Welcome to the family Levi!

(stop music @ bottom of page before enjoying the movie!)

Abby

It's been a busy couple of months, but some how, with the help of our wonderful GiGai (my mom) we have been able to keep up with Abby's many therapies and appointments.

Last Thursday we spent the entire morning at Children's Rehab and were able to see several of her specialists.  The dietician weighed and measured Abby then plotted her progress on the growth chart she's kept for the past 4 years.  To our dismay we found her to be falling off the curve.  

The past 3 years Abby has been growing slowly on her own personal curve, below the 3rd %ile.  As long as she steadily progressed no one worried about her small size.  Now she is quite a bit below even her own curve, and our dietician is concerned.  We talked about using a higher calorie formula, keeping her on the pump for more hours during each 24 hr period, and a few other ideas.

After also discussing Abby's symptoms of discomfort during feeds in addition to her continued stubborn fever we decided on a short-term course of action.  For 2 weeks we will try giving her smaller amounts of Miralax to help ease her tummy troubles.  We have also started her on a daily regimen of probiotics.  So far she seems to be somewhat better... but it's very difficult to know for sure what causes her hours of moaning/crying and finger biting.

The fevers continue to hit Abby just as we become hopeful that they have subsided.  Along with the fevers also come the dreaded seizures.  We have been giving Abby the clonazepam on the hard days when we fear the status (prolonged) seizures could strike.  So far so good.  It seems to help!

The whole fever dance has made us very weary.  Not knowing the cause but having to watch the effects it has on our girl can truly drive one to tears.

... and also to our knees

1 month old

Almost five weeks have passed since our little guy arrived.  He's starting to fill out some and is so very kissable!   He eats about every 2-3 hrs, and is making eye contact which we all love!  Little smiles sneak out when he is falling asleep.

We are slowly getting back into some what of a functional routine.  It's more like a messy juggling act!  I am finally starting to feel better, not having to take the pain meds as much.  Definitely enjoying not feeling sick anymore.

Funny Josiah story:

The other night Patrick told J to clean up his room and line up his shoes.  J ran out and proudly announced that he was done.  This is what we saw...

2 Weeks Old

I can't believe our new little one is already 2 weeks old!  So much has happened this month with our move and Levi's arrival I haven't had much time to reflect and collect my thoughts.  While I recover from my c-section and try to slowly unpack our many boxes I hope to also put together Levi's first slide show/movie.  

My wonderful husband not only stayed standing during Levi's delivery, but managed to video AND capture some priceless pictures of our son!  I am so impressed with his many Skills!!

For now we just wanted to share a few photos of his first 2 weeks.