3.21.2009

So Fitting


"Just give me snacks and nobody gets hurt!"
My sister Melanie and her family got this shirt for Ethan....so perfect for our little snack lover!

3.20.2009

Happy 4th Birthday Ethan


Our dear Ethan turned four earlier this month, the day after his baby brother came home from the hospital.  We had planned a little Star Wars party for him and he had a big grin on his face the entire time.  At the party we made "space bottles" (water bottle with blue water, glitter, stars), had an asteroid hunt (foil covered candy hidden around the house), ate lunch, and finished the afternoon with an R2-D2 pinata.  Although Jeffrey and I got about two hours of sleep the night before (thanks to Luke and Carson!), it was totally worth all the work to see how happy our sweet Ethan was.


Luke's Surgery


Luke's surgeries happened to fall on the day that Carson came home so it was a bit of a crazy day for us.  He had tubes put in his ears, a cyst removed from his forehead, and a small cyst removed from under his tongue.  He was such an angel the day of his surgery but had a pretty rough night and few days after.  Poor little guy, his forehead was pretty swollen and seemed to really bother him the most.  Things seem to be healing up pretty good now and it's a relief to know that he won't even remember it!

Proud Big Brothers

Carson sure is a lucky boy to have three older brothers who absolutely adore him!  Tyler loves to hold him, Ethan loves to look at all his tiny fingers and toes, Luke loves to bring things to him....toys, diapers, blankets....and all three boys love to give Carson kisses!  It is so much fun to see how proud my big boys are of their baby brother.






3.15.2009

Sweet Baby Carson is here!

It has now been three weeks since we welcomed our precious little Carson Eyre into the family. Jeffrey and I arrived at the hospital at 7:30 am on February 25th for a scheduled induction. I had a wonderful, quick labor and delivery....gotta love those epidurals!....and Carson arrived at 2:02 pm. He weighed 8 lbs. 12 ozs. and was 20 inches long....our smallest baby so far. I was really nervous during the whole delivery, partly because of his arrhythmia and partly because of what happened with Luke. I couldn't believe how beautiful he was when I saw him for the first time and I couldn't help but notice all that hair! Just after he was born the pediatricians quickly noticed that he was having a hard time breathing. They said he was grunting and seemed to be breathing like a preemie. These were two things they said about Luke so I was terrified. They quickly took him up to the special care nursery to see what was going on. I will be forever grateful to have my mom there by my side as I waited for the news from Jeffrey. An x-ray showed that a small portion of his right lung had collapsed (pneumothorax) and he continued showing signs of respiratory distress. The doctors decided to transfer him the the Children's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit right away. It was definitely a hard night, trying to sleep in a different hospital than my new little boy. Jeffrey was able to go and be with him while my mom stayed with the boys and I was able to get discharged the next day. Over the next few days Carson improved quickly. He was placed in an oxygen hood and then eventually given oxygen through a nasal canula. They did an echocardiogram and EKG to see how his heart was doing and noticed a small amount of blood being shunted between the R and L atrium. This is something we'll have to follow up on, but it will most likely resolve on it's own. He still has a small arrhythmia but it's not causing any problems, and chest x-rays showed that his pneumothorax had completely healed. After five long days in the NICU we were able to bring our sweet little guy home. His big brothers were so excited to finally meet him and have been eager to help out in any way. These past couple of weeks have been a bit crazy around our home, but thanks to my wonderful mom and Jeffrey's wonderful mom we've been able to manage our house full of boys! Our little Carson is so incredibly sweet!!!

Our BIG baby boy!


First night in the NICU

                                              First Feeding



                                      Visit from Grandma Baker





                                              Coming Home!!!