It has been a LONG time since I blogged. It is not because our life is boring or stagnate. It is very busy and full of joy, laughing, and lots of kisses! We are so proud of our beautiful children. They light up everyday of our life and they sure do not let things get dull. Here are is a little update on each of them.
Franke is the best big brother! I was a little worried about how he would react when we brought Elisabeth home, but after the first day I was not worried. He is very loving towards her, he loves to kiss her head and is VERY concerned when she fusses. You must stop whatever you are doing and check on her. He is talking up a storm and pronounces his words so clearly. I would love to be inside his brain. When he plays he has a very specific idea and a plan. He still loves to read and play with his cars. Now that the weather is nice he would spend all day outside if I let him. His favorite thing to look for out side is bugs and if there is water around he is in it! I took him swimming and he had no fear of the water. This is wonderful and little scary. He loved jumping in the pool into mommy's arms. We have spent time at the boat and he did great wearing his life jacket and playing. He also loves to tell you what all the animals say. He does a great bear and cow :) He is such a little lover! Though he is truly one of the boys and needs to be boys and do what ever they are doing, he is a mommy boy in his heart. We love you little bear!
Elisabeth is thriving! She is now two months old! I never thought we would ever get her home from the NICU, and now she is two months! The five weeks she spent there, were the longest weeks of our lives. The staff was wonderful to us, but they were not her mommy and daddy. She is now a little over 6lbs and is getting bigger every day. She eats about every three hours during the day and the nights are a little rough. She has been upside down with her days and nights. We think we finally got that fixed, but now she has hard time sleeping at night, we are not sure if is her reflux or if the chair she sleeps in is not comfy or....?? She not awake most of the day or night, but for a few minutes now and then. She sleeps a lot and they told us in the NICU that is when they do the best growing. So grow baby girl grow!!! We are excited to get her first round of immunizations so we can go out in public together as a family. We are limited in where we take her for fear of her getting sick. As of now she would have to be admitted to the hospital for iv antibiotics if she got sick. And I do not want to have to take her back!
As her due date is quickly approaching I have mixed emotions. I am excited because we will be able to go out as a family, ie church, out to dinner, going to stores. And then I think about how she was supposed to have a summer birthday. Funny how you never know what is going to happen, but God sure does. And we will never really understand how He knew it was ok for Elisabeth to be born 10 weeks early, but He did. And we are truly thankful for all the prayers from our family and friends and the strangers that heard from someone that she needed them.
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