Good Afternoon from a Sunny Maine.. Monday, 8/29/2011 @ 1:25pm

Hi, everyone!! We survived Hurricane Irene from North Conway, NH.  We weren't able to come up & see Gracie yesterday due to the tropical rain storm..and rain there was lots of it.  But we kept a check on her, as usual, by phone.  She had a great day! And Gary & I had a great day at the condo, we did go out a little bit.. hannaford's (got to have good snacks!); and tried to go to outlets, but they were closed. :(  Good movies on tv, though.  Well rested..just what we needed.

Anyway, today is a new day! And Gracie is doing great!!  She is off the ventiliator, and back on cpap as of 1:00pm!!  yea, Gracie!! We have our very well liked nurse, Margo; so she let us capture a few pictures of Gracie with no breathing apparatus stuck to her.  We got to see her very cute, oval face (like Daddy's! with my nose).. it was just such an awesome feeling to hold her with no breathing tubes on her.  I held her, daddy took a picture.  I snuggled her little face & kissed her.  Daddy very gently kissed her cheek.  lol .. it lasted just a few minutes, but a moment we will cherish til we can do it again.

Here's a pic from today:

Thanks everyone!!  We are in awe of our little girl!!

Love, Pattie & Gary, Gracie & Maxwell