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 […]

  Sarah and I ‘moved’ to Ann Arbor yesterday to await the arrival of little Evan. We were planning on moving sooner but with zero pre-labor symptoms we decided to wait until yesterday. She has not had anything other than Braxton Hicks contractions so far but if you ask me, he looks like he’s getting […]

Mom and Evan are in the home stretch now, we’ve got just over a week to go! We have worked out most of the logistics for the birth, at least the ones that we can control, the rest is up to Evan and when he decides that he wants to make his debut. The appointment […]

  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 Thursday we had our all-day appointment at U of M.  We weren’t sure what to expect but hoped to come away with a better understanding of the process we are going through and the facility that will become our second home.  It didn’t take too long to get there – about 1.5 hours – […]

I am so very thankful that our medical professionals caught this when they did. I feel a sense of calm that we have the opportunity to be prepared for what is going to come. I have been doing a lot of reading and I have seen many stories where the family had no idea, even […]