July 17, 2007 my daughter, Savannah Grace came into this world. After some bleeding early in the morning, followed by some contractions, the doctor felt it best to go ahead and deliver our little girl. At 12:20 pm our miracle arrived. The c-section went extremely well, and she is doing great. Initially, they took her to the nursery, but soon after realized that she needed some oxygen supplement. Around 4pm they transferred her to the NICU, which is where she has been since.

Today has been a great day though, we got to feed her a bottle, give her her first bath, and HOLD her FINALLY! It’s emotionally difficult to have her here and not be with her like I would like. I keep reminding myself that she wasn’t going to be here until next Thursday anyway, so we are just getting to enjoy her a little early. Before we know it, she will be all ours and we will get to enjoy every minute with her.

Specific prayer requests:

that her blood count improves and that she doesn’t need a blood transfusion.

that her oxygen levels continue to improve and we can take her off oxygen flow tomorrow.

that she continues to eat well.

that her mommy gets to stay in the hospital until Saturday (not that I physically need to, but just so that I can be closer to her for at least another day).

that she will get to come home as soon as possible.

I know this is a brief update, but for now it will have to do. Kyle’s blog has more of the details and links to pics. Thanks to all for the love and support! I’ll try to keep everyone updated.