Much needed update

I am so horrible at keepin up with this now.  I wish I could be like my friend Missy, she does her blog weekly! I promise to try to get better. 

Here is Connor... He is ready for baseball!!! Go Cubs... LOL

 St. Patty's Day a little early

 Grace on the "round and rounder"

 Grace drew a picture of our family.  I am the blue one in the middle, she is the one to my right with all the hair, Connor is on top of my head and Craig is the big on next to me. 

 Hi People!

 My two cuties!

 Cool daddy!!!

 Happy Birthday Dr. Suess!!

 Tummy Time

 Connor, Not AL!!!

 Connor's Baptism.  Here is he with Nana and Papa

 Uncle Donny and Aunt Joy

 Connor and his Godparents, Tom and Margie Belmont

 Our family

 Aunt Kelly... counting his toes!

 Hey Tata!!!

 All the sponsors

 Beth and Connor, Beth is a Godparent too!

Connor and Grace...

Grace is a great big sister.  ANYTIME she is around Connor she starts yelling for me to take a picture. So I have tons of them together. 

 This was while he was still in the hospital. 

 This is her "don't want him to come home for 2 more weeks" face 

 He is HOME!!!!

 Hey look, mommy gets to be in a picture finally!

First ILLINI game... you expected this picture right?

Finally Home

After 16 long days in the NICU, Connor finally came home.  We are not completely out of the woods yet....

We have to listen to his heart 4-6 times a day.  He is taking meds 2x's a day as well.  We get to see Dr. Foran monthly. 

Even though Connor never showed signs of being in SVT, they told us what they are.  So if he shows signs and is in SVT for longer than 30 mins, we know all the things we need to try before calling Cardio or 911. 

Lucky for us... the NICU nurse practitioner lives down the street from us!!!!

Baby Connor and the NICU

We knew ahead of time Connor had some heart issues going on.  I took medicine while I was pregnant to keep his heart rate under control.  Well when he came out, he decided to make life a lot more interesting.  He started having SVT's, basically high heart rate. One episode lasted 30mins so they had to give him extra meds to bring it down.  Well then he started having Bradycardia, low heart rate.  So now he is only on one medication.  The Brady's are less and he can come out of them himself.  Last night he decided to start having more SVT's 

Connor is definately a little fighter.  We just need to get some answers and get him home.  Being a NICU parent is VERY hard.... even when you probably have the healthiest baby in there!!

Welcoming Baby Connor

At the hospital, getting ready to have a baby!!

 Baby Connor  Born January 16, 2012 at 1:35pm
8lbs 12 oz, 20 1/2 inches 

 Daddy cutting the cord

 First time I held him!

 Grace meeting Connor for the first time