Amelia Maie Barnett

Two days after my last post our family welcomed a baby girl into the world. Amelia Maie Barnett arrived on her due date, January 11th. 7 pounds, 12 ounces. She came at Layne's worst time after chemo. I went into the hospital at 11pm at night. We were very sad Layne wasn't able to be there for the delivery. He stayed at home and my mom and sister in law Ciana were able to come in with me. Ciana was able to take pictures and take some video throughout the night. So, Layne is able to see how the night progressed and we got her first cry on video. I was okay that Layne wasn't there up until she was born. Then I was very sad he wasn't able to be there. Layne was able to come in about an hour after she was born and meet her, and then headed home to have a nap. Little things like that wear him out pretty good right now. I was actually a little relieved he didn't try to come to the delivery. He doesn't do well with me being in pain in previous labours. I won't get into details but dry heaving in the corner of the room is involved :) This labour was by far my worst. The pain was significantly worst than my previous two pregnancies. I was very happy to get an epidural and I know he would not have managed well with this one. Amelia is one sweet little girl. She is definitely a blessing in our lives right now. 

Layne first meeting Amelia

Layne was able to come back later on in the day to see the boys meet Amelia

Amelia gets to go meet all the nurses at the cancer centre tomorrow. Layne starts his next round tomorrow. He met with the oncologist today and he seemed pretty excited Layne is doing so well and getting close to being finished. It makes us excited. We also met with the surgeon today about Layne's hernia. He still isn't convinced Layne has one. He thinks it could just be muscle weakness. He will look at the PET scan that Layne is getting in March. It will give him a better look at his stomach and then he will see what it is. In the mean time he wants Layne to try and do as much strength training to build up his abdominal and back muscles as he can. He says he will not do the surgery until Layne is recovered from chemo and in good health. 

This weekend Layne celebrated his 31st birthday. It was fun to have my parents down to celebrate with all of us. Its good to have things to look forward to and fun things to do.

He got a gourmet meal of beef tenderloin for his birthday!

Singing happy birthday

First Sunday together! I love our little family!