Latest Pictures!

Grandpa Henshaw

Learning to smile

Adorable smiles

Election day outfit

Sweet boy

Halloween with the cousins

Seriously! What a smile

Does this remind you of somebody?

Learning to smile

Family walk

Roo's First Birthday!

Grandpa Henshaw turns 60!

Uncle Matthew and Cade--adorable

Nana with Spencer

Family Portrait

Marc, Matthew, Spencer, Katrina and Jennifer

Oh mom!

Come on?!? How cute!

Spencer's 1st Pumpkin Patch

Family Ties

It was Ellie's first birthday. Trinity holding her son Cade who is now 2 1/2, I am holding Spencer, and Matthew is holding Ellie 12 months. The next picture with Grandma Henshaw requires great skill and strength!

Our Son

These are the newest pictures of Spencer. The bottom one on this post was taken yesterday. He is 18 days old today!

Jaundice

Here are some pictures from Spencer's stay "under the light's". So hard for mom and dad, but Spencer was a trooper.

Pictures of Spencer

Here are some pictures of Spencer at the hospital.

Kadlec Birth Center...journey

Hi to all the Spencer Peeps out there. I know you've been waiting for these so without further ado... it all began Saturday, August 23, 2008 @ 7:03p.m.

Spencer's Prize Photo (not really;)

Jaundice Test Results

Spencer's test results showed he dropped from 18 to 17. This is the right direction but not enough dropped for us to go home. So, he will continue to get photo therapy today and get a lab test at 6pm tonight.

Not home yet-- Jaundice

This morning Spencer got a test taken for Jaundice. It came back positive. Katrina was upset because she planned on taking her big little boy home today. Spencer is under the lights on the beach, getting photo therapy for 4 hours. He can stop for feeding, but that's about it. It's hard because we can't hold him to make him stop crying. Our emotions are up and down. We know he'll get better. We'll eventually get moved down to peds room with a bed for Katrina. Please pray that this jaundice will go away quickly.
Thank you!

Third Night at Hotel Kadlec

Katrina and I have decided to stay at the hospital tonight. This choice gives us more care for baby and Katrina as she heals from the birth. Baby has been eating well today. Dr. Matta, Spencer's Ped., has given us the thumbs up so far for a healthy baby boy. We are both very wiped out. What a difference a day will make. I've taken Spencer for a few strolls around the birth center. It is so exciting to hear the cries of other newborns. I've heard it said the partent's of newborns enjoy hearing their child cry and mess their diaper a lot. Well, it's be found true on our end. Although, i can see how the crying part is going to wear off fast. :)

First black tar diaper for Marc

Katrina found Spencer in a full diaper of black tar. I took him to the change table and begun the process. My good friend Ismo walked in the door and he was my assitant. I told him i need wipes, "stat". As i was wiping Spencer's bum, the little boy decided to pee my way for his second wet diaper. As dad I'm proud of his diaper count, 2 wet, 2 dark and stormy. Well, we are getting ready for bed now. Can't wait to get some shut eye after one of the biggest days of our life. Love to all and thank you for praying.

1st wet one

Katrina checked Spencer's diaper a few minutes ago, and we have a wet one folks! So, we get to check that box on our to do list!

Day One

Family and Friends,

We have begun the rest of our lives this morning. We each got about 3.5hrs of sleep this morning. Katrina and I are just starring at him in awe of God's unique workmanship. Spencer is sleeping in his crib next to Katrina's hospital bed. She is talking with her Dad on the cell phone. My parents and siblings left about 30 minutes to return to Spokane. We are both super tired, so we are going to try to get a nap in before more visitors arrive.

Please pray for patience and endurance for Katrina as she begins to practice breastfeeding.

Once we head home (probably Tuesday), I can begin to upload our pictures to this blog. He is getting more handsome by the hour. I wonder who he takes after?

Spencer Allen Wayne Henshaw

Non C-Section Arrival: 12:13am
Weight: 8.12lbs
Height: 21"
Hair: some red
Healthy boy, Healthy mom

pushing will begin soon

Dr. Howertown likes how "gone" Katrina's cervix is, so in the next bit Katrina should start pushing, he thinks this could take about 30mins-2hrs.

New development

Katrina had huge pain because her epiderhal had begun to fail. So, after delievery twins next door, Doctor Howerton checked Katrina and found that the baby had dropped a lot and her cervix very soft on one side. So, he is coming back in 30mins ish to check her again and see with some pushing and a vaccum, if Spencer won't come out. wow. Katrina was in huge pain there for about 25mins. She did great. Now she sleeps after getting a new spinal injection of narcotics. Instant relief. wow, what a change I think away from the C-Section.

holding patern for prayer

Katrina is still at 7cm, the more correct size according to the doctor. We are praying during the next two hours to see more powerful contractions. If not, possibly we will look at the option of C-Section. Which does bum Katrina; however, with that said, Katrina will do whatever it takes for a healthly baby.

waiting

the new nurse said we are still at 9.5cm. That's a bummer. We were going so fast, but now we are slowing down to a crawl, ugh.

9.5cm (still)

The nurse confirmed that Katrina is still at 9.5cm. So, she increased the level of patocin. This should increase the strength of the contractions. Waiting is the hardest part for me.

more relief from the pain

Katrina had the anathe....ologist give her another dose of concentrated pain IV. We should be getting a visit from the nurse in the next 30 minutes or so to check on her dialation. We were both able to rest for a few more minutes, so that is always good before she starts the pushing. Outside it is humid and warm, around 90'F. We've heard that storm is going to come through tomorrow. The temps are going to drop 20'f to 70'f for the high and rain. Katrina likes the rain, so i thought it fitting.

9.5cm Dialated

The Nurse will be back in around one hour to check Katrina's dialation. Once she reaches 10cm, the pushing will begin. The nurse said the pushing could last about 2hours for first time moms. We will see. Katrina has been feeling presure for the last two hours. Which is a good sign. Her epiderhal has been increased with 2 smaller concentrated doses that relieve "windows of pain". Katrina likes the them! She is going to try to sleep now before she gets to the pushing. We are both tired, but each of got some sleep between 11-1pm today. Thank you Jesus for sleep!

9cm dialated!

8cm dialated!

6cm Dialated

Marc's parents arrive

Bob and Anne are here, but now they went back to our house so we could try and rest

epiderhal

Katrina is not resting with regular contractions. The first poke of the epiderhal was unsucessful, bummer. I wasn't in the room, which is a good thing Katrina told me. But now she is better.

more pain

Katrina got more pain in her contractions after her water broke. She got some stadal, so all is better!

Water Broke

Katrina's Dr. just broke her water. Katrina said it was a weird feeling for sure. Now, we wait more. She is dialated 3cm. The Dr. said she should begin to feel more painful contractions. Each step is a big step at this point. Both Katrina and I have both tried to sleep two times tonight. I think Katrina feel asleep once for 30mins or so, which is good. I wasn't able to find any deep sleep. We have soft music playing.

slow beginnings

Katrina got her first pill to slowly begin contractions around 10:20pm. Around 2:30am Dr. Sizemore will check on her and evaluate the next move. She is pretty uncomfortable right now with her iv stinging in her right hand. We just layed down for about an 1.5 hrs and our friend Corey stopped by from the medical floor. He is a nurse. We are in good hands. We are going to go for our first walk around the birthing center.

waiting for doctor

One Step Closer

We got bumped ahead in the inducement ranking tonight! Instead of waiting for 8am tomorrow (Sunday, Aug. 24), the nurse called and told us to come in at 7pm (Saturday). We are here! Our birthing room/suite is huge and we feel pumped just to be here. The nurse's name is Annie. She will begin our inducement after she finishes with a delivery down the hall. Ya! Love Marc

Marc and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary on June 25th. The actual day was mid-week so we waited until the following weekend to get-a-way. We started a tradition where each year one of us takes turns planning how we will spend our anniversary. This year it was my turn.

So we stayed at the historic Marcus Whitman hotel in Walla Walla. It was beautiful and we really enjoyed the fact that it was only an hour away.

We stayed at the Marcus Whitman for 2 nights and 3 days. It worked out that we were there over the 4th of July weekend. The hotel has a restaurant called "The Marc". We made sure to eat there once. We shared the best dessert I have ever had--a home-made caramel macchiato dessert. Home-made ice cream surrounded by a caramel baked crust. It was incredible.

This was a picture of our hotel room. The jacuzzi tub was awesome!

It seemed like the whole town of Walla Walla spent July 4th at the park. We sat on a blanket and read books, listened to a couple of different performers and then walked around the park and looked at the vendors. It was great day and we really enjoyed the fireworks that night.
Lastly, here is a picture of us the morning of our last day. We took our Bibles to a local coffee shop and just enjoyed reading, sharing and people watching. All in all we just had a great time!