Another Update...

Andrew is 5 Weeks Old!

In a way it seems hard to believe that we have been parents for that long already. But dont get me wrong, we are still REALLY ready to go home! We still dont know when that will be, it all depends on AJ, and how well he does with his breathing and eating.

He moved to a new bed on Saturday, this one is open which means he has to get used to all the sound, and keep his own temp. which he has been doing very well!

He also moved to another room, still in the NICU, but this one is for bigger, stronger babies. Here they have 1 nurse for every 4 babies instead of 1 for 2. It is also alot quieter in there because not all the babies machines are beeping all the time. :)

His breathing as really improved alot! He has been on the nasal prongs since last week Thursday and has been doing great. No more sedation for him cause he is so much more relaxed when off of the CPAP. From Sunday to Monday night he was off of everything, and did all his own breathing all night long, but by morning he was getting tired so he went back on the prongs. They will probably try without them again in a day or 2. We are so thankful that he is improving in this area, it is a huge answer to prayer!

His weight is up to 1796 grams, this is about 3 pounds, 13 ounces, or somewhere close to that. He is getting 30 mls per feeding and is no longer throwing up like he was, this is also an answer to prayer as he really needs to keep eveything in his tummy so that he can grow.

Yesterday I tried nursing again, he has kind of upset about it, but did suck for awhile. Then I gave him the bottle, he took 6 mls before getting to tired to care, this was very exciting for us! He still has a hard time remember to breath, suck and swallow, all at the same time, but he is learning and once again we are so thankful!

We got training on how to give him a bath yesterday, he didnt think much of it, but he sure liked it afterward, as you can see in the picture, he was very relaxed! :)

Well its been fun to do a post that has so much positive news in it! We are still so grateful for all of your prayers as we continue to feel them every day. We are so blessed to have you all behind us! Please continue to pray for his lungs to grow stronger and that he will figure out his whole eating thing, :) thankyou, and God bless you!!

Andrew is 1 Month Old

Happy One Month Birthday Andrew!!

Wow, one month of being parents! We dont really know if it seems that long or if it feels like its been way longer; either way its been something that we never thought would happen to us! But God has definatly been with us this past month, without Him we would not have been able to make it this far!

Andrew is doing very good, we have been praying for this for almoast 1 week and finally yesterday he got back on his nasal prongs!! We are so happy and are very thankful! He is still on them today and doing very well, he is much more relaxed like this. He has only had 1 major desat so far, other than that he will drop down a bit and then pop right back up on his own, this is a big improvment and we are very thankful!

His amount per feeding went up to 32 mls but because his tummy was not able to keep it all in they moved him back to 29 mls. He seems to be doing alot better this way. He gets weighed twice a week now, yesterday he weighed 1716 grams which is somewhere around 3 lbs and 11 ozs. This is a big jump for him, and we are very happy for it!

He still loves to be cuddled, as you can see, we were able to try to nurse him today, he was pretty smart and caught on right away, he just needs to keep on growing stronger so that he will be able to stop the tube feeding and only need the bottle and nursing.

We want to thankyou all once again for your prayers, you are all very special to us! We ask that you would please keep on praying for us, We would love to be home for Christmas but we also want to trust God and follow His plan for us, we know that He knows what is best for us!

New Car!

Last week Josh and I traded in our car for a Honda CRV. It sits higher and has four wheel drive which will be very nice for traveling the gravel roads in the Winter.

It will also be nice for when we get to take Andrew with us, much easier for me to get to him when he needs me.

We really like it and pray that it will serve us well in the years to come.

We Are Still Here!

Sorry about not updating sooner, our family was out on the weekend. But we are still in the city and as of right now it looks like we will be here for awhile. Andrew went back on the CPAP on Friday and he is still on it, his breathing is fine as long as he keeps the prongs in his nose. Because this is kind of hard to do they have been giving him sedation once every 12 hours or so, just to keep him more settled and so that he sleeps more peacfully. We are really praying that he will be able to go back to the nasal prongs soon, and that once he does improve that he will not go backwards again.

Andy has been growing though, you can see and feel that he his getting a tiny bit bigger. He now weighs 1582 grams which is about 3 lbs 7 ozs. He gets 29 mls of milk now and as he gains weight he will be getting more.

So thats where we are right now, we are praying to be home for Christmas, but most of all we are praying for God's will to be done, we know that He is in charge and we want to do our best to live out his will. Thankyou all for your continued prayers!!

A Big Thank You!

Thank You once again for all your prayers, We have a great God! This evening when we went to see our little miracle he was back on his prongs! The nurse said that he was doing better on the prongs than on the CPAP. We are so thankful that he has once again taken a step in the right direction!

He also got above his birth weight today! We were so excited for that! He now eighs 1480 grams; You have to ask either of his Grampas what that is in pounds. :)

We had alot of fun together tonight, he loves to snuggle, and so do I!
Dont you just love that blonde/red hair? Just like his Daddies. :)

So once again, we thank you, We are so blessed to be part of this wonderful family where we are never on our own, we deffinately feel your many prayers!

And the peace of God which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:7
Thankyou Mom and Dad Pauls for that wonderful verse of encouragment, it was just what we needed!

Please Pray!

Andrew is back on his CPAP, he had a tough evening so they also took a blood test, now we are waiting for the results there. But when I was holding him this morning he was more busy pulling at everything than ever, so I know that he is getting stronger and he sure was not acting very sick! :)So we are asking that you would all pray that Andys lungs will grow stronger and that his breathing will improve. Thank you!

Andy Update

Hello from the city. We are still going good, as is our little miracle. This last week as been a good week; It started out with Andrew getting an infection, but he is all cleared up now, he will stay on the antibiotics till the 27th though, just to make sure that the bugs are all gone.

He has had his IV moved all over his little body, both arms, his foot and his head. We are hoping that once he is done with the antibiotic maybe he will be able to get rid of the IV, although he is still getting caffine once a day through the IV to help him with his breathing. So we are also praying that by then his breathing will be strong enough to go off the caffine too.

Wake Up Little Man!


Andrew's breathing has been getting alot better! He was off of his nasal prongs all day yesterday!! This was very good knews for us. He lasted from 10:30 in the morning till 3 last night, we were not really expecting him to stay off of them cause he is still so little, so this was an answer to prayer! Please continue to pray that his lungs will keep getting stronger and he will be able to do all of his own breathing.

What A Big Yawn!

He is also doing very good with his eating, he is still being tube fed and now gets 30 mls. per feeding. On Tuesday he reached his goal of 27 mls and then after he started gaining weight they uped it to 30. Today he weighed 1390 grams, which means he only needs to gain 40 grams to get back to birth weight. This is very exciting for us!


But Mom, Its So Hard To Wake Up!

So once agian that is where our little man is at, still making progress, one small step at a time.

Getting His Lungs Listened To.


We once again Thank You for all your prayers, as our life has a lot of ups and downs right now, and we never know what is going to happen next, Your prayers are so very important to us.


Being Comforted By Daddy.

We want to say a special Thank You to our families for all that they have done and are doing for us. You are so very special and without you we would be lost. Thank You for the food, the fun visits, phone calls, texts, and prayers. We love you and miss you all!

Good Night Sweet Heart!