Clayton John Strickland

Clayton John Strickland is our newest miracle baby. We are so grateful to have this little guy in our home. Clayton was born on February 10 weighing in at a woppin' 7 lbs. 12 oz. Our biggest baby yet. I went into the hospital around 9 am that morning due to throwing up so much the night before. I never imagined that I would stay there. I just thought that they would hook me up to an IV and things would be good from there...Well things just got great from there. I was able to stay and I was so grateful. This pregnancy has been such a blessing, but it definetly was my hardest. By this point I was ready to have this little guy. Labor was so much longer this time around. Clayton was born at 11:37 that night. Around 2 am the next day, he was taken to the NICU. At this time I was unaware, but around 6 am. the nurse came in and explained that he was in the NICU. As you can imagine, I was so afraid. I had never experienced this with my other two. They tested him for an infection and for fluid on the lungs. It turned out there was no infection and Clayton would spend another 4 days in the NICU until his oxygen saturation level was back up. We were so grateful to bring this little guy home on Valentines Day. (The best Valentines present ever) He is doing great and is an angel baby. We are so grateful for our three little miracles!!