1 Week

Connor is 1 week old today.  He was still having problems with his heart rate so he was taken off of the CPAP and put back onto the ventilator so that it could regulate the rate and flow of oxygen.  It's crazy to think that just a mere week after he was born sooo early, the biggest thing he has to deal with is being on a ventilator.  When my sister Joy was born a few weeks early she had to be on a ventilator for a while, of course Connor was born 3 months before her!  So we are thankful that he has avoided the worst of it and we will continue to pray against these minor complications.

Please pray for Sara as she is exhausted.  She has been up to the hospital everyday since Connor was born.  There are a lot of emotions for her at this time, as well as stress and physical exhaustion.  She has to use a breast pump every 3 hours, so that means neither of us can sleep through 1 whole night.  It's also hard to breast feed without thinking about the fact that your baby is not there with you. 

I have not been getting out to the hospital as much as she or I would like.  I have been working on our new house non-stop in an attempt to make it livable.  So many people have been helping on this so we can move in on Saturday.  This should make our lives a whole lot less crazy.  To see that house transform has been really neat.  To smell that house transform has been even neater.  I cannot wait until the day when I can bring Connor home to our very own house.  It will be very momentuous.

It's quite interesting how much of an analogy that is for the way Jesus has been preparing a place for us in heaven.  I bet he is excited for us to get there!  We have no idea what it will be like.  We can fathom the greatness of heaven in the same way that Connor can fathom the greatness of our house... we can't.

In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.  - John 14:2-3