Friday, August 8, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Back to the Blog
So the computer saga continues! The old computer finally really truly died. It was a sad day. I guess we're just lucky it didn't actually ignite and burn the house down. We bought a new computer last week because I was dying to blog and to work on my photography, and as luck would have it the day we bought the new computer we had a power outage and the surge fried our dsl modem so we couldn't connect to the internet. Today we finally got the new modem and got it all set up tonight so we're back connected to the world. I didn't realize how dependent we are on the www until we didn't have it for so long.
Everyone is doing well and we are adjusting to having three boys. Max is growing and eating a lot! I will post more pics soon, I'm still figuring out how to transfer my old programs to the new computer.
Thanks to everyone for your support and friendship during the last few weeks. We are blessed to have such great people in our lives.
Everyone is doing well and we are adjusting to having three boys. Max is growing and eating a lot! I will post more pics soon, I'm still figuring out how to transfer my old programs to the new computer.
Thanks to everyone for your support and friendship during the last few weeks. We are blessed to have such great people in our lives.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
More baby!!!
So, Max was breech, we had known this for a while. My doctor had suggested that we could try what is called an external version, where 2-3 doctors lube up your belly and try to grab the baby from the outside and turn him around. I saw this done once when I was in nursing school and I remember telling myself I would never do that to myself or my baby. Then I thought more about it and thought it might be better than surgery, and maybe I was just being stubborn. I asked my doctor what he would do if it was his wife, he said he would at least try it. I told him my concern about a cord accident occurring and he said it was always a possiblility, but he had never had a bad outcome. I told my doctor to schedule the version, so we did for July 8th. The whole way home from the doctor and all weekend I was so anxious every time I thought about it and I just knew that it meant I shouldn't do it. I would just do the C-section. So, on Monday the 7th I called the doctor and told him. He is really great and just told me he would do whatever I wanted. So we went ahead with the C-section plan.
Tuesday morning after several delays and threats of being bumped off the schedule due to a busy labor and delivery unit, we were finally ready to go. Randy all decked out in his surgery attire.
Randy captured some great photos of the delivery. This is our little Max coming out feet then butt first. I was so worried about Randy during the surgery. He was standing next to me watching. I remember the first time I saw a surgery in nursing school and how sick I got, and I just didn't want him to be sick or end up on the ground. He was awesome. He didn't get sick at all, and just kept giving me updates on what was happening, like "oh, they're just digging through a lot of stuff right now." Thanks, sounds delicious! Always wanted to picture people digging through my guts.
Our brand new boy, fresh into the cruel harsh world.
As Dr. Roth was trying to deliver Max, he wouldn't come out by pulling on his feet. Dr. Roth had to reach up and untangled the umbilical cord which he told us was wrapped around Max's neck 3 times. Right after he freed the cord and could deliver Max he told us that the version (trying to turn the baby) would not have worked and we would have ended up doing an emergency C-section. He credited "mother's intuition". I am so glad that I listened to that voice inside and didn't try turning him and kept him out of danger. And I am so grateful for a doctor who didn't try to convince me to do something I didn't feel comfortable doing. We were so blessed.
Cutting the cord.
Being checked out by the nurses and respriatory therapist.
I promise I really wasn't scared, but this is the first time I got to hold my precious Max.
The fabulous Dr. Roth. We love Dr. Roth so much, he is such a caring and kind person and also a talented and skilled doctor.
Jack's first time holding baby Max. I don't know about the face he is pulling, but he loves his baby brother so much. He is constantly cheek to cheek with Max. His favorite expression are "Oh, come on Max" and "you're big brother is here, don't worry." He is so sweet and sensitive.
Luke's first time holding his baby Max. At first at the hospital he wasn't interested for too long a period of time. He loved holding him and looking at him, but would be done very quickly. As time has gone on he loves being next to Max and holding him and feeding him and burping him. He too is such a loving caring big brother. I am so happy for Max that he has brothers who I know will always take good care of him and watch out for him.
Going home from the hospital day. Randy thinks I dressed him like a chef, but I think he looked cute. His outfit was definitely too big, but in a couple of months it will look better. What a doll!
Our first morning at home with all three boys. They sure love their baby Max. Luke had a little bit of a hard time at first. I think it was more that Randy and I had been gone for so long that he was just wanting to be around us and home in his normal routine. But, grandma took them for a sleep over just to help us out and when they came home and we got back to somewhat of our routine things have been great for both of the older boys.
This is how we see Max most of the time. He is such a good baby. He wants his dinner and wants to sleep. He is such an angel, we are so blessed!
Tuesday morning after several delays and threats of being bumped off the schedule due to a busy labor and delivery unit, we were finally ready to go. Randy all decked out in his surgery attire.
Randy captured some great photos of the delivery. This is our little Max coming out feet then butt first. I was so worried about Randy during the surgery. He was standing next to me watching. I remember the first time I saw a surgery in nursing school and how sick I got, and I just didn't want him to be sick or end up on the ground. He was awesome. He didn't get sick at all, and just kept giving me updates on what was happening, like "oh, they're just digging through a lot of stuff right now." Thanks, sounds delicious! Always wanted to picture people digging through my guts.
Our brand new boy, fresh into the cruel harsh world.
As Dr. Roth was trying to deliver Max, he wouldn't come out by pulling on his feet. Dr. Roth had to reach up and untangled the umbilical cord which he told us was wrapped around Max's neck 3 times. Right after he freed the cord and could deliver Max he told us that the version (trying to turn the baby) would not have worked and we would have ended up doing an emergency C-section. He credited "mother's intuition". I am so glad that I listened to that voice inside and didn't try turning him and kept him out of danger. And I am so grateful for a doctor who didn't try to convince me to do something I didn't feel comfortable doing. We were so blessed.
Cutting the cord.
Being checked out by the nurses and respriatory therapist.I promise I really wasn't scared, but this is the first time I got to hold my precious Max.The fabulous Dr. Roth. We love Dr. Roth so much, he is such a caring and kind person and also a talented and skilled doctor.Jack's first time holding baby Max. I don't know about the face he is pulling, but he loves his baby brother so much. He is constantly cheek to cheek with Max. His favorite expression are "Oh, come on Max" and "you're big brother is here, don't worry." He is so sweet and sensitive.Luke's first time holding his baby Max. At first at the hospital he wasn't interested for too long a period of time. He loved holding him and looking at him, but would be done very quickly. As time has gone on he loves being next to Max and holding him and feeding him and burping him. He too is such a loving caring big brother. I am so happy for Max that he has brothers who I know will always take good care of him and watch out for him.
Going home from the hospital day. Randy thinks I dressed him like a chef, but I think he looked cute. His outfit was definitely too big, but in a couple of months it will look better. What a doll!
Our first morning at home with all three boys. They sure love their baby Max. Luke had a little bit of a hard time at first. I think it was more that Randy and I had been gone for so long that he was just wanting to be around us and home in his normal routine. But, grandma took them for a sleep over just to help us out and when they came home and we got back to somewhat of our routine things have been great for both of the older boys.
This is how we see Max most of the time. He is such a good baby. He wants his dinner and wants to sleep. He is such an angel, we are so blessed!I know this was a long post, but I just want to end by thanking everyone who has helped us out during the pregnancy and in the past 2 weeks since his birth. We are so blessed to have such kind and helpful family and friends. We couldn't have done it without everyone's help, love and support. Thank you.
Oh Baby!!!
Our precious baby boy is here! It has been 12 days, but I am finally feeling a little more amongst the living, and ready to blog. He's crying now so I'll post more details later.
Max Randall J.
July 8, 2008
7 pounds 14 ounces
20.5 inches long
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Young Women Camp
Last week was Young Women camp. I just couldn't keep myself away. I really wanted to be there with all the girls, but I knew I would be miserable sleeping in a tent. I ended up spending the days at camp and sleeping at my parents house only about 45 minutes away. It worked out great. Randy, among others, thought I shouldn't go being only 3 1/2 weeks from my due date, but he agreed to me going after I promised him what I would and would not do. One of the things on his DO NOT list was I was to stay away from a ride on the zip line. Well as you can see from the pictures, I just couldn't resist. I just wanted to ride down it too badly.
Okay, that was just a joke. I didn't really ride the zip line, but staged these pictures just to get Randy. What a mean wife. I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid. There was not going to be a mountain baby born this week.
Camp was a lot of fun and it seems like the girls all had a good experience. As always one of the highlights was the song/skit performance. We did the boot scootin boogie in great costumes we made, then sang the "naughty" camp song I taught the girls.
"Mom, I'm bored!"
Luckily that's not something I hear too often this summer. Jack and Luke are such easy kids, I usually don't have to do too much to keep them busy. This summer they have done a couple of projects that I thought were funny. First, Jack designed finger puppets (literally) and did a show. He made me take pictures of them. Of course Luke had to be the villian. There is just something with that kid, he always wants to be the "bad guy". Should I be concerned?
The next was Circus Day. Jack made a calendar for the summer that he has taped next to his bed and everyday is a different theme. Monday was circus day so he made a show. He was the clown, Luke was the volunteer (who was the subject of all the magic tricks) and Randy and I were the audience. It was so cute. He made all the props, came up with a bunch of magic tricks, and made his own costume. He wanted to wear underwear with hearts on them since he was a clown and brought me some white underwear and markers and asked me to help him make them into clown underwear. Luckily I talked him out of that. His bunk bed was the stage and the rest of us sat in the audience. It was so funny, every time he did a different trick, like pulling the rabbit out of his hat he would tell the audience to close their eyes and then kaboom there was the rabbit. Maybe we have a future star in our home! YIKES!
End of Kindergarten
I have been horrible at updating my blog lately, so here goes the update!
Jack finished Kindergarten. He loved the year and especially loved riding the bus (gasp!). That was hard for me, but he did great and didn't have any problems. He has grown so much this year and is such a smart kid. I am so proud of him and the kind of boy he is. I can't believe my baby is a 1st grader YIKES!!
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