I asked my friend Casey (weird that we have the same nickname huh - she is Catherine) if I could post some pictures of her new baby boy, Ricky. At 20 weeks pregnant Casey found out that Ricky had Trisomy 18 - which is an extra chromosome that causes such severe birth defects that it is considered "incompatible with life". Ricky was not expected to live through his birth but as you can see he exceeded all expectations. 90% of babies born with Trisomy 18 die within the first few days of life so, as you can imagine, life is pretty unpredicatable and scary for Casey and her husband Rick right now.
I went to the hospital and sat in the rocking chair holding Ricky for over 2 hours and I have to say that it is hard to see anything but the perfection of his tiny little body when you are with him.
Auntie Dana and Ricky - Auntie Dana is one of my mom's best friend's since kindergarten and she is spunky and fun - I love being around her! BTW - Casey is her neice and that's how we know her!
Ricky has a heart shaped face and the clearest blue eyes I have ever seen. I know it sounds cliche and every baby is a miracle but there is something special about Ricky. Every doctor told Casey to have an abortion and she refused - she valued his life no matter how long or short!
Sweet baby boy!
You know me and my fingers and toes - this is Ricky with his Daddy's finger - perfect little fingers!
Casey, Rick and Baby Ricky!
I didn't get to see Auntie Beth yet because I left for the hospital but I knew that she would understand - I needed to see Ricky and love on him a little bit. I took a "holding shift" for next week. Ricky has blue episodes and so in order to let Casey and Rick sleep a little people are taking shifts to watch over Ricky - I enthusiastically volunteered to hold him for as long as they would let me!
Uncle B came over to visit with the kids and brought some foam cell phones - Annie loved them and used them in tandem!
My friend Tracey sent over some clothes for Molly and the first thing she tried on was ---ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - deep breath - deep breath - a cotton bra type thing. It was more like a half t-shirt type thing but Molly thought it was very grown up. She showed it to Bob and he told her she had just aged him ten years! Needless to say that I hid it once it came off - I'm just not ready yet!
Annie had crazy hair and was a little wild the other night so I took some pictures of her!
My happy girl!
Ellie Bellie needs to get rid of her icky nose before her big day on Saturday - but look how cute her little smile is. I'll give you the updates on her doctor's appointment tomorrow!
Lizzard!
I have no idea why but I can not take my eyes off of this picture - she looks so cute! I love those sparkly eyes and chunky cheeks! I'm off to get some sleep - we have a big day on Saturday and a big week next week!
GNM - ILY!
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