Well last night Cory, Ellie and I ventured out to Touchet to watch my Dad's basketball game. Grama and Grampa were there so that was nice! Grama got to play with Ellie and feed her Pepsi then give her back! LOL! Lucky for us she takes after me and crashed as soon as we got her in the car! Thank God caffeine doesn't affect her the way it affects most! Dad got to see her and hold her for a few minutes before his game started too! During the game Grampa decided it was time for Missy to meet "her granddaughter" and took Ellie over while I was out getting a soda for Grama. UGH! I didn't see it, but when I came back I was told what Missy's reaction was ... for those of you that know the situation, YOU might even be surprised by this ... Missy put her hand up, as if to block herself, and completely turned her back to Ellie. I didn't find this out until we were on our way home. We had to leave before the game was over because Cory had to get ready for work, but as soon as I got home, I called Dad. There was no answer so I text him to call me ASAP. He did and as soon as I answered I lost it. He was very sympathetic and even more on my side. I explained to him my hurt feelings and misunderstanding, and he said he agreed and that he didn't understand it either. Although it doesn't make it better, or different, it does let me know that all this time Dad HAS been on my side. I guess the only thing I can do is pray for God to help me forgive her, and trust that He will judge her and I don't have to. I know I'm a good person and I don't deserve the way she treats me. I refuse to allow my daughter to go through what I went through with my Dad and Missy, so if it ever come to be, I will call Missy out and make her feel like total shit in front of anyone there! I will stand up for my daughter the way my Dad has never been able to. I will do everything in my power so that Ellie KNOWS her Grampa and has a relationship with him, without Missy getting in the way.
Thanks for letting me vent =)
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Time Flies
OH MY GOLLY GOSH!!!
I can't believe how fast time has gone by... Our baby girl is now 7.5 months old! WHAT THE HELL??!?? We have been super busy chasing Ellie around. We decided to do things our own way and go by what we feel she is "telling" us. We started feeding her rice cereal and baby oatmeal at about 3 months and fruits and veggies at around 4. Ellie is very advanced and her Dr. wasn't concerned in the least about our decisions! He confirmed that if/when she starts trying to pull food off of my plate or taking the spoon out of our hand when we're feeding her...she's ready for finger foods! We then discovered that baby food is really just a waste of money so we just made our own and shortly after starting that we increased her variety of foods and she now eats EVERYTHING except citrus fruits, peanut butter, and raw honey. With her 2 bottom teeth present and accounted for and the next two coming in as we speak (one on each side of her existing 2), her favorite foods include scrambie eggs, chocolate chip waffles, toast with her Nana's homemade strawberry jam and peaches! She also thoroughly enjoys cottage cheese, chicken noodle and chicken with rice soup, ravioli, spaghetti, green beans, smashed potatoes, carrots, pears, and yogurt! Definitely a healthy eater!
She was scooting herself around the living room floor at about 6 weeks, started bear crawling [or what we call "Mowgli" (from the Jungle Book)] at 3.5 months, then officially started crawling at 6 months. Immediately following she decided that crawling was a bore and started pulling herself up was more adventurous! She taught herself to walk behind a push walker all by herself as soon as she started crawling and walks along whatever it is that she's pulled herself up on as well.
She is truly an amazing baby! I've never seen a happier child! Sometimes I worry that i just think that because she is mine and I'm biased... but all the comments I get in public confirm what I already know! She IS the happiest baby ever! She is very low-maintenance and easy to care for! She goes to sleep at night with no problems [as long as she has her "me me" (Binky) and her baby] and stays asleep for 11-12 hours every night (which she's been doing since she was 2 weeks old)!!!
At her last appt., three days ago, she was 17.14 pounds and 27 1/4 inches tall. This puts her between the 25th and 50th percentile for weight and 50th and 75th percentile for height!
As for Cory and I. Cory took 3 weeks off when Ellie was born (I can't remember if I said that before) and I was diagnosed with Anxiety and medicated. Since then things have straightened out, thank God! Cory has gone back to working nights at the Penitentiary and I continued watching Kristen once CC started Fall Quarter in September. That pretty much brings us up to speed I think! One of my New Year's Resolutions is to make sure I keep up with our blog! Not only so you all can stay informed, but so that I can print all my entries off and Ellie will have them to look at when she's older! So, although it's a little late (it's January 5th) ......
HAPPY NEW YEAR! MAY 2009 BE FULL OF WONDERFUL MEMORIES!
stayed tuned...
6 month checkup: Thursday, January 22, 2009.
I can't believe how fast time has gone by... Our baby girl is now 7.5 months old! WHAT THE HELL??!?? We have been super busy chasing Ellie around. We decided to do things our own way and go by what we feel she is "telling" us. We started feeding her rice cereal and baby oatmeal at about 3 months and fruits and veggies at around 4. Ellie is very advanced and her Dr. wasn't concerned in the least about our decisions! He confirmed that if/when she starts trying to pull food off of my plate or taking the spoon out of our hand when we're feeding her...she's ready for finger foods! We then discovered that baby food is really just a waste of money so we just made our own and shortly after starting that we increased her variety of foods and she now eats EVERYTHING except citrus fruits, peanut butter, and raw honey. With her 2 bottom teeth present and accounted for and the next two coming in as we speak (one on each side of her existing 2), her favorite foods include scrambie eggs, chocolate chip waffles, toast with her Nana's homemade strawberry jam and peaches! She also thoroughly enjoys cottage cheese, chicken noodle and chicken with rice soup, ravioli, spaghetti, green beans, smashed potatoes, carrots, pears, and yogurt! Definitely a healthy eater!
She was scooting herself around the living room floor at about 6 weeks, started bear crawling [or what we call "Mowgli" (from the Jungle Book)] at 3.5 months, then officially started crawling at 6 months. Immediately following she decided that crawling was a bore and started pulling herself up was more adventurous! She taught herself to walk behind a push walker all by herself as soon as she started crawling and walks along whatever it is that she's pulled herself up on as well.
She is truly an amazing baby! I've never seen a happier child! Sometimes I worry that i just think that because she is mine and I'm biased... but all the comments I get in public confirm what I already know! She IS the happiest baby ever! She is very low-maintenance and easy to care for! She goes to sleep at night with no problems [as long as she has her "me me" (Binky) and her baby] and stays asleep for 11-12 hours every night (which she's been doing since she was 2 weeks old)!!!
At her last appt., three days ago, she was 17.14 pounds and 27 1/4 inches tall. This puts her between the 25th and 50th percentile for weight and 50th and 75th percentile for height!
As for Cory and I. Cory took 3 weeks off when Ellie was born (I can't remember if I said that before) and I was diagnosed with Anxiety and medicated. Since then things have straightened out, thank God! Cory has gone back to working nights at the Penitentiary and I continued watching Kristen once CC started Fall Quarter in September. That pretty much brings us up to speed I think! One of my New Year's Resolutions is to make sure I keep up with our blog! Not only so you all can stay informed, but so that I can print all my entries off and Ellie will have them to look at when she's older! So, although it's a little late (it's January 5th) ......
HAPPY NEW YEAR! MAY 2009 BE FULL OF WONDERFUL MEMORIES!
stayed tuned...
6 month checkup: Thursday, January 22, 2009.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Birth Story
I went in for our 39 week appt on Tuesday the 20th and was still only 1cm dilated, but was 90% effaced! Dr. said we could wait until 40 weeks then discuss an induction or she could schedule one for as soon as L&D could take me. I opted for the later! She came back into the room and informed me that I could just go over right then because they were bored. We thought it might be better if we decline that one because we were still trying to get moved into our new house. We set the induction for Friday May 23, 2008 and I left her office with her saying, “I’ll see you on Friday morning unless I see you before!”
That night we had friends over for dinner, we’d moved 95% of our things over from the old house that day. Everyone said goodbye after some Chineese take-out around 1145. Earlier in the day I had lost my mucous plug and had some bloody show so I figured Friday would be cuttin git close…well I was on my way in to go to the bathroom and get ready for bed and I felt a little gush. Very little. More than a “trickle” though. I went in to go potty and had another little gush, then a minute later another one. I hollered at Cory and told him I thought my water had broke. When I finished I called L&D and they told me to pack a bag and head in just to be sure. So I did. Cory was rushing around and couldn’t figure out why I was so calm! LOL! We’d managed to role reverse for the time being I guess ;o)
We got to L&D around 1230 or so and the nurse tested the fluid to see if it was amniotic fluid or not. She did about 8 tests and they were all negative but I KNEW I was NOT peeing myself THAT much! LOL! Finally she said, “Let me go get a new package of these, maybe they’re bad or something.” She came back and tested and the strip turned SO bright blue (means it WAS amniotic fluid). So they admitted me! I was 90% effaced and only 1.5 cm dilated. I labored through the night having contractions every 2 to 3 minutes. By 530am I’d had my second bag of water broken (didn’t even know there was more than one…) and was dilated to 3.5cm and decided it was time for an epidural because contractions were getting stronger and closer together. Had the epi by 615, rolled from side to side and drifted in and out of sleep until I was a full 10am and started pushing at 330pm. I pushed for and hour and a half and in the end they had to use the suction cup thing on her twice to help her out. She was born, with a FULL head of BLACK hair at 517pm! She weighed 8lbs. 1.8oz. and was 22.5” long. Her apgars were 8/9.
Turns out she was stuck sideways so most of the pushing I was doing wasn’t even really helping. She was a little bigger than anyone thought. Because they had to pump up the vaccum so much to do any good, Ellie was born with a sub dural hematoma and it was so big that it filled with fluid. Her pediatrician assured us that the "bruise" would go away and the fluid would turn into calcium and absorb back into her system within the first month or so. Otherwise a very healthy girl! The labor caused my blood pressure to go up (I’d had NO problems with this during pregnancy) so I was put on Magnesium for 24 hours and let me tell ya, NOT FUN! Recovery was slow at first because I was stuck in bed the entire time I was in the hospital. We came home at 300pm on Friday the 23rd and were welcomed with lots of decorations and balloons and a house that was all unpacked and put together so we actually got to come HOME! :o)
Ellie developed a little jaundice due to her hematoma absorbing back into her system so quickly, but after a few days of mild sunbathing it cleared up! At her 2 weeks checkup she was back up to her birth weight (she dropped to 7lbs. 9oz.) and was doing great! I went in for a blood pressure check the next day and although it wasn't back down to it's normal level, it was a lot better than while I was in the hospital. Dr. Eberhardt said she could live with it at 130/86 for now! So...I have Pregnancy-induced Hyper Tension and it's expected to go away with the hormones (could take up to 3 months).
We’re adjusting very well to all the changes…all 3 of us! Ellie is a VERY good baby and although I have nothing to compare it to, I feel like life could be A LOT more difficult than she’s making it!! She sleeps anywhere from 4-6 hours at a time during the night so I’ve been able to actually catch up on lost sleep! Cory is in LOVE with his baby girl, as am I, and we are enjoying every single second of parenthood! I feel like life couldn't get much better than this!
Feel free to email us anytime and I’ll post pictures as soon as I find our camera cables!
Ellie's 1 month checkup: June 27, 2008
That night we had friends over for dinner, we’d moved 95% of our things over from the old house that day. Everyone said goodbye after some Chineese take-out around 1145. Earlier in the day I had lost my mucous plug and had some bloody show so I figured Friday would be cuttin git close…well I was on my way in to go to the bathroom and get ready for bed and I felt a little gush. Very little. More than a “trickle” though. I went in to go potty and had another little gush, then a minute later another one. I hollered at Cory and told him I thought my water had broke. When I finished I called L&D and they told me to pack a bag and head in just to be sure. So I did. Cory was rushing around and couldn’t figure out why I was so calm! LOL! We’d managed to role reverse for the time being I guess ;o)
We got to L&D around 1230 or so and the nurse tested the fluid to see if it was amniotic fluid or not. She did about 8 tests and they were all negative but I KNEW I was NOT peeing myself THAT much! LOL! Finally she said, “Let me go get a new package of these, maybe they’re bad or something.” She came back and tested and the strip turned SO bright blue (means it WAS amniotic fluid). So they admitted me! I was 90% effaced and only 1.5 cm dilated. I labored through the night having contractions every 2 to 3 minutes. By 530am I’d had my second bag of water broken (didn’t even know there was more than one…) and was dilated to 3.5cm and decided it was time for an epidural because contractions were getting stronger and closer together. Had the epi by 615, rolled from side to side and drifted in and out of sleep until I was a full 10am and started pushing at 330pm. I pushed for and hour and a half and in the end they had to use the suction cup thing on her twice to help her out. She was born, with a FULL head of BLACK hair at 517pm! She weighed 8lbs. 1.8oz. and was 22.5” long. Her apgars were 8/9.
Turns out she was stuck sideways so most of the pushing I was doing wasn’t even really helping. She was a little bigger than anyone thought. Because they had to pump up the vaccum so much to do any good, Ellie was born with a sub dural hematoma and it was so big that it filled with fluid. Her pediatrician assured us that the "bruise" would go away and the fluid would turn into calcium and absorb back into her system within the first month or so. Otherwise a very healthy girl! The labor caused my blood pressure to go up (I’d had NO problems with this during pregnancy) so I was put on Magnesium for 24 hours and let me tell ya, NOT FUN! Recovery was slow at first because I was stuck in bed the entire time I was in the hospital. We came home at 300pm on Friday the 23rd and were welcomed with lots of decorations and balloons and a house that was all unpacked and put together so we actually got to come HOME! :o)
Ellie developed a little jaundice due to her hematoma absorbing back into her system so quickly, but after a few days of mild sunbathing it cleared up! At her 2 weeks checkup she was back up to her birth weight (she dropped to 7lbs. 9oz.) and was doing great! I went in for a blood pressure check the next day and although it wasn't back down to it's normal level, it was a lot better than while I was in the hospital. Dr. Eberhardt said she could live with it at 130/86 for now! So...I have Pregnancy-induced Hyper Tension and it's expected to go away with the hormones (could take up to 3 months).
We’re adjusting very well to all the changes…all 3 of us! Ellie is a VERY good baby and although I have nothing to compare it to, I feel like life could be A LOT more difficult than she’s making it!! She sleeps anywhere from 4-6 hours at a time during the night so I’ve been able to actually catch up on lost sleep! Cory is in LOVE with his baby girl, as am I, and we are enjoying every single second of parenthood! I feel like life couldn't get much better than this!
Feel free to email us anytime and I’ll post pictures as soon as I find our camera cables!
Ellie's 1 month checkup: June 27, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
38 weeks + a new house!
I'm a little slow this week, but here is our latest update. As of Tuesday I was still 1 cm dilated but had increased to 80% effaced! Ellie also dropped again and was at -1 station! Dr. guessed her to be about 7lbs. LOL! I was hoping for a little smaller, but at least we know she's a healthy girl! ;o) I really can't ask for more! I weighed 153 and my blood pressure and swelling (or lack there of) was all great!
...(this may be an 'overshare' so consider yourselves warned!)...
Last night I lost (possibly only part of) my mucus plug! It really doesn't mean too much at this point as there was no blood and/or it wasn't followed by any gushing of fluid. I called L&D last night just to make sure. She said she was sorry she couldn't give me better news! LOL! I think she could tell by my voice that I am ready to be DONE! So ... I just have to watch for more "pieces" of the plug accompanied by "bloody show" (TMI: bloody-ish snot ball ... SORRY!) or just wait until my water breaks ... or of course until none of those things happen and I get sent in to be induced.
I'm just waiting.
Cory's stressing trying to get the new house in order so we can be at least most of the way moved in by the time Ellie arrives.
>>Not sure if I mentioned this before, or if everyone is aware ... We bought Mom and Ben's house and are in the process of fixing a few things and moving in!<<
We're not expecting to be moved in, unpacked and settled in right away, just moved in enough to be able to function with Ellie! We (and by we, of course, I mean poor Cory), with the help of Eilin and Rand were able to spray texture on the entire main floor on Monday ... Tuesday sprayed primer ... and Wednesday started my crazy painting scheme! We (I did actually get to help paint!!!) finished up all the painting yesterday and Riley and Jordan laid the tile for our entry way last night! What life savers ... SERIOUSLY! We have the greatest friends and family! We had SO many people show up on Wednesday to help paint we couldn't really even use everyone, plus there were people calling every 20 minutes seeing if we needed them to come help! It's so heart-warming! Today, Johnny is laying carpet for us and this evening Cory and/or Riley will be finishing up the tile! I'm hoping that tomorrow can be the day to do trim and chair railing and MAYBE start moving some things over tomorrow afternoon/evening and Sunday! I'm not holding my breath though, as Cory is the one who has to run the show and during all of this is working nights. He has to sleep too ;o). I'll keep you all posted on this and will post pictures as soon as I can!
39 week check up: May 20, 2008
...(this may be an 'overshare' so consider yourselves warned!)...
Last night I lost (possibly only part of) my mucus plug! It really doesn't mean too much at this point as there was no blood and/or it wasn't followed by any gushing of fluid. I called L&D last night just to make sure. She said she was sorry she couldn't give me better news! LOL! I think she could tell by my voice that I am ready to be DONE! So ... I just have to watch for more "pieces" of the plug accompanied by "bloody show" (TMI: bloody-ish snot ball ... SORRY!) or just wait until my water breaks ... or of course until none of those things happen and I get sent in to be induced.
I'm just waiting.
Cory's stressing trying to get the new house in order so we can be at least most of the way moved in by the time Ellie arrives.
>>Not sure if I mentioned this before, or if everyone is aware ... We bought Mom and Ben's house and are in the process of fixing a few things and moving in!<<
We're not expecting to be moved in, unpacked and settled in right away, just moved in enough to be able to function with Ellie! We (and by we, of course, I mean poor Cory), with the help of Eilin and Rand were able to spray texture on the entire main floor on Monday ... Tuesday sprayed primer ... and Wednesday started my crazy painting scheme! We (I did actually get to help paint!!!) finished up all the painting yesterday and Riley and Jordan laid the tile for our entry way last night! What life savers ... SERIOUSLY! We have the greatest friends and family! We had SO many people show up on Wednesday to help paint we couldn't really even use everyone, plus there were people calling every 20 minutes seeing if we needed them to come help! It's so heart-warming! Today, Johnny is laying carpet for us and this evening Cory and/or Riley will be finishing up the tile! I'm hoping that tomorrow can be the day to do trim and chair railing and MAYBE start moving some things over tomorrow afternoon/evening and Sunday! I'm not holding my breath though, as Cory is the one who has to run the show and during all of this is working nights. He has to sleep too ;o). I'll keep you all posted on this and will post pictures as soon as I can!
39 week check up: May 20, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
37 weeks and counting...
Well, I am happy to report that a crying session was NOT needed at this appt.! There was some definite progress!! I tested negative for Group B Strep and I am 1 cm dilated and 70% effaced! If you ask me, that is good progress for one week! I understand, however, that it could stay like this until my due date (My poor sister walked around at like 4 cm and 80% for 3 weeks or something crazy like that!) but I am certainly hopeful! Dr. said Ellie's head was really low, so I imagine that is a good thing as well! I'm up to 151 now. Exactly 25 lbs. gained (and yes, she moved the bottom thing on the scale to '150' before I ever even got on...). It seems to bother me less and less as time goes by! Everything else was great too! We measured at 35 weeks (35 cm from my pubic bone to wherever the other point is somewhere near the bottom of my breast bone) and she was fine with that! Ellie's heart rate and my blood pressure were perfect and I was told my lack of serious swelling was awesome! I asked what the chances were that she'd really go all the way to the 25th and Dr. said "*giggle* You're making progress and that is good!" So I think there's still a pretty good chance that she'll cook until the 25th ... but I don't think it's out of the realm of possibilities that she could come a little early! I'm okay with either! I figure I can handle (at most) 3 more weeks of this! I'm still not comfortable ... ever, but it's definitely manageable! I truly believe things could be a lot worse! I'm very, very, very thankful for how easy things have been for me this go 'round!! :o)
38 week check up: May 13, 2008
38 week check up: May 13, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
36 week ... exam
Okay ... well our 36 week appt. went good! I lost 1 lb. so I'm weighing in at 148. My blood pressure was fine, as was the measurement of my "Ellie Belly!" I had the Group B Strep test done, and I'm assuming I'll find out the results at my next appt. No big deal. I also had an exam and though I'm not dilated yet she confirmed my suspicions on Ellie "dropping" and said that my cervix is definitely starting to thin. Not sure that means anything quite yet, but I guess if nothing else, it's a little bit of progress! Just waiting ... impatiently! My appts. are now weekly until delivery! Closer and closer... :o)
37 week check up: May 6, 2008
37 week check up: May 6, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Almost There ...
Our 34 week appt. was perfect! Everything is still right on track and the Dr. guessed that Miss Ellie is about 5 lbs. now! I was supposed to start having appts. weekly now but since everything has been so "normal" I don't go in for 2 weeks. I'll have my 36 week check up, then start going weekly! I weighted 149 ... so for sure in 2 weeks I'll be up to, and probably past, the 150 mark! *sigh* Thank God for healthy babies ;o) Ellie has officially run out of room to move. She'll continue to grow no matter how comfortable is for me, but stretching her little legs is out of the question! I have a little butt in my ribs making it feel like I've been beaten and bruised the entire right side of my ribcage. There's also some feet in my side and when I get kicked or she stretches as far as she can, it feels like I just sprinted 20 miles and have a side ache. After 36 weeks Ellie will be considered "Full Term" so whenever I go into labor after that is A-OK! Maybe at my exam on the 29th there will be some progress and I won't actually have to wait until May 25th!!! Sooooo, that's it for now. Another update in 2 weeks!! :o)
36 week checkup / Exam and Group B Strep test: April 29, 2008
36 week checkup / Exam and Group B Strep test: April 29, 2008
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