Well....Rhett decided he wanted to come into the world a little sooner than planned! He was born April 29, 2010 at 4:42 am. He weighed 5lb 1oz and he is 18 inches long. He is one tiny little boy! He is still in the NICU and he will be for a few weeks :( He was 4 more weeks early and his little lungs just weren't ready. He was on a ventilator for the first 24 hours and he has had all sorts of tubes, iv's, moniters, etc.... hooked up to him over the last week. He is on oxygen, moniters for his heart rate and respiratory rate and he still has an IV in his head (SO sad). Hopefully they will be able to take the IV out tomorrow. He is a week old today! Time flies-thankfully. I had another C-Section, so I got released from the hospital on Monday. It was so hard to leave the hospital and leave him there. But he is in the best place possible for him to be. They are taking good care of him. I am going up to the hospital once a day to feed him and see him. I usually try to spend a couple hours when I am there, but I can't drive for 2 weeks, so someone is taking me up there every day while Ryan is working. Luckily our families have been GREAT to help us out with driving up to the hospital, taking care of Hazen, laundry and cleaning my house, among everything else. He is a cute little guy, he has lots of hair and big eyes just like Hazen. His hair is a lot lighter than Hazen's and I am still trying to decide if he has more hair than Hazen had when he was born. We weren't able to really see him much the first day and a half of his life, but we finally got to hold him on Friday night. Once they took him off the ventilator and the IV out of his artery in his belly button, they let us hold him. I was so happy to finally hold my little guy! It has been so weird to have him and not be able to hold him when we want, change his diaper, or bring him home with us. It almost feels like I haven't had him, but I no longer have a belly! I would much rather have him in the belly still! Oh well.... he needed to come to earth I guess. He has such a sweet little spirit. I am so grateful that I can be a mommy to this little spirit and to Hazen. I am so lucky to have my boys. I know that Rhett will be just fine, and it is just going to take some time for him to grow and develop more before we can bring him home. It will be here before we know it! He is already a week old today! I'm sure Heavenly Father has a lesson for all of us to learn from this and I just need to have faith.
Sorry this is such a scattered post, but I mostly just wanted to let everyone know that he is here and to keep him in your prayers :) I will try to update as often as I can, but it might be hard to keep up. It is a lot of work by the time I go to the hospital every day, pump every 2-3 hours and eat every 2-3 hours and try to rest in between! I hope my energy will keep up with me. I am just extra tired, but I guess it is getting me prepared for when he does come home. It is going to be a lot of work, and totally different from Hazen. Wish me luck! Here are a few pictures!
Full body shot. He is so little!
Bright eyes!
Not a good pic of me!
Cute little nose! And lots of hair!
1 day old
Sorry this is such a scattered post, but I mostly just wanted to let everyone know that he is here and to keep him in your prayers :) I will try to update as often as I can, but it might be hard to keep up. It is a lot of work by the time I go to the hospital every day, pump every 2-3 hours and eat every 2-3 hours and try to rest in between! I hope my energy will keep up with me. I am just extra tired, but I guess it is getting me prepared for when he does come home. It is going to be a lot of work, and totally different from Hazen. Wish me luck! Here are a few pictures!
Full body shot. He is so little!
Bright eyes!
Not a good pic of me!
Cute little nose! And lots of hair!
1 day old
8 comments:
Congrats on having him, i'm so sorry to hear that he is still in the NICU, we all know how that is, but just not to the extent of not being able to hold him. I really am so glad that he is doing well and my prayers will be with you!! Good luck and I look forward to another update soon!!!
Poor little guy! Those IVs in the head are so scary looking. Thank goodness for modern medicine and all that can be accomplished! I'll keep you guys in my prayers. And, most importantly, congratulations! He is beautiful and I love his hair! :-)
Annie he is so cute! hope all is going good for him, and your getting rest for when he gets home!, and if you need us to babysit Hazen let me know Jersey would love it! Congrats again!
Oh my goodness Annie! What a sweet little (tiny) thing. He is just darling and we will definately keep you guys in our prayers. You are just full of suprises with these babies huh. . well its a surprise to you too. Either you have a two day labor or they come early. Well hang in there and we would love to help with anything if you could use some help. Congrats on your hansome new addition.
He is so cute! I love all the hair. I saw on FB today that he is doing a little better. I hope that you guys get to bring him home soon. We will keep you in our prayers.
He is so adorable Annie! I hope he gets to come home soon. Congrats and you'll be in our prayers!
Annie, take care of yourself. It's weird to watch you young girls(thats how I picture you)having babies. Take care of both of those sweet boys. We love you
He is so adorrable,and as handsome as his big brother. I am so thankful for these little spirits that have come into our lives. I love being their grandma nothing better then the loves I get form them all. I wish I could be more help to you Annie then I am , please know how proud I am of you and the mom that you are, you are such a sweet daughter and I love you :)
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