Happy Anniversary

Four years ago today, Krista and I got married. We wrote our own vows about traveling on a journey together. We never anticipated the road would be quite this rough, especially so early in our marriage, but we have definitely been standing strong together, and drawing our strength from each other.

Kelson had a great night, followed by another great day. We arrived early at the hospital and got to give Kelson his bath. It was still just a sponge bath, but we were able to move him around better since he has less tubes. We were also able to put clothes on him. I held him for his 9 AM feeding. He now takes 48 cc over an hour, and rests for two hours between feedings. They were able to put him on a real scale to get a more accurate weight, without all the tubes. He now weighs 5 lb 5 oz. For now, the doctors plan to stay on this course, because everything seems to be working well. However, they like to throw us a curve ball every now and then.

At noon we left the hospital to do a final walk through on our new house, and then proceeded to the closing. Everything went smoothly, and at 2:30 we were officially in debt again! We are so excited to get into the new house this weekend, and even more excited to live in it as a family of four.

After the closing we went back to spend some more time with Kelson. We left the hospital to shop for our anniversary gift, and started picking up supplies for Claires third birthday party. For dinner we went to The Olive Garden. (Thank you to Kelly and Will Gerber for the gift card we've been saving!)

Considering the circumstances, we really couldn't ask for a more perfect day. Kelsons health is improving, we bought our dream home, and spent our entire anniversary day together. To top it all off we got a much needed rain. The next few days will be busy unloading trailers and unpacking boxes, along with several hours holding Kelson, witnessing a miracle with each breath.