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Well, it has been almost a year since I updated anything on this blog. Time just slips by when you do not get a chance to sleep.

Jacob is now 10 months old and Marley is almost 2 1/2 years old. It seems like yesterday that we didn't have any kids. They are wonderful children and we have been blessed to have both of them. It is trying and hard at times, but then they say or do something that melts your heart.

Jacob is starting to walk a little now, so that is our biggest excitement for now. I plan to sit down in the next couple of days and try to write more information for everyone.

Thanks,

David

Update on Jacob

Hello all,

Well most of you know that Jacob Rian Carmichael was born on March 10th at 7:11 AM. He weighed 8 lbs and 3 oz. Today they moved him into NICU due to the ABO blood incapatibility issues that he has encountered. His bilirubin level was at 17.7 when they admitted him this afternoon. Everyone's prayers have really paid off. At 7:00 PM his bilirubin level was at 15.8! To give everyone an example a normal bilirubin level is around 1.0 - 1.5 according to our pediatrician. The NICU doctor plans to check the level again at 1:30 AM and then at 6:00 AM. So if anyone is awake, please be praying for his level to go down. We will be!!!

Thanks again for everyone that has called, come by or even thought about us. It is wonderful to be blessed with friends and family like we have been. May God bless each of you.

Thanks,

David, Kathryn and Marley

Happy New Year!

I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! This is the first Christmas that Marley really had any idea of what was happening. It was really enjoyable.

We were able to see many of our family members which always makes the holidays more meaningful. If anyone has a story about the holidays, please forward it to me.

Talk to you soon!

Good evening

Well I have created the beginning of my web page for the Carmichael family. It is in the very beginning stages, but I believe that it can grow over time to be quite a stopping point for information related to the Carmichael and related families.

Marley is doing well and changing every day. This week she is beginning to recognize Santa, although she calls him "Ho, Ho, Ho." We have worked with her to learn sign language and it has really been great. She knows the signs for: milk, bath time, down, swing, airplane, love, night-night, eat, more, fish, book and she makes up her own signs too (we don't know what most of them mean though). Her multiple animal noises are very entertaining. Elephant, snake and lizard are my favorites.

Remember to send me items to add to the calendar. Birthdays, anniversaries, graduations or anything else you think should be on the calendar. If I need to create separate calendars for different sides of the family or for certain events that is not a problem either. This will be a work in progress.

I have always wanted to do this. With technology where it is today there is not reason that we should not take advantage of it to create a way for everyone to stay in touch. If you have something that you would like me to post in the blog, please send me an email at dcarmichael@charter.net. Feedback for the design of the site is appreciated also. Have a great night and I hope to see you soon!

Test Blog

This is my first ever post to a blog. I want to use this on my new family website to keep everyone up to date on what is happening in the Carmichael family.