Just like my Big Brother

As many of you have heard baby Shelle (aka Isaac Aaron) decided to follow in his big brother's foot steps and arrive 6 weeks early (August 20th at 2:25am).

The labor and delivery process was very similar to Aiden's except this time I was at one of my patient's houses when my water broke (hmmm that was awkward). As with Aiden I labored for about 16 hours before delivery and only had to push a few times to deliver (Isaac actually came out so quickly the doctor didn't even have time to get both her gloves on).


Isaac weighed in at a whopping 5lb 15oz and was 20 inches long. He came out crying but because of his prematurity was taken right up to the ICU. He was put on CPAP and stayed on the CPAP until this afternoon. At that time they decided that he was working too hard to breath and was not making any improvements so they put a ET tube in and started him on the ventilator. As much as I was hoping to avoid the ventilator he does appear to be much more comfortable and with the ventilator they can give him medication directly into his lungs to help with his breathing. Right now they don't anticipate him needing to be on the ventilator for too long but as always in the NICU it is not really predictable.


Sooo once again we had to come home from the hospital without our baby (BIG bummer) - but are glad that he is being well taken care of. I do have some pics of him but don't have the energy to upload them right now so I will get them up tomorrow with another update of how the night went :)

The Long Lost Shelles ...

No real excuse for not blogging for so long - just busy with life :) Things are good - keeping busy with our non stop almost 2 year old and getting ready for the new addition (only 7 weeks to go!!)

My first corn on the cob - I LOVED it !!!

Playing "oot ball" with the big guys

Giving Daddy some snuggles

Helping Dad put together my big boy bed (still haven't slept in it yet)

The Tomato - it is the first and so far only harvest I have made from my garden.

Aiden... of course

"What? Where else would I sit to read my book??"

" I was scared to go in the "deep" end at first but now I'm brave enough to play there by myself"

"Yipee.. swimming"

Baby BUMP

28 Weeks and still growing!!

(I know I look a little sickly in this pic - it was taken after a VERY long day. I should probably try to take another pic in the morning when I am not so totally exhausted!!)

Cutest Pool Boy Ever

Binder Park Zoo

To celebrate our 4 year wedding anniversary I took a day off work and went to the Binder park zoo. It was totally awesome!!! The habitats that the animals were in were great - big and full of natural foliage. The highlight was definitely the giraffes - it was cool to see them so close up. Overall it was a great day and a perfect anniversary.

Aiden in the blue hat.

Awesome Africa habitat.

Aiden and Sophie

A very tired Aiden at the end of the day.

"Poop"

In the past few weeks Aiden has started to hold his diaper and say "poop" or "uh oh" when he goes to the bathroom. So we decided to invest in the Royal Stepstool Potty Chair (it plays a song when you go pee in it). Aiden really liked to new potty although we have had no action in it yet - mostly just putting toys into it and shutting the lid. We know that it is early to potty train but figured that it is never too early to get acquainted with the idea.