Tah-Dah!

With Amanda's permission here are a few pictures of Asher's First 24 hours. He arrived May 4th (Auntie Ranie's birthday, too!)and weighed in at 4 pounds 12 ounces, and started out this journey 17 3/4 inches long. He is just so darn cute! My first impression was how much he looks like Harley; they are going to be a pretty cute matched set of siblings.
He is shown here with "just a whiff of oxygen", as well as various monitors. One for heart beats, one for oxygen levels, one for body temperature, one for--oh, I forget what else. His second day he got a little more oxygen assist, so that he still works, making his lungs stronger, but not quite so hard, which tires him out. The tiny mask fits over his whole nose, and is a little bit bigger than a nickel. They gave him a feeding tube the second day as well, which is about as big as a piece of dental floss, so that he can have constant nourishment until he can eat/breath/swallow comfortably. By day three he had only lost one ounce, and that's great.
Amanda was checked out yesterday, and is staying at the Sunshine house next door. She went home tonight for the first time, and will be back there Sunday. She is doing great, walking and getting stronger every day. Bryant has done a fabulous job taking care of Harley, and his Mom, and cooking/cleaning/all while remodeling the apartment for his family to come home to. I'm very proud of him, he's done an awesome job.
Just want to thank everyone for their fasting, and prayers on behalf of Asher and Amanda. Many people went to visit,and call, and send cards, and Jennis watched Harley lots so that Bryant could concentrate on building. I know that the faith of all of us who love them strengthened Amanda during her forced rest, and Asher while he got a couple more weeks to mature before his little body was ready to be born. Miracles have not ceased in our day, we witness them all around us. It just takes eyes that see. Love you all, mom