I am Thankful.

As I sit here tonight, I feel the urge to post how thankful I am to live the life I live. I know I may complain at times, but I truly have an amazing life.
I am so thankful for my family. I have this new little family of my own and I couldn't be happier. I am so thankful that I was able to become pregnant and carry Kaidance to full term. I am so blessed to have such a healthy baby. I love her so much, and I can't imagine how Eric and I lived without her all these years. She has shown me the real meaning of life. I know I was meant to be a mother, and that is my true purpose in life.
Next, I am so thankful for Eric. He keeps me sane. He loves me unconditionally, even when I am crazy. He stands by me through everything. I could not ask for a more loving, understanding and caring husband. I love you Eric, with my entire heart and soul.
I am thankful to both Eric's and my family. We both have the best family anyone could ever ask for. We are so blessed to have such amazing parents and siblings. I love all of them so much. Each and every one of them has taught us so much.
I am thankful for my wonderful friends. I love all of them and thank them for all they do and continue to do for me. (you know who you are!)
Lastly, I am thankful for health. Our family is healthy in general and we are so blessed to have that. Being healthy has enabled Eric and I to work and provide for our family. I am so blessed that I have the opportunity to go to school and earn and education. I am also so thankful to be able to practice as a nurse and serve others. After being in the hospital and having a baby in the hospital, I truly know how amazing doctors and nurses are. I hope to be half the nurse that my Labor and Delivery nurses were to me.
Well, in general I have so much to be thankful for, and I know I do not say it enough, but I am one thankful girl. I have a great life and I could not ask for anything more~

From the hospital until now.

This was Wed the 25th of November, in her new outfit.

She loves taking a bath and looking at herself in the mirror.

After a sponge bath, her cute bair towel.

Rocking in her swing.

She had the biggest grin on her face, I love it!

The day we brought her home from the hospital, (don't mind how sick I look)

Getting ready to leave the silly NICU.

Our tanning baby.

This is one of my favorite pictures, it looks like she is waving.

Just hanging out in the Bili lights in the NICU.

All wide eyed!

She looks like she is about to fall asleep!

Right after birth, this is her birth weight! Oh, and if you can't tell, she wasn't very happy!

This was the moon on the morning she was born.

I have just recently put some of the pictures from our camera onto the computer. For that reason, I am going to give everyone a picture overload. These pictures are from the day Kaidance was born until now. You can sure see how she is changing. I just think she is the most beautiful little girl ever. I hope everyone enjoys the pictures.

Sorry the pictures are out of order.

Happy 3 Weeks KAIDANCE!

I took this picture at 1:27pm today, because that is the exact time she was born!

Today Kaidance is 3 weeks old. I can't even believe it. I hate to think it has already been three weeks. Time is going way to fast.

I had a huge problem today. I have to tell everyone about it. I may even need a support group! HAHA. While Kaidance was sleeping, I got on the Internet today and spent a TON of money shopping online. There is so much to buy, and I went a little crazy! (okay, a lot crazy). I kept telling myself to stop, but I couldn't. I am going to blame it on Gymboree, Gap and Old Navy. They sure have some cute clothes. I just can't wait to dress my princess up.

Well, happy 3 Week birthday to my most beautiful princess in the whole world.

Oh, and can you tell she is gaining weight and getting so big? Her cheeks are getting so chubby, I just love it!

Love you Kaidance!!!!

Info on Kaidance.

Sleeping with daddy.

She looks so beautiful.

All dressed up, with nowhere to go!

Just to let everyone know, we are going wonderful. Kaidance is gaining weight like crazy. She was born at 7 pounds six ounces. She went down to 7 pounds 4 ounces while in the NICU. The day we left the hospital she weighed seven pounds seven ounces. We went to the doctor on Thursday the 12th and these are her statistics:

Weight: 7 pounds 13 ounces, 41 percentile

Height: 20 inches long, 34 percentile

Head circumference: 12.8 inches, 35 percentile

Looking Better!

Just thought I would post and let everyone know that Kaidance's bilirubin is coming down! I have been so stressed about this. I am just so happy that things are starting to get better. Our doctor is amazing and he has really helped us through this.

Just having Kaidance's bili high and her being a little sick has made me so crazy. I think I officially lost my mind. But, hopefully I am back on track, (or at least going that way).
I truly don't know how people deal with their children being really sick. I had the hardest time with this, and it is something we knew would get better sometime. I admire and look up to anyone who has a child suffering from a disease or illness, because the parents go through so much. Just thinking of this, I picture Eric's sister. She has 3 children with Cystic Fibrosis and 1 child with diabetes type one. She is the strongest lady I know, and she never complains. Those type of people amaze me over and over again.

Well, just thought I would let everyone know the fabulous news, that our bili is coming down, and NO MORE LAB POKES!!!

We are HOME!

Meet my Princess, Kaidance.

Isn't she just the most amazing girl you have ever seen?

This is us sleeping. l Don't mind how sick I look.

This is one of my favorite.

Princess Kaidance sleeping in her bili lights.

We were able to come home from the hospital on Sunday, the 8th, as a new little family. It was almost as if it wasn't real. I think we both had been waiting for this day, but it seemed as if it would never happen.

Kaidance had to be on bili lights at home, but that is something we could deal with. We are thankful for the hospital and being able to stay there the week Kaidance was there, but I hated every minute of it. Everyday, I would tell Eric that I hated it there. I know it might have been my emotions getting the best of me, but I felt like I was going crazy. Having a sick child is something I don't know how parents deal with. I was an emotional, crazy wreck. I had to really lean on Eric, my family and friends to get me through this last couple of weeks.

As of right now, Kaidance is off the bili lights. She is doing okay, but we have been having to go to the lab to get her blood drawn daily. She continues to go up on her bili counts, so we have to watch them closely. I am hoping we don't have to go back to the bili bed, but I guess we will do whatever it takes to get her better.

She is a princess and I just can't help but sit and stare at her. I cannot believe I am a mom. I can only hope that I can be the best for her. She deserves the world, and I am willing to work my hardest to make her life the best it can possibly be.

Eric is the best with her. I love to watch them together. She loves her dad and she sure knows his voice.

Well, thanks to everyone for your wonderful comments, thoughts and prayers. I will keep everyone updated on Kaidance's progress. I just can't wait to get rid of the silly blood draws and lab visits.

My Beautiful Baby GIRL!

Kaidance loves to be held by her Daddy.

She loves hearing her mom and dad speak to her.

Kaidance on her birthday, only about 4 hours after she was born.

Just thought I would quickly update everyone! Eric and I had our beautiful baby GIRL on November 2nd, 2009 at 1:27 pm. She weighed seven lbs and six oz. She is 19 inches long. She is the most beautiful person in the world. We had a hard time deciding on her name, but chose to name her Kaidance Khloe Britt.

I am not going to go into much detail here, but I went into Labor on my own on Sunday. We finally went into the hospital on Sunday night at midnight. She did really well. While in Labor, though, I had a fever of 103. That was rough, but then it turned out that I probably passed some sort of an infection to her. She was admitted the the NICU for sepsis (blood infection) on the 3rd. She is doing well, and her infection lab levels are coming down. Now we are struggling with her bili levels, so onward and upward. She is sure one strong little girl. It is so HARD to see her be sick and get poked. I never imagined how hard it would be to have my baby as a patient. You would think that because I work in the health care field I would be better, but it has been the hardest thing in the world for me. Eric has truly been my rock, (along with my amazing family and friends). Hopefully she will get to come home soon, but as for now, she is in the good hands of some really good nurses.

Keep her in your thoughts and prayers. We hope to bring her home as soon as possible. These are just a few pictures for now, hope you enjoy them.

Happy Halloween!

These are our pumpkins out front. Aren't they cute?

This one is mine, but Eric helped me a lot with it.

This one is Eric's, can you see the witch?

Hope everyone had a great Halloween.

I kept putting off carving our pumpkins so we did it yesterday at about one pm. I am sure Eric thinks I am crazy, but at least we got it done before the trick-or-treaters came.

Speaking of Trick-or Treating, we only had 3 cars of kids come to our home. I was sad. I like giving out candy and seeing what everyone is dressed-up as. I HATE the trunk-or treat, and I think it takes the fun out of Halloween. Sorry if that offends anyone, but it is true. How fun can it be to walk around in a parking lot from car to car????

Well, at least next year Eric and I will get to take our own little one around to some houses.