Well baby boy, this is the first post in what I hope to be many on your blog of memories for your life. You certainly came in with a bang and we have no doubt that you are going to continue to surprise us with your big personality in the years to come. Here's the story of your arrival. I developed something called preecplampsia during the last stages of pregnancy and my body basically started shutting down. The doctors tried home bed rest, but my blood pressure kept going up and I was seeing spots and had terrible headaches that made them fear I would have a seizure or a stroke. Therefore, they put me in the hospital with IV medicines to help keep those things from happening and tried to hold off as long as possible. We made it to 35 weeks and they could no longer regulate my blood pressure, so it was decided they would induce me. However, you decided to flip breech(you were a gymnast in my belly!) so they took you by c-section at 9:20 am on 8/18/17. You were still five weeks early, so they checked you and determined that you needed to go to another hospital where there was a NICU to get better care. Therefore, at only about an hour old, you took your first ambulance ride down to Baptist in Columbia. Daddy followed and stayed with you that first day and night, but they made me stay at the original hospital for 24 hours since I had just had surgery and my blood pressure and swelling was still out of control. The next day, I rode in an ambulance down to Baptist and we were finally under one roof. From there we began our new normal of you being in the hospital and your sister being at home. As I write this, you are still in the hospital (day 17 but who's counting?) but we are optimistic that it will only be another week. You are on support for breathing, because you take too many breaths per minute without the support and don't get the oxygen you need. You are also tube fed right now. Once you can breathe slowly without your oxygen help, you will be able to feed without the tube. Once you master those skills, you can come home.
We are excited and anxious to have to you home so you can meet your big sister and settle in to our house. However, we know you are where you need to be right now and we don't want to rush or push you too soon. We love you so much and are so happy that you are here! We are sorry that you have to be in the hospital, but you are tough and we know you'll fight through this and be home soon!
Snuggling with Daddy!
You were ready for the big eclipse of 2017 with your glasses!
How in the world are you 3 already? You keep us on our toes with your feisty nature for sure, but we love you so and are so proud of how far you've come from a 4 pound preemie to a 3 year old weighing 34 pounds and in the 74th percentile for weight and 76th for height! You are obsessed with our phones and watching videos, playing with your trucks and digger, running around and playing cops and robbers and acting out David and Goliath 800 times a day with your guitar as your sword and paci-roar as your sling shot. You talk loud all the time and are always on the move. Listening is not your favorite thing and you spend quite some time in time out or getting spankings right now, but you'll get there. You are sweet and caring and give hugs and kisses at random. Sleeping is not your favorite thing but you're starting to at least go to bed easier, but still wake up multiple times a night just to be covered up, go potty, or have us lie by you for a few minutes. It's a good th...
We lost Grammy this year on January 20. She was diagnosed with leukemia and had a short battle; her body was just too weak to fight and handle the chemotherapy. Grammy had a tough time the last few years of her life with failing health and memory issues from a previous brain aneurysm. We are so sad to see her leave this earth, but we are happy that she is at peace with God. You kids were so great during this tough time, and really helped us (especially Daddy) get through it. Your Grammy loved you so much and is so proud of you two and will be watching over you as a special angel! We want you to remember her funky spirit and loving personality. We want you to think of her when you draw and paint like she loved to do. We want you to have your own original style like her. We want you to make the best out of situations that are tough like her and live for the moment! Most of all, we want you to remember that because of Jesus she is in heaven and we will one day see her again.
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