Welcome Lauren Sara

As you all probably know by now, Lauren Sara Criswell was born on Saturday, May 8th at 12:12AM. She weighed 5 pounds and was 18 inches long.

Since Lauren was 5 weeks early, she needs a little help with her lung development. She is currently at Children's Mercy in the NICU.

Tim and I spent all day in the hospital with her. She did EXCELLENT today and was taken down two "notches" on her ventilator. She also had several other little milestones today and we read her several books which she seemed to really like.

Thanks to everyone for all of your prayers and well wishes, you have no idea how much it means to us to have the support of family and friends.

I think the last two days have been the best and worst in my life...I'm not a very patient person and waiting for her to get better is so hard for me to handle.We think she is the most beautiful little angel ever and Tim and I are both head over heels in love.

Feel free to stop by the hospital to see her, just let me know ahead of time. A parent has to be there with any visitor to the NICU and they only allow two visitors at a time.