Baby Boy Black

My sister Michelle did in fact have a baby boy! He was born at 12:11 am on the 7th of April. He weighed in at...........6 lbs 0.9 ounces! He did however pee twice within like 30 minutes of being born so he is probably somewhere in the high 5s. Michelle did great and I'm so proud of her!

Baby Boy Black is adorable, he's tiny, but has brown hair and funny facial expressions. (I got to see some videos). For now, no pics, waiting on the new Mom and Dad to post some, so they can be the bearers of GREAT news!

He has had some complications since the birth and is currently on all sorts of monitors and in an incubator. He is working hard on breathing and eating, so they have him on oxygen and a heart monitor and on an IV for nutrition. Michelle and Todd are very anxious and can't wait to be able to hold their little guy. He's so cute and is a little fighter.

Congrats Michelle and Todd...our prayers are with you for your new little guy and hope he can get out his incubator soon and into your arms!!

Baby Day

My sister Michelle was induced this morning and the last I heard (an hour ago) is that they had just broke her water!!!!!!! I can't wait to find out more details and hope the delivery goes well! I'm guessing he'll be here at 2:22PM HST so, we'll see, if so that'll be a very fast day! Love you Michelle and Todd and can't wait to see baby boy Black!

Go Dad GO!!!

Tomorrow, April Fool's Day, my Dad will be getting a bone marrow transplant. He has been in the hospital for 6 days now getting chemotherapy and other drugs that are necessary prior to a transplant.

My Dad was diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma (a type of cancer) Aug. 31, 2007 and has been through all sorts of doctors and chemotherapy since then. He is a fighter and a trooper and has made it successfully to this point.

He has a bone marrow donor (through the national bone marrow bank) is a GREAT match (because no family members were matches) and because of this is being able to have this huge procedure done.

Tomorrow is a BIG day, his new birthday, and I love him and pray that everything will go as planned. Any prayers on his behalf would be greatly appreciated. He is my hero and has already gone through so much and is being so courageous to go through this!

GO DAD GO!!

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Ideas

Does anyone have any ideas for decorating a bedroom that will be shared by a girl and a boy? So far I have thought of doing a jungle theme, I bought some stuff that I like, but don't know if I really want to do that idea...

So please let me know your creative ideas, I need help!!

3rd trimester woes

Okay, I'm not in my 3rd trimester, but my sister Michelle is and I feel bad for her! The poor thing has had contractions since 28 weeks along, real ones too, not Braxton Hicks. They've been monitoring her since she's had to go to the hospital and since then she's had all sorts of complications that they've been monitoring. Low fluid level, baby not growing, belly not growing, contractions, more contractions, and more contractions.....YUCK.

I was terrified of the 3rd trimester when I was pregnant with Breanna, and kept thinking okay, when is it going to get worse, this isn't that bad. Yes, I was unconfortable, sore, etc...but overall my pregnancy was EASY in the 3rd trimester. They way women talk about it, they scare you so bad, but for me, I was fine.

Now, I understand that it is THAT BAD for some women. So, Michelle, I'm so sorry that you have had such a hard final trimester. She is now 36 weeks along, WAHOO, I'm so glad that you've made it this far, man I would be screaming for pain medication a long time ago if I DAILY had to endure what you have gone through. I apologize for being secretly mad at you through your 1st trimester (She had the EASIEST first trimester EVER). I admire you for getting through this with such a positive attitude!!! GO MICHELLE!

Did anyone else have a super hard 3rd trimester?

Rob

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband :) I love him for so many reasons and am so happy that I get to have so much fun being married to my best friend. He's such a great Dad and does so much for us! I KNOW that this year is going to be a fantastic one for him and us and just want him to know how much I love and appreciate him!

I thought I'd copy (kind of) something I saw on my friend marci's blog...(this way the entire post isn't so lovey dovey).

I love him even when he.....

*tells me he'll wash the dishes and he doesn't
*breathes really hard in my face while i'm trying to sleep (now, i wear earplugs:)
*takes longer showers and longer to get ready then i do
*goes somewhere and it takes 2 hours longer then it really should
*buys things for himself, things i know he wants, so it makes it REALLY hard to buy a birthday/christmas present
*opens presents BEFORE christmas/birthday
*goes in breanna's room and gets her out of her crib (after i just did the whole bedtime routine) to spend some time with her when he gets home late
*told me until i gave in that life would miraculously be better if he had a cell phone (i know, i'm cheap, and i thought we'd been sharing one for 3 years, why do we need a 2nd one :)

(Pics from when we started dating 5 years ago :)




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