December 26th, 2010

Yesterday we celebrated our first Christmas with Kingston. It was so wonderful to be with family! We enjoyed Christmas eve and morning with Christian's family and had delicious ham and then breakfast! I wish I could have brought him down with me to see my family but there were too many grandkids at my mom's so Christian stayed with him while I visited. Kingston gave us the best present ever yesterday! He took all of his feedings by his bottle and we didn't have to use the pump at all! It was wonderful to watch him eat. Its crazy how the little things that most people would take for granted can mean so much! Thank you for giving me the best Christmas ever, Kingston. I love you more than you could ever imagine! You make me so Happy!

love, Mommy

Dec. 15, 2010

I was inspired by the sweet testimony of an innocent 5 year old to write down my own testimony. It’s been a long time since I’ve shared it with anyone, so thank you Aliah.

I have a testimony of the power of prayer. When things are out of my control, out of my hands, all I can do is trust in the Lord, never lose Faith, and Pray. Prayer has helped me get through the hardest chapter of my life. It kept my son ALIVE. Through prayer I was comforted when I was frightened most. It calmed me and gave me strength to keep holding on. It brought me closer to my family and friends. It brought me closer to God.

I have a testimony of the Holy Ghost. While it was the contractions that inspired me to call my doctor, it was that “still small voice” that told me not to go to Lake Powell over the 4^th of July, long before the contractions started. I know that had I gone, Kingston would not be here today.

I have witnessed the miracle of Life. I have seen a Strong spirit come into the world, given such a tiny, frail body, and fight to hold on- a true miracle. My miracle!

I know that Jesus is the Christ, My Savior, Lord, and Redeemer. I know that through him we may all be saved. I know my Heavenly Father loves me and is here for me when I need him most. He has helped me through my darkest hour and never given up on me. He has blessed my life with a loving husband and beautiful son. I am so thankful for the gift of life and for His love. I say these things humbly, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer!

That calls me from a world of care,

And bids me at my Father's throne

Make all my wants and wishes known.

In seasons of distress and grief,

My soul has often found relief,

And oft escaped the tempter's snare

By thy return, sweet hour of prayer!

Dec. 14th, part 2

So I was going to go to sleep, but then Kingston wanted to stay up so we watched a movie instead. I had one of those Mom moments. :) Laying in bed, baby in my arms, the husband and puppy asleep next to me and I was just looking at my sweet little sleeping family and I realized this was the happiest moment! I love my family so much and I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I have a miracle in my arms and such a wonderful husband! I don't know how I lucked out. He cooks, he cleans, he is so productive!, so helpful with Kingston, and he loves us SO MUCH! This probably sounds like the cheesiest post, but I want to remember this night always. I LOVE him more than anything in the world and when the doctors told us that having a preemie this early leads to a 75% divorce rate, I was never worried for a moment. I have the best husband in the world and I think this has just made us stronger and made me appreciate him even more! I love you Christian.

Alright, back to reality. Have to cut this short again. Kingston just woke back up and is screaming his head off. I think his lungs are going to be just fine. :) Good night again!

December 14th, 2010

Kingston took 100 ml by bottle at one feeding yesterday! It was awesome! :) We are also weening him of his theophylin. At first I was a little freaked out, because since he didn't go home on oxygen I was worried about what I would do if he stopped breathing, but its been 5 days since we started weening him and he's doing GREAT! We went from every 6 hrs to every 8 4 days ago and today we went to every 12. In 5 more days we are going to go to once a day and then stay at that til we run out. So far so good! I just check to make sure he's still breathing about 100 times a day. :) We put his monitor on at night, but I still wake up about 20 times and make sure its working. SUPER tired so this is a short post. :) GOOD NIGHT!

Dec. 3rd, 2010

Kingston will be 5 months old tomorrow. He weighed 8 lbs 11 oz at the doctor's on Wednesday.

Crazy that we have already been home a week! It hasn't been what I was expecting. Not that I know really what I was expecting. Time seems to go by so fast! I get nothing done, (i think i thought i was going to have all this free time...silly me) but I do get bored and kinda lonely being stuck in the house all day even though I've been pretty exhausted. Now that my computer is working again I think that will help. I wish I could take Kingston out and go places with him but it's too cold for walks and I don't want to risk him catching anything. BOO! Can't wait for spring time when we can come out and PLAY!

So, last night Kingston slept most of the night thanks to the MAMAROO! I recommend it to EVERYONE with a baby. We borrowed it from our friends Holly and Jensen to try it out and it is Wonderful! Matter of fact, he's in it right now. He likes it even when he's awake. It is like a swing but WAY cooler! I laugh because before we had the baby I showed it to Christian and he said it was too expensive and we didn't need it but now that he's here and CRIES all the time, he said we HAD to get one. :) I think we are getting it as an early Christmas present from Christian's parents. YEAH! Hopefully tonight plays out the same way. We'll see. Screaming baby in the day is so much easier to deal with than screaming baby at 2 am!

We had three visitors today. It was nice. Andrea (Christian's mom) came over and brought us some batteries for his bouncer that we have already gone through. (another reason i love the mamaroo, you can plug it in) and my Dad and Julie came and brought presents for the little guy! It was a nice surprise! We are so lucky to have many family and friends that show their support and love. We couldn't do it without all of you! We are very blessed. :)