Coming home soon

Gavin gets to come home some time this week!!!

The night before he comes home we get to be apart of a program called Homeward bound. It allows us to stay at the hospital the night before he comes home. We get to have him in the room and do everything for him just like we would have at birth if it had been normal. It is really nice because if we have any questions or anything they will help in anyway they can. It is a really great idea. It also means that we don't miss out on that night in the hospital that everyone else gets.

We can't wait for him to be home! We are scrambling to get everything done at the house that we thought we had a month and some days to do. His nursery is done for the most part and we really like it. We decided to go for the theme of fish, so we have Nemo all over the walls, and green and blue as the colors!!

Just a few more days!!!!

Yesterday was a BIG day for the little guy, he made leaps and bounds.

• He got taken off of the lights for jaundice
• the IV fluids were removed
• he gets to wear clothes
  
• got his first bath
• his first bottle

Things are looking really good and he will hopefully be home sooner then we think.

Gavin is born

Well as some of you have heard our son was born!!!!

On Mon. night my water broke. Not exactly a good thing when i was only 33 weeks. The hospital that we were supposed to deliver at only takes babies at 35 weeks so we got transfered to Ball Memorial Hospital. I was then put on magnesium to slow contractions down, so i could also get 2 shots of steroids to help his lungs develop. Well the level of Magnesium that they gave me ended up being to much and at one point was considered toxic to me. I was pretty much a veggi. After 2 days of that they took me off of the magnesium on wed night and if i went into labor they were going to let me. Well by thurs afternoon i was 3 cm. Got an epidural and then another drug for nausea and that knocked me out. So when i finally kinda woke up i was good to go. Gavin was born at 9:35 he was 5lbs 3 oz and 19 1/4 in. He is in the NICU He is doing well and breathing on his own. Just a waiting game on when he can come home.

Right after he was born i was having problems breathing and it turns out that the magnesium caused me to get some fluid on my lungs and have to have ct scans and x rays and feel like crap for 2 days. I have to do respiratory therapy for awhile and i am on meds to clear it up. I am getting back to normal and finally got to come home. Thanks you for all the calls and congrats!! We really appreciate it

Baby Shower in Chicago

This past weekend my wonderful sister threw me a baby shower. It was wonderful!! Thank you so much Sis!!! It was my dad's side of the family and it was great to see so many of them since i don't get to go to the family reunion this year( to close to my due date). But we played funny games and had a good food!!!After the shower some of the men in the family came over and we had a cookout! My godson colin and his big brother also came and they had fun and helped finish off the cake!! Makes me wish all the family lived closer to each other but i guess 4 hrs will have to do!! Thanks again Beth!!
The awesome cake that had fantastic half banana filling and half strawberry filling!! Yum!!!
My cousin jennifer, me and my sister and some presents!!
The cute center piece my sister made with champagne and cloth diapers!! so cute!!

Happy Memorial Day WEekend!!!

So we have been really busy this weekend with both got to vist with friends we havn't seen in awhile which was great. I got to go to Ft. Wayne and see Than and Jen Presslers new little addition to the family. Andrew was also there and Jay it was really great to have all of us back together hanging out. And seening Than with his little baby girl was so great!!

My best freind was also in town from Cali, to see her new neice so i got to hang out with her one night. And thanks to her mother we have the first offical belly pictures. She also made me watch Juno cause she is convinced it is me. haha!!Brandon got to hang out with some frat brothers at the race track, and he also got to see some family at a little family reunion. I couldn't go so that i could see my best friend. But we finally get to see each other and have a little cookout with some other friends so it has been along weekend and very enjoyable. Hope everyone else had a great one too!!

May update!!

Well i know it has been awhile but nothing really has been going on.
My Mom and me went to Minnesota for a week. We had a great time, we went garage saleing with one of her best friends Mary-jo. We got so much baby stuff it isn't funny! I even got a Lay-z-boy! We also got to see my aunt and uncle which was nice. It was really nice to be able to travel and have a good time with my mom. Next year i will have a little man with me, that is just weird to think about.
I had another Ultra sound on tues, because the one at 20 weeks made the heart look like it was off center or crocked or something like that. Every thing has turned out to be ok and just fine. She said thought that it must have been the way he was laying. She did tell us he is still a boy! haha. He is also 2.6 lbs. Which apparently is i guess the average weight for 28 weeks and i am only 26. I guess that means he is healthy and a going to be a big boy. Other then that things here are going well. He is kicking alot and i am losing my belly button slowly but surely I think with in a week it will be an outtie.
p.s. maybe soon there will be a belly picture.