Nataleigh Grace Buchinger & Liam Charles Kelly

Our precious little Nataleigh was born on July 16th, 2009 at 9:37pm. She weighed 5lbs 13oz and was 18" long! She came 24 days early but God has a reason for it! Her stay in the hospital was 5 days....she had some problems with jaundice and she had trouble with eating. After we were released we were home for a few days trying to get adjusted to being parents! My mom came down to help us for a few days and was a huge help to us! We are so appreciative to her for helping us out the first days we were at home. We weren't home too long (only till Thursday) when we got a call that Nate's sister was in labor and we were told we need to come up because they didn't think their little boy was going to make it. We packed our bags and left and made our way up to the hospital to join our family in support to Pat & Megan. We got a phone call on our way up that their little boy, Liam Charles Kelly, was a stillborn. He went to be in the arms of Jesus. As Nate & I drove up there we were both extremely saddened and blessed at the same time. We had a one week old in the car and just found out that our nephew had died. We questioned why did it turn out like this? Why are we so blessed to have our little girl and Pat & Megan are left with broken hearts? I know I don't understand why it happened....it's something we'll never know until we get to heaven. Megan has been such a strong individual through this whole situation. She has over come many obstacles through this pregnancy and when Liam died just before she gave birth I thought to myself...it's just not fair!!!!!! God why couldn't you just heal her little guy? Wouldn't you get a lot more glory out of healing him instead of taking him from us? These are thoughts that I know I struggle with...I can't imagine being Megan in this extremely hard trial...it has made me realize just how strong an individual she is. My heart goes out to both Pat & Megan and I know there are no words to console a grieving heart but all I can do is offer my ear to listen if need be, to cry to or tell me things or if you want to scream with me I'll be there for you!

Love,
Emileigh

30 days left!

Hi Everyone! I know I do facebook and myspace but I thought I would keep track of what is happening with our journey to becoming parents on here for family to read :D

I am due on August 8th (Our 1st anniversary) and it is getting pretty exciting. I can't believe we only have 30 more days till our due date is here! I went to the bank today and the girls said she looks as though she has dropped! This was very exciting to hear!

I go to my OB doctor on 7-14 to have my Strep B test done to see if it is present or not. If it is then I will have to have an IV with meds as I am giving birth so our little girl doesn't get sick..if it's not there then I won't need the IV. Hopefully all will be well :D

Not a whole lot going on in our neck of the woods...just doing some finishing touches to the apartment to get it ready for our little girl to join us at home. I packed my bags for the hospital today so whenever she decides to come we are ready. We have to car seat base in place and that is ready for her to come home in! Everything else is ready....I just want to finish reading a book called "On Becoming Baby Wise" which talks about getting the baby on a schedule with feedings and it will help baby sleep through the night...I'm halfway done and it makes a lot of sense.

Well that is all for now. Talk to you all later!