Hi everyone. Helaina is doing well. She is on her conventional ventilator and working well at it. She is on antibiotics for a slight infection right now. This is normal to have infections while intebated so we are not worried about this. She is up to 10 ml of formula every three hours and is digesting it just fine. They are hoping to get her extibated in a few days. We will keep everyone updated. Thx again for all of the support.

Ambar & Mikes Wedding

I had the pleasure of shooting a wedding on 10-23-09 at Faulkner Winery with my buddy Justin from Hulse Photography. This was an amazing wedding with a beautiful couple, Ambar and Mike. There was a beautiful sunset during the ceremony which made the wedding even more special. Here are just a few of the wonderful images that were caught on this beautiful fall day.

Helaina with her eyes open

Yesterday, 10-25-09, we went and visited Helaina at the NICU. She was moved from the High Frequency Oscilator to the conventional ventilator and is doing well. The best part about the day was that Helaina opened her eyes and was awake and alert for about 25 minutes while we were there. She just was hanging out looking towards us with her eyes. It was the best feeling ever. Here are just a few pictures from yesterday.

helaina at the NICU

We went and visited Helaina yesterday at the NICU. She was doing very well. We got to meet with the doctor and she told us good things about what was going on. As everyone knows she is still on a ventilator. The doctor told us this was normal for a premi of her age, and she told us the xrays of her lungs don't show any problems other than being immature. The doctor also told us she doesn't seem to have any problems with any of her other organs at this time. The doctor told us to plan on taking her home around Christmas time, which was our original due date, but of course she could not tell us for sure when we take her home. One of our favorite nurses Amy was tending to her yesterday. Amy put one of the premi hats on her little head that Heather had brought down. She was just too cute. Thanks again for everything everyone has done for use it helps so much.

Hi everyone. Helaina had a good day today inthe Nicu. She is doing well on her ventilator and is keeping up her blood gases which means she is starting to learn how to do this breathing thing on her own. We r going to see her tomorrow and we can't wait. We will keep everyone updated and hopefully we can get a good picture of her to post. Thx again for all of the support from everyone. Hopefully she can keep up the good work.

Hi everyone. Helaina is doing well again. She was weighed tonight and she weighed in at 3 pounds. Some if that is weight from the tubes but she is gaining weight. She was fed tonight thru her ng tube. The ventilator is still on the same settings. She has been on the same settings for over 24 hours which means she is getting stronger. We r going to see her tomorrow so I will try to include a new picture. Thx again to everyone.

Hi everyone. Helaina is doing good tonight. She is being weened off of her high flow ventilator and is doing well. She is stable and her blood pressure is great without any help from medications. She is doing well but just needs time to grow and rest. She is sensative right now to stimulation so we r takin tomorrow off from going down to see her. I will keep everone updated on her progress tomorrow. Thanks again.

Hi everyone. We visited helaina today and she is doing well. She is receiving another blood transfusion from cousin John today. Since she started to receive johns blood she has been doing so well. She has been more active and she is making progress with her ventilator. Her fluids are coming off nicely and she is lookin like a little baby now. Today the chaplan that works at childrens hospital came today and baptized helaina today. He was a wonderful man named John as well and conducted a great baptism. He put holy water on her head and was so great. Thanks again for all of the prayers and help during this trying time. We love u all mike and heather.

Sorry I didn't post last night but I was working just a little bit of overtime. Heather and I went to see Helaina today. She is doin well today. She is lossing some of her water weight so she is doing better. She is still on the high flow ventilator but is doing well. Today she received a transfusions of my coisin johns blood. Thank you so much John for doing that for us. I will keep everyone updated on her progress.

Hi everyone. Helaina is still doing well. She is off of her dopamine and her blood pressure is still doing just fine. She is still on the same settings onthe ventilator but that is ok right now. She is making baby steps of progress and that is all we can hope for at this time. I haven't posted any pictures of her because she has a few more lines in her and

It is kind of hard to see. I thank everyone for everything they have done for us. I will be going down tomorrow to see her and she is going to be baptized on thirdlsday. I will post again tomorrow night. Thank you so much everyone.

Josh & Katie at Grand Traditions in Fallbrook

Today I had the pleasure of shooting Josh and Katie at Grand Tradition Estates in Fallbrook, CA. This is where they will be getting married in February of 2010. They are an amazing couple whose love for each other shows through in each photo. Here are just a few of the amazing photos that were taken during their engagement session today.

Hi all. I just checked on our little angel and she is doing well. She is stable and doing much better tonight than she was yesterday. She seems to be fighting the infection and is still on just a little bit of oxygen. She will hopefully be getting off of the high flow ventilator in five days or so. While we were visiting her today Helaina actually opened her eyes. This was the first time we got to see this since she has been retaining water and swollen from it. It was so nice to see he little blue eyes. I will keep everyone posted. Thanks again to everyone.

Hi everyone. I checked on helaina tonight and she is doing better. She is still on the higher ventilator and had to go back on it about 24 hrs ago when it looks like she contracted a virus. They have her on antibiotics for the virus. They r lowering her settings on her ventilator and they r going to do a chest xray tomorrow morning to see how she is doing. We thank everyone for their support during this tough time in our lives. Thx again and I will keep everyone updated.

Hi everyone. Helaina is doing well today. She is off of her dopamine and her blood pressure is just fine. She is still on the conventional ventilator and is doing well on it. She was given a cc of heathers milk today so she could get used to eating. She is just progressing awesome. I will update again tomorrow and will add some pictures then. Thx again for all ofthe support from everyone.

Hi everyone. Helaina had her surgery today to close her PDA. The dr said the surgery went well and she is recovering nicely. The dr said when she closed the PDA her pressure went up in the lower ventricle of thhee little heart. This is a great thing. Helaina should have a much easier time breathing and her heart will work easier. Thx again to everyone for their prayers and support.

Helaina's first video

Hi everyone. I wanted you to be able to see Helaina moving around and being the cute little girl that she is. Here is a 17 second video that I took on day 2 of her life. She is so cute and moves so much. She is the best little thing ever.

Helaina's New Bow

Today we went to Children's Hospital and saw Helaina on day 9 of her life. Today she was taken off of her large ventilator and placed on a conventional ventilator. She is doing well at this time. While they were changing over the ventilator I was able to take some pictures of her without the glare of the plastic top to her isolet. Also, the nurse was very sweet and placed a bow on her head using lubricating jelly to make it stick, funny huh. Here are just a few pictures of our sweet angel.

New Baby

Hi everyone. As some of you already know my wife gave birth to our wonderful little girl, Helaina Jo Cornett, on Tuesday September 29th, 2009, at 0523 hours. Helaina was born three months pre-mature and is currently receiving wonderful care by the nurses and doctors at Children's Hospital in San Diego, CA. Helaina was born weighing only 2 pounds, 4 ounces, and 13 inches in length. She is doing wonderful with her treatment and I think she will be home by Christmas. Attached are some of the pictures from her first five days of life. We thank everyone for their prayers and well wishes during this time in our life.