GRAHAM is here!

Graham is here! He was born April 24, 2007 at 8:37 pm. He weighed 6 lbs. 10 oz. and was 20 inches long.

I was supposed to go to the hospital that night anyways to induce, but I started having contractions early Tuesday morning around 2:30 am. We had an appointment that morning and Dr. Broome went ahead and sent us to the hospital to be monitored since I was having contractions. I still had not dilated yet. About 1 they decided to go ahead and get the process started.

Around 8 that evening I still had not progressed and for other reasons they decided to do a c-section. Everything moved fast from there and little Graham was born at 8:37 pm. I was only able to see him for a second before they had Raymond take him to the nursery with oxygen. I am not sure how long he was in the nursery before they took him to NICU. I was still in recovery when a nurse and Raymond came to explain to me what was going on.

When he came out they said that he took a big gulp of air that caused his lungs to partially collapse and force the air out around his lungs. The name for this is Bilateral Pneumothorax. One side was worse than the other and they said that they would need to drain the air out and he was on 100% oxygen. They were able to get the air out of his chest from one side with a needle. The other option was to put tubes in to get the air out. I am thankful that the needle worked. The other side healed by being placed under the oxygen. Eventually they decreased his oxygen every hour until he was on room air.

After his feeding tube was taken out Raymond and I were able to go and feed him. Raymond became the pro on changing diapers, feeding, and burping. The nurses were wonderful and taught us a lot. Raymond feed him a couple of times before I was able to get down to him. The reason he had to stay in NICU the last day or so was because the nursery would not do antibiotics. Even though Graham was put in NICU, we are so thankful that he was only in there for a couple of days. You look at some of the other babies that are half his size and hooked up to way more equipment than he was and are thankful. We were able to take him home with us Friday afternoon! I just want to say how special those ladies are in NICU that take care of the smallest little babies with so many problems. They are wonderful people.

Raymond also got Graham hooked up with some Tech sheets and a blanket as you can see in the picture above.

Graham has been home with us a week now and I can't believe it. Raymond is such a good Daddy. He has had a lot to deal with through finals and graduation coming this next Saturday. I will post as often as I can. We have a dr. appointment on Monday the 7th. I can't wait to see how much he weighs!

April 25th Unless...

I went to the doctor April 17th and still nothing!!! So, if I have not had him by Tuesday we will induce on Wednesday the 25th. I asked if we could do it sooner but the doctor told me NO! As some of you know the 25th is my brother's birthday. That would be neat for them to have the same birthday, but I would like for them to have their own day. I guess we will see. Raymond's birthday was the 16th and I was hoping for it to happen right in the middle, you know on my due date!! Ha! Ha!

Raymond is also graduating on May 12th, so he will have a lot going on in the next 3 weeks!

School Shower!

March 29, 2007







The I-Team, or Interventionist Team, gave Brooke, Traci, and I a Spring Baby Shower! We are all due within a month of each other. Instead of gifts they gave us a $MONEY TREE$! The school staff was very nice and I appreciate everyone who gave. The hostesses put together four baby games for everyone to play. I think everyone that came had a great time. The games were Guess the I-team baby picture, How many jelly beans in the 3 baby bottles, Baby food jar guessing game, and Safety pins in rice.

My Wonderful Kindergarten Team!

My wonderful kindergarten team had a little shower for me on March 22. We had such a great time! It was so nice to get together away from school to just talk and LAUGH! I am so blessed to work with such a great group of ladies.

Spring Break!

Graham's Room



Over Spring Break I worked on getting everything done in Graham's room. I got everything washed, taken back, and put away. I got his name done and I think that it turned out pretty cute! They are just cardboard letters with scrapbooking paper over the top. I just thought I would share what his room looks like!

Baby Showers!!!

Couples Shower! February 24, 2007


We had a couples shower and had a great time. Sally Johnson was the hostess and was hilarious as usual! It was so nice of her to do this for us. Raymond invited some of his fireman friends as well as some other couples. We ate supper and then played games. Raymond and I had so much FUN!!!

Shower! March 3, 2007

Thirteen wonderful ladies gave me a very nice shower! It was a lot of fun and Graham received a lot of much needed THINGS! I am going to have many cute pictures to post in the future of all the cute clothes that he has now.

GRAHAM STANFORD

On Thursday, February 22 we had another ultrasound and he is still a little boy. I am 32 weeks and everything is looking good! The Doctor said that he weighs about 4 pounds already. I can't believe it. I know that is not completely accurate, but it is probably pretty close. Raymond is finally going to let me tell his name. We have the first name, but are not sure on the middle name yet. Here is GRAHAM STANFORD!!! (The bottom one is a picture of his foot if you can make it out.)