The Insectarium

We made our way over to New Orleans this past weekend. Our first out of town family outing. We went to the Insectarium. The boys loved it. Life with three boys has been pretty crazy for us lately but we are hanging in here ;)

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The Williston boys

They LOVE their new baby brother!

Andrew Kirk Williston

Andrew Kirk Williston was born Tuesday, June 18 at 5:06 am. He weighed 6lbs 5ozs and 19 inches long. He was 5 weeks early, I wasn't due until July 20. The best way to describe him is perfect!!! The story of Andrew's birth. The prior Thursday morning at 6 am, my water broke. We went to the hospital, and they admitted me. We checked his lung development and is was at 21. It needed to get to 50. So we decided to wait and retest in 2 days. So Saturday it was 34. So we said to wait two more days and retest and it should be there or close right? Well Sunday night from about 1-6 am I started having contractions. The dr said we would continue to wait as long as he was still looking good and my temperature was not rising as a risk of infection since my water had broken for over 24 hrs unless I went into labor on my own. He said he wouldn't stop it. So Monday I had dilated to 4cm, but the contractions had stopped. So now I am even more at risk for infection since I was now dilated too! We got his lung test back and it actually had gone down to 30. I was so upset and confused. I just knew he would be at 50 or close. I think my dr was ready to induce at that point because I was 5 days out with my water broken and dilated! I really didn't want to get induced because I knew every day/hour counted in helping his lungs get more mature. So I asked it we could retest to see if the results were accurate. I just knew there had to have been a mistake. They were all confused too and said that usually doesn't happen. So I tried for from 9-3 to get enough fluid to retest, finally got it, had to be sent to New Orleans to be tested. We got the results back about 8 that night, and it was still 30. I was so upset. I was about to the point where I wasn't sure how much longer I could wait it out, but I knew I had to try. The dr said just see what happens tonight, and we will decide on a plan tomorrow, probably will have to induce. Well Monday night I started contracting again and went into labor on my own. We had talked to the neonatologist earlier that day to go over what to expect if he were to come at this point. Labor and delivery went extremely fast and at 5:06 am Andrew was welcomed into our world. They had a bed ready in the NICU for him, but he came out crying and did great!!! He had no issues or concerns at all. He was absolutely perfect! We are all so impressed by him and how well he is doing! He is still doing great! He has been such a good baby too. He eats well, sleeps well, and isn't too fussy at all! I would even say he has been the easiest so far! I know God had a hand in all of this and just feel so blessed! My pregnancy was a challenging one, but the outcome of it couldn't have been better!! God is good! We love you Andrew! The boys have welcomed him into our family! They say I love you Andrew all the time and love to look at him. At first Thomas wasn't sure about him. He would point to him and say "what's that?" I would say it is your brother Andrew and he would say "Matthew is my brother" Now he is saying "I love Andrew" so sweet. Matthew loved him from day one, even when I was pregnant. I am looking forward to spending time with Andrew and getting back to doing things with Matthew and Thomas again that I couldn't do when I was pregnant. During my pregnancy I had to be careful and couldn't do too much. Matthew can't wait for me to race him and pick him up again. Thomas can't wait for me to be able to pick him up again too! This has definitely been a journey, but I am glad we made it and have a beautiful, healthy baby boy! I am over the moon in love with him!

Getting ready for summer

The boys are done with school, so I guess summer has officially started. What's been going on with us? Matthew has really gotten interested in his bike and has gotten really good at riding it. He goes for bike rides with daddy while Thomas pulls the wagon. I took Matthew to the Marine institute. He had a great time. He enjoyed the touch tanks with sharks and stingrays, the shark tooth fossil dig, and seeing the dolphins. Thomas has started potty training this past week. He has done really well with it. He wears his underwear all day except for naps and night time. I still haven't taken him out yet, but he seems to get the concept pretty well with a few accidents, if any a day. Yay Thomas!! I am looking forward to the summer and the arrival of baby Williston. It will be challenging keeping the boys busy enough and me being at the end of my pregnancy in this heat! Luckily I have great help with the boys so I think we can do it!

pictures and the beach

Here are a few recent pictures of the boys. We also went to the beach last weekend and had a great time. The boys LOVED it. We had a house on the beach so it was so nice being able to go back and forth as needed. So much fun! I can't figure out how to write under the pictures anymore since it has changed...so pictures in order: Boys are sharing a room now, Thomas riding his tractor, Matthew and his dinosaurs, playing on the beach with Nana and PawPaw, destroying a sandcastle, and sliding in the sand! We had a great time1

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