Hopelessly in love...

I am so hopelessly in love with my baby!!! Don't get me wrong I love my other three too it's just that JaKobe still can't talk or fight or scream. He is such a wonderful baby. If you know me very well you know that I love babies so I am so sad that I can't have anymore. I am trying to enjoy my sweet little man every second. I love being with my children. I love being a Mom. There is nothing more rewarding and challenging in the world. I look forward to every up and down that the future holds for me and my beautiful family. I am so grateful for my faith and my Heavenly Father for this very difficult year. Every trial we have been through has made me a very strong person. It makes my faith grow trying to search for the reason for the hard times. And how rewarding it is to feel stronger for going through them. I want to tell all my family and friends and ward family how much you mean to me. There is no way I could have gotten though this year without you. You will never know how grateful I am to each and everyone one of you. Thank you for your prayers. There is NOTHING stronger than prayer. I love you guys!

Girly Do's giveaway

Hey y'all. Head on over to girly dos and enter her giveaway. Scroll down to tinks links and you'll find a link to her blog. She has some way cool prizes. Don't forget to mention tinkerbell sent you! Happy hair doing:)

First Day of School 08-09

Kaden's picture is on the way.

Isabel really doesn't start school until the second but we had orientation. She was very nervous.
Zach just had to have a picture. He is so funny, he keeps us in stitches:)

The LAST update

I'm finally where I belong!!

JaCoby was released from the hospital on August 19th. We are so grateful to EVERYONE that has helped us through this. We're extremely grateful to all the nurses and doctors that took care of our special baby. JaCoby is the best baby. He is so content. I think I was neurotic enough for the both of us during my pregnancy!!! He only wakes up once at night to eat and then he goes right back to sleep. What a great way to end this chapter of our lives. We love you sweet baby.

Kaden is SEVEN

Under Constrution...waiting on pictures:)

Update on JaKobe...again!

Hopefully I don't have to do this post too much longer. Oh no did I just jinx us. On Saturday(8/9) I went to the hospital to see my baby and received some GOOD news. JaCoby was looking really good and his doctor didn't see a need to make him suffer longer than necessary so they are going to start the count down of NPO(yada yada only know it means nothing by mouth)from the day he got there. Which means instead of it being day 3 it was day 5. He gets to eat on day 7, more good news. So today(8/12)he got to eat 6 ml's every 3 hours. They have to start slow to see if he tolerates it. I fed him from a bottle this morning and he did great. Once he gets closer to a full feeding they will let me nurse again. YEAH more pumping:{ So all in all we're getting there!!

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Zacha turned 3 on August 11th. He had such a fun day and of course he got spoiled!This was his cake that a lady in our ward offered to make. It was fantastic and he loved it!
It's just a card but it made his day...Lightening McQueen. Need I say more?
Transformers...awesome:)
Again...Lightening McQueen!
And a new bike! Happy Birthday Buddy! We love you:)

PICC line...owie:(

This is JaCoby PICC line. I have no idea what it stands for but I know the whats and the whys. Newborn babies have very small veins...I know I know you already knew that but what you didn't know is that their veins are very fragile...okay so you knew that too. Having that out of the way, it is an IV line that they put in a larger vein in the arm and feed though closer to the heart. Like I said their veins are very fragile and the fail very quickly especially with the fluids they are giving him. TPN(again don't know what it stands for yada yada)fluids that they make individually for each baby. They draw blood and see what the baby's body is in need of and then they make the fluid. Lipids which is basically fats. They are doing this because he can't eat ANYTHING!!! So so crappy!! I know you're asking yourself, he has to be losing weight. Oh no he is gaining weight but yes he is VERY hungry:( Anyway when they have this central line in they are able to give him more concentrated doses because the amount of blood in your heart can dilute the fluid more quickly. Hence...a PICC line. What a decision to make for your 3 week old baby!
Summary: The whats a central IV line

The Whys less poking!

Krystal going to the chapel...

Okay so I don't have a picture of Krystal, but as soon as I do I will post it. She looked absolutely beautiful and the day was perfect. This is a onsie that Marcus' cousin made. She has a website so if you're interested it is http://www.doridoo.etsy.com/ We are so excited for Krystal and Jeff! We love you guys!

Update on JaKobe 8/7

We've hit a bump in the road. On Monday JaCoby's nurse changed a diaper that looked off to her so she decided to send a sample to the lab to see if there was blood in it. His belly was tender and measuring the same as before but she wanted to be safe not sorry. That night I went in to nurse him and the NNP(Neonatal Nurse Practitioner)said that it was nothing and she thought it had been cancelled. Tuesday morning Dr. Bentley called and said it came back positive for blood but they weren't too concerned because his lab work looked good and the xray looked clear. He told me to start preparing to bring him home. An hour later he called and said that they found something on the xray that looked like neumatosis(sp?) That is an infection in the bowels that can be life threatening. I was terrified. They told me they were moving him to Primary Children's Hospital. Marcus and I arrived at LDS at 11:30 and they had him ready to go. Another Dr. showed us the xray and told us it wasn't as serious but they still didn't feel comfortable keeping him there. He was going to be moved to the new IMC in Murray.
They have been taking xray's of his belly every two hours and last night August 6 the neumatosis was gone. Now we have to wait ten days on bowel rest which means he can't eat anything. It is so hard to see him struggling and crying for something to eat. But at least we know he is clear af the infection. After the ten days they start up feeding again but slowly. We are looking at another two to three weeks in the NICU.
Please keep JaCoby and our other children in your prayers. This has been so difficult on all of us. Thank you so much for everything you've done for us.