The Story Family

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Todays pictures

Here is a couple of pictures and a couple of videos of Gabby. She is anticipating to go see her sister Morgan's first Christmas school concert tomorrow.




Gabby holding her own bottle in fear someone will take it from her.


Gabby and Walter checking each other out.


A smile for the camera.


"Watz up?"



Getting snowman Eating momma's hand

December 13th

Gabby is now 1 month and 2 days old. She's doing well, except for the odd belly aches. Today Gabby got to meet her cousin Ian and along with a whole lot of other family members that didn't get a chance to see her yet. It was a rather enjoyable day and she would like to thank Grandpa Tony and Grandma Shirley for having all of us over for a real nice visit. Here's some pictures of the day.....




Grandma and Grandpa with all the grandkids.




Grandma and Grandpa with Gabby



Gabby gabbing with Ian.




Gabby snoozing on Aunt Sophie's shoulder.

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Morgan And Jacob Play With Gabrielle

Just before bedtime Morgan and Jacob got to enjoy a little playtime with their baby sister.








Gabrielle checking out a snow globe.

Playtime with siblings

Morgan and Jacob playing with Gabrielle.

Last night Miss Pita slept a whole 6hrs! A breakthrough! She's still doing well, eating like a lil piggy and seems to be very alert and aware of what's going on. She gets mad if you put her down by herself.

Here's some pictures...



Lil Miss getting upset. She's not being held by Momma.


Hanging out by the fireplace....

Gonna Get That Snowman

Miss Gabby playing get the snowman.

December 4th

Today Miss Pita visited the Doctor. She appears to be feeling much better now and is back on formula. She's gained some more weight, and is upto 7lbs 4oz now. She's also grown a 1/2". Lil Gabby wants to thank Aunt Melinda for all the nice clothes she gave her. Thanks a bunch Melinda!

December 3rd

Today Gabby isn't feeling very well. She's been having tummy problems, coughing and sneezing alot. We've taken her off formula for 24hrs and giving her pediolite instead per doctor's orders. We also got some super extra strength diaper creme to help her lil butt out. Hopefully this blows over. We are to let the doctor know how she's doing in the next 24hrs. She has an appointment with him on monday, but if she's not feeling better, she'll be going there sooner.

November 30

Today Gabby went on a road trip to Colasanti's in Ruthven. Colasanti's is a large greenhouse that sells tropical plants, has several gift shops in it, cafeteria, mini golf course, kiddy play ground and a petting zoo. Check out their web page if you wish. Colasanti's. We also decorated our apartment for Christmas.

Gabrielle checking out the tree.

Here's a short video of Gabrielle trying to get her mobile on her bassinet.

Gabrielle is doing well. She got to taste some rice cereal and prunes...she really liked that. She's doing all the baby stuff, eating, sleeping, and filling diapers. She's becoming more alert, trying to get things like the mobile in her bassinet and when you hold her she tries to hold her head up. Dressing her is like dressing an angry snake.

Here are some photos of her enjoying her new swing.

November 24th- Today was a busy day for lil Gabby. She went to the doctor's and checked out very well. She weighs a whopping 6lbs 12oz now! Thats an 18oz gain since she left the hospital! Go girl go! She also got to visit with Grandma today. Last night she had her first bath too.

Here's some photos:

November 19th- Miss Gabby meets her brother and sister.

November 19th- Hurray! Gabrielle is home at last! Today we went to pick up Gabby from Children's Hospital. Momma got to feed her, change her, and dress her for her trip home. We are very appreciative of the job the Docs and staff at Children's Hospital has done for her. Here are a few pics of her getting ready to go home.

November 18th- A very good day for Gabrielle. She is no longer on oxygen and had the IV removed from her. She is breathing all on her own now with no problems. Mom was able to hold her today and feed her a bottle. Dad got to hold her for a bit too. If her condition doesn't change over night, she gets to go home tomorrow. We all have our fingers crossed.

November 17th- Gabrielle is still progressing very nicely. The doctor is very pleased, and feels she can go home in 2-3 days. Her oxygen is down to 5 liters/hr and at 35% now...her IV drip is all done, and soon all the IV's will come out of her belly. She is breathing find, eating a full 2 oz per feeding and enjoying it.

A couple of pix of her at the hospital:


Our Pita Wrap

Isn't she the cutest?

November 16th. Still improving. Oxygen down to 61% and still dropping it every 4 hours. Still breathing well and showing no signs of stress. She really enjoys eating what little she is allowed to have. They stop the feeding by IV today, and remove 1 of the lines in her belly. We are very optimistic, thinking she will be home by the following weekend.

November 15th. Today is her brother Jacob's birthday. He is three today.
Gabrielle is doing better. They start decreasing her oxygen by 3% every 4 hrs. They start slowly feeding her by bottle every 3 hrs. She starts with 10 CC's and they slowly increase each feeding. She is doing well.

November 14th. She's doing a little better. He rates are coming down a bit. More rest.

November 13th. She is doing a little better. Still on 100% oxygen, still breathing very fast. They tell us they think she has an infection, but they aren't sure. They start doing tests. They decide to just leave her alone.

November 12th. Things aren't looking good. The nurse brings her in from the nursery for us and is concerned, and takes her back to see the Pediatrician. It was a good call on the nurse's part. The Doc has a look at her and is concerned and puts her on oxygen. After a few hours, the Doc at Beaumont Grosse Pointe decides this is more than she can handle at that hospital, and suggests to us to move her to a hospital with a NICU. So we pick Children's Hospital of Michigan. CHM sends their Panda One come and pick her up and transport her. We left immediately to join her. Upon arival at CHM we find her being examined by a team of specialists and resident doctors. They are doing and ECKO on her, looking at her heart. Her heart is fine, except for shunting. He white blood cell count is high. Possible infection. They don't know for sure what's wrong with her. They put 3 lines into her belly button/ambilical cord. Two are for IV's, one is a wire that goes into an artirery to her heart to monitor her blood pressure and heart rate. The put a tube in her mouth going down to her belly to relieve gas pressure. They take x-rays, all look good.

Looks like she's plotting something....

Here she is, right after delivery.

November 11th, a day which we will remember for our entire life. At 12:51 pm Gabrielle Sophia Story came into our world, forever changing it for us. She was born weighing 6.87 lbs and was 19" tall. Her arrival brought us great joy, our Lil Pita was with us.