Life After We Do's

An Update....

So far this has been a big week at the Thornton house. Monday Darrian had his first doctors appointment and is doing great, he now weighs 5 lbs 7 oz. although that was a few days ago and I bet his has packed on more weight since then. He is measuring about 19/20 inches long. He is a good baby (knock on wood), and so very cute. Keith is a wonderful father getting up at all hours to help with feedings and change diapers. After the drs. appt. we took Darrian in to meet Keith's mom for the first time. It was very sweet but also sad because she can't hold him or anything, but she got to see him. The doctors told us Sunday that she only has two to three months to live, although Monday it seems that Donna has choosen that she would prefer to not continue the extra efforts the drs. are making, and they will start the process of stopping those things in two to three days. We are being told after that it is just a matter of time before her battle is done. It is hard, and we are trying to find comfort in the fact that this is her choice no matter how hard it is for those left behind. We know that we will tell Darrian about her when he is old enough to hear stories, and Keith and I can find some comfort in the fact that she did make it to meet him if only for a brief moment.

Wednesday we took Darrian to look for an outfit for pictures he had Thursday. It is hard to find something for someone so small.. all the cloths we have he will grow into but do not fit now. Socks are too big, and all he really has is onsies.. so we went on a hunt. Three stores later we found a couple of cute things at Macys. We didn't get much because he is growing so fast. He attracts a lot of attention of everyone making a comment, I have a fear of them touching him without washed hands... but so far that hasn't happened.

Thursday was Darrian's big photoshoot in San Ramon at the home of Monica Wharton a photographer I had enlisted many months ago. I wrote her from the hospital to tell her that Darrian had come early and could she squeeze us in. She likes to shoot newborns in the first two weeks of life, so they are sleepy and work well. Darrian was a trooper. We were there for over two hours and Monica thought he was so cute, she said she wants to put him on her website. It was fun, and Keith was the perfect assistant making sure Darrian was posed just right, his hair was combed and he was comfortable. Monica got over 100 pictures and they won't be ready for a few weeks... she left the room at one point to go find angel wings so Keith took a few pictures with his iphone which I have posted as a sneak peak below.

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