I'm an auntie again!

Remember Demon Spawn and Angel Child? They have a new baby sister. Seeing as she was just born 3 days ago, I don't have a name for her yet.... (Gotta get to know her personality a bit first.) As of this moment, she's a baby in the NICU with lung problems. Sigh. Why can't this family have kids that can just go home the same day mom is discharged???

Frodo is a NICU baby. He was born 3 weeks early which is no biggie, but his intestines were blocked somehow. They originally told us they thought he had a *meconium plug* which usually happens with babies born with Cystic Fibrosis. At age 52 hours, he had surgery and it turned out part of his intestines weren't formed properly. They were able to remove the malformed section (21 centimeters long) and hook him all back together. Hubby and I still refer to it as "just surgery" since it could've been sooo much worse. Frodo spent 22 days in NICU (half of what they predicted he'd be in for) and came home on his due date. He has a kick-ass cool scar on his belly from it.

Demon Spawn is a NICU baby. He was born 5 weeks early and couldn't regulate his breathing very well. Very typical for a preemie. He spent just 10 days in NICU.

Angel Child actually went home like a "normal" baby. I wonder how she managed that! I guess carrying the family matriarchal name did it for her. ;) (My family, my mom's family, my grandmother's family... and so on back, always has a "Kate" each generation. Angel Child got that name.)

Now the new kiddo is in the NICU club. She came out fast so she wasn't *wrung quite dry*. At first they thought she just had a little extra fluid in her lungs, and possibly developed a little infection. Then one of her lungs partially collapsed last night. They did a minor procedure to take care of that. The next 24-48 hours we've been told is the turning point for her. If she's got any of our family's spunk, she'll do just fine.

I bet we're good birth control for our youngest sister. She's probably gonna be downright petrified to ever have kids....