Thank you again to everyone for the prayers and positive thoughts! I cannot even begin to tell you how much the kind words and stories of others help me. Today was a good day with Oliver. He is now one week old! And good news is, he made it through the "lose weight phase" and now weighs more than his birth weight! He weighed in at 1lb 11.5oz … [Read more...]
Baby Oliver: Day 6/7, The Roller Coaster of the NICU
Where to start? The last 24 hours have been more difficult than I would have liked. Between the post-partum hormones and everything going on with Oliver. I am quickly learning that support, family, friends, are all very important during a time like this. We are all only so strong. Having a preemie in the NICU is definitely a roller coaster. … [Read more...]
Baby Oliver, Update Day 4-5
Well we are now officially into the 5th day of life. Never could I have ever imagined that I was going to be the mom of a NICU preemie. Counting the hours and days of life. Watching for the little changes. This is supposed to be when you are excitedly counting DOWN the days til birth. I was discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon and … [Read more...]
Baby Oliver, Update Day 2-3
Somedays I am truly speechless at how much of a "family" I have built in the blogging world over the last 4 years. During all of the shuffle of the last few days, Wheel n Deal Mama actually "turned 4" too -- October 16, 2010 was the day that I started the blog and I don't think there has been a single day since that I haven't posted SOMETHING or … [Read more...]
Oliver James, Born 3 Months Early
Thank you to everyone that heard about what was happening this past couple days and sent their thoughts and prayers, they have been very much appreciated. So a little update, I announced I was pregnant just a couple months ago, we found out we were having a little boy back when I first announced here on the blog. Things were moving along … [Read more...]
The Baby is a…
So the ultrasound this afternoon was successful! :) The baby was cooperating very well, in fact it was moving ALL over. And there was absolutely no question as to the gender -- I could tell almost immediately what we were having.... It's a boy!! We are very excited. He was very active and everything looked great! Thanks for playing … [Read more...]
Exciting Announcement: Expecting Baby Number 3!
Some of you have probably noticed, things have been a bit slower on the blog over the last few months. Summer break, with both kids home all day (and all the activities we did!!) has been one excuse, but I have another one too!! I have some exciting news to share!! I'm almost 17 weeks pregnant! :) In fact, we will be finding out if it … [Read more...]