A Sweet Little Miss.

You all will have to forgive me. The last two months have been BEYOND crazy. I was put on modified bed rest the 20th of July, due to high blood pressures and protein in my urine. The week before that, I was out in the hospital for horrid symptoms, and threatened with a 28 week delivery. Thankfully the levels came down, and they began watching closely all that was going on. I started going weekly to the OB, and started to also do weekly labs. My pressures were kind of all over the place, as were my protein levels. We knew we were going to be moving, as my Grandma was going to be selling her home, so we ended up being tremendously blessed in being able to find a home of our very own, and closed August 15th. The next day, I had repeat labs, and discovered that my liver enzymes were going high. This was not good. My OB was really concerned, and gave me just a week before they would be taking out sweet girl. We moved the next day, and I did not do the heavy lifting, as our wonderful neighbors, friends, and families pitched in to help. I started feeling really sick on Sunday, and on Monday, I was experiencing a lot of pain in the area around my liver, and also I could not eat or drink much, as I just felt sick. I called my OB's office, and found out my regular OB was out sick, so I saw a partner. He sent me over to L&D, where it was discovered my liver enzymes were still climbing. The OB weighed in with my wonderful perinatologist, and the OB at the hospital I would be delivering at, and they all decided, that at 33.4 weeks, our sweet girl would be coming in the next few hours. We declined the ambulance ride, and Mike drove me to the other hospital, where we hung out a few hours until the OBs were out of the emergency surgery, and were ready to bring our sweet girl into this world. I was so nervous, but after a beautiful experience, I felt immense peace too.

In the car: one last belly shot.

At 12:32 am, weighing a teeny-tiny 4 lbs. 3 oz, and measuring a petite 16 inches, little Miss Cora Anne came into the world crying (a wet cry) and ready to fight. They placed her on CPAP, but ended up having to place her on the oscillator for her first 12 hours of life. 

She was able to come off and just straight onto room air, and did AWESOME!!!

She looks like a member of my side in this picture.

One happy Dad here. 

After her first bath.

Cora is just beyond sweet. She has a gorgeous head of hair, smells divine (I love the sweet scent of a brand new baby, straight from heaven!) and has everyone just smitten with her. She is two weeks old today, and will be in the hospital until she learns to eat. We are hoping that takes off in the next week, and we can make that happen. I hate every time I have to leave her, and all of us are just excited for her to come home. 

We just took Jacob and Collin to meet her for the first time on Sunday, and they absolutely loved their tiny new little sister. It was so cute to see their reaction. 

I know this will be a small moment, but we are asking for prayers that she can find the energy and interest to be able to eat. When she can do that, she can come home. I will try to update more regularly, as it is important to document these moments, as they grow up so quickly.