More Pics

I just thought I would put a couple more pictures up for everyone to see, I know Grandma Bonnie in Arizona loves to see them!! Drew is still doing well here at home and he has his first doctor appointment tomorrow in Waterloo, it will just be him and me so it should be interesting!! :) Any way here are the pictures.

This picture was taken when we were still in the hospital. He makes some of the craziest faces!

This one was after his first bath at home on the day we came home from the hospital. Drew loves to have his hair washed!

He looks a lot smaller without all those blankets!!This is Drew's two week picture with his monkey. It's still bigger than he is!!

I took this on this morning, he was wide awake for awhile.

Finally Home

We are finally home! Drew and I got to come home this afternoon! It feels great to finally be here. They found out that he really didn't have an infection so they let us come home. He has been gaining weight well (about 2-3 oz. a day!) and is keeping his temp. up on his own. Here are some pictures for you all too enjoy! :)

Update

I thought I would give everyone a quick update on our situation. Last Saturday at 1:39 in the morning we welcomed Drew Lloyd Urbanek into the world! He weighed 5 pounds 1.3 ounces and had a good set of lungs. He was 18.5 inches long with a ton of black hair. The delivery went fine. I was induced at 6:30 Friday night and had a baby not too much after that! So far everything has gone better than the doctors thought it would. Drew did not need any help breathing and has never had oxygen or anything. We are still in the hospital in the NICU. I was discharged Monday, but I've been able to stay with Drew in his room the whole time to nurse and spend time with him. We are looking forward to getting him home. The doctor thought that it might be Monday or Tuesday of next week that he can come home. He needs to gain weight two days in a row in order to be discharged. Thank you so much for all of your prayers and thoughts, we really appreciate it! I will be sure to post a lot of pictures once we get home and I can down load them to the computer.

Early Debut

Well I had an appointment yesterday at 4:00 and I was leaking fluid. They sent me right to the hospital. I am only 34 weeks right now so I had a steroid shot and have been on antibiotics. Right now it is just a waiting game. I am about 2-3 cm. dilated and 50%. Our little guy could be here today, but I'm hoping he'll wait until at least Friday. It's obvious there is already a plan in place, we just have to be faithful and enjoy the ride. Please pray that he will be born with healthy lungs and minimal or no complications. We'll try to keep everyone posted! :)

Happy New Year!

Happy new year! I can't believe it's the last day of 2008 already! Where has all the time gone?! I hope everyone had a great Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve in Hudson with Joe's family. We went to church and then came home to share good food and great gifts. It's really fun the see the excitement on our nieces' faces as they open gifts and play with them. On Christmas day we went to Ottumwa to spend a few days with my family. We had a lot of great food there too as well as some awesome gifts. We feel truly blessed to have such wonderful family.

We also had our 32 week appointment on Christmas Eve. Everything looked good and I'm scheduled to go back on the 7th for another check up. It won't be long and baby Urb will be here. I think we're pretty much ready for him. We have a lot of the gear set up and Joe is going to install the carseat this week so we're ready when the big day or night arrives! Here are a couple of pictures we took last week. They show me 32 weeks pregnant for all of you who haven't seen me in awhile!

Joe is busy with basketball. The team is doing well. They are undefeated going into Christmas break. We've had a couple close ones, but for the most part the wins have been easy so far. Hopefully the success carries over after break. When we go back to school on Jan. 5th the schedule really heats up. Joe has a game everyday except for Wednesday and Sunday that week, so it will be busy!

Well that is all the news from Tripoli for now. We hope everyone has a safe and happy new year and we look forward to seeing you in 2009!

Good News!

We had our ultra sound today and the tech. said that the placenta has moved and it is not blocking the cervix! Praise the Lord! We shouldn't have to worry about a C-Section now. She also said that the baby has hair, surprise, surprise! You could actually see it on the ultra sound! I also got to see a 4D image of his face and I think it is safe to say he is going to look just like his dad! :) I also asked her how much he weighed and she said 3lbs. and that the due date she was getting from the measurements today was Feb. 11th so we'll just have to wait and see when he decides to arrive!!
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Until next time!

Bebo's Spa Day

For all of you who don't already know him, Bebo is our two year old Brittany. Our first born son! We took him to the dog groomer for the first time today after school. Here are his before photos:

He smelled WONDERFUL when I picked him up and he looked a lot better too. I have to admit the bandana around his neck was awfully cute too! Here are his after photos:

On another note, my ultra sound is scheduled for Saturday. We will be sure to post the results as soon as we know them. Until then everyone have a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving!