Time flies...

Well I had planned to post this when she turned two months old but a few weeks late :o) Time has flown it seems still like yesterday when we were waiting a long three days at the hospital wondering if she would ever be born.

We (Grandma Dana and I) survived the two month checkup and shots :o( I work for the pediatrician that Analise sees so we are blessed that Dana who is watching Analise on Thursday's is willing to bring her to her doctor appointments. Analise weighed in at 12 lbs and 8oz and just over 24 inches long. She is really gaining some chubbiness. She drooled and smiled plenty for the Dr and impressed him with her head holding and trying to sit up skills, until the five needles came. Then she screamed until she turned purple for quite awhile. I was expecting to have a fussy baby for the next few days but instead she slept for about 2 days straight, even with no Tylenol, I was impressed. We are very blessed to have such an easy baby who rarely cries, sleeps 7 hours at night, and is very healthy.

Analise does have a new talent which the first few times we were going to forgive but not now it is documented for life. Pooping in the tub multiple times each night seems to be fun. We have tried baths at different times of the day, after she already had a dirty diaper it does not work so instead we just take pictures. Another thing we realized is she loves mirrors and will look in them for hours, I put her chair in our bathroom and I am able to get ready, clean things up and get all our bags packed for work and she is still sitting there just talking away. My Grandma Hunt got her another mirror for the crib so now she falls asleep and wakes up talking too.

Dedication Day

Last Sunday we had Analise dedicated at church and had the opportunity to have my parents, sister and nephews come and play for the weekend. So here is a few pictures of our weekend fun. I am getting ready to head back to work this next week and not looking forward to it at all. I have really enjoyed staying home and getting to play every day. Analise is 6 weeks old now and starting to smile, talk, and laugh a lot, she is really an easy baby to please and still is sleeping great with the exception of two nights but she did have a bit of congestion going on also. She has also learned how to become the poop explosion queen, we have gotten the bathtub many times, changing table, wall, and the new clean diaper before it was all the way attached :o) If this continues we might have to post some pictures of our new talent.

2 Weeks already

Wow two weeks have already gone by and life has really changed. Analise had a bit of a scare with some incredibly high jaundice levels so spent 8 days in a bili blue light bed 24/7. She was only allowed out for a quick feeding, diaper change and our daily hospital visit for yet another blood draw. We survived these long days and nights although I admit I nearly had a breakdown everyday knowing I was taking her to the hospital each day were she would be poked by yet another needle.

At our two week checkup she was almost back to birth weight weighing in at 9lbs 3oz and had already grown 2 inches to be 22 3/4 now. Yep, I think she is taking after her daddy and new name will be string bean :o) I was wondering how she had outgrown so many of her clothes already we are into 3-6 months for the length in things with feet. Another trait we have found to be just like daddy is our hair, our rather uncontrolled hair. No matter how much you paste it down her it always pops right back up.

Analise Grace St. John

Well this is only a few weeks late but Analise was finally born on Thursday night September 17 2009 at 702 pm. She was 9lbs 4 oz and 20 3/4 inches. We were admitted to the hospital early Tuesday morning due to my blood sugars going too high and Analise was starting to show some distress from this happening. The plan was to induce labor and have a baby that day. Well apparently my body decided to take the hard route once again. No matter what they tried to induce it did not work. All the medications would produce lovely, perfect contractions for a few hours then just stop no matter how much they increased the medications. Needless to say Jesse and I had much fun during the three days we had so many doctors racking their brains trying to figure out how to get the baby out without doing a c-section. We had finally decided to go for a c-section instead on Thursday afternoon as I was getting a little worn out from being in having contractions every 3-5 mins day and night. But then Analise decided to surprise us and arrived 3 hours after that. So the whole experience was not fun but well worth it when we saw her.

We had known that she would have some complications from the diabetes and prior ultrasounds so were not surprised when she was whisked away. They had to pump out her stomach to place a feeding tube in order to stabilize her blood sugars, and had to draw blood every 30 mins to test her levels. She was and still is a real trooper though. Even now when we have to do sugar and jaundice checks she hardly cries. We got to leave the hospital on Saturday afternoon and come home to my parents help for the weekend. Grandma got to rock, bathe, feed and spoil her new granddaughter while Grandpa installed a pellet stove and I got a much needed nap :o)

Ethan and Analise

Well this last two weeks has been eventful and God has shown that he has a plan even if we do not agree with it.

Most everyone knows that Heather and I were due a few weeks apart, she had a beautiful baby boy on Aug 23rd at 4lbs 6 oz and he went to heaven the same day. Jesse and I were able to make it for the birth and I am so glad we got to spend time with Heather and family saying hello and goodbye to Ethan Cole Austin. He made a huge impact on our lives and not by just his huge feet (what side of the family did those come from). Ethan got to take his first heavenly breath and be with Jesus sooner then any of us and he will be waiting to show his family all the fun events in heaven as we get there.

As for our baby news, Analise is doing good so far a special ultrasound on Monday showed that she has gained a little weight to be around 6 pounds right now but her lungs are still not ready so the doctor would like to see another two weeks before delivering. So we are just playing the waiting game. Part of me wants to be done with all this as the uncomfortable stage is setting in, especially with sleeping but the other part I want her to have the best chance possible and if that means I have the same gestation as an elephant we will do that.

We finally finished putting her room together and also Heather let us borrow a cradle that my dad fixed up for Ethan so we can keep Analise close by for the first few weeks until I am ready to have her five feet down the hall :o)

So this has been a week of many tears, questions and acceptance. Someday when we get to heaven maybe all our questions will be answered to why things happened and maybe this is just to teach us further that God has a plan for our lives even if we do not agree or understand.

Here is a picture of the three preggo cousins...

Lindz due in Jan
Heather due Sept 23rd
Amy due Sept 10th

We like to keep the family hopping :o)