Drew is doing much better today. His color is much better. (He's pretty fair skinned, so the picture doesn't show that. Compared to Monday though, so much more pink.)
He also was awake while I was there, which hasn't happened for a while. I love seeing those big eyes!!
He's taking is pacifier again as well. I am so grateful for that because with the tube in his mouth he's at risk for getting an oral aversion. If it gets bad enough, kids sometimes don't eat by mouth until they are 2 or 3 years old. He was liking his pacifier the last 2 days though, so I think it might have just been that he wasn't feeling well. He weighs 6 lbs 8 oz now, and is on his way to bolus feedings (eat and then wait instead of the drip) soon. The surgeon wanted them to start that.

Tyler is learning to mimic what we say to him. It's not clear words by any means, but he uses the same tones and similar sounds as we do. "Where is it?" is a common one. He's getting used to the routine that we've worked into the last few weeks. He slept through the night last night too!!! I was so happy when I woke up on my own at 6:30. It's pretty normal for him to wake up between 2 and 4 am these days.
Today he brought grandma Nina's shoes in the room and although it took me a minute to understand, he was saying, "Kitty? kitty?" because he wanted to go outside and find the cat. I love my boys.

I really enjoy reading all the comments too. Thanks for those.