Nate has to use the bili-blanket all the time. No clothes just wrapped up in blankets or just a diaper. He is a sweet little boy.
Monday, July 16
Mom and Nate
Nate has to use the bili-blanket all the time. No clothes just wrapped up in blankets or just a diaper. He is a sweet little boy.
Update
Natie-boy is still on a bili-blanket. His count was higher- 13.5 so we go back again on Wed to have his blood tested again. I'm looking forward to putting my swollen feet up tomorrow. We have no doc appts so I'm gonna make it a priority to "pamper" my ankles and feet.
My body has just ached the past couple of days. So, I've been taking the pain meds but I guess I haven't been the best at tuning out everything and napping when our "wonder boy" does.
Speaking of our wonder boy. The first night home slept 4 hours straight. Last night it was 3 1/2 hours, and thankfully he has been going right back to sleep or a brief wake up period. So I don't feel completely exhausted. Nate has been a very easy baby. He is very content. If he gets upset he can be settled by picking him up or changing his diaper or feeding him. I always kidded that this kiddo agreed with me during pregnancy and he has been just as agreeable outside the womb. The boys love him and are so happy about their little brother.
My body has just ached the past couple of days. So, I've been taking the pain meds but I guess I haven't been the best at tuning out everything and napping when our "wonder boy" does.
Speaking of our wonder boy. The first night home slept 4 hours straight. Last night it was 3 1/2 hours, and thankfully he has been going right back to sleep or a brief wake up period. So I don't feel completely exhausted. Nate has been a very easy baby. He is very content. If he gets upset he can be settled by picking him up or changing his diaper or feeding him. I always kidded that this kiddo agreed with me during pregnancy and he has been just as agreeable outside the womb. The boys love him and are so happy about their little brother.
Saturday, July 14
Jaundice update
We ended up renting a bili- blanket for us to use tonight and Sunday. We will take Nate back to the doc on Monday for another heel stick to find out how his liver is processing the bilirubin. His level went down just a bit today from 11.7-11.3 during his time in the "tanning bed" so hopefully we can keep it down with the use of the bili-blanket this weekend. He is supposed to be on it the entire time we have it.
Other than that, all is well.
I'm exhausted, however, Nate is a champion sleeper. Hopefully we can all get some rest.
Other than that, all is well.
I'm exhausted, however, Nate is a champion sleeper. Hopefully we can all get some rest.
My first time home
Grandma and Aunt Amy planned a Birth day party for me. Complete with food, cake and gifts. Nate slept through the 2 renditions of "Happy Birthday" so we could video our small party.
First Baseball Game
Yes, even Nate appears to be a Braves fan. He and daddy "watch" his first game together and the Braves won!
"Son" bathing beauty
A little more jaundiced, so they are giving him some photo therapy. It looks like a sun tan salon in our room. He's even sporting his eye protection. Nate is such a trooper, he just rests and is calm. If he gets upset, we talk to him and he calms down and goes back to sleep.
Friday, July 13
Thursday, July 12
Tuesday, July 10
doctor appts
Just thought I'd pass on the info that I am progressing along in the pregnancy ( I should, I'll soon be 39 weeks!) My body is definitely preparing itself for that little boy's escape! I've been having some pain around my bellybutton-- Or what used to be my bellybutton. The doc said that it's just everything is so stretched. He said he would feel fine and would recommend (If I were his sister) an induction on Friday am. I'm not sure if I am ready for an induction-breaking my water and giving me Pitocin. But we will see what happens by Thurs- we will see him again and we can discuss the best course of action.
It's one thing to want to be finished with the pregnancy and another to plan the date... Some part of me thinks as long as everything is ok, I should be patient and wait... but I don't know how much more of this "stretching" I can take.
I'm praying for some nice regular contractions to start working so I don't have to make the decision to induce labor! I know walk, walk, walk, and some other things! Today I did mow some of the grass with the push mower. T was against it- saying you'll break you water or go into labor... Exactly what I was thinking!
It's one thing to want to be finished with the pregnancy and another to plan the date... Some part of me thinks as long as everything is ok, I should be patient and wait... but I don't know how much more of this "stretching" I can take.
I'm praying for some nice regular contractions to start working so I don't have to make the decision to induce labor! I know walk, walk, walk, and some other things! Today I did mow some of the grass with the push mower. T was against it- saying you'll break you water or go into labor... Exactly what I was thinking!
Sunday, July 8
Sunday Funny
Well this morning we were rushing as usual to get out the door for church. As is our usual custom, I get boys and myself some breakfast then lay out their clothes then T gets the boys dressed while I get a shower. Then I put the finishing touches done while T takes a shower. Then we race to get out the door!
This morning it seems the boys jumbled up the clothes and took them to Daddy! Each boy had a pair of khakis with a blue (one darker, one lighter) polo shirt. When I came out the boys were wearing the other's shirt. Zack's was a little snug and Sammy's a little big. Apparently, they picked out the shirt by the color they wanted.
Their shirts are pictured below...
This morning it seems the boys jumbled up the clothes and took them to Daddy! Each boy had a pair of khakis with a blue (one darker, one lighter) polo shirt. When I came out the boys were wearing the other's shirt. Zack's was a little snug and Sammy's a little big. Apparently, they picked out the shirt by the color they wanted.
Their shirts are pictured below...
Happy Birthday
To Daddy!
Sammy helps unwrap
As you can see the boys were so excited about the birthday presents!
Surprise, surprise a new fishing pole!
A family shot and then we can go try out Daddy's new fishing pole. Or Sammy can try it out- It's too big for our little creek. Zack's is a better size for our little creek!
Daddy had to cast and then the boys could reel in the line...
We celebrated with a cold watermelon after our fishing expedition.
Tim's only disappointment is that his son didn't make an appearance. I guess we have about 3 hours left- but I'm guessing not tonight...
Sammy helps unwrap
As you can see the boys were so excited about the birthday presents!
Surprise, surprise a new fishing pole!
A family shot and then we can go try out Daddy's new fishing pole. Or Sammy can try it out- It's too big for our little creek. Zack's is a better size for our little creek!
Daddy had to cast and then the boys could reel in the line...We celebrated with a cold watermelon after our fishing expedition.
Tim's only disappointment is that his son didn't make an appearance. I guess we have about 3 hours left- but I'm guessing not tonight...
grapevine
We were very pleased to find some grapevines that were planted by the garage. Apparently, they didn't have any support to grow on so they never produced much fruit. However, T put up a fence for them to climb and this is what happened.... We have so many grapes, now we have to
figure out who is helping eat them!
Saturday, July 7
Zack takes the Cake
So tomorrow is Daddy's birthday. The boys and I went to get a gift for daddy yesterday. I told the boys how we needed to keep his present a surprise, let's not tell daddy, etc. Zack is hiding the present in his closet...
So this morning, Zack reminds me that we need to wrap Daddy's gift. After wrapping, I remind him to not tell Daddy. Let's keep it a secret. Zack assures me that he is not going to tell. I pretended to be dad and ask him what the present was, Zack just smiled...
So after all that he runs out to T and announces that we just wrapped your present... I'm sure not going to tell you what it is... "but it's long and you use it to catch fish!"
So I asked Zack , "did you tell him what his present is?" Zack just shook his head no and grinned with a sparkle in his eye.
Happy Birthday to Aunt Christy!
Friday, July 6
long night
Zack woke up at 1:3o am crying-well screaming because his throat hurt, and he had a deep cough. So after consoling him and giving him some medicine, we went back to bed. A little while later, I was awakened with some nice contractions. I thought for a while that we would be going to the hospital soon. Unfortunately, they just kept me up for a couple of hours, they never progressed to labor-quality. Today I've been a little tired, along with Zack. We went and got some medicine for his cough/cough so maybe we can get him well before his little brother comes along.
Daddy's birthday is on Sun, maybe we could have some birthday sharing like our cousin Lily and her mom! (plus, T pledged some $ if I hit his birth date, today is Karl's birthday so I'm guessing I won't be able to collect on his wager!).
38 weeks today!
Some good news, T called me and said that the new flight commander (the one relieving him) was sitting in his office. So hopefully T can get him spun up and ready to take over Flight Commander soon. There are things that the new guy will have to do before he can take over, but it's definitely a good thing at this point. And a bit sad for T I think, it's a lot of hard work as flight commander, and he has done such a great job with his students (he was flight commander of the quarter) and it's rewarding to see the student's progress. With the new guy here it' s finally settling in that he will soon not be doing this full time-- and exciting and scary when we look forward to the next chapter.
Once the baby comes, he will start using leave -- not all at once, but working a few weeks here and there until October, when he can start flying with the Reserves. He will be doing programming while he is on leave, hopefully getting that ready to so when the end of Sept hits, he can be off and running....
Keep us in your prayers!
Daddy's birthday is on Sun, maybe we could have some birthday sharing like our cousin Lily and her mom! (plus, T pledged some $ if I hit his birth date, today is Karl's birthday so I'm guessing I won't be able to collect on his wager!).
38 weeks today!
Some good news, T called me and said that the new flight commander (the one relieving him) was sitting in his office. So hopefully T can get him spun up and ready to take over Flight Commander soon. There are things that the new guy will have to do before he can take over, but it's definitely a good thing at this point. And a bit sad for T I think, it's a lot of hard work as flight commander, and he has done such a great job with his students (he was flight commander of the quarter) and it's rewarding to see the student's progress. With the new guy here it' s finally settling in that he will soon not be doing this full time-- and exciting and scary when we look forward to the next chapter.
Once the baby comes, he will start using leave -- not all at once, but working a few weeks here and there until October, when he can start flying with the Reserves. He will be doing programming while he is on leave, hopefully getting that ready to so when the end of Sept hits, he can be off and running....
Keep us in your prayers!
Wednesday, July 4
Happy 4th
Happy 4th. No baby yet so here's some pictures of the boys having fun with sparklers.
You can see the excitement in Sammy's eyes... We may have sparked an interest in fire with this guy! We better watch him.
Zack was excited to announce that he could write a 7 with his sparkler.
Sammy loved sparklers... and bottle rockets.. he wasn't afraid even after he burned his little finger on his sparkler. Just a small burn nothing that some ice didn't alleviate.
You can see the excitement in Sammy's eyes... We may have sparked an interest in fire with this guy! We better watch him.
Zack was excited to announce that he could write a 7 with his sparkler.
Sammy loved sparklers... and bottle rockets.. he wasn't afraid even after he burned his little finger on his sparkler. Just a small burn nothing that some ice didn't alleviate.
Monday, July 2
colds
Well, it was quite a week of VBS. We all came down with colds and started out the weekend pretty miserable. I guess it actually hit us Sunday. I have so much pressure in my head that I'm hoping that this cold will run it's course before the baby gets here. The boys (including Daddy) are pretty miserable too.
This morning I decided to take the boys to the pool, since we may not have too many more days of freedom. Knowing that they had energy- I did not- I thought that they could swim and I'd just have to watch. However, Sammy decided to start breaking the rules- running around the pool, jumping off the side into the baby pool. So after being there for about 30 min I had finally had enough of "time outs" and threatening that we would go home. Not to mention that my head felt larger than my belly! So as Sammy jumped into the pool again, I lifted him out and decided we were going home. Sammy was very upset and Zack seemed fine.
On our way home Sammy said "I'm sorry." Zack said, "I'm glad we are going home, I ran out of energy."
Hopefully we learned some good lessons.
If I'm to tired, maybe it's not a good idea to add more to my day- They know when I'm tired and my patience is limited.
2. If Sammy is tired or sick, he is not going to cooperate very well.
3. Sammy hopefully learned to obey the rules so we can swim at the pool.
It has been a rough day so far, however, I made pudding for the boys for after lunch,that was a special treat. Now it's naptime, I think I will partake- Who knows what the afternoon will have in store for us.
This morning I decided to take the boys to the pool, since we may not have too many more days of freedom. Knowing that they had energy- I did not- I thought that they could swim and I'd just have to watch. However, Sammy decided to start breaking the rules- running around the pool, jumping off the side into the baby pool. So after being there for about 30 min I had finally had enough of "time outs" and threatening that we would go home. Not to mention that my head felt larger than my belly! So as Sammy jumped into the pool again, I lifted him out and decided we were going home. Sammy was very upset and Zack seemed fine.
On our way home Sammy said "I'm sorry." Zack said, "I'm glad we are going home, I ran out of energy."
Hopefully we learned some good lessons.
If I'm to tired, maybe it's not a good idea to add more to my day- They know when I'm tired and my patience is limited.
2. If Sammy is tired or sick, he is not going to cooperate very well.
3. Sammy hopefully learned to obey the rules so we can swim at the pool.
It has been a rough day so far, however, I made pudding for the boys for after lunch,that was a special treat. Now it's naptime, I think I will partake- Who knows what the afternoon will have in store for us.