11.30.10

After Sonja and Marco left, we did nothing but relax and try to catch up on some work. We ended up finishing our Christmas shopping and just enjoyed the sweet AC of our villa for the few days we had left in Bali.
I write my mom pretty normally and she had informed me that I was lucky to have not been around for Thanksgiving because everyone got really sick. Apparently, everyone was throwing up with the stomach flu that was quickly passed between one another on Thanksgiving. My poor younger sister, Amber, is 8 months pregnant, and I had read a post on facebook about how she was contracting because of the vomiting. That and the dehydration was making her very uncomfortable and experience early labor signs. It wasn’t long before my mom let me know that her water had broke and that she would be going to the hospital!! I was bouncing of the walls I was so excited! What a surprise! I hung next to the computer like a leach, waiting for new emails and texts to come in from whomever! We all had our fingers crossed and were praying for her pretty hard. She would be delivering 5 weeks early, but the baby was at a stage that he would be healthy enough to breathe on his own if she did deliver. I stayed up all through the night waiting to hear more info. The doctors decided to do a c-section because the baby was breach. Her fiancé, Adam, was out of town for work, but luckily they were able to plan the delivery in advance so that he could make it to the hospital in time ! (Which he did)
She ended up delivering a healthy baby boy named Elliot Christian on November 30th 2010! He was 4 lbs 6 oz, and was doing great. He was on oxygen at first, but they were able to eventually take him off. Amber will have to stay for three nights, but the baby has to stay for a week. Let us all keep him in our prayers!
Congratulations Amber and Adam!