Quinlan James Bjorndal

Quinlan James Bjorndal was born on Monday March 22, 2010. He weighed in @ 9lbs. 7oz. and was 22" long. He decided that he wanted to keep us up all night and was born @ 4:24 am. We weren't @ the hospital too long though, my water broke @ 8:20pm and we went to the hospital right away and they kept us there until Quinlan was born.

It was a happy day to have our little family home together on Tuesday. It was short lived though, Quinlan didn't feel like eating for the first few days so by Thursday our midwife sent us to get blood tests because she thought he had jaundice and he did. He was in the hospital for Thursday and Friday. On Friday evening we came home and he was so much happier because he had a full time each time he ate. So today was the first day that Ben, Quinlan and I were home together without Mike. It was a good half day and nice to have us all home.

Here is our little family together for the first time. Grandma and Grandpa brought Ben for a little visit. He was happy to meet his little brother @ last.

Here is Quinlan in his little sunglasses under the lights. It was so warm in there that I was wondering if he would be able to sleep @ home that I cranked the heat in our room last night and it was almost too warm for Mike and I to sleep.

New Changes

Right now it may seem like the biggest change in our lives that we are thinking about is our new baby soon to arrive, but there always seem to be other things that our changing and challenging us. Our news biggest challenge is that I might not have enough hours for maternity leave. So times in life it just seems like your doing the whole one step forward and two steps back. Mike just got a new job this week, which he loves and pays better, but then one of his co-workers told him that when his wife tried to go on mat. leave she was short hours. The thing is we looked it up and Mike went in person and asked how many hours I would need and I got enough for that. Mike's co-worker said they did the same thing and you need 300 or more hours then they tell you, you need.

So when we finally felt okay about how much $ we had coming into our home things changed again. I was just thinking that I would send out this little note for all our family and friends that read this so that all of you could pray about our situation. We need prayer so we know what to do next. God has always provided for our family, but we would love to work hard as well as leaning on Him for our needs. This is a hard time to figure this all out and we need prayer that (well I do especially) that we don't freak out about this and react, but spend time in prayer and discussion to find a solution to our problems. This set back may really change our lives and I know I need prayer so that I won't become bitter and will feel comforted no matter what we have to do to get through this hard time.

I really appreciate all of the prayers, love and support we get from all of those who read this.

God bless, Renee