It's Been A While

Sorry that it's taken so long to update, but work has been busy and when I get home I just want to spend time with Susan and Faith.

A whole lot has taken place since our last post so I'm just gonna run through it and then post some pics 'cause I know that's what everyone wants to see.

Well, after we got rid of the jaundice Faith just took off growing like a normal baby. A few days before she was 2 months old she started sleeping through the night, from 10pm to 7am. Susan and I were grateful since it allowed us to get a better night's rest. About a month ago she started sleeping from 9pm 'til 7am and she has started turning herself around in her crib at night. She's also figured out how to roll over onto her side and even managed to get herself rolled over onto tummy one night. Boy was she mad when she woke up the next morning and realized she was doing tummy time. She has just been growing so fast it's hard to believe that it was almost 5 months ago that Good Lord blessed us with her presence, yes she will be 5 months old on April 18th.

Well, that's pretty much it for now. Here are some pictures from the last 4 1/2 months and I promise I will try to update this at least once a month now that things have settled down a bit.


Christmas picture

Hanging out with Daddy

"I love bath time, but I didn't need a picture to remember it, Mom."

Just being cute

She's here!

Faith was born on 18 November 2008 at 1:12 pm. She weighed 8 lbs 9 oz and was 19.5 inches long. Momma and baby both came through delivery with flying colors.


Momma and Faith after delivery.

Faith's first bath.

I'll post more as we have more time. We were allowed to come home Thursday night, but Faith was released with a Billi number of 15.0 which basically means she had Jaundice and that she had not gotten rid of enough of the Billi to be rid of the Jaundice on her own. So our first several days home have been both physically and emotionally draining as we have had to watch her lay on the Billirubin light and at times scream and flail her arms. This was very hard for the both of us since we were looking forward to coming home and swaddling our little girl and holding her. But, since she had to be on the light for a minimum of 15 hours a day, we have only been able to hold her for feedings. God is good though, this morning one of the nurses from the Nurse Home Care center came out and pricked Faith's heel again. We got the results back this afternoon and her number had dropped to 11.5, which in perspective is only .5 higher than what they release babies from the hospital with, without any extra treatment. We get to take Faith off of the light on Sunday morning for good and we can go about our routine the way we had planned. God is good!

We'll post more as she grows and develops.

With love from the Wallace Family.

Week 37

Well, we're starting week 37 today. We only have 3 more weeks until Susan's due date. Of course the Doctor has said that she may not make it until then, we'll see. We have another appointment tomorrow morning and we'll see what the doctor says then.

This weekend marked the end of the baby showers. I was thankful for all the love everyone has shown us but, I'm glad that they're over so I can focus my Saturdays on the nursery now. We have gotten the nursery at least livable. Susan and her mom did the painting of the room and the wall border while I was at work. I got to paint the closet doors and put the crib together. I still have to paint the bedroom door, but that's not a priority as Faith will not be in need of a door right off the bat. Now, I'm working on getting the wardrobe stained and finished while I wait on the dresser/changing table and the glider to arrive so I can assemble those and finish organizing the nursery.

Well, these are some of the pictures of the nursery and the pumpkin was a center piece for the baby shower that was thrown for us on November 1st by Susan's sister-in-law Dana. We thought it was funny. We'll keep everyone posted on how things are going. Love you all.

Week 35 and 36

Sorry we haven't done this sooner, but man we've tired and worn out lately. I'm close to getting the doors completely finished and getting them hung back up. The next thing I need to do is get all the furniture and put it together and get it put in the room. It's no easy task when you have only an hour or two in evenings when you come home from work.

Week 36 marks the last week of work for Susan. I think even working this week is pushing it, but she does what she can handle, sometimes. Often I have to tell her to back off and relax before she hurts herself by doing too much.

Unfortunatley this post is short, there's so many things that are going on and not enough time to tell it all. I'll try to get pictures of the room up soon. Just keep praying for a safe last few weeks and hopefully Faith will be here before we know it, Susan's hoping for before Thanksgiving.