Our little one is 1 week old today!

Micah Alexander was born last Tuesday, February 23rd.  We ended up having a last minute c-section because of him being breech and the doctor being concerned of the low amniotic fluid.  Despite the scaring entrance into our world, Micah surprised the doctors and amazed us with his utter beauty.  He was born weighing in at 5 pounds 15.8 ounces at 36 weeks.  He ballard (tested) at 35 weeks old.  


We are loving every minute we have with our beautiful son.  He is the joy of our lives.  As we adjust to being new parents we are reminded of the sleep we once had.  However,  holding our little one erases those memories quickly and makes up for the lack of sleep.  


We are also so thankful to be having my mom in town to help with the little one.  She was able to take over a 2 night feedings in her stay with us as well as being a help in many other ways.  Soon Matt will be at work and I will be at home with our little one and trying out the night time feedings all alone.  I am a little apprehensive of this,  but I know that the Lord will give me all the strength that I need.  


To God be all the glory, honor and praise for our precious newborn son Micah Alexander!

A little complications...

Here we are at 35 weeks and 3 days right now.  We had a busy past 2 weeks.  After a positive ffn test, I was admitted into the hospital a few days later for some pre-term labor contractions.  They put me on magnesium which is meant to slow contractions and hopefully stop them.   After about a day and a half on that my contractions that were about 4-6 minutes apart went away.  My doctor continues to monitor me twice a week to measure fluid and make sure that the baby is doing great.  We were told this week  that we had some low amniotic fluid and that if it didn't increase she would have to induce.  Thankfully after drinking over a gallon of water a day, my fluids are up and we are now safe from being induced.  


I am so thankful for my friends and family that have prayed for us during this time.  It really was amazing to see God answer prayers today at the doctor.  My doctor was amazed that my fluid was up so much and truly thought she would have to induce me today.  We are still praying for our little one to turn because he is still breech.  I'm on bed-rest now and practice inversions to coax him into flipping.  


I can't believe how soon its coming.  Matt and I are so anxious to hold our little one!

Moved in to our new house and 32 weeks pregnant!

So we've finally moved into our new house.  We absolutely love it.  It really is the perfect size and location for us.  We still have some unpacking to do and some pictures to hang.  Other than that we're almost all done.  This of course is not counting Micah's nursery that is pretty much untouched.  I did manage to sort through some shower gifts and organize clothes and toys.  One day I am planning on washing all his clothes with some baby detergent.  That's going to be a big task...so I'm putting it off for a while.


The pregnancy is going great so far.  It's hard to believe that I'll be full term in 4 weeks time.  They say anytime between 36-40 weeks is full term and plausible for delivery.  This move is tiring me out as well as being in my third trimester.  The day is coming so soon.  We are filled with so many emotions.  We are excited, nervous, joyous, scared and so much more.  We're trusting in God that He will help us to be the best parents we can be and to guide us through.

Third Trimester 28 weeks!

So we begin the third trimester of our pregnancy. It is so exciting to be this close to the end. It's really unreal to think that in a mere few months we'll be holding our son Micah. This is what we asked God for and here we are staring into the eyes of it soon.

Matt and I are also really excited about moving into our house soon. We are moving in the 21st of January. It will be so nice to have everything all set up and ready for the arrival of Micah. I'm really excited about getting the colors picked out and setting up the furniture (which we haven't picked out yet).