One Month Old

Just to show you an example of how quickly time sails on by in life, Makenna is already over one month old! Pretty amazing. She's growing heavier by the day too. She's up to minimum 4 ounces of food every meal, which sometimes goes only 2 hours between feedings! I honestly don't know where she's putting it at because her little stomach can't be hardly that big. But I know she is gaining weight because we've come up with a way to guestimate how much she weighs. She's too little to even register on our scale at home. What I've been doing is jumping on the scale and seeing my weight. Then I will pick her up and step back on the scale and subtract the difference. Last time I weighed her, she was 7.5 lbs which, though it isn't exact, lets us reasonably ascertain how much she is gaining each week. It'd be more accurate if we could get hold of a gram weight scale but this'll do just fine for our conscience... until we hear otherwise. :)

So in celebration of Makenna's 1 month birthday (and the fact that I had the weekend off work!), we made our way down to Texas for some well needed R&R. We hit the pool for some temporary relief to the scorching Texas sun and 100+ degree temps that have been pounding us for weeks now. We invited my cousin Brent and his wife Elizabeth over for dinner on Saturday night. My mother-in-law Sherry cooked up spaghetti and italian sausage with a huge bowl of caesar salad and buttered texas toast. She made a frozen strawberry pie for desert too. Mmmm, good stuff. We all sat around the table laughing and telling stories and catching up on what's been going on. My cousin's baby boy is due on October 1st and his name is going to be Caden William (I always want to call him Caedmon after my favorite band). The most recent pics had him weighing around 3 1/2lbs so he's growing quickly too! If you get a moment, please lift them up in prayer because they are about to go through an incredibly miraculous and yet unnervingly stressful time when Caden is born. I hope their delivery will be a smooth process with no complications. I'll keep you guys updated as I find out more info.

This past Tuesday was Makenna's original due date. She was 5 weeks early but she's doing better than I could have imagined. So in theory, Makenna would have been between 7 and 8lbs if she had been full term. We held her up to Kimi's belly and she's so long, we couldn't understand how she could have fit inside of her being any bigger than she was already! And to think, I was 9lbs 4ozs when I was born! My poor mom... Kimi was just over 3lbs when she was born but us Fox kids grow big inside (and outside apparently) the womb. Our next kid will probably be a C-section if he or she is any bigger than Makenna was. My poor wife...

Speaking of my poor wife, we have a prayer request for her. She is still having a lot of pain and complications from giving birth and it's been 5 weeks already. She saw the girl doc yesterday and they said she would probably take another few weeks to heal properly. She compared the pain to having a thousand papercuts opening up every time you move. Yeah, Ouch. On another front, her Grandpa Miller went to the hospital very early this morning with chest pains but started feeling better right after he got there. They are monitoring him for the rest of today to make sure everything goes alright. But please say a prayer for him as well for his health to resume. We know God works miracles and that He is always making plans to prosper us and not to harm us. If you get time today or this weekend, please pray in faith for all these requests. Thank you all so much and I hope your week is an awesome one!

God bless,
Jason