Friday, October 31, 2008

God is Good!







Wow-I didn't get to update the blog last night because we were really BUSY holding a precious baby boy!!!! Lots has happened since Wednesday. Eli was taken off of ICU status last night. He got to come to the room with us for the first time about 8:30 and Colby got to see him and hold him. He was so excited! He just kept rubbing his head and kissing him - so sweet. They brought him in every three hours last night to stay for about 45 minutes and then he had to go back under the light for his jaundice. This morning, they said his jaundice was better so he has been in the room with us pretty much all day long and he has been eating like a pro. Colby just wants to hold him all by himself, all the time. He just talks to him and giggles. He is so happy with his baby brother.
We are scheduled to be discharged in the morning (Saturday). He has to have his hearing screen done in the morning and hopefully we will be headed home soon after that.

If you want to come visit, you are certainly welcome. Just remember that Eli does have premature lungs so that makes him more susceptible to germs. We certainly don't want to end up back in the hospital.

We thank you all again for your prayers and support, visits and phone calls. We are so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends. We are excited to get home tomorrow and we can't wait for Eli to meet all of you! Enjoy the pictures!

Love,
Shad, Casey, Colby & Eli

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

An update on Eli

In the hospital we remain. Eli is improving. He is off of the oxygen and he is breathing faster than he should be but hopefully that will be better tomorrow. They just started feeding him through a tube tonight. He didn't tolerate the first feeding very well but they said that was to be expected. They will feed him again at 12:30 and 3:30 and hopefully those feedings will go better. We are just hanging out. We haven't gotten to hold him but hopefully that will change tomorrow as well.

Thanks so much for all of the calls, visits and prayers. We really appreciate them. I will update again tomorrow.

Love,
Casey

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Eli Jack Lout




Eli Jack Lout was born at 2:47 pm today - October 28, 2008. He weighed 6 lbs 11 ounces and he is 19 inches long. He is, of course, so precious! He had a little trouble breathing at first but his bloodwork at 10 pm came back normal - Praise be to God! They are going to watch him very closely tonight and we are trusting that everything will be normal tomorrow.




Colby hasn't really gotten to see Eli yet so we don't have a big brother reaction yet. Hopefully, he will get to see him tomorrow and we will have the video camera handy!




Thanks to everyone who has been praying for us! We really appreciate it! Shad, Colby and I are about to hit the sack for the night and I will update tomorrow with the progress!




Enjoy the pictures




Love,


Casey




P.S. Shad, Mom & Aunt Sandra earned an extra star in their crown today. They were so wonderful for me and I love and appreciate them so much!!! I owe them big time!

Friday, October 24, 2008

Big News!


Well I thought I was gonna get ALOT of blogging done before Eli got here! BUT - I went to Dr. Vineyard yesterday (Thursday) and I was dilated to a 3 and 50% effaced sooooooo if he doesn't come before Tuesday, Dr. Vineyard will be inducing labor at 7 am on Tuesday. Needless to say, this is not exactly how Shad had planned his opening weekend of deer season. Oh well, the deer will always be there! Haha! I am very excited but also very nervous and shocked! I had no idea it would be this soon! I will be posting all of the details and of course many pictures when he arrives.


Colby is getting very excited about his baby brother. I hope his excitement remains once he actually gets here. I took him to his pediatrician on Wednesday for his 3 year checkup and Dr. Pace said he was a very healthy 3 year old. He weighed 34 pounds and is 38.5 inches tall. I also took him to the Pumpkin Patch on Wednesday and took his pictures.

As you all know, I opened All Star Signs in Carthage in August. God has really been blessing our new business adventure. I have a very sweet girl, Megan, that is working for me and she will be taking care of the shop for me while I am out with the baby.


I am so looking forward to the next two weeks off with my boys! Please keep us in your prayers on Tuesday!


Love,

Casey


Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Wow - I never thought I would be a "blogger"!!!

Ok so my cousin, Adria, has a blog and she suggested I have one too so that I can keep everyone up to date on our growing family. It wasn't very long ago that I didn't even know what the word "blog" meant. I'm still not sure I do! Haha! However, this is where I will post pictures and updates on our family!!! Hope you are all having a great week and I will let you know when I post my next entry!

Casey