THE BIRTH OF OUR BLESSED SON...ELI PHILLIP VAHJEN

Eli Phillip Vahjen born August 25, 2010 @ 12:14 pm 8.2 oz. and 20.5 in. long I went into labor at our house and started having contractions at 11:00 tuesday night, which is the same time I started having contractions with Noah. They were 10 minutes apart all night long, so we did not go to the hospital. We called the doctor at 7:45 and he said, "well come on in and lets have a baby!" We got to the hospital and I was already 5 cm dilated, so they started my epidural, started me on pitocin, and broke my water, and only an hour after that I was already dilated 9 cm. I only had to push for 30 minutes and our little baby Eli was born. His color was great and he was healthy! What a blessing for Brian and I. We were so concern about the health of our baby, so when he came out healthy, we were so relieved! We thank everyone for all their prayers. Eli was born 2 weeks early, but we were so blessed that he made it full term. So far Eli is a great baby and has made it so easy on Brian and I. Noah is doing great with Eli, especially for a 16 month old! If you ask him "where is baby Eli, he walks over and points to Eli. Too cute! God is so good and we feel so blessed to have our new addition to our family.

Eli's Nursery and Update

Well we have finally made some progress on our house, including Eli's nursery and Noah's room. We are so excited to finally meet our Baby Eli! We thought he might already be here by now, but God has blessed us and kept baby Eli "in" and he is now full term so it is now safer if he comes. At 33 weeks, I went in for a check up and was complaining of some pressure and it turns out that I was already dilated 1 cm and 70% efaced at such an early time. So we sent out prayer requests to help Baby Eli stay in and that he did. He made it to 36 weeks and I was dilated then at 3 cm and 80% efaced! I am now today 37 weeks and Baby Eli has made it this far inside my belly! I go to the doctor tomorrow, so we will see where we stand! Keep us in your prayers for a healthy Baby Eli sometime soon! We are so excited!