6 weeks old and Shots

We went for our six week appointment today. The doctor said she is doing really well and is very healthy. He did change her formula, and her reflux medicine to try to help with her fussiness at night. She got all of her shots, a total of 3 (2 in one leg and 1 in the other) plus the rotavirus vaccine orally. It was horrible, she screamed until her face turned purple, mommy was comforting her, and daddy was comforting mommy. My poor sweet baby felt terrible and fussed and cried the rest of the afternoon. The only solace she had was in Mommy or Daddy’s arms in the rocking chair...Of course I didn’t mind, since I have to go back to work Monday and won’t be able to sit and rock her all day long anymore.

Bill's Dad

Just a quick update on Bill's dad.  The surgery went well, and he is home now and doing better.  He does have  heart disease so please continue to pray that he can make the lifestyle changes the doctors have told him to make. 

Bill, His Dad (Charlie), and Maci on Chirstmas Eve

Then God Showed Up

Tonight I am at mom's again, just for a visit this time, no one in our house is sick.  I have a confession to make, I have been having a hard time believing that God is going to let me keep my baby.  I haven't said it out loud because I felt like if I said it out loud then something bad would happen to her.  I am a worrier by nature, and when I say worrier I mean completely overcome with unreasonable fear.  This is something I am really struggling with more in the last couple of years than ever and I really have to seek God on and try to overcome.  I haven't been in the Word like I should be and I realize when I get out of the habit of reading God's word the fear gets worse (coincidence, I think not).  But tonight God showed up, in the little computer room upstairs at my parents house.  I sat down to check my e-mail and I had a prayer request in my inbox and I grabbed the little inspirational calendar that my mom keeps on her desk to try to find something inspirational for this young lady in our youth group.  There are quotes and prayers and scriptures on different days, that is when I ran across December 17th, Maci's birthday, and there was a quote and a scripture.  God spoke so clearly to me with these words as if he had been sitting in the room with me.

The quote:
"Nothing with God can be accidental."
                             -Henry W. Longfellow


The scripture:
"For I know the plans I have for  you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
                          -Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

God shows up when we least expect him!! He is so faithful, and loves us enough to give us something so simple yet so profound to calm our fears. 

Also, on a quick side note, please say a prayer for Bill's dad,  he had a heart attack this morning.  They did an emergency surgery and he is now in ICU.  He looks good and is alert and talking, but he still needs prayer.

Just A Few Pictures

Thanks Aunt Cole for  taking our picture!!  They are beautiful!!!

Update and Some Hospital Pictures

We are finally out of the hospital.   Maci started getting sick last Friday night  but we didn't realize how bad it was until Satruday.  I called her clinic and the nurse said it was probably just a little congestion.  She told me to put her under a cool mist humidifier and  use saline nasal drops 3 times a day and if she wasn't better in 3 or 4 days to call back.  Well  we did what she said all weekend and the poor baby just kept getting worse and worse.  Monday I called the clinic back and  told them  we needed to see a doctor just for my peace of   mind, and boy am I glad I didn't wait that 3 or 4 days she told me to wait because the RSV test came back positive.  The doctor prescribed breathing treatments and sent us home with a follow up appointment  that Wednesday.  We went home and gave Maci 2 breathing treatments and my mom came over to help us watch her over night.  By about 10:30 Monday night we realized that something was horribly wrong, she couldn't breathe, and was struggling ALOT just to get a few shallow breaths,  and she was very limp and pale, we went to the ER and  God worked everything out from there.  The hospital actually called the wrong doctor from the wrong clinic and he admitted us into the hospital (our clinic was still completely against putting her in the hospital which I do not understand at all since she was only 18 days old !!)  Then the hospital we were at isn't a children's hospital and they weren't really used to having small babies around , but the respiratory therapist that saw us that night after we were admitted  normally works in the NICU, conicidnece??? I think not!!  Then they finally called the correct doctor the next morning and he decided to tranfer us to the children's hospital  around the corner from where we were because they were equipped to  handle a baby of her size and he was certain she was going to get much worse before she got better but she never did, she just kept getting better and better.   We are out of the woods now and it's all uphill Praise God.  She is still sick, and still  coughing and  wheezing a little but  she no longer needs the oxygen or fluids she was getting at the  hospital so they released us.  Please continue to pray for us though, we are staying at moms right now because Bill is sick with the flu and we can't go home until he is better, also I feel a scratchy throat coming on myself . 

RSV and Hospital Stay

The nasty cold turned out to be RSV. We have been in the hospital since Monday. I will post more later, but please pray. We are doing better and may go home soon, but we still need prayers.

On a side, note today my sick baby girl is 3 weeks old.

Maci is sick

Just a quick post to ask you all to say a prayer for Maci (and mommy) some how we have picked up a pretty nasty cold.  Normally I know colds aren't a big deal, but mommy is a little bit of a worrier, and Maci is just SOOOO little.  Her little nose is so raw from having to be suctioned out so much, it breaks my heart.  It started yesterday afternoon and I am wondering if we didn't pick it up at the doctor's office on Thursday when we went in for her 2 week check up.  She weighed 8 lbs and 4 oz, that is up from the 7lbs 6oz weighed when we left the hospital.  She also has grown 3/4" and the doctor said she was perfect.  Then Friday afternoon she started spitting up almost her entire bottle every time she ate, and her nose started sounding stuffy.  The only thing they say we can do for her is put saline drops in her nose 3 times a day, suction her nose out and let her sleep sitting up (in her car seat works best).  She is spitting up her bottles because the drainage in her throat is making it hard for her to swallow....Seriously PITIFUL....I have cried right along with her.  We have practically moved in at my moms this weekend, I need all the help I can get.  Please say a prayer for my peace of mind (I am not sleeping because I am staying awake watching her breathe) and for her to get better, the poor baby is MISERABLE!

She is here!!!

I have been completely out of touch with the world since Maci arrived.  My telephone broke the day I gave birth and I haven't been able to get a new one yet, and I haven't been anywhere near a computer to post pictures yet.  I promise to write a more detailed post later, on the 26 hour labor and eventual C-Section that brought our miracle to us, but for right now you will just have to settle for a few precious pictures of little Miss Maci!!

Born on December 17, 2009 at 5:37 pm

7 lbs. 13 oz.

20" Long

This was our favorite nurse Brandi.  She was awesome.

Our First Christmas Pictures!!

 

Best Christmas Present Ever!!

Milk and Cookies for Santa!!

 

 

 

Maci and Havest!! Best Friends!!

 

Mommy and Maci!

Update on My Friend Heather

I had asked for prayers in this post for my friend Heather.  Just a quick update, she let me know yesterday all is going well.  The smaller of the twins gained 3oz. and the larger twin gained 1oz.  they show plenty of fluid.  She also said the doctor didn't see any signs of long term damage.  It seems right now as if the surgery did exactly what it should have done, and the twins are doing well.  Praise the Lord!!!!  Please keep praying for this family.

Baby Shower at Nichole's

Here are a few pictures from the shower that Nichole gave me this past weekend and a belly pic or two.  It was so much fun, I wish I had gotten more pictures of the people that were actually there, I didn't even get one of me and Nichole...kind of upsetting.

36 weeks and 3 days

His Daddy is not going to let him play with us girls anymore...

36 weeks and 3 days

DOCTOR'S APPT 36W 5D

Went to the doctor this morning.  Still only 1cm.  Head down.  Sonogram showed she is 7lbs and 14oz.  I pray she is a little off.  She will be around 8 1/2 lbs if she is right.  Still have to get baskets for storage for her room, a diaper caddy, and still have some of her clothes to be washed before she gets here.  I have my bags packed and waiting.  Just keeping my hair dryer and make-up out for every day uses.  My best friends mom gave me the wreath for the door this weekend, and it is very cute I might add.  Also, Nichole made me the cutest burp cloths and bibs and diaper bag from their business Lady Bugs and Lassos (click the link on my side bar, they have great stuff).  I have pictures from the shower at Nichole's house this weekend, but I didn't bring my camera to upload them....hopefully soon.  I am so behind on posting pictures.  Sorry. 

Short Update

We should have a baby in less than two weeks.  They are going to schedule an induction to make sure my husband can be there (his job isn't very flexable for surprises).  I am already at 1 cm, and the baby is very low.  If you want to know the truth about it I am very miserable at this point (thus the reason for no heart felt blogging these days).  I am exhausted and not sleeping well, but there is an end in sight, and wonderful end I might add.  I am working shortened hours, and honestly wish I could just start maternity leave NOW...I am soooooo tired.  She should be here in time for Christmas, so I bought her a stocking, and am searching for a Christmas Dress for picutres.  All in all things are great, I just feel VERY pregnant.

Also, I have a friend who is pregnant with twins.  They were diagnosed with Twin to Twin Transfusion.  I am not sure of the specifics of the disease, I am going to have to research it a little better.  She left for Texas yesterday to have a corrective surgery, and the babies did great.  From what I understand they will have an excellent chance for survival pending what happens over the next week.  Basically I want to ask you all to pray for my friend and her babies for healing for the twins and peace for my friend, I can't even imagine what she is going through.  Her name is also Heather.

Belly Pic - A Week Late

35 weeks and 2 days

Maci's Room...almost finished

There are going to be a few other things hanging on the wall, over the changing table and the dresser.  Also, trying to find a lady bug to hang at the end of her name (it's kinda crooked right now, we may have to take it down and start over).  Also, I am going to get some baskets for the shelves on the changing table for storage of all the stuff that is just hangin out on her closet floor. All in all though, it's coming together nicely I think. 

Canvas painted by my cousin Nikki, she did a great job matching the room!!

   

     

Diaper Cake by my friend Kim at work!!  She is very talented don't you think???

Still Here

Hi guys!  Just a quick note to let you all know I am still here (if I still have any readers).  The pregnancy is going great. I will be 35 weeks tomorrow, can you believe it!!  I have the first of my weekly doctors appointments next week.  I can't beleive how close Maci is to being here.  I am also a little freaked out and EXTREMELY busy at work trying to get everything ready to leave on maternity.  I do have some shower pictures to post and her room to reveal, I just haven't had a spare second to upload the picutres. I hope to get them uploaded and posted atleast by this weekend.  Just wanted to let everyone know I haven't disappeared off the face of the earth, and I hope you are all doing well.

Very Scary Day

We had a little scare yesterday.  Little missy decided to take a really long, really still nap on me.  Didn't move a muscle from the time I woke up at 6:00am until after 1:00pm.  I freaked!!!  I did everything I knew to do, I drank a sugary cold drink, I ate, and laid on my side (sort of, in a recliner on our showroom floor)...I poked, and rubbed, and shook my belly trying to make her move....NOTHING!!   I went to the doctor at 1:00 on the verge of a panic attack, and they hooked me up to the fetal monitors!  Her heart was beating away just fine, and about 15 minutes in to them placing the little-tiny-not-heavy-at-all monitors on my stomach that weren't nearly as aggrivating as what I had been doing to my belly all moring, she started trying to kick them off, like they were bothering her...FIGURES!!! But thats ok, I was so glad she was kicking at them, all I could do was laugh.  She even had the hiccups for a little while, and I could hear them on the monitor, so that was very neat.  I was just glad everything was ok.  Now I am counting kicks twice a day and keeping records of them on a sheet the doctor gave me, but everything is great!! I can't wait until this little girl gets here!!  Less than 7 weeks until my due date!!

Almost 32 week Belly Picture

I couldn't resist!!

Perfectly Plumped

Pinked and Pacied

Precious Pumpkin!!

Happy Birthday to Me!!

Today is my Birthday.  Does anyone rememebr this post from last year?  Well my day started out pretty much the same, I had a flat tire on my way to work, I guess it's going to be a tradition :o)

This is the last year I will be in my 20's and it's a little depressing to be honest!  I have  however found some birthday quotes to make me smile and I thought I would share them with you.

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.

- Mark Twain


I'm at an age when my back goes out more than I do.
- Phyllis Diller


A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's
birthday but never remembers her age.
- Robert Frost


You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime.
- John P. Grier


Live as long as you may. The first twenty years are the longest half of your life.
- Robert Southey


Thirty five is a very attractive age;
London society is full of women, who have, of their own
free choice, remained thirty-five for years.
- Oscar Wilde


Of late I appear
to have reached that stage
when people who look old
are only my age.
- Richard Armour

1 Year Ago

1 year ago today, I started this blog. It was my outlet to scream, or cry or to remind myself that God is still there even when I can't feel him.

I lost our first baby 1 year ago on October 1, 2008. Now a little over a year later, our 2nd child is about 2 months away (give or take) from arriving in this world! It's amazing what changes a year can bring, and how quickly it can pass. I never thought I would make it to this point! The past year seems as if everything that can go wrong has gone wrong (and still continues to go wrong to a point) but in the midst of it all, no matter how alone I may feel, God has always been there, and will continue to be there, of this I am sure.

"But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.
He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." ~ Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NIV)

Harvest LOVES her Aunt Heather!

I love this child and I think she loves me!! What do you think???

She is making me so anxious for Maci to get here. Harvest is absolutely beautiful! She is the sweetest baby, she doesn't fuss that much, at least not that I have seen. She is just a happy, content, beautiful little baby and I love her!!!

Also, I haven't been doing very good with this, and honestly, this isn't a very good shot. I do have a "pregnant belly" finally although I wasn't turned enough to the side in this picture to really see it. Mom took this picture Sunday at her house. Promise, I will get some better shots later!!

30 weeks and 4 days

Also, on a side note, my birthday is Wednesday. My parents bought me a digital camera and a 4GB memory card to go with it. I have been told (by my parents) there is no excuse now for not having lots of pictures of Maci when she gets here. I think it was a purely selfish gift {wink}..but one I desperately needed, my digital has been dead for about a year now. I was really stressing about needing one before Maci made her arrival, and now I have one. I am so excited, they couldn't have picked a better present if they tried.