1 week today

Well, it has been a busy week! We have been so encouraged and excited to read all of the e-mails and guestbook entries. Thank you so much for your kindness and support. Josiah is doing great and we are learning the ropes of being parents. As you look at the pictures, you might have noticed we went to see the doctor a few times this week. Josiah has had a hard time shaking his Jaundice. We had to get him tested three times this week (Wed, Thur, and Sat). It about broke Mommy's heart on Wednesday when the nurse kept squeezing his little foot to get some blood. Daddy asked the nurse if we would have to get Josiah an IV after all that blood being taken. The nurse on Thursday was much gentler and just tipped his foot back and forth to get the blood. After the results on Thursday, we were told to get a special UV blanket to help his body work out the remaining junk. The doctors were never panicked about his Bili-Rubin results, but they wanted to go ahead and knock it out. We went back today and his number had dropped 2 1/2 points, so we are moving in the right direction. We have another appointment on Monday and hopefully that will be the last one for this issue.

Josiah had quite a day on Thursday when Mimi and Mommy took him to the doctors. There was a family at the doctor office who had a child who had bruises on his back side. The child wasn't allowed to be released back to his parents. The child's aunt, grandma and grandpa were there along with his parents. A lot of finger pointing was going on. Things started to escalate pretty quickly, and we were sitting right next to them. When the grandpa came around the corner and started accusing the dad of abusing his grandson, we got up rather quickly and left. It got bad enough that the police had to be called in. Please pray for this little boy that seems to be going through a lot right now. It breaks my heart to even think about this child being abused. Mimi and Mommy went to another waiting area to wait for the test results. While I was in there, the lactation nurse came in to talk with me to see how Josiah is doing with nursing. She asked me to explain how his bowel movements looked. I explained to her, and she said that my milk has started coming in. I told her that I thought it had. Then she responded with, "No, your milk has definitely come in. You have leaked all over your shirt." In a rush to get out of the waiting room where all the chaos had been going on, I had forgotten to latch my bra! I was so thankful that Josiah was there to cover me up as we walked out of the doctor office. After the doctor appointment, we had to head to the pharmacy to pick up his bili-blanket. Josiah and I waited in the car. I was sitting there looking at him and talking with him. I heard the car door open up, and I just assumed it was my mother. When I looked up, there was an elderly man sitting in the drivers seat. I told him I thought he had gotten in the wrong car. He was a little surprised and apologized and shuffled back to his car. Today when Chris got to go rent some movies, I asked him to go ahead and lock the doors because I didn't want any unexpected visitors.

Other than that, he is doing wonderful. He still likes to sleep a good bit and does a great job at night. We are excited about having him around and he is fun just to watch! So far he has peed on Daddy, snotted on Mommy (sorry no pic), and had a blow out on his Mimi. All we are missing is a throw-up. Any takers? :-)

He is working on his smile, but has got his grumpy old man look down cold. He is extremely mellow and doesn't cry all that much. We are working him towards a passy to stretch out his feeding times and to keep him away from his fingers. He has told Daddy he can't wait for football season to support a quarterback other than Eric Ainge.

Thank you again for all you have done. We are humbled and grateful for this wonderful gift from above. All we can say is we are honored to have been chosen to be Josiah's parents.