Baby Chi has arrived

I will post more later, but here's some pics for the time being. He arrived at 7:28 pm weighing in at 7 lb 8.9 oz and measuring 21 inches long (same length and a pound less than Emerson). Thankfully, there was only 15 minutes of pushing because Malachi was stressed. He had the cord wrapped around his neck and was trying to come out while holding the cord in another place. He had to work very hard to try to take a breath on his own and he was quickly rushed to NICU within 5 minutes. I had a few complications of my own, but am currently feeling much better. Most importantly, we want this little guy to be able to breath on his own (he is currently intubated and was weaned from 100% oxygen down to 75%). As of right now they are not sure if it is a lung problem specifically or an airway anomaly of some sort that doesn't show up on a regular x-ray or imaging study like that. We will learn more tomorrow as more tests will be ordered at that time. So... meet Mr. Malachi.

Laying in his crib holding my hand.

Close up. You can see his ear is a little bit deformed as well.
Not sure if that will lead to anything or not.

Finally, holding John's finger.
(He squeezed three times--how we signal 'I love you')

For those of you praying for our family, THANK YOU! You have no idea how appreciative we are of your care and support for us Sharbaughs. I am falling asleep as I type here, I better try to get a little more comfortable. More will be updated as information becomes available.

Baby Chi has arrived

I will post more later, but here's some pics for the time being. He arrived at 7:28 pm weighing in at 7 lb 8.9 oz and measuring 21 inches long (same length and a pound less than Emerson). Thankfully, there was only 15 minutes of pushing because Malachi was stressed. He had the cord wrapped around his neck and was trying to come out while holding the cord in another place. He had to work very hard to try to take a breath on his own and he was quickly rushed to NICU within 5 minutes. I had a few complications of my own, but am currently feeling much better. Most importantly, we want this little guy to be able to breath on his own (he is currently intubated and was weaned from 100% oxygen down to 75%). As of right now they are not sure if it is a lung problem specifically or an airway anomaly of some sort that doesn't show up on a regular x-ray or imaging study like that. We will learn more tomorrow as more tests will be ordered at that time. So... meet Mr. Malachi.

Laying in his crib holding my hand.

Close up. You can see his ear is a little bit deformed as well.
Not sure if that will lead to anything or not.

Finally, holding John's finger.
(He squeezed three times--how we signal 'I love you')

For those of you praying for our family, THANK YOU! You have no idea how appreciative we are of your care and support for us Sharbaughs. I am falling asleep as I type here, I better try to get a little more comfortable. More will be updated as information becomes available.

making progress

Well, closing is in T-minus four days... FOUR DAYS!! The house is almost packed. I'm sure it just seems like there is more left to be done than what really is left to be accomplished. I was able to get some things done from the couch today, which at least helped me to feel productive. I canceled our home phone and signed up for DSL w/o phone at the new place; switched our auto insurance, canceled our homeowners insurance, and activated a renters policy; canceled most of our current utilities: water, electric, and gas; activated electric at new place; and updated address information at church, the post office, my work, car loan, and medical insurance. Unfortunately, I'm sure there is still plenty to do.

Wednesday is a pretty big day. We will be settling with paperwork and initial rent payment with the apartment complex. Also, the buyers have requested a final walk-through of the house. I'm assuming this is just to check that we haven't destroyed the place in the past month. We haven't, so we are prayerful that everything will continue as planned and we will close on the house Friday. Everything NEEDS to go through because we will be moving out of our house and into the apartment on Thursday as we are required to be ready to hand over the keys to the house at 3:00 on Friday at closing.

Lastly, I had my 37-week appointment today. I haven't progressed much, but my body is ready to do it's thing as soon as I start having some heavy contractions. Granted, I've been having contractions daily for two solid weeks now, so I could really go at any time. You could almost say I'm a ticking time bomb and I could go tonight or I could go two weeks from now. There are definitely pros and cons to both, so I suppose we'll just have to leave it in God's hands... On the other hand, if given the option to be induced, I might just have to jump on it. I like surprises, but I also like not being surprised with certain things. I would LOVE to know that I will make it to the hospital in time before the baby arrives... and John really does NOT want to be the one to deliver Mr. Malachi.

As I was going through my Bible reading yesterday, I was in Jeremiah 17. There were a few verses that definitely stood out to me. I would love to expound, but frankly I'm too tired and nauseated to sit here any longer. I will include them, however, if you would like to read them.

5 This is what the Lord says:
“Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans,
who rely on human strength
and turn their hearts away from the Lord.
⁷ “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
and have made the Lord their hope and confidence

⁹ “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it is?
¹⁰ But I, the Lord, search all hearts
and examine secret motives.
I give all people their due rewards,
according to what their actions deserve.”

making progress

Well, closing is in T-minus four days... FOUR DAYS!! The house is almost packed. I'm sure it just seems like there is more left to be done than what really is left to be accomplished. I was able to get some things done from the couch today, which at least helped me to feel productive. I canceled our home phone and signed up for DSL w/o phone at the new place; switched our auto insurance, canceled our homeowners insurance, and activated a renters policy; canceled most of our current utilities: water, electric, and gas; activated electric at new place; and updated address information at church, the post office, my work, car loan, and medical insurance. Unfortunately, I'm sure there is still plenty to do.

Wednesday is a pretty big day. We will be settling with paperwork and initial rent payment with the apartment complex. Also, the buyers have requested a final walk-through of the house. I'm assuming this is just to check that we haven't destroyed the place in the past month. We haven't, so we are prayerful that everything will continue as planned and we will close on the house Friday. Everything NEEDS to go through because we will be moving out of our house and into the apartment on Thursday as we are required to be ready to hand over the keys to the house at 3:00 on Friday at closing.

Lastly, I had my 37-week appointment today. I haven't progressed much, but my body is ready to do it's thing as soon as I start having some heavy contractions. Granted, I've been having contractions daily for two solid weeks now, so I could really go at any time. You could almost say I'm a ticking time bomb and I could go tonight or I could go two weeks from now. There are definitely pros and cons to both, so I suppose we'll just have to leave it in God's hands... On the other hand, if given the option to be induced, I might just have to jump on it. I like surprises, but I also like not being surprised with certain things. I would LOVE to know that I will make it to the hospital in time before the baby arrives... and John really does NOT want to be the one to deliver Mr. Malachi.

As I was going through my Bible reading yesterday, I was in Jeremiah 17. There were a few verses that definitely stood out to me. I would love to expound, but frankly I'm too tired and nauseated to sit here any longer. I will include them, however, if you would like to read them.

5 This is what the Lord says:
“Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans,
who rely on human strength
and turn their hearts away from the Lord.
⁷ “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
and have made the Lord their hope and confidence

⁹ “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it is?
¹⁰ But I, the Lord, search all hearts
and examine secret motives.
I give all people their due rewards,
according to what their actions deserve.”

Go Hawkeyes!

so the Hawks have been having a great season thus far and here's a quick video of Emma showing her team spirit!




(for those of you getting this via e-mail or facebook, please visit http://marissakayesharbaugh.blogspot.com to view video)

playing catch up

have you noticed by the number of posts that i've been trying to play catch up on this blog? well, let's just say i've been busy feeling super sick and trying to pack up this place so we're ready to move on thursday... really? thursday?!!?! wow, things are changing quickly! well, here is my post full of misc. extras to be (almost) completely caught up.

emma is getting MUCH better at using her eating utensils... here she shows of her skills by eating oatmeal all by herself. and she's just stinkin' cute!


She apparently also has little to no patience for being in her crib for any amount of time longer than necessary and feels the need to remove all things from her bed. This is how I found her room when i came in after naptime a few weeks ago. she didn't seem too worried about it.




and finally, with one month to go (hopefully less) here is what my belly looks like. there really is no more room for him to grow--at least my belly can stretch no further!

playing catch up

have you noticed by the number of posts that i've been trying to play catch up on this blog? well, let's just say i've been busy feeling super sick and trying to pack up this place so we're ready to move on thursday... really? thursday?!!?! wow, things are changing quickly! well, here is my post full of misc. extras to be (almost) completely caught up.

emma is getting MUCH better at using her eating utensils... here she shows of her skills by eating oatmeal all by herself. and she's just stinkin' cute!


She apparently also has little to no patience for being in her crib for any amount of time longer than necessary and feels the need to remove all things from her bed. This is how I found her room when i came in after naptime a few weeks ago. she didn't seem too worried about it.




and finally, with one month to go (hopefully less) here is what my belly looks like. there really is no more room for him to grow--at least my belly can stretch no further!