Sarah Is Here

Holy Crap... it happened. Sarah arrived on Thursday June 14th at 10:16am. She weighed 9lbs. 11oz. She is 20 3/4 inches long with a 14 3/4 in. head.

Big Baby...

Sarah had a little bit of a rough start. Her blood sugar levels were low so the nurses tried to feed her. Apparently they fed her too much and she had some tummy issues. Because of that, she was admitted to the NICU (Newborn Intensive Care Unit). She was give an IV of dextrose (sugar water) to keep her blood sugar normal so they did not have to feed her as often. In the last 24 hours she has been on the IV. Now they have taken her off and are just watching her. If everything goes well, and it will, Mom, Sarah, and I will be going home on Father's Day. It's the best present ever.

FYI... the NICU is not necessarily a bad place. They have two places for babies, 1. In the room with parents or the nursery if they are completely healthy and 2. the NICU. NICU babies range from a little something to very sick babies. Sarah was a little something. Everytime I tell someone that she is in the NICU, people think the worst and that is not the case. We are all doing well. Just wanted to send this out so that everyone knows. Below are pictures.

Eric

Friends, Friends, Friends

Today I am grateful for teachers. I am no longer teaching CIT 415 for IUPUI as my focus will need to change. Met Ryan Birk today who is taking over. Nice person who seems like he wants to teach as much as I do. Very Cool. Also he is a Linux geek so Craig will be happy about that.

Today I am grateful for those who love Nicole and I. Two more go-to-sleeps until Sarah. This week people have been coming out of the woodwork to check on us and to see how things are going. To those, again I say Thank You.

It seems that before people would be afraid to ask as it might upset us. People not asking about us was the upsetting part. It's not like we forgot about what happened with Katie and by asking we have to relive it all over again. Until last Sunday, we had experienced every one of those days and compared it to the last pregnancy on a daily basis.

Now we are on new ground and are running. Please forgive me as my comments appear to be lop sided because they are. Not much else to think about. The only other thing to think about is the spa day tomorrow. Both Nicole and I are getting a manicure, pedicure, and facial. If you see me, remind me and I will show you my tootsie's. I am thinking of a flag theme on my nails to go with Flag Day.