Yes we are still Alive

hey all out in blogland...
Hope you all are well, sorry its been so long, will endeavour to try and post at least once a week....
Malakai is now 5 months old, he has been teething for almost two months with no teeth yet breaking through, he is making all the cooing noises and laughing too.. He is trying to pull him self up into the sitting position and trying to roll over. ( Josh said he has seen him roll over a few times i am yet to see it)he has a temper though and we give in easily.....
Josh is in between jobs at the moment, which is alittle hard but we manage.
We are in the process of looking into moving to bendigo closer to Marshal, Cindi and the girls. We are praying that the Lord will give us direction with that
At the moment Josh, Malakai and i are in Canberra visiting with Mom and Dad, Valley Baptist is having their missions conference. Pastor Gregory from Faith Way Baptist in West Virginia has been their guest speaker, His preaching has been a blessing to hear...
I have also had the privilege to meet Pastor and Mrs tottingham and their loving children

Sorry its been awhile

Malakai just out of the womb via csection 26th December 2007

Malakai today 12th Febuary 2008

Sorry its been awhile in between blogging getting use to having Malakai at home and getting all the daily things done that need doing as well as getting plenty of rest..
Malakai has been home almost 3weeks now still tring to get into a rountine which is hard with his feed times changing. He is a good baby sleeps well, We put him onto formula as breast milk wasnt settleling him but the formula we put him on recomended by the doctor made him consitpapted so we have changed the formula and he isnt having any problems now

Update on Malakai

in this picture the clothes that fit him so well are actually for a teddy bear from pumpkin patch

Hey all...

Malakai has be graded up from 2hourly to 3hourly feeds, he is now on 3 sucks feeds a day usually spaced out through out the day/night today he had them all in a row with Josh giving him part feed in a bottle with his multi vitamin and then he had the rest via the breast. For such a little boy he sucks very well he is shocking all his nurses... Hopefully he will continue to put on weight and suck all his feeds soon. He is now 21days old (3 weeks) and it is so hard to leave him everyday. He needs to put on another 155grams and be sucking all feeds to come home.. Currently he is the oldest and the smallest in the nursery.. And everyone around him keeps going home.

We thank the Lord for allowing us to have him and raise him, and we ask that you all continue to pray for him

Update on Malakai

Malakai has been off CPAP for almost a week now breathing on his own, He is out a humidity crib and went into a hot cot but because he was maintaining his body temp he is now a in a normal cot, he is tolerating his feeds and is on 13mls breast milk every 2hours and it goes up 1ml every 12hours. The drip he is on because he reached 150mls a day no goes down 0.5ml every 12hours and should be ceased Thursday night. Hopefully he will be transferred to Blacktown Hospital the hospital closer to home he was meant to be born in by Sunday to put on weight.. as he didn't need to be in the intensive care part for his weight it was for the breathing and then because he got put on a TPN drip which special care don't take care of
Today he had his first Suck feed which the nurse said he may not sucks as he doesn't know what he should be doing but to her surprise he sucked for alittle bit then went off to sleep and finished his feed via his tube. So we keep trying as he needs to be on all suck feeds to come home and to be 2kgs roughly
Thank you all for your prayers please keep them coming as he is progressing nicely
Big thanks to the LORD for his watch care over Malakai
smiling for a pic for daddy
First family photo
Great grandma Meredith (NAN) visiting with Malakai

Pics Of Malakai

Malakai's first cuddle with Daddy
Josh happily Showing off his boy
Malakai happily sleeping in mummy arms

Pics of Malakai

Malakai was jaundice needed photo therapy
Grandma and Grandpa Stewart visiting with Malakai
Malakai under the blue light
Malakai getting ready for cuddles
Malakai's first cuddle with Mum

INTRODUCING MALAKAI JOSHUA DONALD STEWART

Born: 26th December 2007
Time: 1542
Weighing: 1.580kgs / 3lbs 5ozs
Length: 41cm

He Still remains in Hospital but is doing well.. he is requires some help with his breathing and is being fed via a tube. He gets help with his breathing for 6 hours and then has 6 hours off which is good for his gestation... he is fed via a tube as he cant suck yet and he is also given added supplements like protein stuff to help him grow and mature faster once is his off any help breathing he will be able to be transferred to the hospital closer to home he is likely to be in hospital until the day he was due to be born which in 18th feb but it depends on him..

So we will ask that you continue to pray with us that he will grow and mature with the strength and support of the Lord to be able to come home ASAP

Thank you to all who have prayed with us and for us about my pregnancy and the birth