Sorry...

Sorry that we have not posted in a while. Life has been hectic... Kieran is doing well. He is a happy contented 2 1/2 year old who now finds himself in another country. That's right we have absconded with him to Australia. (More on that in the next post). Just as a a follow up to Kieran's journey... He managed to survive his time in the NICU unscathed, we were extremely lucky! We did have to "bunk" in at the hospital, a process by which the medical system determines that parents of premie babies are fit to care for their childen. Basically you sleep at the hospital at the beck and call of your baby and have to prove that he is gaining weight. Normally this process lasts 1 night and 1 day with most normal premies gaining weight. Not Kieran though, who consistently lost weight for the first two days. Finally on the third day he gained 2 grams and we were allowed to go home! Once home he thrived and gained more and more weight. Eventually learning to roll over, then crawl, and then finally walk. (I gloss over these major milestones in order to get us current.) Both Nicole and I have been very lucky and Kieran truly is our miracle baby, bring us both joy and happiness, many sleepless nights, and many proud moments. Parenthood we are learning is about give and take and about calm and storm. About 5 months ago I was offered the opportunity to travel to Perth Australia to help set up an office for my company. So now we have moved away from family and friends and life as we know it and find our selves settled in warmer climates. Kieran's journey it seems is to be a more global one than we originally thought!