Well he's home....

Brendan came home on August 8, 2008. Life has been great since then and we as a family are getting a long great. Brendan is a great baby, very easy ...only cries when he is hungry. He and I go out at least once a day somewhere if for nothing else then to keep my sanity. So we shop a lot, walk the mall a lot and ride around in the Jeep a lot. I love being a mom especially to this adorable little guy.

Anxiety much!?!

Well tonigh Brendan's nurse gave us some great news ...he will be coming home soon...like maybe Saturday soon. Like 4 days from now soon..YIKES! He will be coming home on oxygen and a monitor all of which the hospital will train us on how to use and things like that. The thing is this is all so overwhelming. This whole NICU journey has been overwhelming.. I was ready for a 3 week early baby not an 11 week early baby. I was ready for a baby to come home without ozygen and here we are preparing to bring home a baby on oxygen. So tonight Devin and I ran out and bought some essentials to prepare for Brendan coming home. We got the monitor for his room its pretty cool...its a video monitor with night vision. So I can watch Brendan at all times! This past weekend we put together the furniture for Brendan's room and tonight we arranged it all so I can wash all his clothes, put away all his clothes and organize all the other assorted items in his room.

So soon my baby boy will be home...soon.. and I am soooooo excited yet so nervous.

yay...in a crib!

Well they moved Brendan out of his isolette and into a crib. They are going to see if now that he is nearly 4 pounds if he can maintain his body temperature. If he can he will stay in the crib if not he will go back into the isolette. I was just saying to Devin tonight how it is funny in a way we keep forgetting how tiny Brendan is because this is all so normal to us now. You forget because he is now in clothes, that is until you take him out of those clothes to change his diaper. That is when you see the scrawny little peanut and just want to cry for him. He is so tiny but so cute. All the nurses just love him, some call him their boyfriend.

So since he is now in the crib ...the doctor says he will be home soon...so this weekend we are spending assembling Brendans room. :)

So here we are...

My first entry for this blog. I need an outlet so here we go.

I am a mom...should still be an incubator. Our baby boy, Brendan, was born 11 weeks early (at 29 weeks exactly) on
June 9, 2008. He should still be in my belly kicking me and keeping us guessing on whether or not he is a he or a she. I became a mom earlier then I was supposed to and since then have been on the roller coaster ride known as life in the NICU. We are on day 49 of this journy and it isn't getting any easier. I figure better to write here then to keep it all inside of me. Our boy is doing well considering how early he was born. he has some breathing issues,weight issues and a problem maintaining his own temperature. But they aren't "major" issues and should all even out around what was my due date, August 23rd. So here I am a mom to a beautiful baby boy and honestly loving life as a mom. Everyone keeps telling my husband and I that if we can survive this NICU journey we can survive anything. The thing is this has brought us even closer together. I didn't think it was possible. I wasn't sure what kind of parents we would be but let me tell you we are good and dedicated parents.

At any rate this is our journey through the NICU and beyond..