It's kinda sad when I have to reread my last few posts before writing a new one just to make sure that I don't write about the same thing twice because I update so infrequently. Yikes.
Blake was diagnosed with hip dysplasia while we were in the hospital. I really pushed it out of my mind while we were there because I didn't want to worry about it until he got the the official diagnosis from the orthopedic doctor. On his one week birthday we had a visit scheduled with the Nemours orthopedic surgeon to have an ultrasound done. They found that he does indeed have hip dysplasia, but a light case that should be corrected by wearing the Pavlik harness for approximately 12 weeks. I know it sounds silly since it is such an easy fix compared to a lot of things that could be wrong, but I still cried in the doctor's office. How embarrassing. As soon as the doctor confirmed the diagnosis, the techs came in to put the harness on Blake. It looks so much worse than it really is. I just have to keep reminding myself that it isn't permanent, he won't remember it, and it doesn't hurt him. I am thankful that it is something so trivial in the grand scheme of things, but I can't help but feel a little stressed about the whole thing.
29 January 2012
14 January 2012
Lots of changes in 2012, part 2
The second part of our many changes in 2012 (this year is definitely proving itself to be interesting so far!!). Warning, this post is a long description of the most exciting event of the year thus far - Blake's birth!
On Sunday, January 8th, I kept having some contractions all day, pretty regularly but not too strong. We took two long walks, I took a shower, packed my bags, and decided I was pretty sure I might actually be in labor, lol. But just to kill some time (and eat dinner just in case we decided to go to the hospital!), we headed out to Publix to pick up some last minute groceries and grab some hot wings from the deli. As I was walking into Publix, I felt two little gushes of fluid, one after the other. Hmm. Okay, embarrassing, I either just peed myself or my water broke. Back to the house to eat my hot wings. Two more gushes over the next hour. Daniel was convinced my water broke, me not so much. I didn't know what it was, but I wasn't entirely convinced it wasn't some weird pregnancy fluid coming from who-knows-where.
After all of my indecisiveness about actually going to L&D, we called Melissa & Greg (thanks for being so awesome, guys!!) and asked if we could put Logan to bed at their house while I got checked out at the hospital. Getting checked out in triage at L&D is always nerve wracking for me. I feel like I'm taking a test and I can't fail - if I'm not actually in labor and it's a just a false call, I'll feel like I got an F in the school of pregnancy. What an idiot, second child and she doesn't even know if she's in labor?! Pretty sure that's what all the nurses think when I waltz in there with some contractions and a guess on whether my water broke or not, lol.
I was dilated to a 3-4 cm. The nurse did a swab for amniotic fluid and while it came up mostly negative, there was still that shred of doubt in the negative result so she told us to go walk the halls for an hour and then come back to see if I had any changes. Walking the halls was so eerie - felt just like the night we had Logan and had to walk the halls for an hour, only that night L&D was hopping at 11:30 pm and on this particular night it was creepily empty at 8 pm.
Went back to get checked again and SUCCESS! I was now dilated to a solid 5cm and my water had definitely broken. Whew. Definitely a good feeling to find out that you're not actually crazy and you are leaking amniotic fluid, not pee. The nurse took us to our room and we signed the admittance papers. Hurray! We'll get to meet our newest little man sometime soon :)
After laboring for a little while and calling our parents to let them know we were officially checked in at Baptist South, I decided that I'd had enough and it was time for some happy drugs. In came the anesthesiologist to set up my epidural, which might very well be my least favorite part of the entire birthing process. 1) I really don't like needles, and 2) I really dislike procedures where the risk of screwing up is pretty high. And anesthesiology definitely falls under those two categories! Thankfully everything turned out fine and within 15 minutes I was all comfy and pain free. During Logan's labor, my epidural slowed things down. This time with Blake, my epidural definitely didn't prevent any action! My contractions sped up considerably and became more intense after my epidural. Yay for progress!
The comfort only lasted for so long though. Soon after the contractions started getting more intense, I started to feel them in my upper left stomach area. Ouch! By then my parents had arrived and my mom was able to distract me through most of the pain. No matter how many times I upped my epidural, it didn't seem to help. Finally I was able to get some relief by moving into a more reclined position. I could still feel the contractions but it wasn't quite as painful - I'll take it! Around 5:45 am the nurse came in and said I had reached 10cm and it was time to push.
My parents cleared out and it was just me, Daniel, our awesome nurse, and two more nurses to assist with delivery and newborn stuff. She started out having me do some pushes, but had me stop after a few minutes - it wasn't going to be an hour long pushing session like last time! She called in the doctor, and 8 minutes later Blake Daniel was born :) he was so adorable, and BIG! 8 lbs 9 oz, way bigger than any of us had predicted. Guess that explains why my stomach always felt too small for him and I was constantly being poked!
Anyways, we are thoroughly in love with our new little munchkin, and he is pretty much the clone of his brother. Sometimes when I look at him I forget that it's not still 2009 and he isn't Logan. Can't wait to see if he continues to look like Logan as he gets older! I would love to have two curly haired blonde boys :) Although I am still keeping my fingers crossed that Blake keeps his current dark blue eyes!
On Sunday, January 8th, I kept having some contractions all day, pretty regularly but not too strong. We took two long walks, I took a shower, packed my bags, and decided I was pretty sure I might actually be in labor, lol. But just to kill some time (and eat dinner just in case we decided to go to the hospital!), we headed out to Publix to pick up some last minute groceries and grab some hot wings from the deli. As I was walking into Publix, I felt two little gushes of fluid, one after the other. Hmm. Okay, embarrassing, I either just peed myself or my water broke. Back to the house to eat my hot wings. Two more gushes over the next hour. Daniel was convinced my water broke, me not so much. I didn't know what it was, but I wasn't entirely convinced it wasn't some weird pregnancy fluid coming from who-knows-where.
After all of my indecisiveness about actually going to L&D, we called Melissa & Greg (thanks for being so awesome, guys!!) and asked if we could put Logan to bed at their house while I got checked out at the hospital. Getting checked out in triage at L&D is always nerve wracking for me. I feel like I'm taking a test and I can't fail - if I'm not actually in labor and it's a just a false call, I'll feel like I got an F in the school of pregnancy. What an idiot, second child and she doesn't even know if she's in labor?! Pretty sure that's what all the nurses think when I waltz in there with some contractions and a guess on whether my water broke or not, lol.
I was dilated to a 3-4 cm. The nurse did a swab for amniotic fluid and while it came up mostly negative, there was still that shred of doubt in the negative result so she told us to go walk the halls for an hour and then come back to see if I had any changes. Walking the halls was so eerie - felt just like the night we had Logan and had to walk the halls for an hour, only that night L&D was hopping at 11:30 pm and on this particular night it was creepily empty at 8 pm.
Went back to get checked again and SUCCESS! I was now dilated to a solid 5cm and my water had definitely broken. Whew. Definitely a good feeling to find out that you're not actually crazy and you are leaking amniotic fluid, not pee. The nurse took us to our room and we signed the admittance papers. Hurray! We'll get to meet our newest little man sometime soon :)
After laboring for a little while and calling our parents to let them know we were officially checked in at Baptist South, I decided that I'd had enough and it was time for some happy drugs. In came the anesthesiologist to set up my epidural, which might very well be my least favorite part of the entire birthing process. 1) I really don't like needles, and 2) I really dislike procedures where the risk of screwing up is pretty high. And anesthesiology definitely falls under those two categories! Thankfully everything turned out fine and within 15 minutes I was all comfy and pain free. During Logan's labor, my epidural slowed things down. This time with Blake, my epidural definitely didn't prevent any action! My contractions sped up considerably and became more intense after my epidural. Yay for progress!
The comfort only lasted for so long though. Soon after the contractions started getting more intense, I started to feel them in my upper left stomach area. Ouch! By then my parents had arrived and my mom was able to distract me through most of the pain. No matter how many times I upped my epidural, it didn't seem to help. Finally I was able to get some relief by moving into a more reclined position. I could still feel the contractions but it wasn't quite as painful - I'll take it! Around 5:45 am the nurse came in and said I had reached 10cm and it was time to push.
My parents cleared out and it was just me, Daniel, our awesome nurse, and two more nurses to assist with delivery and newborn stuff. She started out having me do some pushes, but had me stop after a few minutes - it wasn't going to be an hour long pushing session like last time! She called in the doctor, and 8 minutes later Blake Daniel was born :) he was so adorable, and BIG! 8 lbs 9 oz, way bigger than any of us had predicted. Guess that explains why my stomach always felt too small for him and I was constantly being poked!
Anyways, we are thoroughly in love with our new little munchkin, and he is pretty much the clone of his brother. Sometimes when I look at him I forget that it's not still 2009 and he isn't Logan. Can't wait to see if he continues to look like Logan as he gets older! I would love to have two curly haired blonde boys :) Although I am still keeping my fingers crossed that Blake keeps his current dark blue eyes!
Lots of changes in 2012, part 1
First things first...
Last week on my due date (January 4th!) we got some news. Unfortunately it wasn't the news of labor but instead news that we will be moving. Not quite as fun as labor news! We've had an idea of an upcoming promotion for awhile now but didn't know if we would get it or what it would be for sure. This one came out of left field though and wasn't at all what we were expecting!
The details are that we will be going to South Florida! I'm excited about the promotion itself since Daniel won't be working at an office anymore and will have a little more control over his own schedule since he'll be working from home (this means no more traveling!! YAY!!), but South FL is probably one of my least favorite places ever. I guess I really shouldn't say that since I haven't actually BEEN to South FL in ages, but considering I really want to move somewhere up north, this is kind of a step in the wrong direction. Oh well. At least we will be close to the beach, the Bahamas, and Daniel's favorite - Cuban coffee!
The crazy part is that we get to pick where we want to live in South FL, spanning from Stuart down to Miami. We immediately nixed Miami (yuck, traffic) and Stuart may be a little too far north since most of the dealers are around the Miami/Kendall area. But we'll see! First step is to actually move down there to a furnished apartment set up by Toyota for 3 months to scope out some areas and pick out a house. Whew!! Can't believe it's all happening so fast.
Daniel leaves on Tuesday to stay in a hotel and officially start work down there, leaving me and the kiddos up here until the relocation package comes through. Boo!! I'm really dreading Tuesday but trying to look on the bright side - unlike his usual travel schedule, this will end and eventually I will only have be a single mama one or two nights out of the year!
Last week on my due date (January 4th!) we got some news. Unfortunately it wasn't the news of labor but instead news that we will be moving. Not quite as fun as labor news! We've had an idea of an upcoming promotion for awhile now but didn't know if we would get it or what it would be for sure. This one came out of left field though and wasn't at all what we were expecting!
The details are that we will be going to South Florida! I'm excited about the promotion itself since Daniel won't be working at an office anymore and will have a little more control over his own schedule since he'll be working from home (this means no more traveling!! YAY!!), but South FL is probably one of my least favorite places ever. I guess I really shouldn't say that since I haven't actually BEEN to South FL in ages, but considering I really want to move somewhere up north, this is kind of a step in the wrong direction. Oh well. At least we will be close to the beach, the Bahamas, and Daniel's favorite - Cuban coffee!
The crazy part is that we get to pick where we want to live in South FL, spanning from Stuart down to Miami. We immediately nixed Miami (yuck, traffic) and Stuart may be a little too far north since most of the dealers are around the Miami/Kendall area. But we'll see! First step is to actually move down there to a furnished apartment set up by Toyota for 3 months to scope out some areas and pick out a house. Whew!! Can't believe it's all happening so fast.
Daniel leaves on Tuesday to stay in a hotel and officially start work down there, leaving me and the kiddos up here until the relocation package comes through. Boo!! I'm really dreading Tuesday but trying to look on the bright side - unlike his usual travel schedule, this will end and eventually I will only have be a single mama one or two nights out of the year!
05 January 2012
Christmas is over! That always makes me a little sad. January is probably least favorite month, mostly because it means that I have to take down my tree and decorations...and they make the house feel so homey! Hah well I shouldn't complain too much, since it's already the first week in January and I haven't made any immediate moves to take down my tree or decor. Not gonna lie, I've gotten a little lazy whenever I start thinking about taking on that task :)
Speaking of Christmas, we had a great one despite not being able to go back to Titusville for the holidays. My parents came up for the 23rd and part of the Christmas Eve so we were able to have a "Christmas morning" with them on the 24th and then do a Christmas Eve lunch. I really missed doing Christmas Eve celebrations with all of my cousins, but Christmas Eve kept Daniel and I busy enough putting the finishing touches on Logan's present (the train table). It is always so nice to spend Christmas morning in your own house; this year was no exception! We made cinnamon rolls and coffee and just relaxed while watching Logan play with his trains. Around lunch time the Silva family came up to visit and eat Christmas dinner. It was a little crazy fixing dinner for 10 people, but we survived! Honey ham, baked Brie, salad, sweet potatoes, and bread...mmm!! And key lime pie and Monica's flan for dessert :) definitely was exhausted with swollen ankles by the end of that day!
I'm actually excited about January this year because Blake hasn't arrived yet! Still patiently waiting...or really I should say just waiting, working on the patiently part...haha. 40 week OB appointment today - can't wait to see what they say. I HAVE to have progressed since last week or I might cry. I've certainly had enough contractions to feel like they must be doing something!!
I've definitely been a little stressed but that's another post for another day...
Speaking of Christmas, we had a great one despite not being able to go back to Titusville for the holidays. My parents came up for the 23rd and part of the Christmas Eve so we were able to have a "Christmas morning" with them on the 24th and then do a Christmas Eve lunch. I really missed doing Christmas Eve celebrations with all of my cousins, but Christmas Eve kept Daniel and I busy enough putting the finishing touches on Logan's present (the train table). It is always so nice to spend Christmas morning in your own house; this year was no exception! We made cinnamon rolls and coffee and just relaxed while watching Logan play with his trains. Around lunch time the Silva family came up to visit and eat Christmas dinner. It was a little crazy fixing dinner for 10 people, but we survived! Honey ham, baked Brie, salad, sweet potatoes, and bread...mmm!! And key lime pie and Monica's flan for dessert :) definitely was exhausted with swollen ankles by the end of that day!
I'm actually excited about January this year because Blake hasn't arrived yet! Still patiently waiting...or really I should say just waiting, working on the patiently part...haha. 40 week OB appointment today - can't wait to see what they say. I HAVE to have progressed since last week or I might cry. I've certainly had enough contractions to feel like they must be doing something!!
I've definitely been a little stressed but that's another post for another day...
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