update

Good Morning! Lori is doing well. She does have to a blood transfusion though. Ashlyn is at the dr. with a full body rash. Haven't seen Braelyn yet. Please pray for my girls.

 

Here's a link where you can see the pics.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=9300&id=1733686373&l=eb7564e71f

 

UPDATE: Ashlyn has strep, so she can't see us until tomorrow. She got a shot and Rx.

RE: she's here

YAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Subject: she's here

 

most of you already know but she's here.

 

7.48 ounces. not sure of the weight yet. Brown/Black hair Blue eyes

she's here

most of you already know but she's here.

 

7.48 ounces. not sure of the weight yet. Brown/Black hair Blue eyes

Update

Doc just came in. Wants Lori to rest as much as possible until time to push. She is 100% effaced, & dialted 6 cm. Can't have many visitors for a while.

oh my

okay! Now her water is broke...yep that's right. Her water broke high this morning, doc just figured that out & broke it the rest of the way. Lori got sick a little while ago, but is better now.

Update

Two more doses of Ephedrine. BP won't stay where it needs to be. She's trying to rest between nurse visits.

just dropped again...

update

Just had to give Lori some ephedrine to raise her BP. It dropped again. She is resting through it though.

They were going to give it to her earlier but it corrected itself. This time her BP has been low for around 20 minutes.

Update

Lori is still doing okay. Not Great but okay. Her BP just dropped again, poured the fluids to her, and it leveled off.

The Doc with evaluate everythign in a few around lunch time.

update

ocyTOXIN has started, epidural is in. Water broke just now, Lori is doing great.

Lori/Baby Update

Here's the run down.

 

Around 7:45 a.m. nurse tried to start IV. Lori BP dropped, had to wait for it to return to normal. IV started.

Dr. Shine just came in to check everything, started the oxyTOCIN. Tried to break her water, but couldn't.

Lori and Baby are fine right now. Just waiting for now.

 

-James

Long Night

It was a long night last night. We were at the hospital from 2:00-5:00 this morning. Lori goes to the doc again this morning @ 10:30. We’ll see what happens then. I’ll update you soon.

 

www.facebook.com/saved92 will be up to date more often.

 

 

-Daddy

Well Lori is 1 cm dilated. Whooo hooo

Nursery Pics

Here's a link to my facebook page where i have uploaded all of the nursery pics.
Enjoy.
Pictures

We're at the doctors office. Another routine checkup. We can't wait for this baby.

Update

From my last few posts you know now that we are going to the doc every two weeks, The baby is fine, heart beat sounds good and strong. Lori is doing well, too, her main two problems are swelling (feet), and exhaustion. She has been extremely tired, but she does have bursts of energy. especially when Ashlyn pees in the bed, or throws up in the bed. Talk about a wake up call.
Ashlyn had the flu a few weeks ago and is still dealing with the aftermath of that. I took her to the doc yesterday with an ear infection, and chest congestion. Antibiotics and time is what the doc said.
As for me, I think I have a sinus infection or at least the start of one. Maybe we can get all of this behind us before the baby comes.
Oh, if you noticed I changed the name of the Blog.

We've been at the dr. Office since 9:00. Ole boy still hasn't come in. Not a happy camper right now.

We're going to the Dr. Every 2 weeks now. Everything looks good. Lori does have some swelling but other than that she seems fine.

My baby doll is sick. Yesterday and today. We decided to keep her our of school until she's better.

At the dr's office with Lori. Getting another ultrasound for 2 reasons. To see the baby's face (make sure there's no problems) & to verify if a girl or a boy

A few pics

Last night We had my parents over for supper. Ashlyn took a few pics and I took some too.

We go August 31st to have another ultrasound so see the baby’s face, and be sure about the gender of the baby.

--daddy

Ashlyn started preschool today. At home she wasn't real happy about it. After we pulled in though she was fine. My baby doll is growing up.

Haven't updated ina while. Its a girl!!!! We do go back on the 31st to check again & to get another look at her face. I've embraced the girl thing now.

We heard a very strong heartbeat today. It was good to hear it. We go August 3rd to find out if the baby is a boy or girl.

We heard a very strong heartbeat today. It was good to hear it. We go August 3rd to find out if the baby is a boy or girl.

13 Weeks Tomorrow!

13 Weeks Pregnant

This is what the baby MAY look like. Tomorrow marks 13 weeks of our pregnancy. Lori is at that stage where everything is "awkward", she is still very tired, and has morning sickness quite often. She is excited, I'm excited, and Ashlyn ONLY wants a baby sister.

--Daddy

Appointment

Good morning!

We go back to the Doctor this coming Tuesday. We should get to see him this time. For some reason I feel an uneasiness about the visit but I’m excited at the same time.

It’s still too early to find out the gender of the baby, but we should get to hear the heartbeat again. As far as Lori is concerned, she is doing okay. Her biggest enemy is fatigue. There are evening when she sleeps off to bed around 7 or 8 o’clock. At first it upset me a little, you must understand she didn’t have this problem with Ashlyn, but I’ve accepted that this pregnancy is different and I can understand why she wants to lay down so early.

Ashlyn was very restless Wednesday night into Thursday morning. She ended up in bed with us, but acted like she was getting sick. When she finally answered us she said her feet were hurting. So we assume it may be growing pains, or at least we hope that’s what it is. My mom and dad offered to keep her last night so we could get some rest/sleep. We took them up on the offer. I think Lori was in bed around 8:30 or 9:00 and I was right behind her around 9:30 p.m. We both slept until 7:00 this morning.

One of us will let you know how the appointment goes tomorrow.

--Daddy

Vacation

Well its that time. The countdown is at 0. We're leaving for a few days of vacation. Can not wait is all I can say. Everyone have a great weekend. Talk to you soon, hopefully we'll have some pictures.

--Daddy

9 Years ago today...

At my computer this morning I began to think "What is so special about today?" I thought for a moment then, it hit me.

9 Years ago today I was working at the church trying to fix our light, then I saw her. You see it was a workday at Bays Mountain, the ladies were in the fellowship hall and the men were doing other things. So I got a friend to scope out the situation. After he gave me the go ahead, I asked Lori out to see a movie.

I picked her up at her house, and drove to West Towne Mall to see "Keeping the Faith". A little less than a month later we started dating, a year after that we were engaged, and another year+ we were married. The rest as they say is History.

Just to update you on the pregnancy, Lori is doing good, her morning sickness is subsiding. She had been getting sick almost daily and all day long. Now it is just periodically, but her biggest problem now is Fatigue. She is literally tired all the time.

Hopefully this weekend will help, you see we're getting away from everything this weekend, just Lori, Ashlyn and me.

FW:

This was at the mall the other night. Ashlyn and I had a date, so we stopped by to let her play a little bit, then went for ice cream.

--Daddy

Vacation

Its not twins. I think i'm grateful, not because i wouldn't love them but bc i wdn't know how to provide for them. The hb was very strong. Seemed to be active.

Seen the baby! Heard the heart beat. Due date...December 25th.
-- I LOVE MY WIFE--

In the dr. Office now. Should have a picture in a few. -- I LOVE MY WIFE--

Well, here we are in the doctor's waiting room. First visit this go around and we're both nervous and excited. Ashlyn says we have twins. -daddy

New Baby

Hello everyone! I cannot tell you how excited I am about the new baby. The Lord has truly blessed us. Ashlyn is excited. I am nervous though. I haven’t been to my doctor yet and it seems like it has taken forever for March 5^th to get here. Now it is just 4 days away and I’m excited. The one question that probably gets on my nerves the most is “Are you happy/excited?” Of course I’m excited and happy. This is a precious child that I’m blessed to carry. Just thinking about everything about this baby is being formed in my womb: the face, ears, hands, nose, toes, hair. It is truly amazing and an amazing feeling. Another question that kind of gets on my nerves is “What are you hoping for?”. Well if you know my family you know we all hope for a boy, but we will be happy no matter the sex of the baby as long as they are healthy. I will try to keep the blog updated as the pregnancy moves along.

-Lori

Well...We have a few more days until we go to the Dr. --H.o.H.?--

Lori has an appt with the dr. On May 5th. Well know for sure how far along she is then. We've calculated and we say the due date is around December 28th. -daddy

From Pensacola

hey everyone! From Pensacola now. Its about 11:30 p.m. now and I am TIRED! We've been up since 6:30 a.m. and have been all over it seems like. We had my uncle Steve's funeral today at around 2, I had the GREAT opportunity to preach to my family and many of their friends. I preached about the Measure of God's mercy. It waqs a blessing to get to see everyone again. But it has been terrible without Lori and Ashlyn. If you noticed, there is a new picture posted. Lori and I are expecting another baby. I am praying for a little boy, but will be happy with what the Lord gives us. We have been praying for another baby since late last year, and it seemed to take forever, but finally we got a positive. I will give more info when I have more.

We're supposed to leave for home in the morning. I am so ready to see Ashlyn and Lori! I have missed them soo much. Talk to you soon.


-Daddy

We're still alive.

A few weeks ago Lori, Ashlyn, and I went to the park in Knoxville. We forgot our camera, so we had to take some with my phone. Here's the best we could do. I love taking pictures of Ashlyn when she's not expecting it. She just turned 3 last month March 16th, and she is a handful. We cannot complain a bit about this little girl, she has her flaws, but God has blessed us with such a sweet "Youngin'" I have the great opportunity to pray with her everynight, and ask the Lord to bless her, and save her as a young girl. I cannot wait to see what God has in store for her.