Jane, from Early Intervention, came to our home today to set our plan for Rachel. She was really impressed with how well she was doing so fa...

Rachel is finally big enough to wear some new clothes...the 0-3 month sizes! She hit 8 pounds today too. We had a follow up doctors appointm...

Merry Christmas from Rachel and us! ***my friend, Suzanne, designed the card. She does excellent work and makes birthday invites, wedding in...

We took Rachel to see the kidney doctor today. When she was at Brenner's, the doctors were worried that she may have been refluxing urin...

Yesterday, Rachel and I took a trip down to Charlotte to see my friend, Lynn, and her new baby, Dexter. Lynn had Dexter on the 30th of Novem...

Today, three months ago, Rachel was born and our world was changed forever. Here are a few pics of our girl today. It's always hard to t...

The Prevacid for Rachel's reflux seems to be working great. She has been eating really well without any of the issues she was having and...

This month alone, Rachel has 6 doctors appointments. We had three last week - a follow up with her surgeon, another trip to the pediatrician...

Rachel was still struggling with bottle feedings. Either the milk came out too fast and she choked or it came out too slow and she got frust...

Rachel had her first bath (at our home) Sunday night. I was a little nervous about how she would do but in true Rachel fashion she stayed ve...

Rachel is finally home where she belongs! Friday morning I called the hospital and found out that Rachel pulled the feeding tube from her no...

Well, at the urging of the nurse practitioner we roomed in with Rachel at the hospital last night. Over all, it wasn't a bad experience....

Just a short post. Rachel isn't coming home today. She didn't eat well last night and they had to put the tube back in. To say we ar...

Rachel is coming home Wednesday or Thursday! We are so excited! Today and tomorrow will be mad dashes to get things done around the house an...

Some good news to report! Rachel passed her first hearing test on Tuesday and the PIC line has been taken out of her hand. Wow, how wonderfu...

As Rachel has been getting her milk, the more she has been acting like a regular baby. If she was still in my stomach, she ...

I think I had a break through moment today. All this time I think I've held myself in check loving Rachel. I have found I was loving her...

On Monday, Rachel had her dye test. We waited all day to find out the results and we didn't get them. We did find out the her VSD had cl...

After having such good news yesterday, I was so excited to see Rachel today and just be happy. When I got into the NICU, I was invited by th...