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Two new products Chris and I are offering at our studio....

We will be offering high-class, high-quality coffee table books of your children's artwork. Rather than piling them in stacks unseen...we will take high-quality scans and photos of the artwork and build it into a professional coffee table book. This is not an apple book from iphoto....these will be high-end, beautifully bound books. We will have an array of options for all price ranges.

We are also offering mat board prints of Casey's art. All sizes and price ranges! This way if you cant afford an actual piece, you can purchase a print in any size! Here are some rough prices if you see a piece you want: (www.caseywiegand.com)
5x5, 4x6 & 5x7: $15
8x10, 10x10 & 8x8: $30.00
12x12, 14x14 & 11x14: $45.00
* larger prints available!

new paintings....

We decided to make all of our gifts this year! So I have been working on Christmas gifts already....if you are a family member dont try and guess which ones are for you... :)! A few are too obvious and I will have to wait and post after Christmas!

Kangaroo Care

I was watching Grey's Anatomy this week and it had a little baby in intensive care. On the show they were doing "Kangaroo Care" and it reminded me of all the times Chris and I did that with little Aiden when he was in the NICU. It is the most phenomenal thing.This was our favorite time of the day.... It is when you have skin to skin contact with the baby for over an hour. When you do kangaroo care the baby's heartrate is good and his breathing slows down to where they want it... between 30-50 (breaths per minute). His breathing rate had been between 60-80 breaths per minute. Which is high. His oxygen saturation needed to be in the 90's (90% at least) before he was allowed to leave and it had been 40-70% before we would hold him "kangaroo" style. When Chris or I would hold him to our chests his oxygen sat would go to 90-95% instantly. We would sit and watch those monitors all day and night and it was absolutely incredible to watch the numbers change as soon as he was held. It is the most special memory to think back on all those times with him. It seems so long ago! We have a crazy story leading up to his arrival that ended with an emergency c-section but every single moment with him has been an absolute gift. Daily I look at him and think what an indescribable blessing and gift it is to have a child. I am truly honored that God trusts me enough to give me Aiden...and hopefully lots lots more.


Still snuggles with mama :)....

recent pics...

we have come so far...

I felt like sharing this again....we have come so far!!!! I am in the mood to tell our whole story leading up to this crazy time so I'll get to that soon! Until then...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9XltuypwSE

getting so big...

kingdom hearts 2

This is just a side note to my last post...."in addition" to. I was thinking last night while i was lying in bed how I tend to hoard Aiden, my time at home, my dogs. I don't have tons of saved money to keep to myself but I do have my family. Which is the most valuable thing in the world to me. Well, since we have been struggling at the studio I have taken on more paintings, more projects, more hours which = less time with Aiden. This has truly broken my heart. My heart longs to be with him at all times. My moments with him are so precious and I hold so close to my heart so anyone who wants to share them with me I assume is waging war on my heart. Rationally I know this is not true, but tired and irrational this is how I feel. I am working on this. Open hands.....