Ethan's monthly "b-day " pics

5 months old-

length- 20.5 in

weight- 9 lb 6 oz

diaper- size 1

clothes - newborn pants,

0-3 month outfits and sleepers

eats- every 3-4 hours, not the best eater,

we have to walk around and stop and burp you a lot.

about 22 oz /day

I hope it gets easier soon :-)

4 Months

length-19.25 in

weight- 7 lbs 5 oz

Diapers- size 1

Clothes- newborn

eats- every 3 hours but goes longer at night.

about 20 oz /day

3 Months-

Length- 18 in long

weight- 6 lbs

diaper- newborn but going

to switch to size 1 soon :-)

clothes- newborn

eats- about every 3 hours 60 oz

started prevacid for acid reflux

2 Months-

length-

Weight-

diapers- newborn

clothes- preemie

eats-

moved into a open crib:-)

1 month old

length-

weight-

diaper-xs/s

clothes- none, yet. started wearing clothes

Sept 15

eats- donated breast milk 24ml/3 hours some

through bottle,the

rest through nose tube.

had first bottle today:-)

sleeps in isolette

Birth-

length- 12.2 in long

Weight- 1 lb 8 oz

9:32 am

diaper-preemie

clothes- none

eats- iv fluids/tpn only

tube fed donated breast milk 1ml /3 hours at 6 days old

bed- giraffe isolette

He has come such a long way ! I am so proud of him. looking back at all these pictures brought tears to my eyes, he is truly a miracle. He is my dream come true, even on the days he is cranky ;-)

I'm baaaaccckk!

pictures are out of order, i forgot how to upload them right!

E's first Thanksgiving
relaxing on thanksgiving

mommy holding e in the nicu

On our way to become a family of 3!

Wow what a difference a year and a 1/2 makes! so much has happened I'm not sure where to begin. I'll start by saying in January of 2011 Matt and i went through our 3rd frozen embryo transfer. In February we found out it worked! I was very nervous and excited at the same time. we were due Oct 27th. That day seemed sooo far away. Little did we know our little blessing would come sooner then that. I was having the easiest pregnancy in the beginning, no morning sickness or food aversions. i was measuring good and baby was growing appropriately. We found out we were having a boy in June, both of us were very excited. There is a lot of girls in our family! It all changed on July 13 when i went to the Dr and baby was measuring 2-3 weeks behind. My blood pressure was high and i was told to watch my blood pressure and come back for another u/s in 2 weeks. The next day my blood pressure was sky high and i was told to go to the hospital. I was admitted and was put on bed rest for the remainder of my pregnancy, i was 25 weeks.

Ethan never grew anymore and was delivered by c- section on 8-8-11 at 28 weeks and 4 days at 1 lb 8 oz 12.2 in long. Hes our little miracle! He spent 72 days in the nicu and came home on Oct 18th.

I can't wait to share all about him.