Beautiful

We were expecting to get to go home on Saturday but they tested her Saturday morning and she was in the high risk zone (there are four zones, low risk, low intermediate risk, high intermediate risk and high risk) for jaudice. They immediately put her under the ultra violet light and started feeding her formula. Of course, I was not too happy about all of this. All I want is to be near her and hold her and kiss her and I can't do that when she is in the incubator. She is so beautiful, though. When they took her to put her under the lights, they told me that Sunday morning they were going to re-test her and if they numbers were low enough then they would take her out from under the lights and then re-test her again eight hours later to make sure that she wasn't going to rebound. They did the re-test at five in the morning this morning and she was still too high. They are going to test her again tonight at eight and then if her numbers are low enough they'll take her out from under the lights and re-test at five in the morning tomorrow (Monday). Hopefully by ten o'clock tomorrow morning we will get to finally take her home. I was discharged yesterday at two o'clock, and luckily have managed to be able to stay in my room as a border. That means I am not really here to them, but if they need they room, I would have to leave. If that happens, I will be staying in the waiting room. Thank God that hasn't happened. One good exciting thing that happened today was I got my milk in so they won't have to give her near as much formula! I was jumping up and down with joy!!

She Is Here!

Faith Elaine Hartman arrived yesterday, August 10, 2006 at 2:11 pm. She came in weighing 7 lbs 1 oz and is 19 1/2 inches long. She has blonde hair and we think she has blue eyes. She is such a good baby! We will be going home tomorrow. We are sooo happy she's here!!

Just too Much!

We just can't stand the wait!! We went to the doctor today and I am still just 2-3 centimeters dialated. So, it looks like we are going to have to wait until Thursday. The only thing good about that is that we know when to expect her and when to go to the hospital! Atleast we don't have to wait even longer! We just want her to come now so we can kiss and love all over her! I am trying to start on her scrapbook. My plan is to make the pages and then fit in some pictures. I know what kind of pictures to take for each page, so I'll just keep taking the pictures until I get the picture I need. We got a new digital camera with a printer so I can view the picture before printing it. It's a lot easier that way. I also want to put together family scrapbooks, so if anyone has pictures they want me to consider for the family scrapbooks, let me know.

Exciting!!

We went to the doctor yesterday (Sherri and I), and he told me that he wanted me to have another ultrasound to determine approximate weight of Faith. Once that has been determined, he will decide to either induce this week or next. So, she will be here within the next two weeks for sure!!! We are all soooo excited. Alan actually was jumping up and down when he came home from work! I was jumping up and down leaving the doctor's office! I am so glad that this is almost over! I thought that I would miss being pregnant because I have Faith with me all the time, but I think I will enjoy loving on her and playing with her a whole lot more! The end is always what takes the longest. The beginning and middle just go by soo fast!