The most precious gift that could ever be given to us, our son Holden Newell Erwin, was born on Saturday, August 28th. He was already in heaven with Jesus when he was born. He was the most beautiful person we have ever seen, 7 lbs. 5 oz. and 21 inches long.
The first time he opened his eyes, he saw Jesus.
The outpouring of love and prayers from friends and family has reached out to us in a way that we cannot describe by mere words. I will one day blog about all of this more. We will post pictures of our sweet baby and write from our hearts about this journey.
Our little Holden has touched us forever, and I know we will meet him again.
His service yesterday morning was beautiful. God's presence was known the whole time.
For now I just want to thank Jesus for the amazing gift of life our son was to us for the 38 weeks and 5 days he was on earth. His life is not over, it has just started.
We thank everyone who has been here for us. I will never be able to use words to impart the blessing our friends and family are.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Our fur babies
So with the arrival of our little boy in about 6 days, I suppose our sweet Fur Babies will get less attention. :( Chet was playing around with our new camera and decided they'd make good subjects. We still have LOTS of practice with the settings and stuff, but I do like the crisp pictures already!!
Rusty in our kitchen. He is very nervous about the camera. I think the flash scares him. [Note: Our rugs are out of place because we had a nice little water leak from our sink...fun fun.]
Lukas posing for his daddy on a walk. He's the biggest "daddy's boy" I've ever seen in an animal! I promise we feed our dogs. They just got haircuts yesterday, so it makes them look extra skinny! In fact, we spend more money on Science Diet food than we probably spend on groceries. So no hating please!
Our boys --- and our messy porch. It's their fault you know! ;)
And then we come to Henri. She is the "calm" in our storm of animals. She hates her brothers and still doesn't understand why we have them. It was JUST fine when it was only the three of us. (She tells me that daily!)
Another shot of my little princess. She's the only animal allowed on the new couches; it's our way of making up for bringing two annoying "brothers" into her life. That and we couldn't control her anyways....but we tell her it's because she's special. ;) lol
These three little spoiled babies are about to get a real life changer next week when we bring Holden home!
Rusty in our kitchen. He is very nervous about the camera. I think the flash scares him. [Note: Our rugs are out of place because we had a nice little water leak from our sink...fun fun.]
Lukas posing for his daddy on a walk. He's the biggest "daddy's boy" I've ever seen in an animal! I promise we feed our dogs. They just got haircuts yesterday, so it makes them look extra skinny! In fact, we spend more money on Science Diet food than we probably spend on groceries. So no hating please!
Our boys --- and our messy porch. It's their fault you know! ;)And then we come to Henri. She is the "calm" in our storm of animals. She hates her brothers and still doesn't understand why we have them. It was JUST fine when it was only the three of us. (She tells me that daily!)
Another shot of my little princess. She's the only animal allowed on the new couches; it's our way of making up for bringing two annoying "brothers" into her life. That and we couldn't control her anyways....but we tell her it's because she's special. ;) lol
These three little spoiled babies are about to get a real life changer next week when we bring Holden home!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Last Doctor Appointment
Today's appointment was our official "last" appointment! It's bittersweet, since I rather like to go to our appointments, lol.
I am only 1 centimeter dilated, but we are still on target to induce next Wednesday. Doctor Perales gave us our "orders", and we are number 4 out of 7 women being induced Wednesday morning. That means we'll likely start Pitocin around 9 or so in the morning.
We are ready to get things together for the arrival of our little boy!
PS We also picked up the camera today, so after it charges we will start practicing!
I am only 1 centimeter dilated, but we are still on target to induce next Wednesday. Doctor Perales gave us our "orders", and we are number 4 out of 7 women being induced Wednesday morning. That means we'll likely start Pitocin around 9 or so in the morning.
We are ready to get things together for the arrival of our little boy!
PS We also picked up the camera today, so after it charges we will start practicing!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
A new family member
Okay, so obviously a camera does not constitute a "family member" (1 John 2:15 swimming through my head at the moment), but since this is something we've been saving and hoping and wishing for ever since we got married (before that actually), I am STOKED to say we will be proud owners of this camera soon (next Monday to be exact)! Each Christmas we tell ourselves that "next Christmas" we'll buy ourselves a nice camera. That's yet to happen. SO we bit the bullet and ordered this beauty at Best Buy yesterday, basically never enabling us to send our kids to college and pre-spending our "goose egg"... but isn't she pretty?! ;) We did NOT follow Dave Ramsey's rules when deciding to invest (ahem, get into DEBT) for this little piece of black gold.... But we are both so happy to have a good camera, with video camera capabilities, for Holden's every little move and expression! I mean, really, what kind of baby deserves to be iPhone photo-ed his whole life?
My-oh-my this blog might be filled with photos very soon! Chet has a natural talent for photos and Photoshop, so he is getting very excited to become our family photographer. I on the other hand, will be needing to read and re-read that 2-inch manual when it arrives.
I'm sure "bragging" about a possession on a blog is really, really poor taste and out of blogging etiquette. I am not meaning to boast. I just didn't want anyone thinking that my pictures have all of a sudden gone from grainy iPhone pics to beautiful crystal clear pics without the clarification. OKAY----and I am a LITTLE HAPPY and had to share! ;)
My-oh-my this blog might be filled with photos very soon! Chet has a natural talent for photos and Photoshop, so he is getting very excited to become our family photographer. I on the other hand, will be needing to read and re-read that 2-inch manual when it arrives.
I'm sure "bragging" about a possession on a blog is really, really poor taste and out of blogging etiquette. I am not meaning to boast. I just didn't want anyone thinking that my pictures have all of a sudden gone from grainy iPhone pics to beautiful crystal clear pics without the clarification. OKAY----and I am a LITTLE HAPPY and had to share! ;)
FULL TERM!
Today is the official "full term" mark for Baby Holden! 37 weeks!!
Can't believe we're already here!! We had a great doctor's appointment yesterday, although it wasn't eventful. :) It seems as though Holden is just comfy and content with his womb home, and will probably not make his arrival before we induce on September 1st. His head is still very low, under my pelvic bone, but that really doesn't mean much when he's just not ready to enter the real world yet. My doctor did not check me for dilation, since I am not in active labor of any type. She said it would be like false hope if I was dilated, since I would still be sent home. I agree with her wholeheartedly. Giving me false hope never does good on my nerves. She will check me next week though, as we will be only a week from meeting him by then.
Since I've been getting a little impatient, I am trying to think about how wonderful it is that he is in me for another 15 days. Chet and I were able to watch a movie at the theatre in Lubbock yesterday afternoon-something I am sure we won't be doing as often once our bambino arrives. Maybe Holden will work on growing an eyelash or two while he's in there for so long, since his parents didn't impart him with great eyelash genes. ;) See...there are good things to us getting to wait a little longer.
All-in-all I was so pleased with yesterday's appointment. We learned about inducing and how we will go about it. At next Monday's appointment we will get our "schedule of events". YAY!
For now I will just be happy that I am able to stay on top of laundry and cleaning.
Can't believe we're already here!! We had a great doctor's appointment yesterday, although it wasn't eventful. :) It seems as though Holden is just comfy and content with his womb home, and will probably not make his arrival before we induce on September 1st. His head is still very low, under my pelvic bone, but that really doesn't mean much when he's just not ready to enter the real world yet. My doctor did not check me for dilation, since I am not in active labor of any type. She said it would be like false hope if I was dilated, since I would still be sent home. I agree with her wholeheartedly. Giving me false hope never does good on my nerves. She will check me next week though, as we will be only a week from meeting him by then.
Since I've been getting a little impatient, I am trying to think about how wonderful it is that he is in me for another 15 days. Chet and I were able to watch a movie at the theatre in Lubbock yesterday afternoon-something I am sure we won't be doing as often once our bambino arrives. Maybe Holden will work on growing an eyelash or two while he's in there for so long, since his parents didn't impart him with great eyelash genes. ;) See...there are good things to us getting to wait a little longer.
All-in-all I was so pleased with yesterday's appointment. We learned about inducing and how we will go about it. At next Monday's appointment we will get our "schedule of events". YAY!
For now I will just be happy that I am able to stay on top of laundry and cleaning.
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