Nov. 15th

Uncle Mike came to visit! He showed up a day early. This is Bryan's uncle. What a nice guy!

Last night they went ahead and placed Christian on the respirator and he is doing so much better now! He was so miserable yesterday and in so much pain. Now he is sedated and can relax. His little toes and fingers pinked right up.

Nicole is doing very good. She walked to the baby's ICU (NICU) and back. She did call for some pain meds but who wouldn't?

Anyway, Christian is in getting his heart cath done right now. I will post again later tonight with an update.

Grandma Whee

He is here! (forgotten stuff!)

I forgot to tell you that Nicole was induced at 8 am on November 12th. They decided that they would do an emergency c-section after 36 hours of labor! C-secton took 3 minutes. Hmmmmm. Sounds like a good deal to me! Anyway, enjoy the pics in the previous update!

He's Here!!!!

I tried to update earlier today but it was way too busy! So, here are the pics from yesterday and a few from this afternoon.

I am sorry if the umbilical IV bothers some of you, but we wanted to show what all is going on with Christian.

Anyway, here are the stats!

Born November 13, 2007 at 4:56 pm.

He is 6 lbs 15 oz and 19 3/4 inches long. He had perfect APGAR scores!

This evening Christian was placed on a ventilator and will have the first surgery Friday or Monday. He will have a heart cathetar placed tomorrow. I will be taking more pictures and updating as soon as I can tomorrow for all of you anxiously awaiting!

Take care and check back soon!

Grandma Whee

Labor! 11-13-2007

Well, we are finally going to have a baby! The kids are so excited! So are us grandmas! This morning began with some different induction techniques and then moved to oxytocin. They have stopped the labor so Nicole can sleep a bit this evening but should be in in an hour to begin in ernest the oxytocin again. They said we will have a baby between 6 and 10 in the morn. I threw in a pic of Nicole from day before yesterday. Boy did a\she get big these last 3 weeks! She is wanting to see her feet again without leaning over. Heck, I have not seen mine in years and I am not even pregnant!

Anyway, I will be updating as time and sleep allows! Keep checking back!

Grandma Whee

Off to Portland!

Well, Monday is the day! Nicole will be induced and about 24 hours later we will have baby Christian here to smooch on! Begining at 6 am on Monday Nicole needs to start calling to make sure they have room for her. They very seldom do not have space, but you never know.

Nicole had a real quick ultrasound on Friday and things look good. There is plenty of amniotic fluid and Christian is just over 7 pounds. So hopefully he will be stable enough for a few days before rushing into surgery.

Dave, Kady and I are leaving in just a few minutes for Portland. I have had my car packed for weeks now. It is strange that I am finally getting to go. YIPPEE!

My sister-in-law has a sister that has a vacation home in Portland and has allowed us to use it for however long we need to. How wonderful that this opportunity opened up for us!

I will be updating the blog daily (thats my intention) after the baby is born so check back often for news and pics.

Grandma Whee

The Waiting Game

Well, here we still are! Waiting.

Bryan completed his training for Big Sky Airlines and will begin his flight rotations soon. Hopefully after the baby is born, but maybe before if Nicole does not have Christian soon.

Nicole and Bryan went for a nice long walk in the park this afternoon that sent her to the hospital with contractions. They were not real hard or consistant so she was sent away. But the doc said anyday day now and we will have a baby.

I know the updates on this site so far are pretty sporatic, but once the baby gets here we will update daily since there will be stuff to report then!

Thanks for stopping in again. You are all so wonderful and we love you all. It is nice to know that people care.

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Grandma Whee
(aka Denise)