Baby News

so today when i got to the hospital to see him he had a iv in his arm (which i knew that they were doing blood work) but he was going to need a blood transfusion because his blood count was low. the nurse let me know that the procedure was normal for preemies because they use up their blood cells to grow and eat and all. so at 430 he had the transfusion and it lasted for 4 hours. he missed a meal because of it so when we went there tonight he was not a happy camper. he was more then happy to get his food. we decided to give it to him through the tube since he had a long, hard day. tomorrow at noon we will try a bottle and then he gets his bath tomorrow night. he was so sweet tonight. he looked so different and just happy that he was getting food. he wasn't really smiling but he just had this look on his face like he was happy. it was cute.

New Pics

here are some of my favorite pictures of my little guy. here he is before he was in clothes.

and of couse here he is sleeping and he's always so peaceful and perfect when he's sleeping.

this one is of baby boy holding his daddy's finger. i just love it.

and here he is wearing a hat that our neighbor made for him. he wasn't very happy that we put it on him because he was ready to eat. as you can see he was chowing down on his hands.

Yeah For Baby!

he made it to 4lbs last night.

we are very excited.

keep praying though because he's struggling with the bottle thing.

Less Than 4oz To Go

that's right....as of last night little guy was 3lbs 12.5 oz. he only has 3.5 ozs to go before he is 4 lbs. well that might not be exactly right because i don't know how many grams are in an oz but still less than 4 ozs to go. we are very excited. i got to attempt a bottle with him yesterday when we went to see him in the morning and then i got to again today and then the nurse finished and got the whole oz in him. that's all he's getting at every feeding is one ounce. we go and see him tonight and he gets weighed again so we are thinking big thoughts. :)

20 Things (REVISED, again)

....i want to do this summer!

1. finish setting up the nursery
still working on this but it will be done before he comes home. it looks really good as of now though. i need to get his curtins and valance hung.

2. rent some good movies
so i've seen
you, me and dupree and ice age: the melt down
i've also seen
because i said so
the holiday
while you were sleeping (which i've seen a ton of time already but love it)
little miss sunshine
inside man
i watch a lot of movies since i'm still recovering and all.

3. go to the theater to see some movies
harry potter and the order of the pheonix

4. read some great books
i've read
reason and romance by debra white smith
finding noel by richard paul evans
sisterhood of the traveling pants by ann brashares

5. cook something new

6. bake something new

7. finish updating my photo albums
almost done with this task. i think i have to get through may and june and then i'll be updated.
still working on this but it will all come together.

8. have some friends over for a girls night

9. teach my nephew something new

10. spend quality time with my hubby

11. kint a baby blanket
i just finished it last night and it's so pretty i want to keep it for me. :)
working on another one.

12. finish kintting the stocking for my friend

13. have maternity pictures taken
these are coming up soon but they haven't been taken yet
so i never got these taken since he was an emergency delivery

14. finish setting up the house
i think that we are pretty much done here. we still have some boxes and stuff laying around but i'm really not to sure what we are going to do about that now. we really need to get some book shelves and we just aren't ready yet to buy them.
my mom and dad were huge helps with doing this. it looks great.

15. get some pictures hung in the house
this too. we still have plenty more but they got my kitchen looking great.

16. buy an album for little guys soon to be pictures
at one of my baby showers i got a scrapbook kit to make for little guy. it's a little scary to me to be doing one because i'm not all that creative and crafty when it comes to scrapbooking. i'm nervous to see how it comes out. i'll keep you posted on that one.
so i've done a page with is ultrasound pics, a page with a couple pics of me prego, and a page of me with him in the NICU and a page with his daddy and him in the NICU. they actually came out better than i expected.

17. plan a trip for next summer

18. take some good pictures
most of my pics have been of him and he's so cute that they are all good. :)

19. try out a new restaurant

20. deliver a healthy baby
again an unexpected event but aside from him being in the NICU and little he has all his body parts and organs so he's as healthy as he can be for being a preemie.

Baby News

so little guy is now 3lbs 9.4 oz. they are also attempting a bottle with him once a day. he's doing okay. he had the sucking down but he only swallows every 3rd time or so. they did increase his milk amount to 1 oz though so that's good. we were blessed last night to have the lactation consultant as his nurse so we were able to have some breast feeding questions answered. she was really great and we were so thrilled to have her with him.

Steps Foward and Steps Back

last night at weigh in baby boy was 3lbs 8oz. he's half way to 4lbs. while we were there he wasn't very happy and he had some spells where he stopped breathing. when we asked the nurse how many he had had, he said that he had about 6 that were recorded. (he was taken off the medication at the beginning of the week too.) so when we got there today to see him he was swaddled up and sleeping which made my heart happy and once i spoke with the nurse she let me know that they were putting him back on the medication that helps him to breath because he had way to many episodes. we know that the meds are the best for him and he needs then because he is still a preemie even though he is growing but be in prayer for him because we want him to be better in all areas, especially the breathing one. pray for me and m- too because it's really hard on us and we just need to be better at supporting each other and not getting frustrated with one another.

Big Boy

so last night i didn't get a chance to post sawyer's weight from his weigh in. he made it to 3lbs 5oz. we were very excited. but even bigger news is that tonight at weigh in he was 3lbs 7.2oz. aunt amanda, my sister-in-law, went with me and we were so thrilled. the nurse even weighed him again to see if it was right and it was. she said it could be a difference in scales and if he looses tomorrow then that may be it but i like to think that he actually did gain that much and that tomorrow he could be 3.8 or even 3.9. smiles all around.

Baby Update

so it's been a while since my last post but i wanted to let everyone know what was going on.
sawyer is doing very well. he's now 3 lbs 4.3 oz and on saturday when we went to see him he was in clothes. that means that he isn't depending on the incubator to keep him warm, he can do it himself. yeah!!! he has another weigh in tonight so we are hoping for 3lbs 5 oz, obviously. now we need to get him to 4 lbs, he needs to take a bottle for every feeding, and then they will move him to a crib and see how he does. then he comes home.

as for me...doing better. still sore, and they YI rash looking thing is better. i have two more pills to take on wed and sat and then hopefully it till be all gone.

Growing

just a quick post to let everyone know that last night at weigh-in sawyer weighed 2 lbs 15.8oz. we were so excited. we are going back tonight and we are hoping for a 3lb baby.