It's a strange and exciting day in our house today. The first day of school! Owen started Kindergarten today and Ella started Pre-K. So far... so good... I was a little worried about getting everyone up and ready this morning, but it went relatively smoothly. Owen kept himself up pretty late (11ish?) so he was tired, but I had told him last night he could do his Lego's for a few minutes before school, so that got him out of bed pretty easily. The first words out of his mouth when I woke him up were "can I do my Lego's?" :) Ella went to bed pretty early (relatively speaking - 9:30ish) but was still pretty hard to wake up. She eventually roused around enough to eat some cereal and then she was good to go. Being the girly girl she is, she made a bit of a scene with clothes. She didn't like the shorts I picked out because they were "not good" when she sat down on the floor in them. I think they were a little tight when she was sitting. So we changed shorts into a cute skirt which she claimed did not match her shirt (though it matched just fine...), so then we had to change shirts too. (She wasn't taking no for an answer.) Then we went to put shoes on, but she didn't want to wear her new tennis shoes that I had picked out, she wanted to wear her pink tennis shoes that matched her clothes... the others matched fine too... but not according to her. The next 15 years are gonna be just great.... I can't wait for the middle school and high school fashion trends. oy... Owen wasn't much of a fight. He didn't want to leave his Lego's but we got him out the door. We got them to school and settled in their classrooms where all of the other parents were still huddled around. :)
I dropped off Owen first in Mrs. K's class and we found his cubby and his table and he sat down to play with Play Doh. I had to run Ella over to her class, so I did that, found her table and cubby and got her settled in with Mrs. Brindle and ran back over to Owen so I could snap some pictures and give him a hug and kiss. He was too interested in showing the teaching assistant his Play Doh creations to pay much attention to me, but I managed a hug and kiss out of him and a little good bye. :) Then we went back over to Ella to hug her and help her potty before leaving her. She had just finished a drawing that she was giving to Mrs. Brindle. We said our goodbyes and gave hugs and went on our merry way. Both kids were happy as can be.
We then had to head down to the cafeteria to put some money on the kids' accounts so they can eat lunch this week. We decided we'd rather they learn how that whole process works while everyone else is learning rather than figuring it out one day down the road when we forget to pack a lunch. Once they get through a few days, hopefully we'll be able to send them with a healthy lunch. We also made a quick stop by the PTA room on our way out. They were having "Sniffles and Snacks" for the Kindergarten parents. It was a cute idea. We missed the talk with the school counselor, but got a donut and some juice.
We took Anna to the sitter and I'm working from home today and it's so weird to be here in such silence. I keep expecting Anna to cry from her bed or something. I think today is the first time I've been home without Anna since she was born. I've been away from her other places, but not at home... it's weird! One would think this would mean I could get lots of work done... but instead, I keep reminiscing on what a big day this is for our family. Everything is different from here on out and it makes me realize how big my babies are getting.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Birthday Party! (and other adventures...)
Well, Saturday was the big day! My little baby boy had his big #5 birthday party with his friends, a huge water slide bounce house, water balloons and alien cupcakes. :) This year was a Star Wars theme. We had a little trouble deciding between Mario Bros and Star Wars, but I made him pick something so I could order all the supplies and goodies before Anna arrived. Otherwise, I would have been an even worse party planner than I ended up being. I got invitations out to friends, but didnt even really try to send them to family (sorry if that made me miss telling any of you!). A couple of Owen's old friends from school got to come, so that was awesome. He hadn't seen them since before Thanksgiving last year, so I know he missed seeing them. His new friend from soccer who happens to live in the neighborhood also came and got to bring a friend with him, so we had a good crowd, since we also had the family there.
He got all kinds of goodies: a couple of big Star Wars Lego sets, a punching bag and corresponding gloves, a Bubble Storm toy (bubble gun type of thingy), some new swim shorts and other clothes, 2 new DS games and a new Wii game. Quite a tally for a 5-year-old!! :)
After the party, the fun and games continued.... okay, so not so much fun and no games, but some drama at least... Ella took a little nap there at the end and when she woke up had an earache.... that's when I remembered we are supposed to put an earplug in her left ear ANY time she's in the water... we learned earlier this year at her ENT follow-up that she has a hole left in her ear drum where she had her tube, so water can get behind her ear drum. This was our first summer water adventure and we just completely forgot! I felt horrible. So we gave her some Tylenol and then I ran her over to the 24-hour ER place and got some antibiotics and it's been great since then, so thank goodness we caught it early before she was in much pain.
But the fun didn't stop there... We went to dinner with Ashli at Los Charros (yum!) really late. I suddenly was freezing cold in the restaurant. No one else was cold, so I thought it was just cuz I had been in the sun all day, hadn't eaten much of anything all day and my body was just being crazy. I had also skipped one of Anna's feedings during the day when she had a bottle and hadn't pumped yet so my boobs were killing me. I couldn't wait to get home, put on some warm PJs and pump and then finally sleep. By the time we got home, I had a horrible headache. I pumped and fed Anna but my right boob was still hurting pretty bad. I assumed it was just sore cuz I had waited so long, so didn't think much about it and went to bed absolutely freezing.... winter PJs and covers barely kept the chills away. When I woke up in the morning, sore boob, still freezing and head pounding, I started thinking perhaps something else was going on. Tylenol helped a little with the fever, but did absolutely nothing for the headache, so I just spent most of the day trying to sleep off the headache to no avail. In the late afternoon, I was so cold, I decided I better take my temperature which was 102.6! That was well past my "call the doctor" limit, so I called them and they confirmed it sounded like I had mastitis and called me some antibiotics and pain meds for my head. The fever started to wane on Monday afternoon and Tuesday I felt quite a bit better with a lingering headache. Today (wed) I finally feel back to normal, which is good since I still had all the birthday cleanup to do! Definitely happy to be back though. Thank you to my sweet hubby for keeping things running while I was incapacitated. Without him, I think the kids would have starved or would have had to fend for themselves. :)
But all that said, we had an awesome birthday party on Saturday and are back to normal operations today. :) Now we just gotta get in gear for my going back to work in a week and a half. Oh boy! :)
He got all kinds of goodies: a couple of big Star Wars Lego sets, a punching bag and corresponding gloves, a Bubble Storm toy (bubble gun type of thingy), some new swim shorts and other clothes, 2 new DS games and a new Wii game. Quite a tally for a 5-year-old!! :)
After the party, the fun and games continued.... okay, so not so much fun and no games, but some drama at least... Ella took a little nap there at the end and when she woke up had an earache.... that's when I remembered we are supposed to put an earplug in her left ear ANY time she's in the water... we learned earlier this year at her ENT follow-up that she has a hole left in her ear drum where she had her tube, so water can get behind her ear drum. This was our first summer water adventure and we just completely forgot! I felt horrible. So we gave her some Tylenol and then I ran her over to the 24-hour ER place and got some antibiotics and it's been great since then, so thank goodness we caught it early before she was in much pain.
But the fun didn't stop there... We went to dinner with Ashli at Los Charros (yum!) really late. I suddenly was freezing cold in the restaurant. No one else was cold, so I thought it was just cuz I had been in the sun all day, hadn't eaten much of anything all day and my body was just being crazy. I had also skipped one of Anna's feedings during the day when she had a bottle and hadn't pumped yet so my boobs were killing me. I couldn't wait to get home, put on some warm PJs and pump and then finally sleep. By the time we got home, I had a horrible headache. I pumped and fed Anna but my right boob was still hurting pretty bad. I assumed it was just sore cuz I had waited so long, so didn't think much about it and went to bed absolutely freezing.... winter PJs and covers barely kept the chills away. When I woke up in the morning, sore boob, still freezing and head pounding, I started thinking perhaps something else was going on. Tylenol helped a little with the fever, but did absolutely nothing for the headache, so I just spent most of the day trying to sleep off the headache to no avail. In the late afternoon, I was so cold, I decided I better take my temperature which was 102.6! That was well past my "call the doctor" limit, so I called them and they confirmed it sounded like I had mastitis and called me some antibiotics and pain meds for my head. The fever started to wane on Monday afternoon and Tuesday I felt quite a bit better with a lingering headache. Today (wed) I finally feel back to normal, which is good since I still had all the birthday cleanup to do! Definitely happy to be back though. Thank you to my sweet hubby for keeping things running while I was incapacitated. Without him, I think the kids would have starved or would have had to fend for themselves. :)
But all that said, we had an awesome birthday party on Saturday and are back to normal operations today. :) Now we just gotta get in gear for my going back to work in a week and a half. Oh boy! :)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Anna's 2 week stats and other stuff
Anna had her 2-week checkup last Friday and she's growing perfectly! She weighed 8-lb, 8-oz and was 21-in long. That's a 10-oz gain since she was born and 3/4-inches longer!!! She's perfectly healthy in every way. The doctor didn't have much to say, so we just keep cruising along until her 2-month checkup where she gets shots. :( She's such a wonderful baby girl. She's had 1 fussy night that we think was due to a tummy ache, so I'm working on a better diet to hopefully avoid that. I've tried to cut out as much milk as possible in case it's lactose that's bothering her. So far, she's been fine since then, so we'll see! Who knows... could have been too much tea that bothered her or something else, but we'll keep trying stuff to keep her healthy and happy! Otherwise, she's been a perfect angel. She takes bottles like a champ, doesn't mind formula if I don't have milk pumped for her and need to be away from her for a little while and still sleeps quite a bit. She still wakes up pretty frequently during the night to eat, but hopefully we'll get into a rhythm soon.
Since Anna's not the only one around here, I thought I'd log a little update on the other two as well. :) Owen has been an incredible bundle of ridiculous energy lately. He starts running full speed when he wakes up in the morning and doesn't slow down until we force him to go to bed at night. His favorite thing to do lately is beat people up. If you let him, he'll beat you senseless. He likes to punch, wrestle, etc. We've been trying to channel it against certain people, like daddy who can control it a little bit and help him learn how to do it more safely. :) We are also trying to teach him not to be too rough with certain people like the old folks or like me when i was pregnant... We're hoping to get him into something like Judo or Jui Jitsu where he can use his energy for something structured and learn to do that sort of stuff safely. Other stuff going on with him has been enrollment in Kindergarten!!! I can't believe it but my baby boy is going to be starting Kindergarten in August! He's officially enrolled now and will be attending Cross Oaks Elementary which is scheduled to open here in our neighborhood this year. He'll be the first K class, so that will be fun. :) He got to meet his principal the other day at the Kindergarten Round-Up. I'm not sure he understands what the "principal" is, but he thought it was cool anyways. :)
Ella is still wonderful of course. She's started writing lately. She can write her name really well and can write almost anything else with a little bit of help. She has a few favorite letters that she knows, but with just a little help, can write others as well. She still follows Owen around like a shadow. She wants to do everything he does and doesn't know what to do with herself when he's not around. They love each other so much and I'm so thankful that they have each other. Ella also loves her princesses. She loves to wear "princess dresses" (any dress) :) and every now and then talks her brother into dressing up like princesses with her. :) She gets to go to school with Owen in the fall. They are offering a Pre-K program at the elementary school that Ella will be attending. We're so excited about that. I was worried we were gonna end up with all 3 kids in different places in the fall, but this way Owen and Ella can be together and Anna will be with Miss Debi until October, so she'll be near my work. God worked it out perfectly for us as he always does and we're so thankful!
To sum it all up, we have the most awesome family imaginable and I can't imagine what we'd do with ourselves if we didn't have all of our precious little monkeys!
Since Anna's not the only one around here, I thought I'd log a little update on the other two as well. :) Owen has been an incredible bundle of ridiculous energy lately. He starts running full speed when he wakes up in the morning and doesn't slow down until we force him to go to bed at night. His favorite thing to do lately is beat people up. If you let him, he'll beat you senseless. He likes to punch, wrestle, etc. We've been trying to channel it against certain people, like daddy who can control it a little bit and help him learn how to do it more safely. :) We are also trying to teach him not to be too rough with certain people like the old folks or like me when i was pregnant... We're hoping to get him into something like Judo or Jui Jitsu where he can use his energy for something structured and learn to do that sort of stuff safely. Other stuff going on with him has been enrollment in Kindergarten!!! I can't believe it but my baby boy is going to be starting Kindergarten in August! He's officially enrolled now and will be attending Cross Oaks Elementary which is scheduled to open here in our neighborhood this year. He'll be the first K class, so that will be fun. :) He got to meet his principal the other day at the Kindergarten Round-Up. I'm not sure he understands what the "principal" is, but he thought it was cool anyways. :)
Ella is still wonderful of course. She's started writing lately. She can write her name really well and can write almost anything else with a little bit of help. She has a few favorite letters that she knows, but with just a little help, can write others as well. She still follows Owen around like a shadow. She wants to do everything he does and doesn't know what to do with herself when he's not around. They love each other so much and I'm so thankful that they have each other. Ella also loves her princesses. She loves to wear "princess dresses" (any dress) :) and every now and then talks her brother into dressing up like princesses with her. :) She gets to go to school with Owen in the fall. They are offering a Pre-K program at the elementary school that Ella will be attending. We're so excited about that. I was worried we were gonna end up with all 3 kids in different places in the fall, but this way Owen and Ella can be together and Anna will be with Miss Debi until October, so she'll be near my work. God worked it out perfectly for us as he always does and we're so thankful!
To sum it all up, we have the most awesome family imaginable and I can't imagine what we'd do with ourselves if we didn't have all of our precious little monkeys!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Anna Louisa Morris is here!
We finally got to welcome our sweet baby Anna to the world on Friday, April 30! She came quickly and easily and was 100% healthy! Here's the story of her arrival. :)
I started having contractions around 5am and they weren't horrible, but were very consistently 10 minutes or less apart for about 3 hours, so we decided to head up to the hospital. We got there around 8 and were parked in L&D room 10 and, of course, my contractions slowed down to be very infrequent. However, I was about 4cm and fully effaced, so Dr. Galusha decided to let me stay and took some steps to induce my contractions. At about 10am, they gave me my first round of antibiotics for the group b strep and started the lowest dose possible of pitocin. They can't give me much pitocin because of my previous c-section. I guess if they induce things too quickly it increases the risk of uterine rupture. Then Dr. Galusha broke my water and that combination of events definitely worked. I started having very strong contractions every couple of minutes. I got an epidural around 11:30 or 12 (time gets fuzzy here :)) and once that kicked in, the rest of the process was a breeze. :) They checked me again around 1 and I was dilated to about 5 and Dr. Galusha said it would be a couple of more hours. I was perfectly comfortable with the epidural and was able to keep visiting with my mom and dad. Matt was in and out with the kids. At 2, they started my second round of antibiotics. Then at 2:45, the doctor came to check me again and said "oh she's ready! I can see her head right there. " So she left to go get her stuff and mom ran out to get Matt. Matt was downstairs having lunch in the cafeteria with Owen but he made it up there in a couple of minutes just before the doctor came back. I had to push through about 5 contractions (just 10-15 minutes) and she was here! She came out perfect, cried and they laid my precious baby girl on my chest where I got to see and touch her for the first time. They cleaned her up a little bit and weighed her in at 7 lbs, 14 oz and then gave her back to me so I could nurse her. She nursed for about 30-45 minutes like a champ! We got to keep her for several hours before they took her to the nursery for a bath and full assessment. Everyone who had been patiently waiting got to come meet our new angel.
Hopefully I'm not forgetting anyone, but here's who was there to welcome our Anna into the world:
Grami & Kenbob, Nana & Papi, Mimi, Aunt Bee, Aunt Boo, Ashli, Uncle Bumps & Kim, Uncle Nerdboy
Ashli was sweet enough to run over to Chick-fil-A to get me a chicken salad sandwich for dinner since I didn't get up to my room on the post-partum floor until past dinner time. I think it was around 7:30 or so when we finally moved upstairs to room 304 where we spent the next 2 days.
A little later in the evening, we had some more visitors:
Amber, Lance & Eli Otey, Aunt Tammie & Uncle Jordan, Uncle Nubbin, Grandpa Chester, Grandma Karen & Mary
The first night, Anna had some troubles spitting up and choking, so I opted to have her stay the night in the nursery so I wouldnt have to stay up worrying about her all night. She only had a couple of episodes and then was fine. Both of the first 2 nights, she slept for 4 hours straight! The first night, Owen & Matt spent the night with me and Ella spent the night with Nana. The second night both kids stayed with Grami and Kenbob and Matt stayed with me. On Sunday, we got to pack up all our stuff and Anna and headed home around 2pm. She was an angel in the car and a little after we got home, the kids arrived with Grami & Kenbob. As soon as the walked in the door, they went straight to our bedroom and were looking around saying "Where's Anna?" They finally saw her laying there in her bassinet and looked at her for a few minutes and then patted her and rubbed her head. They love her soft hair. :) I was so happy that they were so excited to see her when they got home.
That's the beginning of the story. More to come! :)
I started having contractions around 5am and they weren't horrible, but were very consistently 10 minutes or less apart for about 3 hours, so we decided to head up to the hospital. We got there around 8 and were parked in L&D room 10 and, of course, my contractions slowed down to be very infrequent. However, I was about 4cm and fully effaced, so Dr. Galusha decided to let me stay and took some steps to induce my contractions. At about 10am, they gave me my first round of antibiotics for the group b strep and started the lowest dose possible of pitocin. They can't give me much pitocin because of my previous c-section. I guess if they induce things too quickly it increases the risk of uterine rupture. Then Dr. Galusha broke my water and that combination of events definitely worked. I started having very strong contractions every couple of minutes. I got an epidural around 11:30 or 12 (time gets fuzzy here :)) and once that kicked in, the rest of the process was a breeze. :) They checked me again around 1 and I was dilated to about 5 and Dr. Galusha said it would be a couple of more hours. I was perfectly comfortable with the epidural and was able to keep visiting with my mom and dad. Matt was in and out with the kids. At 2, they started my second round of antibiotics. Then at 2:45, the doctor came to check me again and said "oh she's ready! I can see her head right there. " So she left to go get her stuff and mom ran out to get Matt. Matt was downstairs having lunch in the cafeteria with Owen but he made it up there in a couple of minutes just before the doctor came back. I had to push through about 5 contractions (just 10-15 minutes) and she was here! She came out perfect, cried and they laid my precious baby girl on my chest where I got to see and touch her for the first time. They cleaned her up a little bit and weighed her in at 7 lbs, 14 oz and then gave her back to me so I could nurse her. She nursed for about 30-45 minutes like a champ! We got to keep her for several hours before they took her to the nursery for a bath and full assessment. Everyone who had been patiently waiting got to come meet our new angel.
Hopefully I'm not forgetting anyone, but here's who was there to welcome our Anna into the world:
Grami & Kenbob, Nana & Papi, Mimi, Aunt Bee, Aunt Boo, Ashli, Uncle Bumps & Kim, Uncle Nerdboy
Ashli was sweet enough to run over to Chick-fil-A to get me a chicken salad sandwich for dinner since I didn't get up to my room on the post-partum floor until past dinner time. I think it was around 7:30 or so when we finally moved upstairs to room 304 where we spent the next 2 days.
A little later in the evening, we had some more visitors:
Amber, Lance & Eli Otey, Aunt Tammie & Uncle Jordan, Uncle Nubbin, Grandpa Chester, Grandma Karen & Mary
The first night, Anna had some troubles spitting up and choking, so I opted to have her stay the night in the nursery so I wouldnt have to stay up worrying about her all night. She only had a couple of episodes and then was fine. Both of the first 2 nights, she slept for 4 hours straight! The first night, Owen & Matt spent the night with me and Ella spent the night with Nana. The second night both kids stayed with Grami and Kenbob and Matt stayed with me. On Sunday, we got to pack up all our stuff and Anna and headed home around 2pm. She was an angel in the car and a little after we got home, the kids arrived with Grami & Kenbob. As soon as the walked in the door, they went straight to our bedroom and were looking around saying "Where's Anna?" They finally saw her laying there in her bassinet and looked at her for a few minutes and then patted her and rubbed her head. They love her soft hair. :) I was so happy that they were so excited to see her when they got home.
That's the beginning of the story. More to come! :)
Monday, April 12, 2010
False labor??
Well we had a frustrating day today. At about midnight last night I started having mild, but regular contractions. They didn't hurt, so I waited a full 2+ hours of them being 10 min or less apart before calling the doctor to see if I should go to the hospital. Since I'm supposed to get 2 antibiotic shots 4 hours apart during labor, I'm totally paranoid about not getting there in time to get both. So anyways, the doctor said to come on in, so we did, only to be told I was, in fact, having regular contractions, but not dilating, so I needed to go home. We left the hospital and decided to hang out nearby so we had breakfast at IHOP with Grami & Kenbob, Nana & Papi and Aunt Bee. Grami & Kenbob had met us at the hospital to help with the kids. Nana, Papi and Aunt Bee were just too excited to wait, so they were on their way to the hospital already when I got discharged. We then headed over to Jordan and Tammie's house to hang out since it's close to the hospital. I continued to have frequent contractions all day long but they never really got painful, just uncomfortable. After lunch, I decided I wanted to try to walk her out. :) We went to Target and spent a couple of hours shopping, but that didnt do anything and I was exhausted since I didnt sleep all night. So we decided to head home where I promptly fell right to sleep. When I woke up at 9pm, the contractions were mostly gone. :( I was so disappointed because I've already been so so anxious for Anna's arrival and today was just a big huge tease. I'm still having some occasionally contractions, but they are still not painful and have become much less frequent. I'm still holding out a little hope she's on her way, but am trying not to keep my hopes up too high so I wont get too upset. I've still got 3 weeks until my due date, so I know I've probably still got some waiting time, but I hope it's not too much longer! Now I just gotta muster up the will power to go back to work tomorrow. :( Wish me luck!!!
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