My little Lucy Goose

I don't want to be done with this blog, but it is so hard to find the time and the desire to keep it up lately.  I think the main problem is I keep thinking of all the catching up I will have to do - there are so many things I haven't blogged about!  The truth is a lot of those things will probably just be left out, but maybe I can get the ball rolling again.

I wanted to do sort of a tribute to Lucy back in April when she turned 2...so here goes!

All About Lucy!

• She loves to sing! Her favorite songs to sing include: Twinkle Twinkle, I am a Child of God, ABC's, We are a Happy Family, and Popcorn Popping.
• She loves to listen to music and dance
• She is really observant and likes to know what is going on.  Her two favorite questions are "What are you doing?" and "What's that?"
• She recently has really started liking shows and movies. Her favorite so far seems to be Cinderella, (although a barbie princess one we checked out from the library may be a close second)
• She really likes to get her picture taken, and to take pictures.

• She loves the carousel at the mall and asks to go all the time.  (we go once a week when it's free for kids club)

• She loves her brother and is a great big sister!

• She is the sweetest girl, and extremely friendly!

 

• She is so silly and always making me laugh

 

• She's the coolest kid I know!

•  And I'm the luckiest mom ever!

Lots of Pictures

So I've been slacking on this blog for so long I just realized that I never posted Edwin's newborn pictures.  So here are a bunch of pictures of my little baby, who isn't quite this little anymore.  (Seriously they grow so fast!)

 

And here are some of the family taken the same day

 

 Thanks for the great pictures Beth!

Edwin Eugene

Ok it's that time - I'm finally getting around to writing about Edwin's birth.  After an eventful few days in the hospital in the beginning of November (3rd,4th, and 5th) trying to stop my contractions so that Edwin wouldn't come too early, and then being told to 'take it easy' for several weeks (for the same reason) I was glad when Edwin finally decided to join our family 4 1/2 weeks later.  Although he was still 2 weeks early, I felt like I was over due with all the anticipation from going into early labor.  

The day before Edwin was born (Dec 5th) Robert called and told me that he had to go to the emergency room because he had severely cut his arm while throwing a toilet in a dumpster.  At this point I had just barely started feeling contractions and wasn't really positive if it was the real thing yet.  After several hours and going down to the hospital to visit / pick up Robert I was sure it was the real thing and was just hoping to not have to deliver at St. Joseph's (which is where Robert was).  Lucy was already asleep at my parent's house by the time Robert was all stitched up and we were able to come home, so we left her there for the night.  After several more hours and not much sleep later I decided that it was time to go down to the hospital.

We get to the hospital and find out that I am only dilated to a 3 1/2.  This news is very disappointing to me seeing as I had been a 3 for the past month.  However after waiting in triage for 2 hours and dilating 2 more cm they said I could stay and was checked in.  Since I was positive for group B strep I had to take some antibiotics when I first got to the hospital and then again 4 hours later - meaning the dr. wouldn't come in and break my water until then.  The pain was a lot different with this one than with Lucy and lasted a lot longer.  After some deliberation I decided that I wanted to get an epidural this time.  It was amazing the difference it made!  I went from intense pain and anxiety to being able to relax and actually look forward to the birth of my son.  I was also grateful that since I held out so long I didn't have to go through the annoyance of having a catheter put in.  So, to cut a long story short the dr. came in about an hour later (after the designated 4 hours) broke my water and after about another 30 minutes and several pushes Edwin Eugene was born! It was about 12:45 in the afternoon on Thursday, December 6th, and he weighed 6 lbs 10 1/2 oz and was 19.5 inches long.

I loved that they gave him to me right away.  With Lucy they took her and checked her first because she was so early and so it was several minutes before they finally gave her to me.  But there is nothing quite like having them put that tiny, gooey, perfect baby on your chest right after he is born.  It has definitely been an adjustment having two little ones now, but it has also been wonderful and we are so grateful to have Edwin in our family now!

in the hospital again...

So this wasn't the first post I was wanting to write about my handsome little Edwin, but I figured people would want to know what was going on, and this is the easiest way to do it.  It seems like everyone is getting sick right now.  Lucy has had a fever, runny nose, and cough for several days (the fever is gone now) Robert and I both had our crummy feeling days as well.  I was hoping that little Edwin would be able to miss out on it, but unfortunately that did not happen.  Sunday night before we went to bed he had a very slight temperature (99.1) he had a pretty rough night and when we took his temperature when we got up it had increased to close to 102 degrees.  (he measured at 102.2 but he had been bundled up just before so we are thinking it was not really that high).  We took him into the dr a couple hours later and he was at 100.8.  Since he is less than 2 months old the dr. told me to come to the emergency room.  Edwin most likely just has a cold, but with kids that young there is a 15% chance that he could have a serious infection like meningitis and they don't want to take any chances. 

I brought him to Cardon's and the proceeded to poke him and stick him with needles over and over again trying to get all the blood they needed and to get an iv in.  After hours and 10 needle pokes they had all the blood they needed, but still no iv.  (Apparently he has very small tender veins even for a baby)  It was terrible to have to watch him go through all of that!  I wanted to pick my baby up and run away with him.  The worst part was that they had to do a spinal tap as well.  I regretted even bringing him in since chances are he is fine.  Especially since his fever has gone down all on it's own.  Unfortunately once you come in they don't let you leave, and he will need to be here until all of the labs come back which can be anywhere from 48-72 hours.  

After trying 2 more times (lucky number 13) early this morning they were able to get an iv line going which will at least save him from having to get 2 or more shots every 6 hours.  They are giving him him antibiotics just in case his labs come back positive. 

Edwin seems to be doing good, his vitals are good, any of the lab work that has come back has been good, and his fever is pretty much gone.   Hopefully this will be the last time that any of us have to be in the hospital for awhile - seems like it's been way too often these past couple of months!