Rory's Update...

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted an update, Rory's big brother doesn't allow much sitting time around our house!

Here are a few updates...

- Only about 8 weeks to go!!!
- Her fetal echo went well but they will check her heart again after she arrives.
- She is growing well for being a gastroschisis baby...She is in the 40th percentile right now!
- Her intestines are beginning to dilate.
- The portion of intestine still on the inside of her body is the portion that is showing the most dilation right now...this means that somewhere in the loop (most likely where it comes back inside her body through the hole in her abdomen) is getting pinched.
- So far it does not appear that her intestines are pulling on her other organs (Davis' bladder was pulled completely out of his body and his stomach was beginning to show damage from being pulled.)
- She is over 2 pounds!
- I will be getting the steroid injections for her lungs sometime very soon...we are doing everything possible to help her out!
- My next appointment is next week... Thursday, June 2nd.


Thank you for your prayers!!!

March for Babies!

The March for Babies today went GREAT! Here are a few pictures of our big day...

Ambassador Davis :-)

Cousin Maley swinging through the race :-)

Our walking team!

Thanks to all my wonderful family for supporting us!

Davis found a stick and pinecone along our walk.

Jumping the puddles was Davis' favorite part!!!

Enjoying the race with Dad :-)

Cousin Adalyn

Cousin Lexis

The Smith gang all the way from Washington!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!

March of Dimes

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to write a little note to update you all on the March of Dimes March for Babies event on April 30th...

Several people have asked me how to get involved to support the cause...First off we still have plenty of room on our walking team that will walk in Corvallis and we would love to have you join us! If you are too far away to get to Corvallis there are several other March for Babies events going on all over the state that you can attend. Also If you can't make it to the event you can help support our walking team by making a donation.

If you would like to help Davis and I reach our donation goal of $350 for March of Dimes please email me at : jordynglaser@hotmail.com.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions! I hope to see you all in Corvallis on April 30th!

Thanks for your prayers and support for our family!

**PS- Thank you to Aunt Shirley McGillicuddy and Aunt Lois Moran for donating to our team!!! We can't begin to thank you enough!!!

Meet Rory....

Rory Elizabeth Glaser

We found out on Thursday that we are having a little girl! She is stable so far so we just have to keep her healthy until they can deliver her in July.

One thing to pray about...I have already started having contractions which is early. The doctors are keeping an eye on this but please pray for this issue. We don't want things to progress this early.

Thank you for your prayers for our little girl!

YOU'RE INVITED!

On April 30th March of Dimes is conducting a walk called March for Babies throughout the United States.

Davis, Brian and I will be opening/speaking at the event in Corvallis (the "Linn-Benton County" Event) and I would like to invite you all to come join us!!!

There is a 3k "family walk" and also the 10k walk. If you would like more information please go to: http://www.marchforbabies.org/ Just select the event for Linn-Benton County or search with your zip code for your nearest event location.

My incredible cousin Portia has started our family team "Smith-Field-Glaser" if you would like to join our team please click on the following link and register: www.marchforbabies.org/s_team_page.asp?seid=1534321.

Everyone is welcome to be apart of our team!

We hope you can join us!

Latest appointment...

I had my appointment last week and I was really hoping that we would get to find out if we are having a boy or girl... with our doctors appointments that is pretty much the only fun news we get! As it turned out the ultrasound technician could not tell because the intestines were in the way :(

I go back in on the 24th so I am hoping that will be our lucky day!!!

Thanks for your prayers!

Big Brother Davis...

It has been a while since I posted new pictures of Davis so here are a few...

Davis LOVES to wear his Sheriff Woody cowboy hat!...even just to watch cartoons :)

We were trying to put together his new police car but Davis wouldn't get out!

After his bath he really wanted to put on his new boots :)

He thought he was pretty funny every time he popped out of the tunnel!

Riding in his Lego wagon.

I told him to smile and this was the face he made!

Out feeding the ducks...he quacked for the rest of the day!

He thinks this is his Buzz Lightyear helmet :)

Out helping dad :)

Sibling photos

Davis' ultrasound at 13 weeks...

Baby's ultrasound at 13 weeks...

I was actually the one who first noticed the defect just seconds into starting the new baby's ultrasound (even before the ultrasound technician saw it) and now you can see why! Davis' photo and the new baby's photo are almost identical! I've only seen ultrasounds of babies with this defect and as it turned out the technician had never seen this type of defect before that day!

2011 March of Dimes Ambassadors

I just wanted to say thank you for all the support that has been pouring in over the last few days, it really means a lot to all of us.

I also wanted to share with everyone that Davis (and Brian and I) have been selected to be the 2011 Oregon March of Dimes Ambassadors. You can follow our events with the March of Dimes blog: http://oregonmod.com/2011/02/04/introducing-our-2011-chapter-ambassadors/.

My first duty as ambassador was giving my testimony at the state capitol for a hearing on birth defects: http://oregonmod.com/2011/02/14/our-day-at-the-oregon-state-capital/. I had to give my testimony the day after I found out about our new baby also having gastroschisis, so needless to say it was an emotional hearing but even more worth fighting for!

Also if you would like to get involved in one of our events you can get information at: http://www.marchofdimes.com/oregon/.

Thanks again for all the support!

Good News & Bad News

Hi everyone,
I know it has been a while since I have posted any new information but we have big news to share and a good reason to start using our blog more often....

The great news is that Davis is going to be a big brother! The bad news is we found out on Thursday that the baby has the exact same defect as Davis.

The doctors are completely shocked and have no idea why this happened. Originally they told us the it could not happen again after Davis. Research on this issue states,

"To our knowledge there are seven published reports of familial occurrence^8,13-18. In these families recurrences occurred in sibs, half sibs, first cousins, second cousins once removed, and great uncle and nephew."

So I guess now there will be eight families to ever be documented!

Anyways I wanted to share this information with everyone so we can start praying for this little baby! We need a lot of prayer! The concern is keeping the baby alive until delivery at 36 weeks (or less). The risk of stillbirth with gastroschisis babies is about 14%. We also need to pray that the intestines will remain undamaged--up to 40% of these little guys have gastrointestinal disruptions.

The new due date is July 19th or earlier. I go back to the hospital for more testing in 2 weeks and hopefully we will find out if we are having a little boy or girl on that day. As soon as we know I will post it on the blog with his or her name so we can pray for him/her by name.

Thank you all for your prayers! I will try to post after each appointment (which should be pretty frequently).

I guess Brian and I were just meant to have children with funny bellybuttons!!!


(You can see in the picture that there is a "cloud" on the belly area (off to the left side). The cloud is the intestines outside of the body.)

Scary Santa

You can watch Davis go from upset to livid in seconds :-) ....

Check out the candycane he is gripping for dear life!!

I think he is done :-)

Fun Updates...

At his one year check up he weighed 19.5 pounds!

His first Halloween...

He started taking steps at 10 months old and now I can hardly keep up!!!

He loves reading and he normally "reads" out loud :)

Playing with magnets :)

(Second cousin Ruthie, Davis, second cousin Mary, and cousin Braedon)

The Big 0-1!!!

Davis' 1st Birthday!...

Davis greeted guests at the door on his new electronic Big Wheels 4-Wheeler!

Wearing his Bob the Builder hard hat :)

Bob the Builder themed party!

The Pumpkin Patch

(A bit excited about the pumpkins)

(The pumpkin Davis picked out)

(His favorite part of the whole trip was the chickens!!)