Baby pictures by Bethany

Thnaks Bethany these turned out sooooo good! we are having a hard time deciding which ones to use.

Home at last!!!

I dont have much time. I just wanted to let everyone know little kate is coming home tomorrow!

Good news!!!

Today was the first day the the nurses actually gave us a timeline. This is a good sign because up until now all we kept hearing was that she wouldn't be leaving until her original due date (march 2). This was soooo frustrating. This morning we were told she could be leaving as early as wed. YAY!!! She has to finish her antibiotics first and she will be done with those on wed. She is still needing a little bit of oxygen but the nurse wasn't worried about that. She said that she is progressing really well so winging her off the oxygen should go well. We love our little girl. She has been such a champ through all of this and is such a fighter. Lilly has been great to. We cant wait until we finally get to be a family together at home. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. Hopefully our next post will be of us taking our little Kate home.

Making Progress

Here we are, day 7 in the NICU. Kate is a week old and looking really good. We were able to give her a little sponge bath for the very first time today. Here are a couple pictures that we were able to take with her oxygen tubes off and all cleaned up.

Thanks Sam and Nichole for the new clothes!

Here is bath time, she sure has an Allen butt.

DADDY, GET ME OUTA HERE!!!

Here is Kate's new bed. She graduated from the incubator to a regular old bassinet/crib/plastic tub thingy.

Things are definitely getting better. It seems like she's been here forever but only 1 week isn't too bad. She is eating great and growing almost an ounce a day. They tell us not too much longer, but no one knows how long, but we think it will be really soon that we can finally take her home and she can meet her big sister!!! LILLY!!!





Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers. We'll keep you updated when she can finally come home!!

It's a GIRL..... again!

Kate Marie Allen

She was born a month early on Sunday Jan. 31, 2010 at 4 lbs 15 oz and 18 In. long, at 9:20PM. She is beautiful but just a little small. We love her sooo much. She is doing great and getting stronger by the hour! She is still learning to breathe more normal and eat normal too. Laura's labor and delivery was awesome. Laura did a great job. Everything was all natural and was about 5 hrs start to finish. Thanks Roxanne for being a great doula and Kristi for being a great coach and me (tim) for not passing out and being there!!!

This is what she looked like yesterday. SCARY !!!!! not a very good thing to see for new parents!!!

This is what she looks like now after just one day!! yea!!

These two pictures were taken by our friend Bethany Cook on Thursday. We didn't even have time to post them yet before Kate arrived. Thanks again Bethany, we are really glad we have these now!! just in time

Here is Mom... Freaking OUT. She is just explaining how she couldn't sleep after the baby was born cause she wanted to be ready for anything. That's pretty much how we all felt the first night!