Jacob is 3 months old!!

I can't believ that Jacob is 3 months old. He is fighting his first cold, but other than that he is doing well.

Here are some pics from this weekend. We weighed him and he is about 11 1/2 pounds and 23 1/2 inches long.

Looking back.....

So I thought I would reminisce today.....this time last year I was coming off of a failed IVF....if you look back in my blog you can read my entry. And here I am a year later with an almost 3 month old son. Never did I think this would be where I would be a year later. I am very blessed. I also thought I would post some wedding pictures...man it has been an interesting 3.5 years....

First week of daycare.....

Jacob did great his first week. They love him and he never fusses during the day and only gets fussy after 5...which they only see on the days mommy picks him up because I don't get there till 5:45 or so. He has been eating 4 oz bottles like a champ and with very little spit up.

Oh and yesterday we found out Daddy passed the bar....so this has been a great week!!

First day back to work....

Since I have posted in a while, I thought I would do a full update...

Jacob has pretty bad acid reflux, but is now doing much better. The last 6 weeks have been rough. He now is on the right meds and formula and the tucker sling we bought for him to sleep on is doing wonders. This weekend was a great weekend and it is like having a all new baby!!!

Here are some stats...at 10wks Jacob is 10lbs and 22.5 inches long!!

Here are pictures from Halloween taken during our Fall Festival at church....

Jacob is coming home.......

Friday afternoon, Jacob came off the breathing tubes. It was wonderful to finally see his little face with no tubes. Saturday the IV came out and Jacob was moved from an isolette to an open crib. Jacob was so happy to be in his new home. Mommy and Nana got to give Jacob a bath, which he hated getting....he is just wants to be a stinky boy!!

Jacob did well maintaining his body temperature in his open crib and we started the discharge process Sunday.....Jacob is going home today and we couldn't be more excited. After 10 days in the NICU we are finally going to be home with our son. God is so good and we feel so blessed to have Jacob.

Here are some pictures of Jacob with no tubes!!

Jacob is a week old today....

Jacob Aaron arrived at 9:09am on Friday, Aug. 21st. He weighed 5lbs6oz and was 17.5 inches long. We had a rough go at the begining because Jacob's lungs were pretty premature, but he is doing much better. He is still on a little bit of oxygen, but the dose is small and hopefully by tomorrow he will be off the machine. He is feeding like a champ and loves to eat. So far he has no problems getting the suck, swallow and breathing down and he is holding his body temp just fine. We are hoping he will come home sometime next week.

Here are some pictures

Having Jacob today.......

Where do I start, as you can see from the title of my post....yesterday's appointment didn't go very well. Yesterday I went in for my first bi-weekly appointment. My blood pressure was up a little at 141/82, but Jacob did great on the NST so I thought things were going well. My doctor wanted to do an ultrasound to check on my fluid levels. So we start the ultrasound and she measures my fluid and then checks out Jacobs and wiggles my stomach to get him to wake up and give her some movements, which he did. After the ultrasound she did and internal to check my cervix....that was horrible. After she is done she asks me if I had noticed a gush of fluid in the last couple of days. I told her no and she told me that my fluid levels are very very low. She said for whatever reason in the last 3 days my fluid has gone from being very good to being almost nothing. She said Jacob seems to be okay, he looked good on the ultrasound and did fine on the NST so we know he is not in any distress, but she wants to get him out. I about fell off the table when she said, so we are going to do a c-section and have this baby tomorrow. She said at this point, Jacob is better out than in and with my BP issues during this pregnancy she just wanted to get me to 34 - 35 weeks and she is okay with taking him now.

Jacob will probably spend some time in the NICU because his lungs are probably not fully developed, but she said he will be fine. I have been doing a lot of praying and I am very scared, but we don't want to take any chances and we want to do what is best for Jacob. So at 8:30 this morning, we are doing a c-section.

I will update my blog as soon as things settle down.