Chapter 4: March Madness

Alexander sure does keep us on our toes. Just as quickly as we were going to weekly appointments, we are right back to twice a week because of the blood flow in the umbilical arteries. The doctors are hopeful he will make it to full term, but like with anything in life there are no guarantees. Like the doctor said at our appointment this week, Alexander will determine his birthday. We just hope he continues to grow and get stronger before he is born.  While he is still tiny, he continues to grow, now at 34 weeks he's almost 4lbs! He's already so much like his big brother and will probably come out with his feet in his mouth since he's still breech. The photos below are from a surprise shower at Erica's office. A big thank you to all of the staff for the wonderful surprise. Bobby especially loved the Alexander Hamilton theme!


Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers. 

Love,

Bobby, Erica, and Ben

Chapter 3: Our Little Peanut

The last two weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind. At Erica's appointment last week there was some concern about the blood flow in the umbilical arteries. Erica had to start going twice a week to monitor the blood flow and get steroids to protect Alexander's lungs in case he came early. At the time they were thinking he may make an early debut, but at our appointment earlier this week we received good news that while he's still a peanut he's growing and the blood flow is better! So back to weekly visits for now! Very exciting for Erica as it was becoming a lot of early mornings and driving. Hopefully he continues to grow well! Thanks to everyone for your continued thoughts and prayers. Alexander is already a very lucky little boy. We can't wait to meet him, but hopefully he will behave for a few more weeks! 

Alexander already made his first trip to NYC and Broadway when Bobby and Erica had a short weekend getaway last weekend!

Love,
Bobby, Erica and Ben