The little man is home!

First, I want to thank everybody for your comments and thoughts and prayers... we have amazing friends and family! You guys are the best!
Rhett is home! He spent a LONG 11 days in the NICU. We brought him home last monday May 10. It has been nice to have him home and to not have the stress of him being in the NICU. But, I have to be honest by saying I was a little nervous to bring him home. I was so worried that he would have to go back or that he would stop breathing or something. Luckily, he has loved being home and we haven't had any problems :) I took him to the Dr. last tuesday and he had gained an ounce, which was good. He now weighs 5lbs 5oz. and he was 19 inches long. So, he is growing and gaining some weight. He is still so tiny though! Most of his premie clothes are too big on him! He has about 3 things that actually fit him good, other than that, everything is huge on him. He is such a cute little guy! He has been a pretty good baby thus far, other than I think he has his days and nights a little confused :) I am trying to keep him awake more during the day, but he sleeps most of the day. He doesn't cry a lot, just when he gets dressed and when he gets his diaper changed. Hazen thinks it is hilarious when Rhett is crying. He laughs as hard as I've ever seen! I'm trying to tell him that he needs to be nice and try to talk to him when he is crying because he is sad, but he just continues to laugh. He has been pretty good with him, he asks me all day long if Rhett is sleeping or if he is awake. I am so happy to have Rhett home! Now, we are just confined to the house for 4-6 weeks, so the little man doesn't get sick. It won't take much to put him back in the hospital, so I am being super careful.... (maybe a little too careful, but I would rather be safe than sorry!) I haven't gotten a ton of pics since he has been home, but here are a few.

This one is obviously not at home.... this was the day he was born. He is on the ventilator, and I finally got the picture off of my phone!

Cute little guy! I took this one from my phone, so it's not the best picture.

Full body picture in his bassinet.

This one is also still at the hospital, but I love his big, bright eyes.

Another pic at the hospital, feeding my little guy.

Daddy trying to burp Rhett at the hospital.

This was the day everything changed, he got his feeding tube taken out and his oxygen off! He looked so different without all of his tubes!

He loves to have his hands by his face when he sleeps.

Ignore the fact that Hazen is naked.... he had just gotten out of the shower! He had to come and check on his little brother!

He finally got his first bath yesterday... he thought that was pretty nice, until I had to actually wash him! Then he screamed!

We are loving having him home. We are so grateful for all the prayers that were said for us. Rhett came home much sooner than expected, and I know that is because of all the prayers that were answered. Thanks again!

Rhett is here!

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

I guess it's time for an update......

So... I know I have been a really bad blogger lately, but there just isn't that much stuff going on in our lives that is exciting! And, I haven't really felt like blogging much.....
So here is a little update for any of you that care! I have 4 more weeks left of being prego.... my C-Section is scheduled for May 19. Crazy! It is coming so fast! I also took the PTCB exam for my pharmacy technician license last week and I passed!!!!!! I am so happy to have that done! I have to wait now for my certificate saying that I passed to come in the mail and my Smith's test that I had to take, then I can take my state test up to Salt Lake and get my certificate! I am so happy to be done with all of that! (That is another reason why I haven't been blogging.... all of my free time went to studying!)
We had an awesome Easter with both families and had a lot of fun. We celebrated Easter with Ryan's family on Easter and we celebrated with my family the following Sunday. It was nice to be able to enjoy spending time with both families and not feeling like we had to be rushed all day. Hazen got spoiled of course..... and he had a ton of fun hunting for Easter eggs.
Ryan has just been busy working and riding his horse every chance he gets, which is at least once a week. He is loving every minute of that. He has also taken Hazen riding a couple of times, which is fun for both of them. I am so lucky to have such a good husband, and he is such a good daddy to Hazen. We are getting so excited for our little baby boy to get here! Ryan wishes he could just come out a 6-month old. That's when he said they start to get fun :)
Well, I will try to be a better blogger.... but for now, here are some pictures of Easter and the last couple of weeks!

Finding eggs at my parents house in the rocks.

All of the Holt grandkids (minus Morgan) Gotta love Kaylie's cheeser smile!

Ryan and his horse Lefty

Man... he's so dang cute! I love this boy!

Mom and Hazen

Our attempt at trying to get a family picture.... Hazen wasn't having it. He was done at this point.... and I am quite surprised that Ryan is smiling! Not so cute of the three of us, but it's the best we can do! I am not liking how chunky I look!
I hope everyone is doing well!