Noon Update

We had a GREAT visit today! I fed her again and she took 20cc in 5 minutes!! Ate like a champ. The IV was out of her head (thank goodness!) and she is getting her IV food through her belly-button line. As long as this is in, I can't really pick her up, but hopefully if she continues to eat well, the line will be gone soon. The nurse has permission from the Dr to increase her amount of feedings as she sees fit. This means we could progress quickly from here. One of the best things from the visit is that Linlee and Conner got to see her through the window!!! I asked the nurse since they moved Sidney near a window, if the kids could stand in the hall. They were thrilled since they had only seen pictures until now. SO GREAT!

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So I got to "hold" and feed her tonight, sort of. The line was still in her belly-button so I couldn't pick her up but I got the prop her up in the bed and feed her a little bit. She is eating again!!! 3 bottles/tube feeds so far. If she continues to eat good they will gradually increase the amount. She is at 10cc right now and needs to get up to 60cc from a bottle before going home. She has her daddy wrapped around her finger as you can see in the last 2 pics. He was totally taken by her tonight. So sweet. I will keep updates coming as I can.

Sidney Update

Just a quick update. Sidney is off oxygen (yeah!!!). She is still not eating yet because she wasn't digesting her food well yesterday. She was not happy about it today either. She was crying and giving her pacifier a workout today. Pitiful! I wanted to feed her so bad. maybe tonight.... they are taking the antibiotic line out of her belly-button today and so we will possibly be able to hold her at tonight's visit!!!! I can't wait!

What A Whirlwind!!

I just lost my whole story that I just spent 10 minutes typing. I will do it again later. for now, I will just post a few pics. Thanks for the prayers!!!

What A Whirlwind!!

Ok so we have been a little busy the past few weeks!!! All of us but Ben had the stomach virus 2 weeks ago so lots of fun there. Ben was the best! He took care of all of us and thank goodness, he did not get sick too!

So I went in for my weekly ultrasound on Thurs the 31st expecting the same old song and dance. Well, to my suprise, my amniotic fluid had dropped dramatically from 7 to 2.6! My Dr said at this level, the baby is at risk because there is no cushion and the cord could get pinched very easily. She said go directly to the hospital and we are delivering in the morning!! WHAT!!! I was supposed to go pick up Ben from the airport in a few hours and Angie (bless her heart) was stuck with all 5 kids. I was not allowed to go home. Anyway, long story short, Ben made it to the hospital and we had a very restful night (HA). The next morning, they induced at 6:00. After 2 epidurals (yes 2 because the 1st one didn't work so well), baby Berteau was born at 12:33. She was beautiful! I got to hold her for about 1 minute and then they took her to the NICU because they wanted to evaluate her breathing. Here is my brief picture with her before all the stuff happened.


Well, our no name baby's lungs were not as developed as they had hoped and she went on a CPAP nasal thing and was put under oxygen. She looked pretty pitiful. This broke our hearts because we were expecting to get her back in our room soon and now they tell us she would be in the NICU for 5-10 days at least. This means we go home without her. :(

She has progressed very well. Sidney (I finally decided) came off the CPAP the next day and was off oxygen and even took 2 bottles. This sort of tuckered her out though and so she has been under very little oxygen since then. I will keep this updated as much as I can as I know new info. Please pray that we can make this transition as easy as possible since none of us were expceting it. And pray that Sindey will get everything that she needs to get home to her new family soon!

Tea Party

Annelise had a very cute dress up tea party for her 4th birthday. The girls all looked so beautiful and had a great time! They had lessons in the proper way to drink tea and even had a fancy tablecloth and napkins. So CUTE!

Linlee's Birthday and New Year's Day

We had a great time at Chuck-E-Cheese this year! Linlee and Annelise rode the roller coaster ride a few times and loved it! makes me excited about going to Disney later this year.



We had the Berteau clan up here for a few days and then we went to Aquilla for New Year's weekend to stay a few days. Ava spent the night New Year's Eve. We loved having here there. I got lots of niece time. She is precious!! The kids just loved and loved on her. I hope they are as excited about our little one when she gets here....


Well until I saw this picture, I had fooled myself into thinking I had only gained weight in my belly. Oh well, pictures don't lie. At least I don't look like a bowling ball (yet...). I am on a high water intake diet this week to try and get my amniotic fluid level up. It was low last Friday when they checked so the Dr is going to check again this Friday after drowning myself for a week. The baby was normal size though, weighing in at an average 4.5 lbs.