August 14, 2007 by DreA.

I almost forgot, I finally finished Ben’s room-YEAH! Here it is!

And an extra of Ben….he’s so darn cute!

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August 14, 2007 by DreA.

Well Ben is 6 weeks old now and he is doing well. He is getting big! He is (I’m guessing-we go to the doctor on Thurs) approx 8lbs now! Yeah! We have finally been able to get out and go places. It has been fun, to go out shopping…ALL of us! We got a new car a couple weeks ago and it is so pretty! I love it! It is a Buick Rendezvous…it is the perfect family car. Let’s see, what else….on a sad note, I go back to work in a week and a half. I hate that I have to leave him already, but part of me is a little excited to get back using my brain…lol. I have been out of commission for so long, I am afraid I have forgot everything. It will be weird going back there, I’ve got that “nervous-first-day-of-school” feeling about it. Say a prayer we can get Ben to sleep somewhere besides next to me in the bed or the couch. I am getting NO sleep! Below are a few of my most recent favorite pics of Ben.

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July 25, 2007 by DreA.

Well we finally have our little man home. It is fantastic. The only thing that we are dealing with right now is he wants to be held all the time! Which we are more than happy to do, since we had to see him in a bed for so many weeks. However, he will not sleep in his bed now! I’m sure we will get something figured out with time, until then….long nights. We are so blessed to have a happy, healthy baby boy…I can’t wait to show him off to everyone!

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July 15, 2007 by DreA.

Well It has been 2 weeks today since our little Ben has blessed us with his presence. He is still in the NICU, and he is doing well. We are still just waiting for him to eat more from his bottle and nursing. He is getting better and we are (cross your fingers) hoping he comes home this week. I will be honest, we are exhausted. I know everyone keeps telling us how tired we are going to be when he gets home…..but I must be honest, it will be nice to be back at home, together, and not have to go anywhere(especially a HOSPITAL). I am looking forward to that day, and I know Robert is too. I think we might even feel a little better than we do now. Until then, the two of us are trying to enjoy the time we have together. We went out to eat a couple of times. Now I must say, leaving our baby at the hospital to go sit at a restaurant just the two of us isn’t so easy, I feel guilty for not being with Ben. Soon, we will all be home! YEAH!

Well, that’s all the news I have for now. Keep us in your prayers!

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July 9, 2007 by DreA.

Well first I must apologize to all you faithful readers. I was put on hospital bedrest and was not able to update this like I wanted to. LOL There are alot of things that didn’t happen like I wanted them too. If you haven’t heard yet, our little one has arrived. He is so perfect. It was a horrible experience….not only for myself but for Rob too. It was a long night of labor then an emergency c-section. I could describe the whole thing for you….but I will spare you the LONG story. Just know, I will not be hurrying to do that again for a while. I will take the time to enjoy my little boy. I hope all of you get to meet him soon.
I must admit things are rough right now. Ben is still in the hospital, and I only get to see him a few hours a day. Which is about 20 or so not enough. He is doing so great, he is not hooked up to any machines. He is only needing a little help eating, which I know is getting better by the day. He lost a few ounces and is now less than one ounce away frombeing back to his birth weight! YEAH! I know that it has been said over and over again by many people, but it is undescribable how much you can love someone so instantaneously. For now I will be recovering from my surgery, say a prayer for us! I think this is just as hard emotionally for me as it is physically.

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June 26, 2007 by DreA.

June 24, 2007

Well I am back in the hospital; I have now been placed on hospital bed rest until our little boy arrives. As nice as it sounds, watching TV all day, room service, a little red button that when pushed someone comes running, I am going insane. I have now been on bed rest for a month and in the hospital for 2 weeks. I have developed some “itching” issue that they think has to do with all the hundreds of medication that I am on. So I just lay there and itch….it is horrible. They do not want to take me off any of the meds, because they are all helping so much. I will just have to deal! Also, the word ‘bed rest’ is kind of funny. The nurses are continuously in here checking my vitals, giving me my meds and following up on other annoying things that I have to do. It does get lonely though. I have visitors, but the time when no one is here is quiet and can be kind of hard. When Rob is at work, I miss him so much. He is able to stay the nights he does not work which are great, and when he has to go I have to fight back tears at least till he leaves the room. I know it is silly; I just get so emotional lately. I can’t stand to have him see me upset, because it bothers him and I know we have so much that needs to be done outside of here, so he has to go get it done. I feel so selfish, but he is being amazing about everything. Showering me with treats and not leaving my side for as long as he possibly can. I don’t know how much longer we both can be patient. The doctors are hoping to reassess at 34 weeks, which is 1 ½ weeks away…YEAH! They will look to see if the baby’s lungs are developed and see what both of our statuses at that time. So far, all of my blood tests are coming back perfect and my blood pressure is under control….and our little man is growing strong! He weighs over 4 pounds now. I have had steroid shots to strengthen his lungs and I have a non-stress test for him everyday. However, he has developed a ‘reputation’ around here I have heard from several of the nurses, that he is a lazy baby. I just hope he is still laid back when he gets here!  I will continue to write my blog entries and have Rob put them in for me…..I will keep you all updated!

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June 17, 2007 by DreA.

Well it has been quite a week. I went in for a routing OB appt and was sent over to Labor and Delivery for some monitoring, because of high blood pressure. Once I got there, it was discovered that my blood pressure was not going down. I was then admitted and told that I would be there until delivery. YUCK!!! I was moved to my room and there I sat, contemplating if this was something I was going to actually be able to do. I was so bored, and it had only been 2 days. Well, after 4 days of not being able to control my BP….they loaded me up at 2am and shipped me off to a different hosipital with a better NICU. I was told it was just for further testing and if by chance I delivered before 34 weeks they would be better equiped for my baby. Once we got there, my BP was so high it scared the Dr I think. Luckily my mother was with me, otherwise I think I would have just lost it.(Rob had to work) Within 30 minutes of being at the new hospital, I was told not to eat or drink, because I would most likely be having a baby. HOLY COW! I was now in tears….mainly in fear. I was not ready to hear that. First of all, they told me NOT to call Rob….I was just going for monitoring…..Second, WE ARE NOT READY YET! As the day went on, more test were done and they found that the baby was doing great, my blood test were normal, we just need to figure out how to control the BP. Well it only took 3 days. 3 days of odd roomates and no sleep.(so much for bedrest) With much prayer, my BP was regulated and they asked if I wanted to go home…HECK YEAH! I want to go home! So here I sit, I am going back to LD today for a non-stress test for the baby. I am a little nervous, I am scared they are going to make me stay again. I will update later! Say a prayer that I will be back!

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June 4, 2007 by DreA.

Well it has been a week of this bed rest stuff. I’m hoping it gets easier with time. Anyway, we had another Dr appt. Everything still looks good! I go back in 2 weeks for an ultrasound and start the non-stress testing for the baby. I often wonder if I am not worrying enough. I just have this confidence that everything is going to be okay, but everytime they take my blood pressure in the office and it is high…I feel like I have failed a test or something. It’s the weirdest feeling. Anyway, I do have some good news….well REALLY good news for someone like me, I passed my glucose test. Which means no gestational diabetes. Bring on the ice cream and candy! YEAH! I told Rob I think the Lord was on his side for sure with this one. It would not have been pretty, me on bedrest…with no salt OR sugar. I would have been a crabby girl. I need to go get tums, I’ll update more later!

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May 30, 2007 by DreA.

Well we are officially in day 2 of bedrest, I am going nuts. Today I woke up, took a shower, went downstairs, ate breakfast, and slept till noon. I feel really tired today. Rob bought me a “sims” game last night while he was at work. He is so sweet. He is trying to be so understanding, yesterday I did not handle all this to well. I feel so extremely guilty just laying here and having to ask him to do things, after he has just worked 24 hours in 2 days. I have this fear that he is going get annoyed really quickly. I just can’t stand it. I am excited though, tonight my dad and brother are coming over to move some furniture for me so that I can get this nursery started. YEAH!!! I feel like I am so behind. We ordered our bedding….and got a great deal! Super Yeah! I can’t wait to see it in person. It was something that was only available online, so I hope it is just as cute in person. I am going to make an attempt at attaching a pic, so you all can see the bedding! We are adding a few monkey things around the room to baby/cutsey it up. Not overdoing though! I must admit this is the fun part.

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May 27, 2007 by DreA.

Well, it looks like I am on an unexpected vacation. Friday I had another Dr appt, and was put on bedrest. The good thing is, it is not “strict” bedrest. Which means I can still get up and move around, and go some places. I am just to take it easy as much as possible. I know I am not going to be good at it. I have already been scolded a hundred times by Rob, not to do certain things. I just feel so guilty, just sittin around…making him do everything. I just can’t stand it. I hope I get used to it. So for the next 12 weeks…I will be just hangin out and incubating this baby! The second I feel like I have mentally prepared myself for this, someone asks me about it, or I just sit and think about it and I freak out a little. I just want the baby and myself to be healthy. Ill be going to see the doctor’s about once a week now, just to keep checking everything out. So far, things look good. I have only gained about 5 lbs so far, and the baby weighs about 2 and a half or so. He looked good in the last ultrasound. I can’t wait to see him, real live and in person…..but not till its time!

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