Here are some pics. Will add some of his 4 month old photo shoot. ITs SO cute!!In these pics, he ranges from 3 weeks to 3 months.

Poor Channing

He got his shots yesturday. then we took him to a birthday party for two little of his friends. He was SO cranky because of his legs. I feel really bad. Everyones gone through it yes but he is just so innocent.

Things with work are great for both of us. The lil guy I work with isnt doing well though and thats really discouraging. Brandons job is an amazing blessing! We have great insurance through it and its great pay and good hours. Hopefully he can keep that all through school...which they pay for. Then I will go to work full time while he is in the radiographer program. He starts back in school in Aug. for evening classes.

Channing is starting to eat semi solids now, just rice cereal but its still good. HEs laughing and smiling alot more now. Its so cute! We love him so much!!!

Nothing new here since our last blog. Were just keepin busy I guess. Channing goes to the doc tomorrow and we find out how much he weighs and then he gets his dreaded shots.

We are going to a birthday party for some four yr olds Brandon worked with. They are twins that were premature and have many problems. I hope they like their presents!!

Channing is doing well, growing like a weed. If you check out our facebook page, I put up some new pics of his photo shoot. Hes four months and started on some applerice cereal.

Well gtg, will write again soon.

Tomorrow...

Tomorrow we go to get shots. I'm so nervous because I know he will be in pain. I never want my son in pain again. While this isn't the worst he's gone through but he hasnt gotten hurt like that since hes been home and I just feel so horrible. I know I'm a nurse and Ive given babys shots before but not my son.

Vaccinations themselves are not my favorite thing. I really think the medical field does too much to our bodies. I'm not a complete naturalist but I believe that if its what God intended then it would be in our food or grow naturally in our bodys. Disease is out there, I'm not in denial but viruses (dead) arent the only thing in those shots. They have all these perservatives that will hurt the lil body. Plus theres mercury in most of them. If the virus isnt dead then it can change and grow into an even bigger disease then we know. They also give so many at one time. I'm just not comfortable with that. I think well space them out and not give any live viruses AND OF COURSE no mercury.
My wont my doc be happy with me!

grouting, painting, and cleaning OH MY!

We took down the walpaper which was horrible! Then we had to have a guy come texture, then we painted (I was prego so I couldnt help or even be home) It drove me nuts cause I'm a person who likes to do the job myself so its the way I like it...
The carpet was next to take out... Gross under 15 yr old carpet! Living on concrete was great.... We got carpet the day Channing came home so we had to stay at grandmas house for the first night. Every little sound would scare me about him. He turned, I was up. He was still a sick lil boy in my mind.
Were painting the front door today! RED! I Love it! We got a new lock too. Its gonna look real nice. Ill take some before and after pics.

HOme now

He is now 10lbs 3oz and was due last week!! He is a chunky monkey and the love of our lives! He has such a personality and can lift his head and is almost turning over! He has succeeded once already! We are getting into a schedule of sleeping most the night which I hope he sticks with.

Our dog also decided to have puppies on our brand new carpet! Thank heaven for peroxide! It takes the blood right out! The pups are three weeks old and have opened their eyes and are just so cute! Ill put pics up soon.

The baby!!!!!

Channing James Pedersen cam e into the world on March 12, 2009. I was only 33 weeks when my water broke at 1am that Thurs. We rushed to the hospital at 330am. I was admitted and got the epidural at noon and he was out with three pushes at 2:58pm. The cord was wrapped around his neck and he was 6lbs 2oz. He screamed beautifully for the first ten min. He started grunting and they took him away. I had no idea what happened to him for about two hours. They took me to my postpardum room and asked if before I went to bed, did I want to see him? I said of course and they took me in and I wasnt prepared. He had a cpap, IV, and moniters everywhere on him. I stayed only a few min before I felt lightheaded. The next day I felt great. THey discharged me and said I could hold him after! I was so excited! We put everything in the car and we were walking back when.... The Cpap ended up blowing out his R lung. They did a pleural effusion where they stick a huge syringe into his chest cavity to pull out the air and they put a chest tube in through his ribs. He also had to be put on a ventilator. The world was spinning. My MY perfect little boy wasnt doing good. All I remember was sitting on the hospital bed in my old room in the arms of my husband and praying to God that he will pull through and be ok. We were balling and didnt know what to do. We couldnt understand why this was happening to little Channing. He had just come from Heavenly fathers presence. Why did he have to experience this. Was this a learning experience for us? Of course it was. We had to learn that in this life we have trials and we have to trust in the Lord and humble ourselves to get through it.

Well he got better day after day and all the tubes came out. FINALLY I got to hold my son. It was about four days after and they let me hold him and try to bottle nipple him. With oxygen in his nose and a tube going down to his stomach, he gulped those 10cc down like it was no bodys business!

He got better and was able to come home with us March 21st.
He was 5lbs 12oz when we brought him home.