Just sitting with the little guy getting in our last cuddle time before his big day. He’s so amazingly peaceful this morning especially for not having been fed his least two meals. I’ll be posting here as we hear news throughout the day. Please send all your positive thoughts and prayers Evan’s way today.

  Evan has been doing so well, we could not be happier about his progress. He’s gained about 6 ounces since birth and boy does he eat. Sarah’s milk came in and she’s been a machine. I checked the refrigerator in the ICU tonight before we left and there was enough in there for his […]

Evan is officially one and a half days old. He’s been doing what I imagine most babies do for the first few days, sleep. His blood sugar was bouncing all over the place but that has stabilized. We’re trying to get him to eat on his own so that he does not need the feeding […]

Evan!  Your room is finally done!  I think we are just about as prepared as we will ever be.  It took some serious organizing but everything has come together nicely.  It is hard to imagine just how much a little baby has until you start to put it all away.  First there are all of […]

  This is normal right? I mean he’s not going to spend much time in the nursery in the beginning anyway right? I guess my task between now and next Thursday is to clean this up mess. Orrrrrrr… Mom will be here next week and will be looking for something to do, hmmm. 😉   […]

  We had our second appointment at the University of Michigan on June 10th. This appointment put little Evan at 34 weeks and 5 days. We started the day off with a fetal echocardiogram with Jane. Evan was awake and ready to play. He was rolling over and just moving a lot in general making […]

Last Friday we had our second biophysical ultrasound and non-stress test. As it turns out Friday afternoon is not a good day for appointments. Wow, was it busy. The nurse came by after about 15 minutes, looked at Evan’s non-stress results, said it looked great but she wanted to get 8 more minutes of data. […]

I enjoy photography as a hobby and with such a vast online community it is easy to follow along with some of my favorite photographers as I try to develop my own brand of style.  One that I have followed for a while is Natalie Norton.  I don’t know how I found her, but she […]

Continuing since our 30th-week appointment, we are going to have weekly ultrasounds.  Usually this wouldn’t happen until week 36, but seeing as we are a special case we get to go more often.  Starting at this appointment, we also have weekly fetal non-stress tests.  I had no idea what this was but I get to sit […]

Thanks so much to my sister and mom for hosting a shower for Evan.  Thank you family and friends for showering Evan with so much love and generosity already.  Among you, he will surely find no shortage of your kindness.  We received some adorable clothes, lots of nursery items, and oh-so practical tips and tricks from experienced […]