.



Love him! We can't wait to get him home.. still no word on how long that might be, though. Hopefully soon.

**To clarify for those of you who don't know or who haven't read my Mom's blog yet, this is what happened with Owen.
Cristin was actually due to have him on September 18th, so he was approximately 5 weeks early when he was born on August 16th. He weighed in at 5 pounds, 10 ounces and was 16 inches long. At first his lungs were watered down and still premature and the doctors thought he might have some sort of infection. Fortunately, his lungs matured quickly and all his blood work came back clean. However, his new thing is that his heart rate keeps dropping to the 50s and 40s (should be between 120 and 180). So yesterday they had a ton of monitors hooked to his chest when I saw him. They also did an ultrasound on his brain (right through his soft spot) but that also came back clean. So far they don't know what's up with his heart rate dropping sporadically, but they are still testing the poor little guy. Occasionally he refuses to eat so they've got a tube up his nose going into his stomach for when he won't eat. He's already lost a few ounces, but that is normal for any newborn. Anyways, that's all the information I have so far, but I will update if there are any significant changes. Did I mention that he is dang cute?!