Noah Heslin Lynch

Well, I'm sure everyone knows that our little 33 week miracle came into this world on sunday, April 11 at 1:53 am. He weighed 5.3 lbs and was 18 1/4 inches. It has been crazy the past few days I must say, but our sweet Noah has really impressed a lot of people. The whole "preemie" process is a little different than a "newborn". Of course Noah hasn't gotten to the week of suck, swollow and breath in the womb yet so he had to learn it early. Josh and I are really proud of him since he has just all of a sudden yesterday started drinking a bottle! It's definetely a sign from god letting us know that although things can be hard, that he is in control of everything! Noah is doing wonderful, drinking all of his bottle every three hours and steeling all of the nurses hearts!!!! We are hoping that he will come home this weekend but they don't tell you until the day of, so I am just waiting for our sweet boy to be at home with us for good! Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts, it was sure and is still needed. Enjoy the pictures, I will try to post again as soon as he gets home!!!!

Easter and Aidan's first fish

Aidan and all of his cousins

Look at Aidan's face, he didn't want this picture!

We went down to my grandmothers yesterday for easter and after the egg hunt Aidan wanted "Mike" to take him fishing. My dad bought him a spider man fishing pole and he was ready to try it out. Needless to say Aidan caught the only fish and it was about a two pound crappie! He didn't like the fish at all he said it was "scary". After he caught the fish he was ready to go, all he kept saying was " I ready to go Mike". We ate the fish for dinner last night and it was plenty for the three of us. Enjoy the fish pictures!!!

Spring is here!!!

The sand box under the swingset... he loves this.

Hunting eggs

Yummy candy

Easter bunny

Conner and Aidan, best buds!!!

The new riding lawn mower, we really needed this since our yard is a lot bigger!!!

Aidan was really excited about daddy's birthday cake, so we used his cookie monster candle!

Here are some pictures from spring break and the past few days. Aidan has loved this weather and we are too! Last weekend we went to hernando to an egg hunt at a friends house and Aidan had the best time. He loved the easter bunny, which I thought was odd since I took him to the mall a few weeks ago and he wouldn't even go close to him. We actually waited in line to see him again but the egg hunt started. It was fun watching him hunt eggs this year because he understands a little more. We died eggs this morning (sat.) and he really enjoyed that too.

Noah and I are doing good. Just hanging in there, waiting on the weeks to pass. I am really looking forward to his arrival, which I hope is in May. Tuesday before last he weighed about 3.6 lbs, which is right on schedule. I think I will have another ultrasound tues to see how big he's gotten.

I hope everyone has a Happy Easter. We are going to go to my grandmothers tomorrow so Aidan can hunt some more eggs. Hope everyone enjoys this weather!!!

Noah's room

Here are some pictures of Noah's room. I got the rest of his bedding yesterday. I had it made by a girl here in Jonesboro. I think it turned out really good!
The bed rest is going good so far. I went to the dr. tues and everything was the same "normal" as they call it. I think that Noah will stay with me a lot longer taking it easy. I am so thankful for all of the help we have had thus far. Aidan has been with Josh's parents in Madison since sunday having a really good time. I sure have missed him though! He is coming home today (thurs). My mom is staying here until saturday because Josh is in a wedding in Nashville. Next week Josh's mom is staying and then Aidan is going to my moms on thurs. or fri. I am so thankful for everything, I can't wait for Aidan to get to see Noah but I don't want to him to see him for at least another six weeks. Hope everyone is enjoying this nice weather, I sure have. It's been nice to sit outside!

March....

I had to post a picture of Aidan in his "big boy" underwear. He did really good potty training and is very proud of himself! It's a big ordeal every morning to pick out underwear, it takes about ten minutes to decide which ones to wear. Hope everyone is enjoying this weather. Josh took Aidan after lunch to meet his parents, Aidan is going to have so much fun. I'm glad he is able to go there since I am no fun at all. I'll be glad to be able to play again! It will be here soon and he won't even remember mommy not being able to "get down and play"!

Bedrest....

Yes, it's official! Noah and I are on bedrest. Hopefully this will make his stay in my stomach a lot longer. I will go to the Dr. every tues now until he arrives. He weighed 2.8 lbs on wed. It's very small but he's making progress. I have lots of help and I am so appreciative of it! I am just going to take it easy and just wait for this little boy to get a lot bigger. Aidan is doing good, potty trained FINALLY!!! He is such a big help to, I know that he realizes something is going on but things will eventually be back to "normal". I will keep everyone updated with any change.

Aidan's 3rd Birthday!!!!

Aidan had a great birthday party! He loved the cake and got a lot of good gifts. I will have to share the story about the birthday cake. I put it on the dinning room table waiting on him to come downstairs and I just happened to walk in the dinning room and there he was, playing in his cake!!!! It was funny after the fact but I was a little shocked to see him doing it! Memories, I guess we will never forget this birthday!!! The top layer was completely demolished!!! We ate the cake anyway and it was plenty! My dad, Josh and Scott put Aidan's swingset together on saturday until late. It was a lot of work and my dad and Josh started back up on sunday morning and finished at 1:45! Needless to say Aidan loves it!!!! It is so cold that we could only go out for a few minutes at a time but I think when it gets warmer he will be on it all the time!!!!