Like father like son

The left side is Daniel in 1985 at age 3... Nate is on the left (almost 2)... do you think they are related?

Update on Penny

Just a quick update on Penelope...
~ She is off oxygen :D
~ Her white blood cell is up and in the normal range :D
~ She is breastfeeding every 3 hours and supplementing 15 mls of formula to keep her glucose up
~ She is maintaining her glucose (it was in the 70's before her 6 pm feeding) and therefore is off of her IV fluids
~ The only monitor that she is now wearing is her pulse oximeter
~ Her pediatrician, Dr. Lam, should be coming to see her in the am, I suspect that he will run another CBC to make sure that her white blood cell levels are normal and hopefully will give her the clear to go home.

I was hoping that since she is off of everything but the pulse oximeter that she would be allowed to sleep in our room tonight, but no go. Better safe than sorry... hopefully tomorrow night she will be sleeping happily in our room.. better rest up tonight :D

Thank you for all of your continued love and support. We appreciate all the kind thoughts, words and prayers and are so very thankful for y'all! Hope you have a wonderful New Year!

Announcing Penelope Jean Weber

We are ecstatic to announce the birth of our BEAUTIFUL baby girl, Penelope Jean Weber. Penelope joined our clan on December 30, 2009 at 2:23 am. Penelope weighed in at 6 lbs 14 ounces and is 19 inches long. Despite having to be in the NICU she is doing well. Her oxygen saturation was dropping too low when she slept because she has some fluid in her lungs and had a possible infection in her lungs. At one point the morning she was on 75% oxygen, had a feeding tube, and was receiving IV fluids and anitbiotics. She is now down to 21% oxygen (we suspect she will be off the oxygen in the morning), she is breastfeeding like a champ, and her white blood cell count is doing much better! We look forward to getting to take her home soon! Will post about her delivery later on when I have finally gotten some sleep!

or not...

At this point it looks like labor has stopped for the time being and I will probably be headed home in the morning. Which is good news for sure, since every day/week counts for little Miss Penny :) Will keep you posted! Wish me luck on getting some sleep now!

Little Miss Penny Popper

Well, it appears that Miss Penny will be born soon. I am currently at the hospital and in labor. Currently I am 3 cm dilated and have a bulging bag of water (the will not break my water till morning until the high risk drs are here). We will post pictures as soon as we can, she will likely be in the NICU for some time since she is only 34 weeks along. Your prayers are appreciated! We will keep you posted!

Our Cute Boy Nate

Nate has a thing about pacis. Not only does he LOVE his paci, but if there is more than one in his line of sight, he must have them all. I have seen him have one in each and one in his mouth. I have also known him to put two in his mouth at one time and hold onto a third one... which is way funny! He also has a very particular way of picking up his paci. He sticks his pointer finger into the "nipple" part of the paci and then sticks the paci into his mouth.

Nate LOVES food. He has been known on more than one occasion to watch food cook in the oven. In this picture he is waiting for dinner rolls to cook. The first time that I saw him watch food cook was when I was making carrot cake/carrot cupcakes. He stood at the oven with his forehead pressed against the door waiting for them to finish cooking.

The other day Nate and I went to Farmington Pond with Carol and her son Sean and son's biological brother Ryder, Ryder's mom Heather and Ryder's older sister Holland. Nate had fun feeding the ducks, being attacked by geese, throwing rocks into the pond, walking knee high into the pond, and falling down many many times. Nate actually had a good time, despite at least 3 spills which left him with several cuts and bruises. Heather's kids are so cute and it was great to see them again! I am so happy that Carol finally has legal custody of Sean bug and am so thankful that Ryder has his wonderful family!


Nate has learned to say "cheese" over the past few weeks, which is way cute! On the other hand he makes the funniest face when he does it so all of the pictures that I have of him have a silly face, but hey, he is 18 months!

We are so thankful to have Nate in our lives and to know that we are sealed to him (and all of our babies) for eternity! Nate brings us so much joy and happiness and is truly a blessing in our lives! I was having a hard day the other day (yesterday) and was on the phone with Dan bawling because I was stressed about money (not having ANY), getting ready to have a baby when I feel unprepared because we do not have clothes for her, so on and so forth... well Nate was in his room playing and heard me crying so he ran into the living room and looked at me all concerned and then came over and gave me a hug, set on my lap, and wiped (poked) my tears. He is such a wonderful happy boy and I am so thankful for him in my life! Oh, another adorable thing... the other day Nate and I were on the couch playing around and he came up behind me and put his head on my shoulder and said, "lub you". I looked at him and said I love you too (mainly because I was not sure that I had heard him correctly) to which he gave me a kiss! I was so happy, my heart melted!

Happy Halloween from Our Little Devil :D

More pictures to come :D