Thomas Joseph

Thomas was born Dec 26 2010 at 3:57pm. He weighed 9lbs. 15oz. and was 22 3/4inches long.

Pam was a huge help. She took almost all the pictures of Thomas.

Thomas' first bath.

Aaron was sick with strep throut.

Pam was thrilled to have a new brother.

Anthony loves his new baby.

James was telling Thomas he was a baby.

We now have five kids.

Thomas resting after a long day.

Day 2

James was happier today. He is no longer under the oxygen hood. This means he can finally suck his thumb. When we got down to the hospital we were able to hold him so that made Jaime and I feel a lot better.

It also made big brother very happy. He did get a bit depressed when he realised that he couldn't hold James but he took it well.
The other big news is that James was able to eat for the first time since arriving at Swedish. James now has a tube going through his nose and down to his stomach. Jaime was able to give him his first feeding there, a tiny 2cc of formula.

This is good progress for the little guy. We are still waiting on test results but they should be in tomorrow. So hopefully, we will know a little bit more soon.

To try and keep things normal for the older two, we took Pam to gymnastics and Aaron to basketball tonight.

If you want to see more pictures click on one and it will take you to flickr.

James was born

James entered the world on 14 Dec at 1:13. He weighed in at 9lbs. 8ozs. and is 22in. long.

I came home from the hospital yesterday morning and at the same time James was transferred to Swedish Medical Center's NICU. James is doing fine. He is just having a little trouble with breathing. The doctors are fairly sure that he has a little fluid in his lungs from when he was born that is causing him to have a bit of trouble. They are sure he is fine and should be released in a few days. The doctors just want him to be watched carefully while his body does its thing and gets the fluid absorbed.

Jaime and I took the kids up to see James last night. James is on oxygen and they are slowly bringing the levels down so he should be off the hood and on to the tube in his nose today. Other than that they have him on IV fluids and antibiotics. The antibiotics are for just in case he is sick. They are still running a bunch of tests to rule things out.

Just to recap...James is doing fine they just want to watch him to be sure he stays fine. And I am tired but home.