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It's no secret that every appointment through our pregnancy was difficult as it always ended with not so great news. Since Emerson has arrived, he has been thriving! And we are so grateful for that. B...

Happy One Month Old Emerson! Its hard to believe our baby boy is already one month old! I was so worried about the unknown delivering at 32 weeks gestation. But Emerson came out fighting, and has...

The day has arrived - Emerson's Discharge Day! I was a little bit nervous on the way to the hospital today. I thought something might have happened through the night that would delay Emerson's disc...

I was a little anxious about today that I was wide awake at 6:30am! I had a lot to accomplish before heading up to the hospital, so probably was a good thing I was up earlier than expected. I did a...

This morning I received a call from the hospital. I recognized the number right away and thought, oh no what happened. Turns out it was the phone call I wasn't expecting. It was one of the nurses, Kel...

We have great news to report tonight - Emerson has officially reached 1 lb gained!!!! I guess increasing his calories this week really did give him a little extra umph :) Grant and I squeezed in a ...

Happy 3 weeks Emerson!! :) It's amazing to think how far he has come in three weeks! Such a strong little man we have. Grant ran errands and worked on a honey to do list while I went to the hosp...

We were happy to see that Emerson was still taking bottle feedings today! And they even upped his calories from 22 to 24 to try to fatten him up. He was sound asleep until his 5pm feeding. The dayt...

Emerson is officially 35 weeks gestation! This was the week that I was hoping to stay pregnant till. But as we all can see, Emerson is doing way better outside the womb than he was in! 35 weeks is one...

Emerson actually pulled out his feeding tube today! Nikki, the daytime nurse, said she checked on him and saw that he pulled it right out. I did notice that he was pulling on it yesterday but I wasn't...