Happy Halloween!

Taylor w/ Uncle Jordan

Laynie's First Bath

Isn't she cute!

Taylor's First Bath

He's not very happy about it!

Homecoming

Thank you Jackie and Martta. This was AWESOME to come home to! We love you!!!

Leaving the NICU For Good!!!!

After 77 days in the hospital how sweet it is to see Taylor's NICU bed empty.

Hanging @ Home

Things Are Very Hectic!

Wow! What a job!!! It's going to take time for us to get settled and figure out a routine. All is wonderful though. Right now I don't have much time to post. I will do my best to get back on track soon.

Look @ Me In My Car Seat!

He Passed!

We are going home tomorrow! We are SOOOO excited to take our little man home. All I can say is YIPEEE!!!!!!!!!

He Didn't Pass!

Taylor will not be going home today. He didn't pass the car seat test. They also tried him in a car bed and he didn't pass that either. We will be here until he can pass one of those tests. Please pray that it's not too much longer. Love, J & A

Looks Like Saturday!

Taylor is doing wonderful! As long as he passes the car seat challenge, we will be taking him home on Saturday. Can you believe it? We are finally here. I have tears as I'm writing this. After all we have been through and the many times we thought we would lose Taylor (even Laynie in the beginning) we are finally at the end of the road. We can begin a new journey with them at home together as a family for the first time.

Saturday will be very emotional in so many ways. It's a door closing to a long, rough road. We will be leaving behind all the wonderful doctors and nurses that have become family to us over the past 11 weeks. Not to mention all the other hospital staff outside the NICU and our home away from home at guest housing. There are no words to thank everyone for all they have done for our family. To be honest, it will be weird for a while as my life has been consumed with daily hospital visits. I truly believe the Currie family will be missed and has earned a spot in the NICU Hall of Fame! Most of all, my emotions will be high just bringing my baby boy home. Our little fighter. He's SOOO amazing and has given me strength every moment of every day to keep fighting and moving forward.

God has really blessed Josh and I. We can't wait to have our family together at home for the first time. It's going to be amazing!

Love,
J & A

Scary Day!

Today I took Laynie to her physical therapy appointment. My mother-in-law came with me. After the appointment we went to get something to eat before heading back to the hospital to visit Taylor. I was driving to the store and had to come to a complete stop as a car ahead of me was turning. Next thing we heard was BAM!!! I mean it was the loudest sound I've heard inside my car. A motorcycle slammed right into the back of me. He didn't see us and therefore didn't even have time to slow down. It was unreal. The first thing I thought of was Laynie...didn't care much about me. Of course I also had concern for the guy on the bike. I ran out of my car to see if he was ok. He was very much in shock and had some pain in his arm and leg. Lucky for him there was no major issues. He did go off in the ambulance so I think it must have been enough pain for concern. A Sheriff came and checked Laynie and her car seat. All was good! Kudos to Josh for his excellent installation!!! The scene was crazy. We shut down traffic both ways on Walker Road (2 lane road in Beaverton off HWY 217). 3 cop cars came, a fire truck, ambulance and tow truck. My car got the worst of it all. The motorcycle was one of those big cruiser bikes and was very heavy. The only damage was to the fender covering his front wheel and a few scratches. My entire bumper came loose and pushed over to the right side and dented in pretty bad on the left. The hatch door will need to be replaced or adjusted at the least. Crazy! The good news....Laynie is ok!!! My mother-in-law and I am doing pretty good. Both of us are suffering from neck and back pain. We are all thankful that everyone is ok. I just can't believe how hard he hit us. The sheriff said that we were lucky it wasn't a car or truck plowing into us as he did....it would have been a lot worse. We are so blessed today! Love you all.

Taylor is doing great. He weighs 4 lbs, 11.8 ounces. He's taking all of his bottles now and no longer has the feeding tube. Doc said we'll see how he does the next 24 hours and then we can start talking about his discharge. Yahoo!!!!!

Taylor Update

We are so proud of our little man! 2 nights in a row he has finished his entire bottle at each feeding. That wipes him out so he doesn't do that well during the day. That's ok, though! This is a huge improvement from last week. The physical therapist is very impressed. Our goal at this point is to not have to bring him home on the feeding tube. It's a lot of responsibility and work. I would do it if I HAD too, but with having 2 babies to feed every 3 hours it will be a lot on me. Since Taylor is doing so much better than he was last week, we're going to stick it out until he can come home without the tube. This means he must be taking 100% of his bottle each feeding. Friday is not realistic, but next week is. SOOO, what's 1 more week. We're now on week 11...can't believe it! I still see that light at the end of the tunnel. It will be so nice to just sit in my own home, hold my babies and not have to worry about rushing over to the hospital for another feeding. Sitting at home ALL DAY sounds so good right now, It has been hectic for me and all I have to say is THANK GOODNESS for my mother-in-law. I couldn't do it all without her. Love you Mimi!

Ang and Josh

New Red Hat

So Cozy!

Still Going Good

Since my last post, Taylor has finished his bottle (40 cc's) twice. Most all other times he's come close. Today he seems to be taking it a little slower, but that's normal. He needs a little break after all the hard work he has been doing. I'm sure he'll pick back up very soon and stay strong. A new doctor comes on tomorrow, so we'll see if the plan for Friday is still a go. We really hope we can take him home and without a feeding tube! Keep praying!! He now weighs 4 lbs, 10 ounces.

Love,
Ang and Josh

Amazing Day!!!!

Taylor is doing wonderful with his feedings. I think he's going to make a liar out of the physical therapist! She hoped that he would. He's getting 40 cc's of breast milk every 3 hours. Today he took 30 via the bottle at the 8 AM visit. He then took 28 at the 11:00 and 38 (YES.....38!) at the 2:00. Everyone is so impressed with his progress. Docs agree that he can probably come home by NEXT FRIDAY if he continues like this. Also, as long as he does this good he won't have to come home on the tube! Praise God! We are now in the East NICU which is the final stop before we go home. Yippee!!!!

I'm just SOOOO excited to finally see some light at the end of this long, long tunnel. I'm just so proud of Taylor. I'm overwhelmed with happiness today....it's a great day!!! He now weighs 4 lbs, 8.7 ounces. Tonight, I'm sure he will weigh more. I don't see Taylor going backwards at this point. His progress has been amazing and in huge strides, so there's no turning back now.

Laynie is doing great! I'm still working on changing her nights and days around, but I'm not too concerned as I'm not sure what Taylor's schedule will be so we'll have to adjust when he gets home anyway.

All is great!

Love,
J & A

She Sleeps

Our Princess

Today Is Looking Better

I've been pretty concerned since my last post, until today! Taylor is back to taking 20 cc's about every other feeding. Some times he will with feedings back to back. Doc is very hopeful as are we that he will continue to go forward. IF he does, we will start talking early next week about his homecoming. It's looking like he will have to come home with a tube for feeding. I pray hard every second of every day that he won't, but I also have to be prepared for this. It will be a lot of extra work (which means less and less sleep), but I truly believe he will be better off at home with us working with him instead of being in the hospital any longer. He needs to be with his sis too! I'm just dying to wrap them both up in a blanket together and just enjoy them!

Please pray that Taylor will continue to progress and can come home soon! I want to thank everyone who is so willing to help us. We are so blessed to have our family and the group of friends that we do. I may be taking you up on your offers.....

Love,
J & A

Ups and Downs

After my last post, Taylor became very exhausted. He hasn't done very good with his feedings since Noon yesterday. If he's awake enough to bottle feed, he's only taking 10-13 cc's. He's now up to 40 cc's every 3 hours so he has gone backwards a bit. He's really going to call the shots and do this on his own time. I'm trying to be as patient as possible. It's very hard when you have a newborn at home with a schedule and then you have to stick to a schedule with seeing Taylor at his feedings. I'm becoming pretty exhausted myself.

Josh went back to work today, so I'm getting a taste of what it's like as a single mom. He's staying at home now so he can get some sleep since Laynie still has her days and nights mixed up. I will be relying on Grandparents to help me each day. Thank goodness for Grandparents!!!! I tried taking Laynie to the NICU with me today. Found out that's NOT going to work. Trying to coordinate her sleep/feeding schedule and his is impossible and she just screamed and cried so I had to leave the NICU early. That's not going to work when I have to be there to fully pay attention to Taylor during his feedings.

At this point, I just pray each night that I wake up sane the next day. I absolutely LOVE being a mommy, but this whole situation is extremely challenging. It was challenging with Josh helping each day and now that he's working...EEEKS. I just can't wait to be home. This is really wearing on me at this point. I have to just remain strong, continue to trust God and keep moving forward. The light at the end of the tunnel will shine soon......I hope!

For those of you who have called me and haven't heard back. I'M SORRY! Getting back to you may take some time. My days fly by and I don't even have time to shower let alone pick up the phone to chat. I SO appreciate your call and will get back to you. It will also be difficult to have guests at this point. On the evenings that Josh comes, we may be able to schedule some people, but PLEASE don't be up-set if we can't get you here.

We love you all and so appreciate your continued prayers and support.

Love,
J & A

Taylor Update

All is going well. Taylor now weighs 4 lbs, 7.4 ounces. He's eating about 20-25 cc's of his 35 cc's via the bottle every other feeding. We are working with him every day. He's progressing and we are very proud of him! We appreciate all the prayers and support.

Love,
J & A

Update

We are very excited about Taylor's weight gain. He's now 4 lbs, 4.3 ounces. He's looking SO good! We are still working on bottle feeding with him. We are determined to get him home as soon as possible.

Laynie is doing wonderful. She's now 6 lbs, 2 ounces. She got her 2 month shots yesterday and that was very hard for me to watch. I now understand when parents say they will take the pain for their children. I wanted to yesterday!

Please continue to pray for Taylor. The physical therapist is now telling us that it would be very rare for Taylor to just "flick the switch" and get the coordination down with the bottle. She said it will be a very slow progression. We are not going to settle with that. As he's always done, Taylor will prove everyone wrong!! With mine and Josh's determination we are going to work as hard as we can day after day to get him feeding and home.

Love,
J & A