He's here!

Most of you know we've been anticipating the birth of a new grandbaby.  This little one was prayed for long before he arrived as our daughter had a hard time getting pregnant both times, and then throughout this pregnancy.  He was due in the beginning of September, but because our daughter has Type 1 diabetes, this was a high risk pregnancy and she's been followed by special OB doctors and lots of ultrasounds.
She did well through it all, and was able to keep her blood sugars stable.  However, diabetics often have big babies, and because this baby was measuring large, she had a C-section scheduled 3 weeks early.

Meet Connor William!  He weighed 10 pounds, 7 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long.  He was born Thursday shortly after noon. He had to go to the NICU because of blood sugar issues (not unusual in babies of diabetics) and some low oxygen levels related to being born early and being a c-section baby. (The patches on his cheeks were for O2 tubing)

There was hope that he would be out of the NICU on Friday night, so we took Cassie up.  The bag Bob is carrying is a little toy she picked out to give him.

Unfortunately, although his blood sugars were good, his O2 levels were still not stable so he couldn't come out of NICU.

Cassie was so sad.  This is Andrew doing a facetime in the NICU to Bob who had Cassie outside the door, so she could see her new brother.

It wasn't enough though.  Here she's crying on Heathers shoulder because she wanted to see Connor.  It was heartbreaking for all of us.

Andrew made a balloon out of a glove for her, which distracted her for a while, but then we had to go home and leave Dad and Mom. So it was a rough bedtime that night.

Saturday Connor was still not released from the NICU because of oxygen levels so we didn't take Cassie up there, just played here at home.  She did good all day, but was tearful at bedtime when she misses her parents the most.

On Sunday, Bob went to church by himself.  I didn't want to put her in nursery with strangers and I also knew that sitting through a service would be asking too much of her.

Then we got the news that Connor's O2 sat was good, and he passed the car seat test.  He was getting out of the NICU and both he and Heather would be discharged in the afternoon.
They were planning on Cassie coming back home as she was really missing them, so we packed her up and brought her back around 4.
She was happy to be home and to finally meet Connor!

First look at her new brother.

She was bringing him toys.

Cassie and Connor

Happy Grandpa and Grandma.

Happy Family!

Love the cheeks.  Bob says he's going to be a trumpet player.

We are thanking the Lord for this wonderful gift!