On a Lighter Note...How About Some Estrogen?

My Dear Sweet Cousin Emily, her Nine Pounder and her Hubby Mike...

Sir Aaron Scott...

To keep it in perspective, Em is 4'10" and her previous children have been in the 6-7 lb range...
I might have to take up calling this child "Brutus"...



Miss Mae (4 mos old) & Sir Aaron (5 days old) ... they be cousins!

Mae Update!

Miss Mae is now 3.5 months old (her original due date was Halloween, two weeks ago) and she weighs 7lbs 4oz (birth weight was 2lbs). She is very close to coming home, but is still in the NICU, partly because she is still learning how to tolerate normal feedings!

To Further Along Baby Central Week...... Miss Mae Pics!

Welcome to the world! July 31st, 2 lbs, 3 mos shy of Halloween due date:

13 days old:

18 days old:

My Baby Cousin & her Baby - Kangaroo Care (27 days old):

Mae with Mommy & Daddy (27 days old):

44 days old, 3 lbs & wearing clothes!

Mae Update!

Baby Mae was born by Emergency C-Section on July 31st (exactly 3 months before her due date!), to my Baby Cousin Whitney and her husband Kyle. (I say Baby Cousin because I remember her being a baby! I was 7.5 when she was born.)

As of this weekend, Mae is approx. 3 lbs (up from 2 lbs at birth), being weaned off of all IV's and BOTH Ventilators! She still has an oxygen tube and is being fed with a feeding tube...she is eating 9 cc's every three hours, primarily breast milk, but being supplemented with formula for extra calories to help her maintain her own body heat. She has been started on sucking therapy with a mini binky, dipped in breast milk, to get her ready for normal feedings. Mama and Dada can now hold her; they have started kangaroo care (holding her against their skin). Mae is being moved out of the incubator at this time as well and will soon be able to wear clothes!

Mae moves a ton, is extremely alert and guilty of frequently pulling out her feeding tube, twisting her oxygen tube and trying to pull the tape off of her face! By all accounts, she is one spunky little girl and is doing as well as could possibly be expected!

*Mae's only setback, to date, was a minor heart procedure, a few weeks ago, to close a valve that did not close on it's own, after birth, as it should have...she came through the operation beautifully!

Oh, Baby! (July Edition)

Congratulations to Whitney & Kyle!

Originally expected to arrive on Halloween, Baby Mae was born today, by emergency C-Section, exactly 3 months ahead of schedule, weighing in at roughly 2 pounds.

I'm told that Mama is doing well and so is little Mae, who is nicely snuggled down in the NICU, where she'll be camping out for the next couple of months! (1st time parents, Utah)

Congratulations to Mandy & Jason on their beautiful new baby girl! K. came in at seven pounds, on July 21st, a baby sister for M. (BC)

Congratulations to Dave & Chelsea, who welcomed little Joshua into the world on July 13th...weighing in at 7 lbs, 4 oz! (1st time parents, Utah)

Congratulations to Chris & Helen, who welcomed little Amber into the world on June 16th! (1st time parents, Alberta)

Congratulations to Ben and Sicili, who welcomed little Ellana into the world on February 21st! (1st time parents, Florida)