I will start by saying I am not the gifted writer that Zane is, and I am not funny either. I have not written on our blog since the first post, exactly 3 months ago! Three months ago we started what seemed to be a terrifying journey. No one knew what God had in store for us. This precious gift that He gave us has blessed us in so many indescribable ways.

Seton Blaine Oliver- Monday was your 2 months birthday and today you are 9 weeks old! We have been through two months of dirty diapers, two months of late night cuddling, two months of life with a newborn, and two months of proving your doctors wrong! I love every minute of your life, and I am so blessed to be known as your momma! We love you very much and can not wait to watch you progress even more.

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These last two months have been wonderful. We have had eventful days - very eventful days - and even some slow days. Every day Seton shows progress that was never expected by our doctors. We do not go back to Dr. Habersang until May 23rd so we are not sure how much he has grown...although I have considered getting out the Wii fit to see what he weighs. We are slowly adjusting to being a family of 3; some days we are a family of 12 (with all our extra help). It truly takes a village to raise this child! Thank you so much to all our family that has spent many sleepless nights so Zane and I can get some sleep...we would not make it without your help. Even with the progress Seton has made, we still need 24 hour care.

This last weekend was very eventful in a good way. No hospital trips! We celebrated my first mother’s day this weekend which was great! My Aunt Krista and Uncle Jim came to town from Lousiana to meet Seton. We took Seton to church for the first time Saturday night. He did so well. He did not cry at all and the loud music did not bother him. Saturday after church we had a big cookout at my parents’ house with our family to celebrate Mother's Day. It was nice to get Seton out of the house to see some different scenery and introduce him to friends and family that have been praying for him, even before he was born.

On Sunday with the help of Zane's mom, sister, Gran, Aunt Dianne, my parents, and my Aunt Krista, we were able to cancel our nurse so she could spend Mother's Day with her family. We hung out and were lazy all day and Zane and I got a full night sleep! Like I said before it takes a village to raise this child!

Tonight, Seton’s feeding tube got clogged and we made another trip to BSA Radiology. They were successful in unclogging his tube this time, so we were thankful that he did not have to go through getting a new tube again. We decided to take him up to the NICU to say hello to the wonderful nurses that took care of us.  As we stood their talking with the nurses in the NICU we watched several parents scrubbing in to visit their baby. We saw a few parents that were there while we were, still hopeful to take their baby home. We are truly blessed to have only spent 2 weeks in the NICU; some of those parents have been there for 4 months.

FYI... His current (newly unclogged) feeding tube has been in for 10 days.

"Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!" 2 Corinthians 9:15