Its Been A While

I haven't updated my blog in quite some time. I had a nice blog written out 5 months ago and never posted it. Well for those of you reading, Thanks :).

Well after trying 8 months I finally got pregnant when I stopped trying. Mike and I were so happy. The first three months were fought with nausea and very small meals. Also allot of sleep. Goodness was I tired. After the 3 month mark everything went well. I had a hiccup but it was all good. I just wasn't allowed to strain or pick up anything heavier than 5 lbs. About the 20 week mark I had a gender and anatomy check and they thought the baby not only had a heart problem , but was a girl. I had to wait an agonising week and a half to see another person to ultrasound with a peeds heart doc looking over the shoulder. Well the news was great and there was nothing wrong with his heart. The ultrasound tech was a newbie and didn't see HIS gender correctly or his heart in the right way. The cardiologist said he was perfectly fine. I then had to call and contact everyone telling them hey it's a boy not a girl lol. After all that some weeks went by and Mike and I traveled to California for a visit and my baby shower. Summer planned it all and was so friggn awesome! I thank her so much for that. It was the highlight of our trip besides me seeing my gma. I miss her so much.
When we got to Cali we went strait to Summers Mom &Step Dads (Skip and Kari)cabin for Summers birthday. Our fist day went .. well not so good. We all went out and had fun walking around Big Bear when we got back to chill out things just went a bit bad. I was encouraged to go relax (which I'm not good at lol) so I went out on the patio with the rest of the guys n gals. Kai was playing with Katlyn and her dad Chris and their sweet dog Giggy, a Rhodesian ridgeback. I trust everyone in that house with Kai so relax I did. All of the sudden Kai was petting the dog on the head/neck just like she was told how and the dog snapped with no warning. No one knew why. She was a sweet dog and Kai wasn't afraid of her. She ended up biting Kai on her left cheek. Chris jumped on the dog while Mike scooped up Kai. I came running saw Kai's face and began to freak out. I'm prego and this much stress is no good.. Summer saw me, sat me down and sat with me till I was calm enough to take in the situation. Mike had a couple beers so he was not able to drive so Summer drove Him and Kai to the nearest ER. Several hours later they come back to the cabin. The house was eerie. Kai ended up being put a bit under and received 9 stitches. She was really good about it. While she was gone Skip and Kari took Giggy home. On their way they discussed somethings and decided the best thing would be to put Giggy to sleep. I never asked for this. Neither did Mike. It broke all of our hearts and set the tone for the rest of the week that we were there. Everyones hearts were heavy. I felt slightly responsible at the time for not being in the room with Kai. It was nobodies fault. It just happened. I cried as I held Kai thinking about how much pain she was in and how her face is now scared. I grew up with a scar on my left cheek and was teased for it in school and I fear that for her. I slept with her on the couch making sure that she was not in pain or had any problems with the anesthesia. She woke up in the morning better than we all expected. She was sore and cried during bandage change (because of the pulling of the bandaids) But Summer was great with her. I couldn't thank her enough. I was so hormonal and emotional that for the first two days I couldn't do it. After all of that we traveled to Summers house. She is such an awesome host. We had a good time with her. We spent a week with her then on Saturday we had the baby shower. It was awesome. My only wish was that I had more friends show up. So much for that one. I am thankful for those who did show! The Hole shower, games gifts and everything were awesome! I hope to have some pictures to show soon. The day after the shower was time to go. We said our good byes and then headed home.
Things went quick after that. Mikes mom(gma) moved in with us in September due to his dads(gpa)passing. We quickly moved into a 3 bedroom with her and she is doing well.
November 10th came and my scheduled c-section went along as planned. I was nervous as crazy. I arrived there and everything went smoothly. They got me in, all set up and then we went into the operating room. They put in the spinal (which went in smoothly) while Mike waited outside. They layed me down and prepped me. Mike came in and sat by my head. It all happened so fast. The cool thing was I could see the whole possess in the reflection of the light. I saw Levis head pop out then the rest of his body. He was healthy and everything was well. My Doc , Best OB I have ever met, Dr. Penikas, asked me if I was sure I wanted to have my tubal ligation because I make cute kids. I said yes and they proceeded to doing so. After all was said and done I was in my room and so was the baby. He was so cute. He was also a squeaky toy lol. My Great friend Arianna drove from Seattle to be with me for the night after Mike left. Kai stayed with her friends Max and Alex. A big thanks to their mom Jamie for all her help. I was in the hospital for a couple days while I healed enough to go home. After arriving at home I was so super sore. Mike stayed home as long as he could then I still needed a little help. So my Oregon friends helped me a couple days which helped so much. We enjoyed Levi greatly but did the new parent being over tired emotional thing. Mike even drove in the middle of the night to the nearest (30 miles away) Wal-Mart to get different bottles and gas meds because Levi was having a hard time with air. We also within the first couple weeks changed formula 3 times, from soy to regular to a hypo-allergenic formula which finally worked. We have to thicken it and give him some Zantac. He is growing well now.
Kai Is still having a hard time adjusting. I understand that it is all new for her. She has been such a good kid that this behavior threw us waaaay off track. She is getting better little by little but she is still isn't back to being a good little girl that she used to be. But its ok.
I had headaches every day really bad after The birth and after 2-3 weeks of them I went in and they said I had a fluid leak and they wanted to do a spinal patch. I agreed and went in a couple days later. As they tried to do the spinal patch one of the anesthesiologists couldn't get the needle in correctly so she had another try. She poked me very hard and ended up putting a bigger hole in it. Just after the numbing around where they were poking wore off (30 min) I began to have severe back pains and rapid migraine. I was leaking fluid into my back . They said they wanted to wait a couple days before attempting it again. A couple days later I went in to have it patched again. This time with a different set of anesthesiologists. I got allot of relief right away. I still had minor headaches and piching in my back but nothing like before. Very manageable.
A month after Levi was born, I was just beginning to feel better and I had a really bad stomach ache and back pains. I shrugged it off ass a sour stomach even though the pains were enough to cause vomiting. The next day I felt the stomach pain again. And the back pain was still lingering. I had Mike come home from work and I went to the ER. Come to find out, I had Gaul stones, so much so that they wanted to extract they Gaul bladder. The next day i had it removed. I stayed in the hospital for one more day then I was sent home. Unable to deal with the pain I went back to the ER and they re admitted me for a couple days. As soon as my pain was managed I went back home to slowly heal. Ihad to be put on antibiotics because of infection in my belly button. But I'm all better now. Certain things give me a tummy ache some times though.
As for updates on Levi. He will be 17 weeks on Thursday. Doctors and all growth stuff go by weeks. Lest just say from 10th to 10th he is almost 4 months. He has been developing very well. He tried to hold his bottle since a month old but lost interest quickly. As of this week he will hold onto it all by himself for most the bottle. He rolled over at just a couple weeks old, but only a few times. He would giggle in his sleep. He finally started babbling and giggling out loud at 2 months. By 3 months he was full belly giggling smiling all the time and babbling. He also would roll from front to back. He likes tummy time some times but loves rolling to his back. On new years eve we bought an upright sleeper/cradle. We brought it over to Brett and Jessies house so he would try it so maybe we could enjoy the party. It worked!! He slept for 8 hours straight for the first time! He has been sleeping through the night from then on. What a blessing! He loves his bed. We need to transition him into his crib but don't know how with the nap situation because of Kai growing out of them. I will figure something out for sure. He says mama when he cries sometimes. He has such a cute soft voice. He finishes his bottles really well. He is up to 24-26 oz a day thickened with ceial. He also eats a gerber tub of baby food a day. Half at lunch and half at dinner. So far we have tried Apples, bananas, pears, carrots and squash. He Loved the carrots, wasn't to apt on the apples or pears. But we will keep trying. The bananas went ok as well. He is such a boy and wants to take the spoon from me making a mess. Kai never made messes . We find so many differences between them and similarities; Like he loves blankets. Doesn't matter which ones, just something soft. He sleeps with music on and sleeps better when not quiet. He looks alot like she did as a baby. Some of the differences are; he loves toys, Kai didn't play with toys till she was a year and half. Levi drools a lot, Kai never did. Levi eats his hands and anything by him, Kai refused to teeth on anything and didn't ever put things in her mouth. Kai would always scream her loudest shriekiest voice every time she cried. Levi has a baby cry :). Mike doesn't remember the shrieks, But I do. He was born smaller than Kai, which we did not expect. We expected the opposite. His feets are still small. He is growing quickly. Right on track with his size, if not a little lengthier. He is finally getting some chubb. His eyes are getting more and more light blue. Kai's eyes have finally changed too. After 4 years of being grey they are turning greenish. Not bright green, but green.
All in all we are doing well. Mike got a new bike so he cant take Kai and Levi (when he is old enough) around so we can get out more. Kai is adapting to it well. We cant wait till Levi is big enough :). We are going to have alot of fun. he will just be old enough as our summer is ending and our warm fall transitions. Mike has been working hard and I have been getting back into going for walks, Going to play dates, I even have a moms night in I plan on going to soon :). We are getting into routine and loving it:)
Well that's all for now. Pics to come soon. Thanks for reading.