Reading old messages so here's an update of Christmas

December 25 - Merry Christmas

I know this is a bit late. I've been going through old text messages that I never deleted so that I could do this blog so I guess I should put them in here. Lily had a rough day on Christmas. The doctors and nurses had said Lily would have ups and downs when she was born. But she really hadn't had too many major ups and downs (at least that I knew of) until Christmas day. On that day she had a major episode of low desaturation and they thought she might have to go back to the other pod or back on the CPAP machine. They said she might have pneumonia or some other kind of infection which isn't good for  her obviously.

It was a very rough day for Jamie and Josh (and us) as they watched her struggle through this day. She had tests and extra attention, was put on antibiotics and had a blood transfusion.

Thankfully she didn't have pneumonia or any other problems. The nurses said that preemies sometimes just have a few episodes as they are growing but get past them. Our little Lily did and went on to recover from this one.

Last Day with my babies

So last day with my Michigan babies. Joshua came over with Lily around 1:30. He is so incredible with her! You can see how much he adores her and she just beams when she looks at him. I played with her for a little bit and then she got tired so he rocked her to sleep. Then we visited for a while and checked out his new phone. Jamie came over when she got off work. She loved the new tennis shoes we got Lily and put them on her right away. Then we packed up and went to Buffalo Wild Wings. We'd never been there before but it was pretty darn good. We'll have to go again. Josh had to go to work and Jamie took us to Walmart and helped me pick out a new game for our trip home. It's been so good to visit with them! Never enough time of course. I wish we had more time to visit. I would have liked to have a mommy and daughter time to go out with Jamie for a while but time is just too short. But I enjoyed the time we were able to share. She is doing an amazing job with Lily. If Jamie is there Lily is watching her most of the time and talking with her. It is so sweet! I love this little family very much! Gah! Why do we have to leave? Ah well, make the most of what we have as they say and take the blessings as they come. My children are a blessing to me and I'm glad for the time I do get with them.
Goodnight for now. More in a while.

Visiting with Lily, Jamie and Joshua!

I know I've been terrible at updating this thing. But here we go with a bit of an update.
Jamie, Joshua and Lily came down for a visit right before Easter and we got to take them to Disney for a bit of a visit. We got to take care of Lily while Josh took Jamie to her first baseball game. I can't believe we were such slackers that we never took Jamie to a game! It was so nice to have them come down for a visit. Lily is doing so well! She's off of the oxygen and off of the monitor and managing just fine. She's eating about 6 ounces at a time now which is amazing. She talks to us and smiles so much it's unbelievable. Jamie and Josh are amazing parents. They have such patience with Lily and you can see how much they love her just by watching them take care of her and cuddle with her and talk to her.
When I take a moment to think about what happened almost 6 months ago and I almost lost two babies, it's hard to take in. I remember watching Josh worrying about Jamie and then Lily and wish I could have taken all that stress and pain away. I know he was scared he would lose both of them just like we were. But I'm sure it would have been even harder for him. I am so thankful that we still have Jamie and we now have Lily. And that we have Joshua in the family too. He fits in so well.
Anyway enough walking down memory lane. This week we have gotten to visit again with Jamie and Joshua and Lily. I have a hard time taking my eyes off of her, she is so adorable. My heart just melts when Lily smiles at me and talks to me. It is so sweet to watch her listen to her Gumpie as he talks to her. She looks like she is mesmerized by his voice. It is so great to see him so happy.
This trip is kind of bitter sweet. Getting to visit with Lily but also getting to visit with Dad Burnham, who is not doing very well. I know John is so worried about him and finding it difficult to be away from him at this time. It's the same as when Dan was here. Saying that it may be the last time he sees him alive. A very difficult position to be in. Hopefully the doctors at U of M can help him with the pain at least. I hate to see him suffer. We will continue to pray and hope for something good to happen. But we also know that sometimes things just don't go that way.

Well I wasn't meaning to end on that note but it's time for bed. Tomorrow is our last day to see Jamie, Josh and Lily again for a while. It's so difficult being so far away from everyone you love. Seems that's just how my life goes. But on a good note we will be back again in July!!! So I can visit with them again! I better do a better job with Skype between now and then I guess.
Thanks for putting up with me tonight. Off to bed now.