Charles Guerin Kyle came into the world via a schedule C-Section at 8:58am on May 4, 2010.
He weighed 9 lbs 15 ozs.
He is 22 inches tall.
He got a 9 on his apgar scores.
He is beautiful and healthy.
I am home from the hospital. Zoe is back from her cousins house. We have only had one little meltdown. And things are really going well….
He is such a good baby! I can’t tell if the Zerker was just more work or whether we are just more relaxed. I was breastfeeding at first, but I have to admit that we decided not to now. He stopped latching well and my main goal is to have the least amount of stress possible. This allows for both Nadie and myself to take care of him equally. He is eating well and taking the bottle fine. He likes to chill in the swing and sleeps well in the evening between feedings…..so far, so good…..now to enjoy maternity leave with these crazy beautiful people….
Oh and Happy Mother’s Day to all you mums out there!
This month has gone by very fast.
The Zerker is changing every day. Her top two front teeth finally cut through.
Also, she figured out how to use the Walk portion of her Walk n Ride so that she can push herself across the room:
She is sleeping much better, which tells me she was having ear issues before when she was waking up at all hours of the night. Or maybe it is just that I am used to it now, so it doesn’t seem as often. Last night I actually went into her room and brought her into our room. Partly because I had been up for an hour and I knew she would be waking up just as I was falling asleep, the other aprt was because I just wanted her close. As my friend Jess said, there is only so much time we have to snuggle with her. And pretty soon it will be hard for me to roll over in bed, let alone deal with a little kid kicking me in the stomach. LOL
A few weekends ago we went to the Feast of the Hunter’s Moon in Lafayette, IN. It was extremely muddy, but we had nice time seeing all the old costumes and eating buffalo stew. Nadie got to visit with some of his good friends, so that is always a plus.
The next weekend we had a memorial concert for my college choir director, Sister Sue. It was good to see my friends and have time to grieve with others for a while. There was an alumnae concert and singing with those beautiful voices is always a treat. I miss Sue. It is hard to know that the Zerker will never meet her. It is so unfair.
I got the h1n1 vaccine at my OB.
This week I am 12 weeks pg with the blobbles. It is starting to be more of a reality. And, I am not so nervous about having two young kids anymore, more just excited and ready for these next months to speed up so we can meet a new person.
I have a doctor appointment on Friday. I wish it was Friday. I want this appt to be over with. I am worried things will go bad. I will always worry. I hate infertility. I will never be able to enjoy pregnancy. I will always be worried that things will all fall apart.
I am sure I will post after the appointment. With the Zerker at this appt we couldn’t find the heartbeat with the doppler and they did an ultrasound to check. I hope that doesn’t happen. I feel like I would have some inclination if something was wrong. I have are different symptoms than I had with the Zerker. I feel different. I am starting to come out of the fog of exhaustion. And my face is erupting like it never has before. I have never had a lot of breakouts. Now I am getting a new pimple a week. Ugh. I sort of feel my belly growing. My pants seem a little tighter. I haven’t had any spotting. I don’t know if that matters. You know, I don’t know what in the heck to expect. Please keep your fingers crossed.
Delainey Marie was born at 1am on April 14, 2009. She was at 26 weeks one day gestational age. They were able to get two steroid injections to help her lungs to develop before delivery.
She is tiny at 1lb 12 ozs. She is already off of the respirator, but still on the CPAP. She is breathing room air.
We present to you – the Zerker’s first BFF, the God Daughter of Nadie and I….
Delainey Marie….
Keep the prayers coming.
We have been waiting for this little girl, so anxious for the Zerker to meet her. We hope they become bestest of friends. They announced their pregnancy on Christmas eve and Nadie kept going on and on about how it better be a girl! Zerker’s BFF is what we have called her since we found out she was a girl.
Being part of the ALI community helped prepare me for what to expect in this situation, but I know that my brother and SIL have a long road ahead of them. They are being very strong and I am proud of them. July seems like eons from now – but that is when we should expect to even think about bringing her home. Every day is precious….
We love you, Delainey! We can’t wait to play with you!
My Sister-In-Law’s water ruptured last night. She is 25 weeks 4 days pregnant with my little niece. The MD told her to wait until this morning to come in, and when they did it was confirmed that she has lost much of her amniotic fluid.
They first sent her to Bloomington Hospital, then sent her via ambulance to St. Vincent’s in Indy so that she is close to Riley Children’s Hospital.
As far as I know they are keeping her on antibiotics and hospital bedrest for as long as possible.
Please pray (or however you practice faith/spiritualism) that our little niece can stay in the womb as long as possible and that she is strong.
Nadie, the Zerker and I will be walking in this years Indy Race for the Cure. If you feel compelled, we would SOOOO love it if you could donate a few bucks for the cause…
When I went on facebook this morning I saw wonderful pictures of a baby boy. It turns out my cousin and his wife are the proud parents of a new little one via domestic adoption!
Yay! I am so happy for them. I know they have prayed for a child for a long time and I am so glad they have welcomed this new prince into their lives.
Yesterday I went to the annual Woodsie Christmas party. A woodsie is the nickname of a woman who attends my undergrad college – Saint Mary of the Woods College.
This is not a formal college event, but a small gathering of some of the wonderful ladies I went to school with. I was in choir with all of them, and although I was a few years older than most of them, they have welcomed me into their gatherings. It is a delight.
Here is a quick pic of the group….we were so color coordinated with reds/blues and bookend blacks …
And today I did a small craft project.
I made four onesies for little Z. I have been looking at different funny onesies on cafepress and various other sites. I decided rather than paying 20 bucks for them I could just buy a pack of onesies and some iron on transfers and make my own!
Here is all four of them…proof they are onesies….
And here they are individually… Righteous Baby – my hommage to Ani Difranco’s record company….little Z will be one tough chick….
A little Pink Floyd for the DH (it is his favorite band)…
A reference to DH and I being from opposite sides of the state (at least when it comes to college athletics)….
And a math geek’s way of showing love….(both DH and I are pretty geeky – especially when it comes to math…I majored in it and he still does problems for ‘fun’)…
I did one more, only to realize after I had ironed it on that I had deleted a letter prior to printing the iron on…You don’t spell grandchild without an L. It was definitely a challenge…I had to figure out how to reverse all of the lettering and pictures prior to printing. I know the typo wasn’t in the original document, so I must have deleted it when I had to transfer it to powerpoint to get it to print properly. Ugh. Now do I keep a onesie with a typo? I mean I am going to make other one for public consumption, and maybe some more since I have quite a bit of the iron on stuff left over. I coud just use it as an undershirt i guess… It is funny really.
It took them a few days to get her CO2 levels down and her Oxygen levels to where they needed them to do a stress test.
They did the Non-Stress Stress test today and gave her the all clear on her heart.
She has/had pneumonia and it has been causing so much stress on her lungs/heart that it really weakened her.
She is feeling much better. Looking better too.
Here is a part of the shower story that I didn’t tell because…I don’t know…maybe I was in denial or something. At my shower my mother was feeling awful. I sort of didn’t know what to do because I know if it wasn’t my shower she wouldn’t have been away from home.
My mom has been on oxygen for about a year now. She had a really bad time in the hospital last year with pneumonia and COPD. She has good days and bad. Her oxygen tank on Saturday was really low and we ended up having to call the company that delivers them. Luckily they were able to make it before the people started to arrive, but it was scary and she was worried we would have to call 911.
It was obvious she was not feeling well. I did’t know what to do. Having a house full of people doesn’t bode well for taking care of a sick momma.
I am very close with my mom. I am her baby girl (actually youngest of all) and we have done some wonderful things throughout my life. She is my biggest fan and I have always been amazed at her strength and warmth. She birthed nine children (with five miscarriages in between) and built a home that was an awesome environment for a child to grow up in. Here is a pic of me and my Mom from back in my college days… So yesterday when I stopped by for lunch she wasn’t feeling up to walking into the kitchen to chat. I helped her pick out some clothes and brush her hair so she could go to the doctor when my dad got back from an errand.
Last night my dad called and said that they ended up putting her in the hospital. They say it is congestive heart failure and that she probably had a heart attack. I will know more later. I am going to visit her at lunch.
Right now I just hope they are making her comfortable and figuring out what the best thing to do to make her feel better is. I hate it when she feels so bad. I feel so out of control. I can’t think of all of the possibilities. There is no life without my mom. And, little Z has to know her Nana well and have lots of wonderful years of playing with Nana’s dolls and having Nana come to her dance recital or soccer game or whatever she chooses to take part in.
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