Our Precious Baby Boy, Packer!

Poor little guy after his 2 month shots! So traumatizing!

Our adorable baby boy! playing with daddy!

Our 1st family picture!


Our little potato bug!

Laying on daddy's chest


Our little miracle baby


Going for our 1st walk around our neighborhood


Daddy pushing the stroller

Preston and Packer. The two loves of my life.

Mommy's little cutie pie!

Little sleeping Packer

So precious!

Being so good in his bouncer while mommy makes dinner

He loves his little bear

Packer sleeping! He's such a good baby!!

We love going for walks around our neighborhood!

Such a cute little guy



Packer loves sleeping in his car seat!

Packer and Grandma Nate. Aka "Grammy Pammy"

Packer and Grandpa Nate!

He always sleeps with his arms up like this!

Now that our little guy is 2 months old....I'm finally posting pics of him! Life is so crazy with a baby, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Packer is our little miracle baby--we're so glad he's here with us and finally got to come home after being in the hospital for 5 weeks! Packer arrived early and unexpectedly on the 4th of July! He weighed only 3 lbs! I was on bedrest for severe pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure that causes pregnancy induced seizures) for a few weeks prior, and started having severe back pain. I finally gave in and called my OB who said I should go straight to the hospital. Sure enough, my blood pressure was through the roof (200/120) and my placenta had started to abrupt (tear away from the the uterine wall, causing severe internal bleeding and fetal depression). I had to have an emergency c-section. When Packer came out he wasn't breathing and didn't have a heart rate. His apgar score was 0. The Dr said there were no signs of life at birth. SO SCARY. After being resuscitated for 3 minutes Packer's heart started beating and they were able to intubate him to help him breath. WHAT A MIRACLE. I also got really sick after I delivered. I lost so much blood from the abruption that I had to have 2 blood transfusions! My preeclamsia became toxemia and caused my kidneys to start failing and I almost had to go on dialysis! To top it all off, after a week in the hospital my right leg started to hurt, and sure enough...I had a blood clot! What else could go wrong?! But it was all worth it to have our little baby boy! He's been home for a few weeks now and couldn't be doing better! He weighs 7 lbs now and is a little angel! I love being a momma! Its also been nice to have family visiting! We love our little guy so much and are so excited to have our little family all together! Life is good!
Packer and my dad--Grandpa Garry!

1st Grandkid!

The day Packer came home..Happiest day of my Life!!

Look at those cute pudgy cheeks!

Daddy so excited!

All ready for the ride home

Saying goodbye to our favorite NICU nurse, Rhonda

Packer's last day in the NICU!

Me and my baby at 2 weeks old!

Mommy and Packer Snuggling!

My two sweet boys

3 pounds of joy! can't believe he was so little!

Sitting on mommy's lap and smiling :)

Sunbathing baby trying to get rid of his jaundice

Aww..daddy and son

My last prego pic, just a few days before he was born

The night Packer was born, so tiny!!

Almost 28 WEEKS!

28 weeks almost!!!

Before going to a friend's wedding!

27 weeks!

Out at lake Michigan

Grand Haven kite festival

Eating lunch at the beach

The Dutch dancers at the Tulip festival

At Tulip days festival in Holland

Top of the ferris wheel! (the one ride I snuck onto! shh!)

On another ride at the carnival

Prest was the only person on this ride! Can you see him?

Our new kitty named Chip

Cute little guy looking out the window

I caught the kids getting into the pantry! So naughty! They love to play together & are so much fun!

I can't believe I'm 28 weeks pregnant already! Time is flying by now! We've kept busy with work and school! Prest officially finished his 2nd year of law school & now has less than a year until he's a law school graduate! I'm so proud of my hubby & all his hard work! I'm still working at my nursing manager job, but am looking forward to going on maternity leave in July! It will be so nice to have 3 months off so I can be with my baby! We went out to the Tulip festival in Holland last Friday! Prest got to ride the carnival rides but I couldn't go on them since I'm preggo (except I hid my belly & snuck onto the ferris wheel!). Last weekend we also went to my friend Becky's wedding downtown & I got to hang out with all my work buddies, which was awesome! This weekend we went out to Lake Michigan for the Grand Haven Kite Festival & ate lunch at a restaurant on the beach! Too bad the water was too cold to swim in though! Well, I can't believe this baby will be here in less than 3 months now! Let the countdown begin!

Oh Boy, its a BOY!!

We're excited to announce we're expecting a little BOY!!! I had an ultrasound about 2 weeks ago when we found out the little squirmer was a boy! I was trying so hard not to peek at the screen, but then turned my head for one second before the tech was going to tell us the gender, & sure enough...I saw it was a boy, plain as day!! This is officially the 1st boy in my family--I have 4 sisters & 3 step-sisters, so needless to say, my Dad is very excited!! The rest of our family is super excited too! This is the 1st grandchild & great grandchild for both our families! I took some belly shots 2 weeks ago before I had the ultrasound & my belly is starting to show! I'm now almost 23 weeks! We couldn't be happier!
My 21 week belly

21 weeks and growing!