10 days old

Here is Mitchell at ten days old. He is growing so fast!

Mitchell Goes to the Doctor!

Mitchell decided to go to the Doctor today, because well mommy needed some reassuring. So Mitchell went and found out he is healthy as can be. In fact he is so good he gets to skip his two week appointment and go straight to his one month. He started out at 8lbs. and is now 7lbs. and 14oz. So he is a champ. Here are some pictures of Mitchell in the Doctor's office.




Mitchell got bored at the doctor's office...

So Mitchell decided to start his research into his future as an Ultimate Fighting Champion!

For Maisy

Maisy wanted to see Mitchell awake, so this is for Maisy!

A Busy Day!

Here is Mitchell and his busy day!

More Mitchell Upon Request!

Mitchell is doing great! He has his day and nights mixed up, but we are working on that. It is worth any amount of sleep deprivation. He is the sweetest boy! We are so incredibly lucky!

Introducing William "Mitchell" McBroom

Born on 08/08/2007 at 12:30pm. He weighed 8lbs. and is 21inches. After 72 hours of labor, 3 hours of pushing, 3 doctors, 2 anesitisologists, 13 nurses, 4 epidurals, and 1 week in the hospital, Mitchell is now home!

So Mitchell MONDAY!!!

So all of my Labs came back today and looked very good. So, we will not have Mitchell until Monday morning, when I am scheduled for an induction at 7:30am! So hopefully he will be born on Monday, but it might take till Tuesday. So I am back on bed rest until then.So here are some pictures Stephen's sister took of us a couple weeks ago. So pray for us and God Bless!

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!!!

On Thursday I will go back to the hospital for more tests and observations. If the test results show that I am not doing any better than we will induce on Thursday. If I look ok, then they will try and fit me in the induction schedule over the weekend, with Monday being the latest possible day. So it looks like we will have Mitchell by Tuesday for sure. Please keep us in your prayers and we will keep you updated. God Bless!

UPDATE

Katie went back to the hospital today for more monitoring and is now home. She had a small enough amount of protein that they decided she could stay at home, but is on very strict bed rest for the remaining of her pregnancy. Her doctor wants her to try to make it ten more days to give Mitchell's lungs more time to fully develop. So unless more problems arrive we should have Mitchell in about 10 days. Thank you for continued prayers. God Bless!

-Stephen

Update

Katie came home last night about 6pm last night. She is continuing her urine analysis for protien which we will drop off at the hospital. This will give us an idea of where she is at ad if Mitchell will need to come early or if he can bake a few more weeks. Katie is such an awesome mom already. She has had to deal with so much while being pregnant. I am so proud of her. Thank you for your prayers. Good news is that No matter what Mitchell will be here no later than 3 weeks! That's all for now have a great day and God Bless!

-Stephen

Update

Katie and I went to the Doctor's office this morning and Katie had protein in her and her blood pressure was high. So she is in Labor and Delivery right now being monitored. The are checking her protein levels, blood pressure, and are monitoring the baby. If things progress she will spend the night and we could possibly have Mitchell tomorrow. But, I think it will all be fine and she will be home tonight. So keep her and Mitchell in your prayers. Tomorrow could be the day! or not. God Bless

-Stephen

Family Shower

My mom threw me a fabulous baby shower today. It was fun to get to see both sides of my family and Stephen's family at the same time. It was also nice to take a short break from my bed rest. We have received so many wonderful things for Mitchell. He is blessed to have so many people who love him and can't wait to meet him. We are waiting patiently for him. Only 3 1/2 more weeks until he is due but we might have him sooner if my blood pressure continues to climb. But he his no longer breech so we might be able to have him naturally if my blood pressure does not get out of hand. Here are pictures of my shower today and Mitchell's room.

Baby Update

We finally got the Internet at our house so now I can post on my blog. I have been on "left side" bed rest for two weeks now. My blood pressure just kind of shot up out of no where but when I lay on my left side it goes down. We also found out that Mitchell is breached, my doctor told me yesterday that we will do a c-section in three and 1/2 weeks if he does not turn himself around. Also if my blood pressure increases we will do an emergency c-section. But yesterday it was down the lowest it has been in three weeks. Stephen is finishing Mitchell's room today so I will post pictures of it when it is finished.