4lbs 13oz

Jackson is home and growing like a weed :) We went to the doctor and he is up to 4lbs 13oz, he has gained almost a lb in the week since he has come home. Things are starting to settle down at our house, I have spent my first week at home with my boys and things are going great. I am starting to get a schedule figured out and I am enjoying every minute of it :) Isaac loves his baby brother, he is trying to touch him and help me out all day long. I can't wait till Jackson gets a little bigger to play with his big brother, it is going to be so much fun to watch them play! Also, Isaac has been taking some steps, it is so much fun watching him start to walk. Boys are going to be so much fun:)

6 days old...

Jackson is 6 days old and doing amazing! This guy is such a fighter for his little size. He has made amazing progress in the last 6 days and we are so excited. He is now off of all IV's and feeding really well. He is up to 28 ml of milk at each feeding and the doctor is increasing his feeds every day. His weight has started to increase, his weight went down 5% in the first 5 days which was expected and as of yesterday it went up 2%. The doctor is going to try and get him out of the warmer in the next couple of days and see if he can maintain his temp on his own. Also, as long as he takes his feedings by bottle or nursing for 12 to 24 hours they will take out his feeding tube, which would be amazing. Jackson hates his feeding tube, he is quite handsy and tries to pull it out all the time :) He has a little jaundice as well so he is under the billy lights right now, but should be out of that in a couple days as well. His color already looks better today. We expect him to be home next week sometime if he continues on the track he is on, we are so excited and can't wait to have our family all together at home. It is funny to see Isaac with Jackson, he has no idea what is going on. He will touch his head and turn away totally disinterested :) I can't wait to see my boys play together. Please continue to pray he grows quickly and stays healthy.

Jackson David Henion

We would like to welcome the newest addition to our little family, Jackson David Henion. Jackson was born Tuesday February 2, 2010 at 2:32 pm. Jackson weighed in at 3lbs 7ozs and 16.5" long. We are so thankful for our newest blessing.
I was admitted to the hospital Monday because Jackson's amniotic fluid was below the normal level of 5 cm. They thought I was going to have the baby that day but decided to wait and do a growth ultrasound on Tuesday morning to see how he was growing. The amniotic fluid was actually higher at that ultrasound and his doppler looked great, but Jackson had not grown in the week and a half since his last growth ultrasound. The doctor didn't feel comfortable holding out any longer and the c-section was scheduled for 1:30 on Tuesday.
The c-section went great it took a little longer than Isaac's because of the scar tissue from the first c-section and I also had my tubes tied. Jackson came out kicking an screaming and was checked out immediatly by the neonatal staff. From their check up the decided he could go into the NIMU, which is the neonatal intemediate nursery, he didn't have to go into the NICU!
Ron went with Jackson, he was put under an oxygen hood for breathing and hooked up to an IV for low blood sugar. They also checked his heart where they heard a heart murmer which they said is pretty normal for a baby his size and age. Jackson was taking out of the oxygen hood after an hour and they have not heard the heart murmer since!! He is now only only on the IV for low blood sugar and they are planning on taking that out today at sometime. He is also feeding really well, downing his bottles and they are increasing his food! He is doing so amazing for how little he is, our next challenge is to get that kid gaining weight. He needs to be 4 lbs before he leaves, so they expect to have him hear at least 2 weeks.
I am being discharged tomorrow, so we are going to have to figure out a schedule to come visit Jackson as much as possible. He has the best care here but of course it doesn't feel the same when we are not taking care of him ourselves. So please pray for his continued success and growth, we would love to have him home as soon as possible. Also, thank you for all your prayers we know Jackson would not be doing as good as he is without God and the power of prayer.

Back to Blogging

So, I have been told that I haven't been very good at updating my blog :) Whoops, as you know life with an infant and being pregnant with another can be a little crazy, but I am going to try and get back on the horse.

I am currently 31 weeks pregnant right now and Isaac is 11 and 1/2 months old! Things are very crazy for us right now and to be honest a little scary. I visited the doctor last week and found out that the blood was not flowing quite correctly to our little boy in my tummy through the umbilical cord. I was told they wanted to start watching me very very closely coming into the office for testing every Monday and Thursday. I went in this last Monday and things seemed to get worse so they admitted me to the hospital and were monitoring me even closer. I was getting Non stress tests 4 times a day and "Doppler" tests once a day to monitor the blood flow. Things seemed to improve slightly from me relaxing so they allowed me to go home and be on complete bed rest. I am only allowed to go to the bathroom, take a shower and go to my doctors appointments. They still expect me to go early but are hoping our little boy grows a little more before he has to be born. As of last week Thursday he was only measuring at 2 lbs 12 ozs, which is about what half what Isaac was at birth. So, yes we want him to get bigger! We were able to visit the NICU at Spectrum to see where our little boy will most likely go after he is born so we could be prepared for what to expect. It was really hard to see all those babies, there are 81 babies in NICU right now, but good to prepare us as well. There is really no better place for our baby to be born, they deal with this everyday!

I had an appointment this morning and things have not changed from Wednesday so they want me to be on continued bed rest and come back in every Monday and Thursday's for checkups. This was a an image from this morning, isn't he cute :)

Please keep us in your prayers, looks like it is just a waiting game for right now but we want to have this guy get as big as possible before he does.

Also, Isaac is getting big. It seems like he is getting taller and taller everyday and learning new things all the time. It is so exciting to see what he catches on to.

This is the picture I took for his 1 year birthday invite, we are planning on having a cowboy birthday party for him the weekend after his birthday. Things may change depending on when the baby comes, but we are excited to celebrate our little guys 1 year birthday! Wow how time flys!

Keep tuned into the blog, I will try and keep it updated more regularly :)

13 weeks

I am officially 13 weeks pregnant and Isaac is a little over 7 months old. Wow how crazy our life has become. I had another ultrasound today and bebe #2 is doing great. Growth is right on and I have been gaining weight pretty steadily rather than loosing as I was at first. I was hoping to find out the sex but it was a little too early yet. Dr. said everything seems to be right on track so I don't have to see the high risk doctor again till October 23!

Our house has been pretty fun too, Isaac's first tooth came in yesterday, and he has been sitting up and playing on his own. It is so amazing to see how much he grows everyday. Ron and I just stare at him sometimes and say "He is sooo big". He really is looking like a little boy now and not a baby anymore. I don't know what happened!!He is also getting quite the personality. He cracks me up all the time.

This past weekend was fun, my brothers and future sister in laws all went to Chicago for the Labor Day weekend. Erica lives there and we visited her and spent time together. We had so much fun it was a perfect weekend. We did a lot of walking and saw a lot of different things. I love my family and it was such a great time just hanging out together. I wish Brian and Erica lived closer so we could see them all the time :(

Isaac is going to be a big brother!!!!

Are you serious?, is probably the question you are asking yourself right now, and yes we are :) Ron, Isaac and I are expecting another little one! The due date is March 9, 2010, so Isaac and his little brother or sister will be about 13 months apart. I am 11 weeks right now, and feeling okay. I was doing really well nauseous wise up until this week, and now I have not been doing so well. My crohns doctor put me on steriods, so I am feeling better that way, but again I am going to be seeing the high risk doctors and having lots appointments to make sure this little one is okay. We are really excited, but nervous at the same time life is going to get even crazier around our house :) God has continued to bless us and pray that this pregnancy and baby well go great as well. Please keep our family in your prayers as we embark on this next journey.

Wordless Wednesday

Wild West Vacation

We had a great time on vacation! We arrived in Denver and my aunt Ellen, cousin Shelly and Julie picked Ron, Isaac and I up. Isaac did amazing flying, he fell asleep every time when we got onto the runway. We drove from Denver to meet my parents in Riverton, from there my family went to Dubois which is the town where my parents met. We stayed with my Aunt Vivian, who is the women that brought my mom to the Lord. We stayed there for a couple days and did some sight seeing and hiking. It was so much fun to be in Dubois again and see people we haven't seen in a long time. It is also fun to go with my parents because they know all the off beaten path places that not many people get to see. From there we went to Jackson Hole and spent a night there, this is probably my favorite place on earth. The Grand Tetons are the most beautiful sights in the whole world, I could live there and look at them everyday. God's imagination is amazing! The next day we made our way up to Yellowstone where we met my Uncle Tom and Aunt Donna. We saw Old Faithful and any animal you could possibly want to see in the park, a bear, elk, moose, eagle, bison, and pronghorn. It was really cool to see all the wildlife and nature. We then went to Tom and Donna's house in Cameron, MT. We spent a couple days there sight seeing, seeing the houses they are building, fly fishing and of course a little shopping. That was our favorite part of the trip for sure. We left Tom and Donna's and went to Cody Wyoming where we were able to see a "real" wild west shoot out. We also stayed in the Irma hotel where Wild Bill would stay :) We then went to Doug and Ellen's for the next night, we went up to their cabin for dinner and to hangout. It was really nice to spend time with them and to relax. From there Ron, Isaac and I rented a car and made our way back down to Denver to head home the next day. We spent the night together as a family in Denver and had a great time. I am so happy we started this family tradition of summer vacations already, I know Isaac won't remember this trip but we had a great time with him and hope to continue to do this with our family as it grows.

Life is Busy

Sorry for the delay since my last post, but life as all of you know is super busy. Since Isaac has been out of the hospital he has been doing so much better. We went to the doctors this last Friday and had x-rays don again to make sure the pneumonia was gone and it was! He was also weighed and now weighs 13lbs 12oz., he grew over a pound in two weeks so he jumped up on the growth scale which is awesome! We started him on rice cereal by spoon right after he got out of the hospital so I think that really helped. He also has been pushing himself up finally, and has rolled over a couple times, pretty sure it was on accident though :)We also had a lot of celebrations this weekend, my brother Justin turned 22 and his fiance Katie threw him a surprise birthday party. It was so much fun, he really hasn't been hom for his birthday since he was 17 so it was a big bash.It was also Fathers Day and Isaac was dedicated at our church as well on Sunday. Ron and wrote Isaac a letter to tell him how much we love him and why we chose to dedicate his life to the Lord.

Dear Isaac,
You are a precious gift from God, given to us to cherish and love. We have been praying for you since before we even knew you existed. We wanted to dedicate you to the Lord as a promise to God and our family and friends to care for you as if you were God’s child and as a promise to ourselves to model a Christian lifestyle for you. We desire to have God’s will carried out in your life and we know God has placed us as stewards of this special gift. We promise to teach you to live a holy life and value the good gifts God has given you. We promise to give you every opportunity and encourage you to be what God has called you to be. We want to be held accountable and hold you accountable in your spiritual growth. We promise to pray for you, read to you God’s word and instruct you in the ways of the Lord. We will delight in your accomplishments, share in your hurts and encourage you in every way as you grow into adulthood. We love you with all our hearts and can’t wait to watch you grow into an amazing young man. God has blessed us so much and we pray he continues to bestow those blessings onto you. Lord, we offer Isaac’s life to you and want your will and way for his life, and pray you give us wisdom in raising him to his fullest potential
Love,
Mommy and Daddy

We also had everyone over to our house, both mine and Ron's family. It was a great day, we are pretty lucky to have such amazing families :) Ron had a great first Fathers Day too, his son was dedicated and he got to spend time with the people he loves.

Isaac had pneumonia

So, Friday I started noticing that Isaac didn't look like he was feeling very good. He had eye boogers(not technical term :)) all day, he started coughing and he felt warm to me. So, I called the doctor on Friday afternoon and got him in so that I could have him checked out before the weekend. He had a temp of 100.3F and he had chest X-rays done. His doctor said the X-rays were fine and that he probably had a virus. So she gave me a prescription for his eyes and told me to spray saline in his nose and keep it cleaned out and to watch his temp. If his temp went over 100.4 he would have to come back in on Monday. He didn't sleep very well on Friday night and woke up Saturday looking worse to me. I kept taking his temp every 2 hours and it kept going up. I called the after hours nurse and she told me usually at 4 months you wait to go to the doctor till their temp is 105F!! I told her he was only 12 lbs, and she said bring him to the urgent care if I thought it would be best. So, being the overprotective mom that I am, my mom and I took him to the ER at Metro. They checked him out in the ER and his temp had gone up over 102F, and they did chest X-rays again and fluid had started to enter his lungs. They diagnosed him with pneumonia and said he needed to be admitted to the hospital. They put an IV in his arm, which took an hour and a half to find a good vein because he was dehydrated and gave him oxygen. We spent 2 nights at the hospital and came home yesterday. He is doing really good now, he is still on antibiotics for his cough, but everything else seems to be fine. I know a lot of people were praying for him, so thank you for your prayers and keep praying he heals completely

4 months old!

Isaac turned 4 months old yesterday! I can't believe how time has flown, these have been the best 4 months of my life. I will probably tell you this everymonth and year from now on :) Isaac changes so much everyday it is unbelievable, he is "talking" all the time, it is so cute. He is rolling back and forth, pretty soon he is going to roll over and not know what to do with himself :) We have his 4 month appointment next week Thursday, so we will be able to find out how much he weighs and how long he is. He just started wearing 3-6 months clothes and he looks like he is almost growing out of them already!!!Ron and I had our 2 year wedding anniversary on May 11, so he planned a weekend away for us to Detroit. We went to two tigers games on Friday and Saturday night and stayed at the Greek Town Casino hotel. It was our first weekend away from Isaac, my parents watched him and we had an amazing time! I am so blessed with a wonderful husband, he is my best friend and we love hanging out together. Also, more exciting news...my baby brother Justin proposed to his girlfriend Katie. So I am going to have another sister!! We are so excited for them, they are a great couple and we are so excited to welcome Katie into our family. She is a beautiful person and Justin is a pretty lucky guy :) So we will be having a wedding coming up this winter, and Ron and I are the master and mistress of ceremony. We are really excited!!

My First Mothers Day

My first Mothers Day was Sunday, I had the best day! Ron and Isaac bought me this beautiful tree, a purple prince crab apple tree and a couple blue pots for our front porch. We don't have any plants for our yard yet since we have a new house, so these are a great start! We went to church and then to my parents for lunch, my whole family was there and Ron's parents and brother Kevin was there as well. We had a great meal and had fun spending time together. It was really cool to be able to celebrate being a mother with my mom, I love the relationship that we have and I hope to have that with my children as well. Being a mother has really helped me to appreciate the things my parents have done for our family. I am truly blessed with my family growing up and my own little family now :)

Also it was Ron and my 2 year wedding anniversary on Monday! I can't believe it has been two years already. God has really blessed us in these last 2 years, we have a beautiful home and a beautiful baby boy. I am in love with the most amazing man in the world, he treats me amazing and is the best husband and father I could ever ask for. I look forward to spending the rest of our lives together. I am also really excited, Ron bought me some beautiful earrings and has planned a weekend away for the two of us. We are going to Detroit for the weekend to see a couple of Tigers games and we are staying at the Greektown casino. My parents are watching Isaac so please pray it goes well :)