Back in Boise!

Welcome sign posted in Ayla's room at the Boise NICU- how sweet!
View from the Jet- on our way home!

Ayla inside her HUGE traveling isolette

Loading Ayla onto the plane!

Co-pilot- haa haa

Posing in front of the Portland 'Bat' Caves...maiden name is Batz so it was kinda funny!

The Elephant Museum

At the zoo!

At the zoo!

Sleeping Beauty....

Such a tiny hand!

View from the Sky Tram Deck

Big stretches & cute bows!

We rode the Sky Tram up and down- just for fun!

Where we spent 99% of our time....

Ayla and I flew back to Boise Sunday afternoon courtesy of the St. Luke's Air Flight Team- Dara and Linda picked us up and I was so HAPPY to see them walk around the corner at OHSU with that HUGE flight isolette in tow! It was a beautiful day up in the sky and we arrived back into the care of the St. Luke's NICU- relieved to be back home... Ryan had a head- start Sunday morning and arrived in Boise around 3pm. Little Ayla was a champ during the flight! She was absolutely starving by the time we reached the hospital as she had been 'fasting' for her flight- they didn't want a 'milk shake' baby!

The short adventure to Portland was a success- we are extremely grateful that Ayla's eye surgery accomplished what Dr. Lauer intended and now it's onto healing! She will be followed closely by Dr. Lee and likely will have vision issues but we are yet unsure of the extent. It's exciting to watch her grow and looking like a newborn baby (although she has been here for 3 months) she is almost 5 pounds! A very feisty 5 pounder too....