Merry Christmas

Hi everyone we hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!!!!
Christmas was wonderful this year for us. Having Macario home was such a blessing. I had a new appreciation for the wonderful gift that God gave us by giving us his only son, and the celebration of his birth, by having my own son this year and what a miracle it is just to have him with us, and how close we came to loosing him.
We had a wonderful Christmas. We got to celebrate with all the kids (all 6) on Christmas eve and it was wonderful having everyone here with us. On Christmas day we got to have a wonderful Christmas dinner with my family at my parents house with all the siblings together.

Macario slept through most of it but was a wonderful addition to have on Christmas Day!!!!
He wore his Santa Suit on Christmas and made the most adorable Santa Ive ever seen.

Martin got to talk to his family in Washington and misses them very much, but thank goodness for phones so he is able to keep in contact, its hard being so far away from them but, at least he gets to talk to them.

We send Christmas wishes to everyone, may you and your family be as blessed as ours in the holiday season and throughout the coming new year..

With Love; Kim

Went to the doctors today

Hi everybody
We went to the doctors today and believe it or not Macario weighs 6 pounds and 6 ounces and 20 3/4 inches long....I cant believe it, he seems so big to me now, yet everyone who sees him says how small he is. He began to get his shots today and poor baby ended up getting 4 shots.

He is 2 1/2 months old now but according to his due date he would be only 6 days old. The birth to 3 program has begun their assessment on him and hopefully we will begin his therapy after the first of the year. The doctors said that his hemorrhage is still stable but, they are still concerned about it and we are going to keep a close eye on it, and pray that he does not ultimately need to get a shunt to drain it, so we once again come to you all and ask that you continue to keep him in your prayers. Other than that he is doing great. We are looking forward to the holidays and having our bundle of joy home with us.

Thanks for visiting and please leave a comment for us because we love hearing from you....

Macario is home

WOW.... Macario is now home with his family. Thank God for all of his blessings. Macario came home on November 18, 2008 we were so excited to have him home for Thanksgiving, we have so much to be thankful for that Thanksgiving had an extra special meaning to us. Once again I am sorry I have not updated sooner but getting used to having a baby at home again has been a challenge (but one that I am happy to take on).

Macario is doing great he is a whooping 5 pounds 2 ounces. He has now doubled his size, to us he is a big boy. He came home on a monitor and continues to be on one for his apnea but has had very few episodes. He is still on caffine and zantac but, we are going to stop these next week and see how he does. His due date is this Friday December 12, 2008 so this is where the doctors say that we can begin to document his progress.

The brain hemmorage is still stable as of now and we are continuing to pray that this will get better soon. We still do not know the long term effects from this and the prematurity but are praying there are none. We are getting involved in an early intervention program to help us with these effects if they appear.

Mommy and Daddy are trying to get used to the sleepless nights, but feel blessed that Macario is a good sleeper, the doctor just took him off the every 3 hour feeding to on demand feedings and Macario is now sleeping for 5 hours straight (he is such a good boy).

We thank everyone again for all your support and prayers and ask that you continue to pray.

God Bless you and Your family