Aaron is home now.

After a little more than a week at the NICU Aaron came home with us. It feels good to have the whole family at home. Ethan and Noah love their new brother. It is a little more stressful now. The first night that Aaron was home was a night of no sleep. Aaron didn't sleep much because his days and nights are a little backwards. In addition, Aaron has to be on oxygen for the next little while and my wife is constantly worrying that the tube has fallen out of his nose. She has spent the last two nights staring at him all night. Ethan and I have also picked up a cold from somewhere and we are very concerned that the baby is going to catch it. Between home, school and work I'm not sure how I'm going to kick this cold. Hopefully with the weekend coming up I can get a lot of good rest. I'm still happy that Aaron has come home. I wouldn't trade our current struggles with the last few weeks in the hospital.

Aaron Watch

Good news for the Hepworth Family. Aaron has recovered from his early battle at the hospital and is getting ready to come home. We found out that he had Pneumonia. He will probably have to come home with a oxygen machine, but we are looking forward to having the whole family be at home. Holly has been receiving some education in infant CPR and all of the equipment that Aaron is going to need over the coming weeks. She has been at the hospital almost constantly which has left me at home with Noah and Ethan. The house is a mess, but all of us are in good health. Holly's mother has also been extremely helpful while I have been at school. Holly and I are so thankful for everyone that has been so helpful to us while we have been working through this latest trial in our life. Whether you brought us dinner or watched the boys all day, we couldn't have done this without you. Thank you.

Ethan's Birthday Party

With the Baby comming we didn't have very much time to plan anything big. We'll have a party with friends later. We wanted to make sure that he had a party though. Ethan was very excited. He got some books, the Diego Rescue pack and a picture drawn by his brother. Ethan's favorite part was blowing out his candle. We did it twice because he had so much fun doing it. The first time Noah helped, but the second time was all Ethan. It was a little sad because we would have liked to have Aaron home with us, but there will be other birthdays and we know that he will be coming home soon.

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Aaron Joseph is here!

The newest member of the family has arived today. Aaron came out with a full head of hair at 19" and weighed in at 6 lbs 14 oz. I was told by a nurse that he was the cutest baby that had ever been born at the hospital. Well, maybe they didn't say that, but they were thinking it! He's having a little bit of trouble breathing on his own, but he's gettin better every hour.

Workin' Out!

Ethan was bored today so he decided that the funnest game he could find was to pull all of the cans out of the pantry. After taking out all the cans he began to roll them all over the kitchen. Noah came in and saw all the fun and decided to take part. Noah picked up two cans and started curling them like weights. Ethan of course had to copy him. When I walked into the room Noah informed me they were working out." Ethan told me that he wanted to get really strong. Sometimes I wonder where they get all these words from.

We are the Hepworths

There are two Hepworth Boys, Noah William and Ethan Robert. Noah is 5. Ethan is 3. They have another little brother coming on the way, but we haven't decided how we are going to name him yet. Noah and Ethan are best friends. At least they are when they aren't fighting (which seems to be happening more and more lately). They both love to play with Lego’s. Favorite past times include: Waking their parents up 10 minutes before an alarm clock, taking turns annoying each other, engaging in Pokémon battles, and anything you can do with a cardboard box. They are both very creative and love to discover and learn. No one could ask for better boys than my wife and I have been blessed with.

John Hepworth