Father and Son

For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

I have been thinking of this verse alot today; With out a great God taking care of us things would seem impossible; but we know that He is always here and we want to trust Him and continue to live in His will.

Here is another quick update on AJ, he is doing very good, he is still on the nasal prongs, Praise God! And it sounds like his infection is clearing up! So thank you for your prayers once again, God is so good!

And So, After 2 Weeks Of Being A Mommy...

Thank You all once agian for your thoughts and prayers! Your standing behind us in this way is what gives us the strength to take life one day at a time.

Andrew is doing alot better, as of yesterday he still has the infection, but he is feeling alot better and lets us know that by crying when I change his diaper instead of just laying there, and by constantly pulling at his prongs and so on. :) So we are still praying for the infection to clear up.

Last night Andrew was back to his goal of 27 mls per feeding, he is doing very well at keeping it all down! So now this is the amount that he is getting until he gains weight, then they will up the amount as he ups his weight. Yesterday he weighed 1230 grams, thats just under 2lbs. ( I think )

His breathing is doing ok, he went back to the nasal prongs on Monday, Praise God! Last night it was 48 hours since he got switched, and this is when a baby would start getting tired, so we will see where he is at when we get there today, Pray that he will still be on the prongs, Lord willing.

So this is where we are at right now, still looking up, still praying, still waiting for our little guy to grow, still so very thankful for all of your prayers!


Our little angel.

How do you like the taping job he got on his nose? The nurses have to try everything with this little monkey. :)



Last night we both got to hold Andy, here are some pictures of Daddy and Son, they are so cute together are they not?

Washing the Car

Hey, we are still around, and still getting used to city life. :) Here are some pictures of Josh washing the car yesterday.

P.S. Lord willing there will be an update on Andrew tomorrow.

Andrew Is 32 Weeks Old!

Time for another up date. :) Andrew is back on the CPAP; He got an infection in his blood on Friday and when a little person like that gets sick it's alot harder for them to breath, so as soon as he starts feeling better we are hoping to get him back onto the nasal prongs, they might try them tomorrow and we will see how he does.

Friday was also the day that Andrew got up to 27 mls of milk per feeding, which was his goal. But since he got sick he threw up his feeding Saturday morning, which ment that they had to bring the amount down and start over again with 12 mls. So as of this morning he was getting 15 mls. They are now only going up 1 ml every other feeding instead of 2.

Because of the decrease in his feedings he is also still getting vitamins, and other nutrients through an IV. They took out the IV he had in his tummy and put one in his arm. This one has to be changed at least every 2 days, so we are praying that he keeps his milk down this time and that his infection will clear up fast so that he wont have to get poked to often and they can just take the IV out. But we will wait and see what God's plans are.

As you can see, it's not to comfortable for him.

PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB!! :)

And that is where our little guy is at today; Thankyou once again for your continued prayers; They mean more to us than you will ever know!

AJ Update

Well our little miracle is still little, as you can see by these first two pictures. But Andrew is working on getting bigger, He is now getting 19 mls of milk for two feedings and then he will be getting 20 mls for two feedings, and so on, until he reaches his goal of 27 mls. He has been doing very good with his feedings, he seems to thrive on them!

His weight went down to 1120 grams, but the nurses are saying that he should be gaining weight soon, now that he is getting more milk per feeding.

His breathing as been pretty good, the first 2 days he was on what is called the CPAP, which allows him to do all his own breathing but just has a constant air flow blowing into his nose to make it easier for him to breath. Then when he was 3 days old they put nasal prongs on instead of the CPAP which really does the same thing except it just gives him little puffs of air instead of a constant flow.

Because he is so small he will forget to breath every once in a while, this is very normal. Usually you just need to wake him up a bit and then he breaths again. On Sunday Andrew was put back onto the CPAP because of forgetting to breath to often and then taking awhile to get out of it, he was on them for 1 day and was then put back on the nasal prongs.

And that is what he is on still, so we are praying that his breathing will stay strong and that he will be able to stay on the nasal prongs, they are alot more comfortable for him, and its also a sign that he is getting better.

Other than that Andrew is doing very good, the nurses say that he is ahead of most babies his age, which I'm saying is thanks to all the prayers that have been and are still going up for him. Thank You Everyone!!!!

Andrew has had many tests and xrays; except for the ones of his heart, which we are still waiting for, they have all come back looking very good, he had a small amount of bleeding on his brain, another very normal thing for premature babies, the Dr. said that it was not serious at all, they will be doing a follow up in a few weeks.

And thats how a little family is dong, Josh and I are staying at a very wonderful couple who have opened their home to us. They are a huge answer to prayer!! We ask that you would continue to pray for us, you are making such a difference in our lives and the life of little Andy.

Hotel Fun!

Mom and Dad Pauls came out to the city yesterday to spend the night and they were sweet and invited Josh and me to join them. We had lots of fun together, here are some pictures.....

Mom talking to the girls on MSN.

My sweetheart, watching football, but always having time to give me a smile. :)

I just love him to bits!!!!!

PS Andrew is doing good, thanks again for praying!!!