Brett Andrew Foster

That is right. Faith Elizabeth was born on Saturday, January 14 and was renamed Brett Andrew. He was a tricky little guy and hid his "details" until the very end. They actually told us he was a girl about 5 minutes before he was born. They were a little embarrassed, I think, to admit they had been wrong. Here are the details of Brett's Birthday...

I woke up at 1:15 with contractions. After I woke up Josh and was instructed to "make them stop", I ran a bath and settled in to relax. After about 5 minutes of that, I told Josh that we had to go. We packed our bag (contractions were about 2 minutes apart) and Josh casually drove to the hospital. Once there, they told me that I probably had a bladder infection but would check me anyway. Sure enough, we were all shocked to discover that I was 8 cm dilated and 90% effaced. After a while, I got my epidural (God bless anthesiologists) and we were off. My Dr was out of town as was his back-up so we got a third-stringer. He was wonderful. I don't think that we could have asked for a more wonderful Dr.

Brett was born at 5:40 am and weighed 4 lbs, 4 oz and was 15 inches long. He never opened his eyes, but he held our fingers and let us cuddle him. He passed away in my arms about an hour later.

All in all, it was as good an experience as it could have been. I was afraid that he would be hurting and that the whole process would be scary, but it really wasn't. My baby boy was and will always be completely perfect.

The service was held yesterday at 11. There were a ton of people there and it was wonderful. Thank God for friends. Just in case you want to know, we are asking that anyone that wants to do something for Brett send donations to The Kid's Place c/o the Edmond Church of Christ. Just put in memory of Brett in the subject line.

Thank you all so much for the love, support, and prayers that you all have given us over the past 4 months. We want you to know that we love you too.

And so we plan.

Ready for another fun post?? Yesterday we had another Dr appointment. We did the normal things like blood pressure, weight (She lied and told me I still look good), and the cup stuff. Then we did an ultrasound. I am sure that you will all be surprised to know that there wer still no kidneys. Not shocked? Well, believe it or not, I was. I don't know why I make myself think that this baby will be well before every single appointment, but I do. We got to spend alot of time watching her. It was good but very hard. She sucks her thumb and plays with her nose. We could even see her tongue moving. They just watched her profile for a long time so that we could see her. We schedule another appointment for 2 weeks from now and we will probably induce the week after that.

So, we had to do the crummy stuff. We went to the funeral home and picked out a casket. There are only 2 choices for babies and one looked like an ice chest so it wasn't a hard decision. We went and looked at cemetary plots. We found a nice place near a friend's baby and we think we'll put Faith there so she won't be alone. We bought her hospital, funeral home, and burial outfits (including one boy one, just in case) and a hand/footprint mold kit. We also found a Christmas ornament to bury with her and bought an identical one for us to hang on our tree every year for her. It was a productive day overall, but it still sucked. We think we are ready now. I guess we'll see.