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RSV

micahandheather — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:52:12 +0000

Please pray for Audrey. She has RSV (Respiratory Synctial Virus). This is, as the Pediatrician put it, the world’s worst cold. It can affect both the head & the chest. The dr. said that with RSV you get worse for a week before you start to get better (which can also take a week). Audrey has been sick only since Monday so we have quite a ways to go before she will begin to get better. Some kids with RSV end up in the hospital. Please pray we can avoid the hospital! Pray that she continues to eat well, have wet diapers, & be able to breathe well enough on her own. Pray too for peace for me as her mommy as it is somewhat unnerving to be sent home knowing that your little girl is just going to get worse before she can get better. Pray too for wisdom to know what to do to help her as well as if & when we should go back to the doctors’ office.

An incredible experience!

micahandheather — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:14:25 +0000

This past week Micah & I had the opportunity to experience something very unique: A Change of Command Ceremony.

The ceremony was on Friday, so Audrey & I picked up Micah at work (Ezra stayed home with Nene as we didn’t think a military ceremony was an appropriate venue for a 2 1/2 year old). We stopped for dinner at one of our favorite places to eat:

It was nice to have a meal that was not interrupted by fights over “no thank you” bites & “you can’t get down yet, we’re still eating” conversations! Not to mention that the food was yummy!

We hit lots of traffic, so we didn’t get to our hotel until pretty late. Audrey seemed to enjoy her first hotel experience!

The next morning it was off to the ceremony. The ceremony was outside so it was pretty cold. It was also very formal. All the military personnel were there in their dress uniforms.

Audrey wore her warmest clothes & did us all a huge favor by sleeping through the entire ceremony including the gun salute!

After the ceremony was a reception. We enjoyed talking with our friends briefly, but also catching up with the two BFA families that were also there.

The next exciting thing in our day was the chance to tour a submarine! I have to say I would never be able to do that job!

Audrey got to tour the submarine as well! Someday Ezra will probably be jealous!

Pictures

micahandheather — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:59:09 +0000

This boys loves his movies

It might not be the most comfortable nap, but it sure was sweet of Ezra to share some of his favorite toys with his sister!

Ezra was really concerned that Audrey might not be warm enough!

Audrey’s squidgy face!

Hanging out with Daddy

Daddy made a house out of pillows!

Mommy HAD to come inside AND bring baby Audrey!

Graduated!

micahandheather — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:55:42 +0000

On Friday, January 6th we had another appointment with the Pediatric Pulmonary doctor. Once again, he downloaded the information from Audrey’s monitor & looked over the results. He decided that even though the monitor had gone off some, none of the alarms were real & Audrey could be off the monitor! He said that she was “graduated” & was a “normal newborn”. He also told me that she was at no more risk for breathing problems down the road or SIDs because of her prematurity! We are so thankful for that! We are also thankful to not have to lug the monitor around all while being careful of the leads on Audrey. Mostly we are excited to just have a normal baby now!

Visitors from the West

micahandheather — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:48:22 +0000

We had a short, but fun-filled visit from my parents in the beginning of January. They arrived Wednesday night & left Sunday evening, but we packed those days full!

The first day we had a field trip arranged by my dad to go see big equipment. The place was out toward the Eastern shore, which meant a bit of a drive, but it was beautiful!

I didn’t take this picture & we weren’t actually down at the water level, but we did cross these bridges & it was a beautiful sunny day!

Our first stop was the machine yard. There were tractors, backhoes, dozers, & other big things. Ezra was pretty excited about all of them! He walked up & down the row saying what each thing was.

After lunch in downtown Denton, we headed out to the field.

The boss had told his employees we were coming & so they waited to do their last drainage line until we got there. I’m not sure who had more fun: Ezra or his Grandpa!

By the time we had done all this it was WAY past naptime. We hadn’t even made it back to the paved road before Ezra was out!

Audrey came along on the trip as well. She seemed a lot less impressed by the whole thing & mostly spent the time eating & sleeping.

It was nice to have a couple extra sets of arms for holding the baby.

Grandpa & Audrey

Baba & Audrey

We went to visit some horses. They were quite close to the fence & seemed really friendly.

On the Friday evening, my MOPS group had a baby shower for Audrey & I. It was fun to have both of Audrey’s grandmothers there!

Emme wanted to be sure that Audrey saw her cake!

We got lots of cute pink clothes! Once again I felt very blessed by this community!

On Saturday we had another outing. This time it was to the National Cathedral. To Micah & I, it almost felt like we were back in Europe.

Ezra loved playing in the colored light on the floor from the sun streaming through the stained glass.

We also had a mini-christmas as my parents brought gifts from one of my brothers & the boxes arrived from the other around the same time.

Reading the Lightning McQueen book from Uncle Noah & Auntie Tena

Playing with his Dinosaur Train (it’s a show on PBS) flashlight that makes dinosaur pictures!

It was a short time with my parents, but they will be back in March & are bringing everyone with them, so we are already looking forward to that!