Welcome Home, baby brother!

We are all finally home! It has been a long and hard road but well worth the wait. So lets meet this little guy...

Carson Cecil Nevill
Born January 19, 2008
7lbs 4oz, 20 in long
Total spent in NICU: 10 days

He is named after John's Great Grandfather (Carson) and my Papa (Cecil). He came 4 weeks early. I went into labor at home with just me and Kit here (of course anytime anything major happens, John is at the fire station). So John had to take off and we went to the hospital per Dr.'s orders "just to make sure". John didn't think I was in labor but this momma knew she was. Once we got there, a friend of ours was my nurse and said that I was dilated to a 5 meaning no turning back now. After brief consideration of delivering naturally, my doctor reminded me of why we were a scheduled c-section in the first place. After agreeing with him, it was only 2 minutes and I was already back in the OR and being prepped. They don't mess around. When Carson was finally delivered, he peed on everything! And this was just the beginning, ha. Since he was a month early, his lungs were a little premature and he was having a little bit of trouble breathing so they took him to NICU and put him under a oxygen hood. I was group strep B positive so he had to stay at least 3 days for a dosing of antibiotic just to be on the safe side. Then while he was there, his biliruben (jaundice) levels were pretty high so he had to be moved to a special bed. And finally after that all cleared up and stayed low, we were able to take him home. Our stay in the NICU was one of the worst things we have ever had to go through. I did meet another mom there with a son, Brady, who was born 9 weeks premature and she was God sent. She helped me focus and not get too emotional. Carson now has a friend for life.

Anyways, we love being home with him. Katlynn is the best big sister ever! She loves holding him and is not the least bit apprehensive about it either. She just picks him up and starts rocking him. She is still adjusting to us being off of a schedule but hopefully we can get back to one soon.

I thank all of you for your prayers and gifts. It has meant the world to us and helped us keep our heads held high during this time. God bless you all.

Ooops, It's a boy!

Yesterday, just before J.D.'s funeral I had a doctor's appointment. After measuring 2 1/2 weeks ahead, the doctor wanted me to come in for another sonogram just to make sure things were going okay with the baby. During the exam and sonogram, I kept referring to the baby as a "he" as I have done for a while now. Not only is it easier to say than she (how lazy is that?) but I was feeling like it was a boy. So I guess when the doctor passes by the boy parts he decided to show me. "And here are his testicles." Both the nurse and I looked at each other. I just smiled and she let the doctor know that we were not intending to find out the sex until birth. My poor doctor felt so so so bad. I was shocked but okay with it. And honestly, it just confirmed what I was feeling.

As many of you know we do not have many boys in our families so this is a blessing. With the recent loss of my cousin, J.D. and the timing of this slip up, I feel that it was God's work. My feelings on both of recent events are still unsettled but I take comfort in knowing that God has a bigger plan for all of us.

First Baby Pictures

On Thursday, we went to get the baby's 20 week sonogram. The baby is doing well and growing like a weed. He/She weighs about 7 ounces now. Only 20 more weeks to go! (ha ha ha, ugh.)