Christa update 12/1

Christa is not going home on Sunday... She is not eating like she should and as a result she is not gaining weight like they want her too... The doctors want her to eat 120cc every 8 hours and she is missing that by about 15cc... Thursday night she gained 20 grams putting her at 2560 grams and last night she maintained that weight... They still have her on the higher calorie formula... She is doing well other than that... I am going to go home with Kyle tomarrow because I have a few things that I need to take care of on Monday... If the weather is desent and we are outta here by 1ish then we are prolly going to stop by Papa and Mimi's (Kyle's dad)... they are hosting a get together for us... I will prolly come back down on Monday night if Kyle wants to drop me off otherwise I am going to come back down on Tuesday... but I guess it all depends on when Christa is getting discharged... so aside from not eating enough or gaining enough weight she is doing just fine... her bottom is healing very well...

Miss you all and love you...

Christa... update 11-29

We found out that we wont be going home until Sunday... she lost another ounce last night so they put her on a higher calorie formula today... she make "ugly" faces when she eats it but she eats it none the less... she is still eating about 2 oz every 3-4 hours... Doctors say she is doing well except for the little weight losses... Hopefully when we get home Sunday I will have few minutes to post newer pictures... Love to you all... Happy belated Thanksgiving to everyone...
Lizz and Christa

Christa Ann... 6 lbs 1 oz... 17 inches long

This was the first time I saw her... This was about 4 hours after her surgery...
This was Friday after Thanksgiving... She just got off the resporator...
This is after the nose tube (c-pap) and feeding tube was taken out...
Kyle is a proud papa... His first time holding her... He couldnt stop smiling...
Me holding Christa...
The most resent... Sunday afternoon...

Christa is doing very well right now... She is breathing on her own and eating from a bottle... When we left this afternoon they increased her formula from 15 cc to 20 cc... She is completely off the morphine... They also took her off of the caffine... that was to get her a little "jump start"... Hopefully we will be able to bring her home this week... it all depends on whether she is eating good and if she doesnt need any more antibiotics... she is eating a little slow... she doesnt want to eat because of all the IV fluids that they were giving her...

Sorry if this doesnt make a whole lot of since... I am pretty tired yet... I just wanted to give the basics...

As for me... I am doing good... a little pain at the c section site but that is to be expected... I am moving pretty slow as well...

Love you all!!! Hope your Thanksgiving was as good as mine was!!! :)

Baby News 11-08

Well On the 8th I had another prenatal visit... no ultrasound though... everything is good with baby and me... I have to have non-stress tests done every week because of my liver transplant... and to make sure that if I am having contractions they arent messing with the babys heartbeat... better safe than sorry I guess... I am fine with that though... I think thats about all on this visit...

Our newest puppy

Well I finally got my camera cord... Here is our little Sweetheart... We call her Sweetie...

She loves her little towlie...

She likes to play fetch too...

Here she is just hanging out in the hood...

Baby News 10-26

Well I had an ultrasound yesterday... Here are a few of the pictures I got... they are a bit fuzzy...

Her profile...

Her little foot...

Her femor bones... Well from the measurements that the ultrasound lady took she currently weighs about 3.5 pounds... which is right on the money for this stage of the game... The lady also showed me that she has hair, which I thought she might cuz just about everything gives me heartburn... I have been able to curb that a little by not eating right before I lay down...

I was in a study for pre-eclampsia... they took ultrasound pictures of my uterine arteries... turns out that they use that in England to determine if someone is going to have pre-eclamsia... anyways... my uterine arteries are just beautiful, according to my doctor...

I have gained about 60 pounds so far... I am currently up to 216 at 30 weeks along... My mom thinks that I am going to have a pretty large baby, because I gained so much so far... I think I am going to have a big girl because I weighed almost 10 lbs at birth and Kyle said he weighed about 9 lbs at birth...

I think thats about it...

Wedding Pictures

Hey everybody!!!

Thats a picture of Kyle and me on our wedding day...

Kyle and I Feeding the cake... None on my dress!!! Way to go Kyle...

Our first dance... I am not in love or anything :)