I was given this hat for Christmas from my parents. When mom bought it she didn't realize I had only GM vehicles. So I sold our car and we bought a Dodge Intrepid in order that I could wear my new hat.

Our new car, an 04' Dodge Intrepid. It seems so big compared to our old car, it is much nicer to put the boys in the back with a 4 door and the trunk is big enough to put a whole moose into... should the need arise.

Finally we got someone to take a picture of all of us together.

Wrangell isn't so sure about holding his brother.

Wrangell and Stryder.

Stryders birtday suit and weight

Stryder Xylander Walker born January 30th at 12:27pm. 6 lbs 7 oz and 19 3/8 inches long.

Several Stryder pictures back to his birthday

Stryder with 4 mo old Caleb Grandlinard. We got to stop on our way home in Glennallen and see Anthony, Daisy, and Caleb. We haven't gotten down to see them since the birth of Caleb in October.
Anthony, Daisy, and Caleb.

Wrangell with his new circular saw he got for his birthday. The only thing that didn't come with it is ear plugs for mommy and daddy.

Stryder ready to go home. He had enough of the NICU as well.

Worrying until the day we go home...

Thinking about going hunting with the boys...

Big yawn.

What are you looking at?

Stryder enjoys the passifire when he is not hungry.

First picture of Stryer in the NICU at Providence Hospital in Anchorage. We didn't take any pictures when he was in the class III side. It was much more relaxed when we were moved down to the class II side. He is about 9 days old here.

Stryder in the NICU in Fairbanks. Charity was doing much better the day after her surgery and night in the ICU. I was rather worn out as well after a few sleep less nights and worry of loosing them both. Stryder continued to go down hill from this point until they medivaced him out to Anchorage early the next morning. He stablized really well once he arrived at Providence because of better ventillators and very experienced Neonatologists.

Some more pictures of Stryder

I will add several more pictures of Stryder now that we have time to relax and get some updates posted. He is doing well, eating well, and gaining weight every day.

Here's where all the action happens!

Stryder with momma.

Stryder getting weighed, measured, and bathed in the nursery.

Update

Stryder is doing much better now. They removed his nasal oxygen tube and feeding tube within the last. He kept pulling both of them off by himself and didn't have any problems when they were off so they decided to pull them off for good. The only thing he is on now is a monitor for his heart rate, blood pressure, temp, and blood oxygen saturation.

I head to Fairbanks from work tonight. We have had a few people look at our car. If someone wants to buy it I will fly down to Anc tomorrow, if not I will drive down tomorrow as there are also interested people in Anc. We are getting a newer more reliable and bigger car for Charity and the boys. We are hoping they release Stryder by Monday so we can drive home to Tok. We haven't been home for about 5 weeks now. Wrangell is in Tok with Troy and Rita. He rode back with our friend Andrea on Sunday. It will be nice when we can all get back together in Tok.

Stryder Pictures and Update

Here are a few pictures of Stryder at day 1 or 2 in Fairbanks. He was born Friday Jan 30th and flown to Anchorage Sunday morning the 1st. He was in the Intensive Care side of the NICU until the 8th with Pulminary Hypertension and Lung problems. He is still in the NICU but on the side where stable babies are getting stronger, learning to eat and waiting to go home. They pulled all his tubes and lines out now except for an IV in his foot. We are hoping he can come home by this weekend.