tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75278779200580735382024-03-05T02:13:17.147-08:00The Race that Lies Before UsHebrews 12:1Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479163162397787412noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527877920058073538.post-84180590937600577052023-08-03T17:40:00.002-07:002023-08-03T18:13:32.526-07:00Be Still<p style="text-align: center;"> In Dom's birth story post I briefly alluded to my expectation of giving birth and him needing to just hold on because life wouldn't be slowing down. I'm starting to think this blog should be named "God had other plans". But I do suppose that is the whole idea behind the name of this blog, to persevere in running the race God has planned and set before us. In all of its ups and downs.</p><p style="text-align: center;">So yes, God did have a different race set before us than the one I envisioned. From day one, Dom was a baby who wanted to be held and, more specifically, wanted to be nursing. He was reluctant to be with anyone other than me and was nearly impossible to put down. I wouldn't call him colicky because as long as he was with me, and likely nursing, he was fine. That is until he was about two weeks old. He had been particularly inconsolable and clearly uncomfortable for most of the day and I remember thinking "oh no, this is when the colic is starting." I wrapped him in my ring sling that night and walked in circles while listening to the Sunday School Podcast until he fell asleep. He whimpered throughout the night and wasn't eating as much as normal. Early the next morning he had a large green vomit.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Dom had already struggled with reflux, but this looked different. I was worried but also aware of my tendency to overthink things. J suggested I call the pediatrician after hours line. Dom was supposed to have an appointment later that day but I didn't want to wait because Dr. Google had already told me of all of the horrific things that could happen if I did. The nurse on the line was kind and calming. She had me take his temperature and called our pediatrician to ask for guidance. They decided the best course of action would be to get him checked out at the hospital and to hold off on feeding him for now.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPe7cBiaEEQFJ8l12TbJtO5XmRg_53xaNcMB3VG05i-npVHEmats37oXRK-X2vUK9eOmC0kqKahc0vbbENkr51nZ0jNSgxznDkOHJfBQ052N8P-CMUhULMkxcH3MmDQ-_6QSkCC5MCuI4Nw9CN4pKxyXx3wu3g2l5VhL320kBxJAmIpVoMwKhlkGdvwXO/s4032/20221006_094425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPe7cBiaEEQFJ8l12TbJtO5XmRg_53xaNcMB3VG05i-npVHEmats37oXRK-X2vUK9eOmC0kqKahc0vbbENkr51nZ0jNSgxznDkOHJfBQ052N8P-CMUhULMkxcH3MmDQ-_6QSkCC5MCuI4Nw9CN4pKxyXx3wu3g2l5VhL320kBxJAmIpVoMwKhlkGdvwXO/s320/20221006_094425.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">When we arrived at the ER we were seen pretty quickly and the ER doc checked him out. He quickly identified a large hernia and attempted to manually correct it. He was surprised by how stubborn it was. Meanwhile, he also ordered a number of imaging tests to identify the cause of the green vomit and rule out anything serious. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QSnSuWKEx-jF1j1mjrdn0wLbBULKkJEqK-4g_QaLlgcjITu5nVi1z9eJxakoUpVs-AcPkbPLZxjn1_D2kz1cHyHJTpljOUc5FtNuEWtMIq5NWl12YU2I1dSs7DeqQFPKYF0ttRAd0hk088Z7cyOOWukcs2nc7MOqeViHSqHC2bOPx3uxG2X_m7Qf5oyT/s3216/20221006_111005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3216" data-original-width="1448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QSnSuWKEx-jF1j1mjrdn0wLbBULKkJEqK-4g_QaLlgcjITu5nVi1z9eJxakoUpVs-AcPkbPLZxjn1_D2kz1cHyHJTpljOUc5FtNuEWtMIq5NWl12YU2I1dSs7DeqQFPKYF0ttRAd0hk088Z7cyOOWukcs2nc7MOqeViHSqHC2bOPx3uxG2X_m7Qf5oyT/s320/20221006_111005.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQ0Llkf9h1Ujuz2cjn8YYrgv8bY9vHAXH4z2aTKoHNZb4RDFNwpOBGUC34zKyfwBMwPzqmzkiE7sehbZFUq6aJ4BK-_SqUdK2HW2L6Ujl6MZ8nwmCqIPtZS-P2sVY4wRTffXqnWDrmEdZ4wcxyk8vhuP3SseUaREI7H_lKLlMqcn9Q5m7jzghfT3Vx58J/s3216/20221006_111011_001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3216" data-original-width="1448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQ0Llkf9h1Ujuz2cjn8YYrgv8bY9vHAXH4z2aTKoHNZb4RDFNwpOBGUC34zKyfwBMwPzqmzkiE7sehbZFUq6aJ4BK-_SqUdK2HW2L6Ujl6MZ8nwmCqIPtZS-P2sVY4wRTffXqnWDrmEdZ4wcxyk8vhuP3SseUaREI7H_lKLlMqcn9Q5m7jzghfT3Vx58J/s320/20221006_111011_001.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">The first test was an X-Ray of Dom's bowels. It was pretty awful to watch. He was strapped to the board while they fed him a fluid that they could see travel through his system as they rocked him back and forth. He was crying and the fluid wasn't doing what they wanted it to do. Afterwards the radiologist told me his initial reading of the results was that Dominic has malrotation and would likely need surgery.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We were then taken for an ultrasound of the hernia. Just as the tech was putting the goop on Dom's belly, a nurse came to let us know the urologist who viewed the imaging results wanted to take him into surgery now. This is when things felt much like a whirlwind and started to move very fast. I had multiple people asking me to sign things and telling me what malrotation is and how they planned to fix it and oh yeah that giant hernia that is still there needs to be taken care of too and the risks of anesthesia at such a young age, but it shouldn't be an issue because the surgery shouldn't go for more than 4 hours.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile in my head I am bitterly remembering the arduous process of getting on the schedule for Baptism at our church and how Dominic hadn't been Baptized yet. I hand the Holy Water I have in my purse (because I've been traveling with it in case of emergency) to one of the techs and explain to her the Rite of Baptism and that if anything goes wrong it is the first thing she is to do. She was surprisingly receptive. And then the tears came. I continued to sign paperwork about all the things that could go wrong and watch as my tiny baby is wheeled away on a bed with a team of people surrounding him. The people at Children's Plano were all so caring. I received the most loving embraces and reassurance from each member of the team, including the surgeon. I remember them telling me with most sincere faces that they would care for him like their own and I believed them.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I whispered into his ear and kissed him and put my head on his little two week old body. He was so tired from crying and not eating all morning. And off he went. I believe it was around 12:30pm. The staff brought me a pump and a two ounce bottle to catch milk. Thankfully, I had brought my own hand pump and larger bottle, so I replaced the two ounce with the eight ounce and managed to fill it twice. They were very accommodating and began storing any milk I pumped.</p><p style="text-align: center;">While the morning was whizzing by I was in communication with J and my mom. J had been with the other kids, but now needed and wanted to join me at the hospital. My mom came to pick up the boys from school and stay with them. I messaged the rest of my family with an update and a plea for prayers. J arrived and a tidal wave of tears flowed from me. They were tears of relief to have him here and also fear for our tiny baby. </p><p style="text-align: center;">At 2:10 I received my first update letting me know they started the procedure and he was stable, warm, and hydrated. At 2:58 I received a message saying "Hi Mommy. He is stable and we are still working". At some point the nurse who had been sending messages stopped by the room to let us know her shift was ending and a new person would be sending updates. J passed the time by watching videos of the Ladd's procedure they were doing (J watched intently, I mostly just glanced periodically). I passed the time by worrying and crying off and on. At 4:06 I received a message saying "Surgeon still operating, everything is going well, baby is doing wonderful". And then came a painful 2 hour communication desert. </p><p style="text-align: center;">During this time, my sister stopped by with dinner for us and a big, long, needed hug where I could just crumble into my big sister's arms. She told me that on her drive the Matt Maher song Leaning was playing and I was reminded to lean into the comforting peace of our Savior. I returned to the room and we ate dinner. We finally received another message at 6:00 saying "Finished with the belly and starting on the hernia. Baby is doing well." I was a little surprised and disappointed there was still a significant piece of the surgery to be completed, remembering the anesthesiologist telling me anything under three hours was not of concern. The three hour mark was passing us by. At 7:30 the surgeon came by to let us know he was out of surgery and being moved to PICU where we could go up to see him. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn670LhY01FYVELRUwWVpZBZFrbe3tUYRIiGVJ_tRzJisDFrgczbMtZKky2oH3j3qdkjNVjyZ9kimdicPbxsnyXu28WuXuoHqicdr0BMvqLjzGvHuVXlENuOKjTG0HLG3Z19U5E_FmGTK4ImCEh7m5xGXfdUkq2yxx92IdTEvt_rgT-V0PrWuuvThpY4hN/s4032/20221006_220805.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn670LhY01FYVELRUwWVpZBZFrbe3tUYRIiGVJ_tRzJisDFrgczbMtZKky2oH3j3qdkjNVjyZ9kimdicPbxsnyXu28WuXuoHqicdr0BMvqLjzGvHuVXlENuOKjTG0HLG3Z19U5E_FmGTK4ImCEh7m5xGXfdUkq2yxx92IdTEvt_rgT-V0PrWuuvThpY4hN/s320/20221006_220805.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">Walking into the PICU was a mixture of relief and shock. I was so glad to see our sweet boy, but not prepared for the amount of machines and wires surrounding his little body. The surgeon gave the PICU team a synopsis of the surgery, letting them know the hernia had been a major problem and resulted in needing to resection part of his intestine. She emphasized the hernia was the hardest case she has seen in someone so small and she had needed to call in a second surgeon to assist. I later learned that his particular malrotation was rare and one that was newer for her to operate on. He would remain sedated and on a breathing machine. </p><p style="text-align: center;">J went home to help reassure the worried siblings and I settled in for the night. Throughout the night Dom's temperature dropped over and over and at points his pulse would take dives. That combined with waking to pump, I didn't sleep much. They lessened the amount of pain meds they were giving and placed him on warming bed which helped with his vitals.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSvxshsJM9-hHD3naF7fOdtvb4WAoXpFWxZkfsgOs4z69mONGCOXDrExLWA6SrCKDqXMX1w7RoLw_ImgHeB5gxRSAeUuFcScUuAgUNbmXmioMS1bXiYYuu3ai19Xei3poJns2P_R2clczloamHlws0nh6wm18ejQtEPswr9fmNOxtuQr_sJCfdH202c0T/s4032/20221007_062437.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSvxshsJM9-hHD3naF7fOdtvb4WAoXpFWxZkfsgOs4z69mONGCOXDrExLWA6SrCKDqXMX1w7RoLw_ImgHeB5gxRSAeUuFcScUuAgUNbmXmioMS1bXiYYuu3ai19Xei3poJns2P_R2clczloamHlws0nh6wm18ejQtEPswr9fmNOxtuQr_sJCfdH202c0T/s320/20221007_062437.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">J arrived back at the hospital for rounds the next morning. The plan was to slowly reduce support from the O2 machine as well as continue to reduce pain meds and start to wake him. They also wanted to place a PICC line to give him TPN (IV food) since he would not be able to nurse for a few days. The person placing the line recommended I leave because Dominic was likely to cry during the procedure and while he could handle babies crying, it broke him to see the mother cry. So I left J with the holy water and Baptism instructions and he assured me there would be no need to use it. I took a long walk around the campus and prayed a Rosary and reflected on the meaning of giving Dominic's care to God the Father first and trusting in His perfect will.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNa9vceeQNcirqUdj7g1hTkB1usPYRtBoFN5oPfRZZV9GHKGbhnwWitOoIYbHbbxBqY2Z3QvOt5eXfMFxvKc2mozkd0sjgOAFuQeLliRGlyCkd84o5aaQUGLL6jBeDLEAxBwMRd5HIaYNtur_H-MChWNkx5iC56I6qK0tBgUIIIwP3uT06zexcku6FmJz/s4032/20221007_065738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNa9vceeQNcirqUdj7g1hTkB1usPYRtBoFN5oPfRZZV9GHKGbhnwWitOoIYbHbbxBqY2Z3QvOt5eXfMFxvKc2mozkd0sjgOAFuQeLliRGlyCkd84o5aaQUGLL6jBeDLEAxBwMRd5HIaYNtur_H-MChWNkx5iC56I6qK0tBgUIIIwP3uT06zexcku6FmJz/s320/20221007_065738.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">The line was successfully placed and Dominic made slow progress towards reducing his need for breathing and O2 support as well as began to wean off of the sedation medication. As this happened he slowly started to wake up. He also started to pee, which was a great sign. However, he didn't like having his diaper changed and would hold his breath whenever the nurses were doing this. It was nerve wracking every time. I loved our PICU nurses. They provided encouragement and words of comfort and so so many hugs. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIywRNcou4gkDoccjQk1JkDLDXqncfyA0PgOYKoxwMx4ap4AuF4Q_t31luNThGh7hG8gS_EuA_BDurea3KkKv1Cy4eaH3xo5LzoFVXjybjeaqQiGQrCKA2Q40digTeRkasgI86BdHVLAffiW1W9atnHxcNTusMAt3fePF-iFahnalUYlj2se_4LGsanp80/s4032/20221007_065815.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIywRNcou4gkDoccjQk1JkDLDXqncfyA0PgOYKoxwMx4ap4AuF4Q_t31luNThGh7hG8gS_EuA_BDurea3KkKv1Cy4eaH3xo5LzoFVXjybjeaqQiGQrCKA2Q40digTeRkasgI86BdHVLAffiW1W9atnHxcNTusMAt3fePF-iFahnalUYlj2se_4LGsanp80/s320/20221007_065815.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2xQgKidXjz2ldhcAGkdx_dLJsJH66GFRb9KqqU7CzphbjcXvDRXR3M7krO1TQissixWJldW82PSBJhbw2vvWtRZ4afgd18CkAAVp4Lie_k2j5ugxozoELXeV7fVntRAmmRFskbjZtxsY5TkL2QAm5nZLxnqRZ9SceQVFjtGrYk1hqPnZjJebnCQkfakt/s4032/20221007_085720.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2xQgKidXjz2ldhcAGkdx_dLJsJH66GFRb9KqqU7CzphbjcXvDRXR3M7krO1TQissixWJldW82PSBJhbw2vvWtRZ4afgd18CkAAVp4Lie_k2j5ugxozoELXeV7fVntRAmmRFskbjZtxsY5TkL2QAm5nZLxnqRZ9SceQVFjtGrYk1hqPnZjJebnCQkfakt/s320/20221007_085720.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5eFlSM-RsTiHNu8d3sRylN86xOzc_hkLmsXBSWe2maTMz45zbeZUV5oiH_t8kpELOCglIAsy7d1L8yW6Wx7aZdMmldTtbOFwsnK7bC0DRFk8wRCoCYsRX9iuU5wWQbtCTnLzpBlAsrsPYFk_-V0p02h5mAgF-_1zJkTBRrrNGSgVMUlzlnmDMD625aFrv/s4032/20221007_104803.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5eFlSM-RsTiHNu8d3sRylN86xOzc_hkLmsXBSWe2maTMz45zbeZUV5oiH_t8kpELOCglIAsy7d1L8yW6Wx7aZdMmldTtbOFwsnK7bC0DRFk8wRCoCYsRX9iuU5wWQbtCTnLzpBlAsrsPYFk_-V0p02h5mAgF-_1zJkTBRrrNGSgVMUlzlnmDMD625aFrv/s320/20221007_104803.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxr7osWD3lUJFNxL7kBR-lANSJx9ESFK-soqm8bBwEzu5miuG1xYiqF9xPmsRSf2gsc8ik2sU02cnrNUZHX9RjIRcNqbmNSPLoWVC92PXY4hSm6AWwvJWQ5bDDyrp-WMQZjhJdtdYJ3YRWuXdd-ftAK1SlAgS4cKGRmWKSnC-qLF_p4RtqZhILMEATYJE/s4032/20221007_134038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxr7osWD3lUJFNxL7kBR-lANSJx9ESFK-soqm8bBwEzu5miuG1xYiqF9xPmsRSf2gsc8ik2sU02cnrNUZHX9RjIRcNqbmNSPLoWVC92PXY4hSm6AWwvJWQ5bDDyrp-WMQZjhJdtdYJ3YRWuXdd-ftAK1SlAgS4cKGRmWKSnC-qLF_p4RtqZhILMEATYJE/s320/20221007_134038.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">That afternoon, he was stable enough for me to be able to hold him and it was the best feeling. He pretty much stayed in my arms from that point on unless a nurse made me lay down in bed or if it was J's shift. My mom came to visit so J could spend some time with the worried siblings.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvPFFCM0DBRZwX383YxHEyArztV0uX4zGX0CfZPBLd4c5Yf_AM3DbrjZJIuVGogqfFJOLaKcMMpHeMmFhC617d5GKV3cpFFGMYGvQFZRckQWzzRvZHA4KLkyCQ_GbUEYZs8vuieT-ViB-gKE3Wr6OXotIl03onHnHpoRTobMARN71GsH6Qxqcf5JyANDh/s4032/20221007_150140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvPFFCM0DBRZwX383YxHEyArztV0uX4zGX0CfZPBLd4c5Yf_AM3DbrjZJIuVGogqfFJOLaKcMMpHeMmFhC617d5GKV3cpFFGMYGvQFZRckQWzzRvZHA4KLkyCQ_GbUEYZs8vuieT-ViB-gKE3Wr6OXotIl03onHnHpoRTobMARN71GsH6Qxqcf5JyANDh/s320/20221007_150140.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0p7Elf0jELCAK3IUUOgJctX0q-wzeT_cYYlflQXM4e0_JyhLrNNF6VCyUPhichnQCJF3TWnJdMKRRXCqcnZ1GIpEH9kI8-5TUcVKZGzuPKZOh3xiY-CG4BPla2Z6l-hp4TIteGkgh-Ie6CLxNPYbASr774B8fQAftMsZ3PwGjnkvw2kKP1T6iIVupaOKe/s4032/20221007_150228.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0p7Elf0jELCAK3IUUOgJctX0q-wzeT_cYYlflQXM4e0_JyhLrNNF6VCyUPhichnQCJF3TWnJdMKRRXCqcnZ1GIpEH9kI8-5TUcVKZGzuPKZOh3xiY-CG4BPla2Z6l-hp4TIteGkgh-Ie6CLxNPYbASr774B8fQAftMsZ3PwGjnkvw2kKP1T6iIVupaOKe/s320/20221007_150228.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VFv8fSDS-YxIyygu3GkG_cCkbz6EYbVCmoJ5y862u5j9uLwBlHAloq3c_7E-kM1tA0n-CjLE4pdEK_N3WciE5_mzlLVUOP3eOpomTtuXDNSs0eyjde6sdBvL5zAJBzA8PUY_6V1EPHSVBbNPniu-vrRVEJGvApe8oO_mKxyiTdkM7i8lgEFTsm9rErO6/s4032/20221007_155205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VFv8fSDS-YxIyygu3GkG_cCkbz6EYbVCmoJ5y862u5j9uLwBlHAloq3c_7E-kM1tA0n-CjLE4pdEK_N3WciE5_mzlLVUOP3eOpomTtuXDNSs0eyjde6sdBvL5zAJBzA8PUY_6V1EPHSVBbNPniu-vrRVEJGvApe8oO_mKxyiTdkM7i8lgEFTsm9rErO6/s320/20221007_155205.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDzi1ZgGOiRyqYSsdoJoEWHatyBQYyM-T2lRxp9dTLljuKpDNWf_-0gihujjJIlpu_g8RR484jC3B7ftoJs2LEzQsHNFvEGBw_x_5CXmXNKvNKPV97xdn8JjswVJHlEpzQbTvmxb25XZ_wPW8QPBgceezWLGFqDX1FZuqap1xPJpOzuN5fo4PACc-e26L/s3968/20221007_181417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="1784" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDzi1ZgGOiRyqYSsdoJoEWHatyBQYyM-T2lRxp9dTLljuKpDNWf_-0gihujjJIlpu_g8RR484jC3B7ftoJs2LEzQsHNFvEGBw_x_5CXmXNKvNKPV97xdn8JjswVJHlEpzQbTvmxb25XZ_wPW8QPBgceezWLGFqDX1FZuqap1xPJpOzuN5fo4PACc-e26L/s320/20221007_181417.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXZwU4yej_V6KbPkH1_WlxHEbhgK4-w2_NGy8SvuIEBdfpl7hKlhAQCGQzDho2wMd5pvYfMd3RZ5_CtyXqA52-Y3pX2OjkmEJHnf_Pk0ebZodhDZ2BWAVEAw4lccA8ZgveKI-vruNporLfLn4IFE1X8XinknfGnfmFSnyP_9NeLKpVVf50bfW_L5O7IKb/s4032/20221007_184610.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXZwU4yej_V6KbPkH1_WlxHEbhgK4-w2_NGy8SvuIEBdfpl7hKlhAQCGQzDho2wMd5pvYfMd3RZ5_CtyXqA52-Y3pX2OjkmEJHnf_Pk0ebZodhDZ2BWAVEAw4lccA8ZgveKI-vruNporLfLn4IFE1X8XinknfGnfmFSnyP_9NeLKpVVf50bfW_L5O7IKb/s320/20221007_184610.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Dominic continued to have green gunk (bile) sucked through the tube that was going to his stomach and we needed this to be gone for a substantial amount of time before we could reintroduce breastmilk. By bedtime on day 2 at the hospital, he was not impressed with not being able to eat. Being more alert was a blessing, but hearing him cry for food was heartbreaking. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8qPvHywyTP4EI3MryDZ1iUIIWtEG0wzzfh3ytK_BxpLDs_naypQvWp_OfV67H5hER_sunlUg8Wnlo6seR24Alf4DtrhHKOmA4_pv5UYQ0Jw9l9u0ucMV8QNXVvHTGpTu7dlBUsWUuj_PQHvyo1PxH0t43G6Upk_PPnGfEtI_gUuQzB2Knw2RQzHEXSae/s3216/20221007_194807.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3216" data-original-width="1448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8qPvHywyTP4EI3MryDZ1iUIIWtEG0wzzfh3ytK_BxpLDs_naypQvWp_OfV67H5hER_sunlUg8Wnlo6seR24Alf4DtrhHKOmA4_pv5UYQ0Jw9l9u0ucMV8QNXVvHTGpTu7dlBUsWUuj_PQHvyo1PxH0t43G6Upk_PPnGfEtI_gUuQzB2Knw2RQzHEXSae/s320/20221007_194807.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMv1xujanYMAePhYa0OL0MczQNIXVoxVYXEBLl5vBP0Os1-cMh39kYJVOepJLIXxj2dhH0GK6diXtAEXEiDMx2o6iiAAR7o8lmYM-rsvh2e0C2WS3di2TrYuPc-b9ypAnfcwVEN0F8NVJ8DqWTi4BE5ChQzjtvDFE3HmE3xJWkqJgGQNrevH-Zwe0dOhzC/s4032/20221007_204748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMv1xujanYMAePhYa0OL0MczQNIXVoxVYXEBLl5vBP0Os1-cMh39kYJVOepJLIXxj2dhH0GK6diXtAEXEiDMx2o6iiAAR7o8lmYM-rsvh2e0C2WS3di2TrYuPc-b9ypAnfcwVEN0F8NVJ8DqWTi4BE5ChQzjtvDFE3HmE3xJWkqJgGQNrevH-Zwe0dOhzC/s320/20221007_204748.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">He had a rough night with waking and realizing he hurt and was getting hungrier. Unfortunately, the amount of green getting pulled from his stomach was increasing. The hospital team didn't seemed worried by this and said it was a sign his intestines were starting to work again, just slowly so they were backing up and causing green to be in his stomach. Meanwhile I was learning how to hold a baby attached to what felt like 100 wires, pump, and not drive him crazy with milk in his face that he couldn't have. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1AGkrlhkZilBgWSC6BCb3jGFYeA3gplN3I49omV5A_JFz-weNIYlK8oVkvUjfpf_XPxsrB5yJ7UiVF8rvrlw21JUuq2340GZatVzldm10yrK-LrxK1CZAT79h-WZVrSrB1q8LDzeYp4SyzaJyk6xfSFRus0NRCF-CRb3OBaB3EkOIRZeiVLYxoGpHdiz/s4032/20221007_211540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1AGkrlhkZilBgWSC6BCb3jGFYeA3gplN3I49omV5A_JFz-weNIYlK8oVkvUjfpf_XPxsrB5yJ7UiVF8rvrlw21JUuq2340GZatVzldm10yrK-LrxK1CZAT79h-WZVrSrB1q8LDzeYp4SyzaJyk6xfSFRus0NRCF-CRb3OBaB3EkOIRZeiVLYxoGpHdiz/s320/20221007_211540.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MJF32TTPqxy1tiscsKBf5EFsT87gvAKLVkfBpCxVC7PYuUxgUent9d42f7XyipAGczpGpx799vTUatXkFRDF25jSRJRJ749emiTt1FyDGcgnuq9wfLJngCq2gCa2er3CM4dsscXlw9bG6oLlrVXum2CNYt_2vjSaAeySM2UsZN6cBSlTUA19dFuOKvxn/s320/20221008_110835.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">It was day three and J had a special surprise for Zilla, they would be headed to the UT/OU game together at fair park. J debated calling off the trip, but Dom was doing so well and this would be such a special time for them they decided to keep their plans and got to see UT trample OU. </p><p style="text-align: center;">That evening J and I switched places and I went home to see the kids. Leaving the hospital was hard. All the thoughts and what ifs were flooding my mind. The nurse told me she was glad to see me going to get a good night of rest and assured me all would be well. Dom had a good night with J and they started to see him poop some, which was a great sign of progress. It was day four at the hospital and Dom was off all major pain meds and was taking only Tylenol and antibiotics in addition to the TPN. I went to Mass with the kids and (thankfully) my mom. After Mass, we had Father Michael say a prayer over our family for Dom. It was a needed dose of peace. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiersXgRrfqFQizt9VuNHcZR0o4Yo7K54z-y0wZdDqCTfr-tQ07VuXvLu3Fcu5gavLJhRTvwS3XwrcPYJiYXRYTCPmO8NXDkb2UEYSUtcX2cK5IUZBcceaEkNKbBYvxLsIFWWtEfe4ws5DrOKxDwGAoyk5Bew8_kKfVXLMDP4uRpSCE6jj97-wf-qO0hAvx/s4032/20221010_152015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiersXgRrfqFQizt9VuNHcZR0o4Yo7K54z-y0wZdDqCTfr-tQ07VuXvLu3Fcu5gavLJhRTvwS3XwrcPYJiYXRYTCPmO8NXDkb2UEYSUtcX2cK5IUZBcceaEkNKbBYvxLsIFWWtEfe4ws5DrOKxDwGAoyk5Bew8_kKfVXLMDP4uRpSCE6jj97-wf-qO0hAvx/s320/20221010_152015.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYv-N2EFUDuvrOKFNNP0cSDjadehDjW9qiU-0xIxi7aA-BoMlM7wysLQsrXAnOs5TtIf95R5CpG3bnHuMYm1hjhamodVNCYvplhGvp-IVRAolgJggn0w0-XUjizezEOb_z7J6A8BOvU1D5jfLoQi4Pn3xxScxdvDyKrPMZC0F6BukSmUbF9z42ffVBL8qc/s4032/20221010_155217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYv-N2EFUDuvrOKFNNP0cSDjadehDjW9qiU-0xIxi7aA-BoMlM7wysLQsrXAnOs5TtIf95R5CpG3bnHuMYm1hjhamodVNCYvplhGvp-IVRAolgJggn0w0-XUjizezEOb_z7J6A8BOvU1D5jfLoQi4Pn3xxScxdvDyKrPMZC0F6BukSmUbF9z42ffVBL8qc/s320/20221010_155217.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRUNRRJMvG1I9rzi569pgVBVLUasimrt5VvUUMGh9qzfvDI5kXNJmSQbVorgOJlOxzhKCEensiaFiBatCsQLjsEQos3ZutI-XqdwlIRhseq6hNjgT22rYxgjxDk208KKFgcR6oJ_IpBzxptaCjjgTHVp2cFNVm6LJRdZKdrDW3nXTAavDByK9xXif4T2D/s4032/20221010_160105.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRUNRRJMvG1I9rzi569pgVBVLUasimrt5VvUUMGh9qzfvDI5kXNJmSQbVorgOJlOxzhKCEensiaFiBatCsQLjsEQos3ZutI-XqdwlIRhseq6hNjgT22rYxgjxDk208KKFgcR6oJ_IpBzxptaCjjgTHVp2cFNVm6LJRdZKdrDW3nXTAavDByK9xXif4T2D/s320/20221010_160105.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">When I returned to the hospital, Dom had been moved out of the ICU onto a regular floor. While I loved that he was making progress, the nurses here were far less hands on and also didn't like me sleeping in a chair while holding him. So I got really good at waking up anytime I heard the door open. I struggled more with pumping because he was getting more and more agitated and wanted to be held most of the time. I was glad I brought my Freemie from home, or there is no way I would have been able to keep up my supply. </p><p style="text-align: center;">On day 5 at the hospital I was given the go ahead to feed him an ounce of milk from the bottle. It was a huge relief after a very difficult night. From here, he continued to make beautiful improvements and eventually moved back to nursing. Never in my life was I so happy every time I saw poop. It was wonderful. The kids were able to come up at one point to say hi and J and I switched places again. We switched back the next day so J could return to work. After arriving on October 6th, we were given the green light to go home on October 12th.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoaYpLtjiunv0ZB7Ek_GscuTaN1iGoZh8oeQ51yt7g2QNT42YdZ6WKqHxIgjJTuFSI5XneTpbbfisbXjd9CvLlXStHplwepPFVOdUICZr4alBlgv21B2NfUDBf4X1YYLH4_f-4joGDN-KSe4OLc_BAzOZs7I7ppn0cjYSuCdY0nPNq2PQkKm2iZKR_Hwe/s4032/20221010_184752.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoaYpLtjiunv0ZB7Ek_GscuTaN1iGoZh8oeQ51yt7g2QNT42YdZ6WKqHxIgjJTuFSI5XneTpbbfisbXjd9CvLlXStHplwepPFVOdUICZr4alBlgv21B2NfUDBf4X1YYLH4_f-4joGDN-KSe4OLc_BAzOZs7I7ppn0cjYSuCdY0nPNq2PQkKm2iZKR_Hwe/s320/20221010_184752.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVc-esztEz6oAl5sUkiZ2Zf8D2JfNf3ORhVkahGAAOs4h9T7sYHrOS0Glu31mKcn0tjHWx5JsewaOScd3eXq7mGJHP4tUVj_u0_tWU1PULxQns1PB3qFLb8e8algQruo3qUl3lT8O_HgadoLtY41GXcLB5EB6tq5NX7X_UcqD1SmrWqGk7ND9QBQ-UOtvY/s4032/20221010_192340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVc-esztEz6oAl5sUkiZ2Zf8D2JfNf3ORhVkahGAAOs4h9T7sYHrOS0Glu31mKcn0tjHWx5JsewaOScd3eXq7mGJHP4tUVj_u0_tWU1PULxQns1PB3qFLb8e8algQruo3qUl3lT8O_HgadoLtY41GXcLB5EB6tq5NX7X_UcqD1SmrWqGk7ND9QBQ-UOtvY/s320/20221010_192340.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoybi88nO0F8Wvw7AQGO0kYDiJzm2hTjLDj6lbQS64pWhCxi1IYEQPC559C_jtnypS3TxeXsPb5grHCjb6CjtJbTkpDv654HC2nY3SOd8KcXS9r1kxKYx3dtqrJm7eeDUTrwbsXxBXH0euazntjuJaQ4xeulliK3gV6mtevc9IQQa0aQNQbEHbjS62RS-/s4032/20221010_192743.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoybi88nO0F8Wvw7AQGO0kYDiJzm2hTjLDj6lbQS64pWhCxi1IYEQPC559C_jtnypS3TxeXsPb5grHCjb6CjtJbTkpDv654HC2nY3SOd8KcXS9r1kxKYx3dtqrJm7eeDUTrwbsXxBXH0euazntjuJaQ4xeulliK3gV6mtevc9IQQa0aQNQbEHbjS62RS-/s320/20221010_192743.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkBf4hJ6Ixd5-CEfWP57mTfOknIhChFzxI6cmDXAaOBG0RdQpfPZVbhGRy3grmOEwgtq5h_uWYPaelhGCdZkhcGdqPTohr_OKIq9rsidnoXHtz4x7kE0AUxxjgrFMwnW2k5PW9j9Yxaz9NlUsy88vegb0AweERLchjndpKXBGqzYwOVzWlYeJK0_nxNwM/s4032/20221011_085905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkBf4hJ6Ixd5-CEfWP57mTfOknIhChFzxI6cmDXAaOBG0RdQpfPZVbhGRy3grmOEwgtq5h_uWYPaelhGCdZkhcGdqPTohr_OKIq9rsidnoXHtz4x7kE0AUxxjgrFMwnW2k5PW9j9Yxaz9NlUsy88vegb0AweERLchjndpKXBGqzYwOVzWlYeJK0_nxNwM/s320/20221011_085905.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I am so grateful for all the love and support that was poured out over us throughout this week and the weeks after. So many friends provided meals for us and our family stepped up offering care for our kids. And the prayers sustained us through it all, providing us with an overwhelming sense of peace. There were moments of fear and sadness but there was so much peace. Especially in the openness to God's plan.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1v5XhvTC39N4m7sRkkI-AS58JtkOPNQAa_C4ILHQUMljEXmlWGqAv5FDutwzegfhEHsXvnoufWWUp9hlYE0N7b_ylgul-YSFF2zzYxsTpYE_-3T9B-FxWHPupY0mzRKa4l2vC_M-VV-xKea6XjBXvCx3qGcHDBtJn4auoXwzkPgphusbmcUvP7c2q2o1A/s4032/20221011_094216.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1v5XhvTC39N4m7sRkkI-AS58JtkOPNQAa_C4ILHQUMljEXmlWGqAv5FDutwzegfhEHsXvnoufWWUp9hlYE0N7b_ylgul-YSFF2zzYxsTpYE_-3T9B-FxWHPupY0mzRKa4l2vC_M-VV-xKea6XjBXvCx3qGcHDBtJn4auoXwzkPgphusbmcUvP7c2q2o1A/s320/20221011_094216.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWahZTSpWSmNZzqkJNtBp3M34auC19ngr3ZcduBXQdXnuzaEVgjahL0rAxOkhEOg8TvFBhIv5MneI7rhJTsbZfa4SowmntwuTXLy2LM7bMpsNtuiqf5Y0y7zDKj6LOLqbx7vfo-Af3Gaj3kuZseK6eF54-BqKtkpquIS3SedBLhUi8Oa5_pzdq_1I4mIs/s4032/20221011_142351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWahZTSpWSmNZzqkJNtBp3M34auC19ngr3ZcduBXQdXnuzaEVgjahL0rAxOkhEOg8TvFBhIv5MneI7rhJTsbZfa4SowmntwuTXLy2LM7bMpsNtuiqf5Y0y7zDKj6LOLqbx7vfo-Af3Gaj3kuZseK6eF54-BqKtkpquIS3SedBLhUi8Oa5_pzdq_1I4mIs/s320/20221011_142351.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYX-sT0Rseu0Ylc3JPfCqo_mOdWM2Pm5GjrdxmaBzHEhP9YdVAKDieL2TLzMGqZUK_z3_hoqRt3m3Elb6h0_MSVv0u248dWVXL8ef8iAWPiviPmLvbG1BwghfbfJV6MLEjZYlLDsj94DFG-78ped__pIGtH6jPFyz3ijfx6MrARQkTqp1vbnFi7ZEibgi/s4032/20221012_092116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYX-sT0Rseu0Ylc3JPfCqo_mOdWM2Pm5GjrdxmaBzHEhP9YdVAKDieL2TLzMGqZUK_z3_hoqRt3m3Elb6h0_MSVv0u248dWVXL8ef8iAWPiviPmLvbG1BwghfbfJV6MLEjZYlLDsj94DFG-78ped__pIGtH6jPFyz3ijfx6MrARQkTqp1vbnFi7ZEibgi/s320/20221012_092116.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgStZ0FpDLqMN4LrNVOnptLwKiULQYq9RMmQAdEQOH65u_vxaPbfL0KJNtixTMRV_iyR8jA6N2FIv8PF_GDWmxrvDsGJTuOGBzYYxcCvL92D1RuQlhaRKh-6UqNjKNQoJHrKmvbsBht3RPpj1ln_H-w-h2UJOF2c6CR9YjydoVvNUAnj_peXHJ6Vj52Fz/s3968/20221012_114745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="1784" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgStZ0FpDLqMN4LrNVOnptLwKiULQYq9RMmQAdEQOH65u_vxaPbfL0KJNtixTMRV_iyR8jA6N2FIv8PF_GDWmxrvDsGJTuOGBzYYxcCvL92D1RuQlhaRKh-6UqNjKNQoJHrKmvbsBht3RPpj1ln_H-w-h2UJOF2c6CR9YjydoVvNUAnj_peXHJ6Vj52Fz/s320/20221012_114745.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">It's amazing to look back and see where God was in all of this. And more importantly to look back and see that God was calling me to "Be still, and know that I am God". I was ready to fling myself into motherhood of five. I started seeing clients the day before Dom went into the hospital. I was ready to convince Dom he was a kid who was comfortable with being put down often, because well, it felt like a necessity. I was ready to have another kiddo like Betty, who slept amazing from day 1. I was ready to hit the ground running. I was absolutely not ready to find ourselves back in the hospital knowing that J had spent much of the summer in the hospital with his mom. But God, well he knew better. He knew I needed to Be Still. To stop and take in the moments with this new precious soul. To sit with him, to hold him, and to let God redeem some of the pain of the past year. To spend more time in silence and prayer and trust. God knew. He always does. He is always good, in all things.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfyK-bgDZv7Uw3adUN--l4qd9jb5hORLAma_k7GBh797KCJrhHoAFL_Ke8r7P9QTdB4QeAPZI6u3_PAGcm68FZZ6ssrUBRGyp3muxUiCMq-mNxOfl3egWrXItF1WVZG4hQe7hw5UoeUGo3RKqQa7iDDscBMpTPoQ534J6tgqjVlA9TGVfVwRFN3dFSqmp/s545/baptism.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="545" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfyK-bgDZv7Uw3adUN--l4qd9jb5hORLAma_k7GBh797KCJrhHoAFL_Ke8r7P9QTdB4QeAPZI6u3_PAGcm68FZZ6ssrUBRGyp3muxUiCMq-mNxOfl3egWrXItF1WVZG4hQe7hw5UoeUGo3RKqQa7iDDscBMpTPoQ534J6tgqjVlA9TGVfVwRFN3dFSqmp/s320/baptism.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479163162397787412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527877920058073538.post-43462732256926333812023-06-05T14:35:00.004-07:002023-06-05T15:07:04.840-07:00Dom Dom Dom Dommmmm (to the tune of Beethoven's 5th)<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifutwNvAe8Dg1cph_QWj-3oiGECoJMfydfy63y9zcbpcxbzrI4laT6Vi4VVzwr2NJF7e8suzGF2vdLKjy6UoE1kihM1WmRwaIiUTQmWT2Q3uCZUxCqjZ8JJmrO242N7OpJMKpMUCO58CXOy5wlvpqiXqSoG77nNXkOANfgHIt_2vsMwf2-kF_GMVRUZw/s4032/20220925_100958.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifutwNvAe8Dg1cph_QWj-3oiGECoJMfydfy63y9zcbpcxbzrI4laT6Vi4VVzwr2NJF7e8suzGF2vdLKjy6UoE1kihM1WmRwaIiUTQmWT2Q3uCZUxCqjZ8JJmrO242N7OpJMKpMUCO58CXOy5wlvpqiXqSoG77nNXkOANfgHIt_2vsMwf2-kF_GMVRUZw/s320/20220925_100958.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">*Grammar note*: I wrote most of this using speech to text, because 5 kids. There are definitely some errors.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remember how the last time I wrote one of these I joked that it would be the last blog entry? Well, joke's on me! God had a bigger and better plan in store, and that was in the form of our little Dom Dom. </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-0e9eaeb2-7fff-5a11-ab1c-32d5695b4518"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This birth story is going to be more like a pregnancy story, as this pregnancy and birth was in the context of year full of changes and loss in our family. The birth story is not complete without speaking to this loss. We found out that we were pregnant in January of 2022. It was a bit of a whirlwind realizing that we would soon be keeping up with 5 kids! We announced to my mom, mother in law, sister’s family, and brother’s family while celebrating Zilla’s birthday. Later that night, we spent part of the evening talking to my mother in law about what it would be like for her to live with us and 5 kids. The plan was for her to move into the home we had bought together as she moved towards retirement. She certainly thought we were a little ambitious, but was also excited for the journey. I was excited to have her closer in the coming years. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The pregnancy moved forward as normal. We explored the idea of a home birth and birthing center birth with much excitement but ultimately, when Jason’s job offered a pregnancy benefit of paying $0 if we birthed at his hospital, decided we would move forward with that plan. I was a little meh about this decision but also on board. I have, after all, done this 4 times and was well aware of how my births go. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In May, we received the most difficult phone call of our lives. Nina, my mother in law, had asked us to call her. I was certain that she was calling to let us know she was ready to make the big move to Dallas to begin her life here with us. But instead, she let us know she had been going through multiple tests exploring lesions on her lungs. We soon learned she had lung cancer. Over the next month Jason traveled back and forth between Dallas and Houston helping to transport her to and from doctors and care for her as her health declined. We lost her in June and it was devastating. I’ll never forget holding Zilla in my arms as he cried when I told him we were going to make a trip to Houston to say goodbye to her. She was his person. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meanwhile I struggled with God, wondering why we were losing such a wonderful woman, whom my kids absolutely adored. In all honesty, there were times I was angry. From afar, and without the chance to see Nina myself, I wondered why we weren’t pursuing treatments faster or more aggressively. It was harsh and certainly came from a selfish place, but I simply didn’t want to lose her. But with prayer, God softened my heart and helped me to see He did not want longsuffering for her. And in this I became open to the idea of my own sadness and grief. I so desperately wanted her there for this pregnancy, this birth, and to be in Dom’s life. She’s been a staple in all the others, it was hard to let go of this vision. But slowly I offered God this hurt and trusted He knew what to do with it better than me. If the deepest moments of grief, spared suffering for Nina, well then it was worth it. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m getting off track, but I say all of this because I remember people checking on me about how pregnancy was going and truthfully it was like my pregnancy was just happening in the background. I would tell people that I was pretty sure one day the baby was just going to fall out and I was going to be like, oh yeah, well hang on kid life isn’t slowing down. Dom, of course, had other plans once he got here, but that’s a whole separate post altogether. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the midst of the loss and transition, I wanted to do everything I could to keep Nina a part of our journey so that Dominic would have a sense of knowing her, even without having met her. It’s why we ultimately gave him the initials DLF, so that it could be something they shared. And as the day of his birth approached, I continually reflected on the role she played in welcoming our other kids into the world, especially the ones who were born in Michigan, and wondered what it would be like without her calming presence. You see, I am what some people might describe as an anxious person, but Nina just never seemed frazzled by anything. It was a nice and quite frankly needed balance in my postpartum wild hormonal state. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Week 40 of pregnancy rolled around and terms like “induction” started getting brought up. I was starting to get that anxious feeling. My husband’s hospital was not known for being the most “non intervention” friendly hospital around and because of the high volume of patients they see, take more of a one size fits all approach. The NP whom I had been seeing each appointment leading up to Dom’s birth kept gently letting me know that many of the things in my birth plan may not be allowed and they would almost certainly want to induce by week 41. I was, admittedly, a little bitter that my very likely last birth was going to be stressful and possibly everything I didn’t want in a birth. Not the end of the world, but I was not feeling the most optimistic. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At 41 weeks I waddled into a MFM appointment at 9am where they checked for progress and they “clocked” me at 3cm and the midwife insisted I immediately go to the hospital for induction with a cocktail of medications. I was crushed but also not ready to give up advocating for myself. I asked her for a membrane sweep as this had previously jump started labor for 2 of my previous births and was hopeful my body just needed a little reminder that it was time. She reluctantly agreed, but said that I needed to go straight to L&D to start meds after the sweep. I told her I needed to go home first to switch cars with my mom but would come back, though I preferred to wait 24 hours to give the sweep a chance to work seeing as she hadn’t given me any compelling medical reasons for getting the baby out asap. She looked at me rather suspiciously and stated “well I will have to put in my chart that you are noncompliant”. It was….uncomfortable, and quite frankly I felt like I was being threatened in some weird way. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I called my mom and Jason on the way home in tears. The idea of induction medications scared me. After 4 pregnancies I really didn’t want to throw in an unknown. I just wanted to do what my body knew how to do. Jason and my mom both encouraged me to just listen to my body. Jason was fully on board with waiting 24 hours despite her “threat” and my mom was willing to help any way we needed it. They both encouraged me to call my NP and discuss the situation with her, so I did and left a message. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meanwhile, I started to feel consistent contractions. I didn’t want to get too excited because I had had false labor in the past, and my last sweep involved a short stint of false labor followed by the real deal the next morning. So I was cautiously hopeful. My mom left for a funeral and Jason anxiously watched me pace around the room. As long as I was up and walking or bouncing on an exercise ball the contractions were coming strong and consistent. Eventually they were coming close enough together that I told Jason we should head towards the hospital, as it was a 30 to 40 minute drive. On the way there the contractions lightened up and I was worried I had jumped the gun. The last thing I wanted was to walk into L&D without strong contractions and then be told I have no option but to start induction. Because of this, we decided to walk around the hospital for a little while prior to reporting to labor and delivery. My contractions were coming back and getting progressively stronger. I began to stop walking during contractions and Jason asked if perhaps it was time to get checked in. I agreed and we headed to L&D. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The nursing team was very confused when I arrived because I was supposed to go straight there for induction but had gone home and was now contracting on my own. Uncertain of where I should be sent, they decided to put me in a triage room. I was told Jason would have to wait until I was admitted into a room before joining me. It was a busy afternoon and all of the labor rooms were full, so I was told it may be a while. It was around 2pm. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By some happy accident, Jason found his way back to the triage room and the nurse was kind enough to let him stay. She started the external monitors on me, told me they usually require mom's to stay laying back but since this was #5 she decided I knew what I was doing and as long as they were getting a reading I could move around. Unfortunately, the way my belly grows in pregnancy makes it very hard for the monitors to stay in place unless I'm completely still so she had to make frequent trips in to readjust. Thankfully, she never requested that I just stay still, because that wasn't going to happen.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was about 2:30 at this point. A midwife came in to check me and I was 4cm. Stop me if you've heard this before, but I was disappointed by this number. At this point the contractions were STRONG. I was doing ok for the most part and Jason and I had started praying a Rosary. At about the third mystery they let me know a room had opened and I was being moved to the labor and delivery room. It was as they were moving me in the wheelchair that the contractions started feeling extremely painful. It was about 2:45.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once we arrived to the room, it was very difficult to transfer to the bed. The new nurse was attempting to hook me up to the new external heart monitors and I was having none of it. I told Jason I was going to need an epidural because these contractions hurt way too much for being what was surely only 5 or 6cm. Afterall, they had just checked me and I was a 4. Rather than questioning this statement or agreeing, he simply told me the baby was probably about to be here. I thought he was bonkers. Jason started calmly but firmly mentioning to the nurse that she should get a doctor to the room rather than fiddle with the monitors on my stomach. Soon I was loudly mentioning how I was feeling a lot of pressure. A lot. The nurse was frantically paging a doctor to get to the room.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At 2:58 Jason sent a message to friends and family that I was pushing. I distinctly remember the nurse continuing to try and get the monitors wrapped around me. I am pretty sure I swatted her hand away and told her it wasn't going to happen. There would be no heartbeat found near my stomach area, the baby was in the birthing canal. At 3:05, Dominic arrived. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9cPUOh9lwCtoIZBMjsTRH-ZNR5D9F5Ycp9cwsu4NsxThhPX1uno-WyOI2Cc2BHAFU5V52zmcVwGkcakdO3tg3vK6g99ZXyeC6BGl3bhLYts26s1s6a3UAMHJ-hMbVrAIt4kUJ29i2qgKx1la3SVNqbiqGPfwjTKyYpykuKMH6A5CI1bx38P3_ZCr-Ug/s4000/20220923_150923.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9cPUOh9lwCtoIZBMjsTRH-ZNR5D9F5Ycp9cwsu4NsxThhPX1uno-WyOI2Cc2BHAFU5V52zmcVwGkcakdO3tg3vK6g99ZXyeC6BGl3bhLYts26s1s6a3UAMHJ-hMbVrAIt4kUJ29i2qgKx1la3SVNqbiqGPfwjTKyYpykuKMH6A5CI1bx38P3_ZCr-Ug/s320/20220923_150923.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdquG8-LQ8tIJt28pWiAXBYfS2ImqyRSgo845_3DRacRBebKVfoaBfBgxC5lx9GCvijh17oaV_Gs4KWhakAXczEfVd-U5mT3p_QnftgHGZTyuEC89TzfiIZ_6ICpFE8iAbWcdl-w1yLesvw17-OfSr8PRKHv7pY3aKykxfy6E_HxHgCs4bxBMBo54-yw/s4000/20220923_150932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdquG8-LQ8tIJt28pWiAXBYfS2ImqyRSgo845_3DRacRBebKVfoaBfBgxC5lx9GCvijh17oaV_Gs4KWhakAXczEfVd-U5mT3p_QnftgHGZTyuEC89TzfiIZ_6ICpFE8iAbWcdl-w1yLesvw17-OfSr8PRKHv7pY3aKykxfy6E_HxHgCs4bxBMBo54-yw/s320/20220923_150932.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UtHFTiuCoCBUipVPhZKv1zhl-7k9M76ocmzWg2JQ51ynec21PcEcPLnDoUp70CKOXwCoKtaL0kC9E3jaDmlRntxp8BAKCWw0nSu5bkl8oRV3z3EgNJN5D8QtG_-_0beseQ9ATHZ7WLcjAPcao2krR_PG-QdprY-68azUiomVb55PrnysM8aiAcrsAw/s4000/20220923_151421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UtHFTiuCoCBUipVPhZKv1zhl-7k9M76ocmzWg2JQ51ynec21PcEcPLnDoUp70CKOXwCoKtaL0kC9E3jaDmlRntxp8BAKCWw0nSu5bkl8oRV3z3EgNJN5D8QtG_-_0beseQ9ATHZ7WLcjAPcao2krR_PG-QdprY-68azUiomVb55PrnysM8aiAcrsAw/s320/20220923_151421.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I did my customary apologizing to the L&D nurses for yelling at them and anything mean I had said. The nurse who had been trying to get the heart monitor around me told me there was no need to apologize and that was the most amazing birth she has been a part of and told me I was incredible. The nurse who had helped us in triage came by to see if I had really already given birth. She looked at me and said, “nah girl, we don’t do that around here. That’s wild.” Jason and I joked that if the two nurses compared notes about me they would think it was two different people and I sent my sister a text to describe the great distance between triage me and transition me; 'polite, Rosary praying' me very quickly became 'frantic, hitting your hand away' me. An hour or two later my NP called me back to see what questions I had and I let her know they were no longer relevant because he had arrived. She was floored. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4pfwt7Po5CZRrcxXrUeKOeObT0yX_v55yTBRBtX8WlQ_ivRuFP9Bl1zHvHpFmVIwLdk5hik0txPghX6DPLbtaXBgoLORmZUYQYZWLsFCuEPQT7hdbksU37DO1eNWoTnJF68YWcg1naDwZtCLc4-ktaL5HLR6bhbC9WtrNI4mebjtgTZQ3ud4yblcxw/s4000/20220923_151410.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4pfwt7Po5CZRrcxXrUeKOeObT0yX_v55yTBRBtX8WlQ_ivRuFP9Bl1zHvHpFmVIwLdk5hik0txPghX6DPLbtaXBgoLORmZUYQYZWLsFCuEPQT7hdbksU37DO1eNWoTnJF68YWcg1naDwZtCLc4-ktaL5HLR6bhbC9WtrNI4mebjtgTZQ3ud4yblcxw/s320/20220923_151410.jpg" width="144" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkr23nW6WBm3KVNnyiYl7-gEr3hZg4qLwSkXFYnFjZYC6qgk4gXybIlA54BP4LE00nXU1YMwWFbIsy7KWdsOxLbF5NZXW_giikJXesPvd1WHcnXywHKOkQimWShA5KDu1HyTG7gL4OeGttOCDNrzB1C1OuKK5ZXQFN7Rh_umDHJp5fqXsmK9j4Cd3Zg/s4032/20220923_153515.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkr23nW6WBm3KVNnyiYl7-gEr3hZg4qLwSkXFYnFjZYC6qgk4gXybIlA54BP4LE00nXU1YMwWFbIsy7KWdsOxLbF5NZXW_giikJXesPvd1WHcnXywHKOkQimWShA5KDu1HyTG7gL4OeGttOCDNrzB1C1OuKK5ZXQFN7Rh_umDHJp5fqXsmK9j4Cd3Zg/s320/20220923_153515.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5h6suvSr6wR9Nr98GtrXZ3q4SsRA9Bcg1cx_Pjbug6dTV1f-jOfLMhg3qG1SpdWNNa5A6N91ltXhpC8tyC9C5JUz8psRohdxkCF2O3cf2Fa65uaGR4TMkTsEYn-JpeAxIIX8fcYe7hqUJa736KMZ5ct5Vru1q5SMQV2PDm0aVn0ucHIjndjCA6rssA/s4000/20220923_161736.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5h6suvSr6wR9Nr98GtrXZ3q4SsRA9Bcg1cx_Pjbug6dTV1f-jOfLMhg3qG1SpdWNNa5A6N91ltXhpC8tyC9C5JUz8psRohdxkCF2O3cf2Fa65uaGR4TMkTsEYn-JpeAxIIX8fcYe7hqUJa736KMZ5ct5Vru1q5SMQV2PDm0aVn0ucHIjndjCA6rssA/s320/20220923_161736.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgxLqwqICdO9XfrkVlmEQp6adEUIDJ_7J_9ut07CQLbJRbdAeWJixuqYFEx0Lu8eYXIta-udpOVHg2Eylns113Z8v7tEF6FZFb5t0Gl7hvOOdstIYOvG9Wc663OZwTRQ8r9cxBfunBY0fp46Wk4tlSL8o-Skgs7kJrMSUnaVrnmnRTqiRWFg-l8L_Hw/s2400/20220923_162029_remastered.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgxLqwqICdO9XfrkVlmEQp6adEUIDJ_7J_9ut07CQLbJRbdAeWJixuqYFEx0Lu8eYXIta-udpOVHg2Eylns113Z8v7tEF6FZFb5t0Gl7hvOOdstIYOvG9Wc663OZwTRQ8r9cxBfunBY0fp46Wk4tlSL8o-Skgs7kJrMSUnaVrnmnRTqiRWFg-l8L_Hw/s320/20220923_162029_remastered.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also realized just how in tune my husband is with me. Honestly, it is humbling to realize how much he trusts my body to do this whole process, even more than I do myself. Looking back I see how he didn’t ask me at any point to question myself or speak over me, but at the same time he knew when I was truly in labor, when we were definitely in need of checking in, and when I was in transition and ready to push. I don’t know if he felt calm internally and maybe it is just in comparison to how wild I felt at times, but he just seemed so sure. He later told me there are obvious tells that I have, especially when it is pushing time, which is why he started to urge the nurse to get a doctor. Anyways, I really love it and love him. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzx_vK3SKKmIxlkxqizOGTnZEwFHck5P_TWtC1Z8iB-e1SLFiMirMgJxBdjC6kQRTBZX6cjmLvE-q_FiJb1Mxv6Tl3LWfzIQ37ohCoYozLP7s3WJozvvUMf55Q2lwDRpcKjmRuVx22lWxfOAixSLOPCKG3cW4qomNHP_crL9bqWeRRWbWaIwI-YQ3ztw/s4032/20220923_163520.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzx_vK3SKKmIxlkxqizOGTnZEwFHck5P_TWtC1Z8iB-e1SLFiMirMgJxBdjC6kQRTBZX6cjmLvE-q_FiJb1Mxv6Tl3LWfzIQ37ohCoYozLP7s3WJozvvUMf55Q2lwDRpcKjmRuVx22lWxfOAixSLOPCKG3cW4qomNHP_crL9bqWeRRWbWaIwI-YQ3ztw/s320/20220923_163520.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28IrD80t4ivQnNLlhIri9LEa_ZZrbVN7mYYmft4rXxUjqv_2SFikLqFjyNGzK8xyYGmIrSYgYybdyZ9vKuRi8fcaBxrDZFyB6XXEqj9JDvkjWGjqHdnqmz1sK9X1XS_fbNMp-DKDc1odt5xc33WCG0Uj_aoQpUfZBiKDvSlhw8x5Aj4zBLjq9pEOy8Q/s1440/VideoCapture_20220923-164008.jpg" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28IrD80t4ivQnNLlhIri9LEa_ZZrbVN7mYYmft4rXxUjqv_2SFikLqFjyNGzK8xyYGmIrSYgYybdyZ9vKuRi8fcaBxrDZFyB6XXEqj9JDvkjWGjqHdnqmz1sK9X1XS_fbNMp-DKDc1odt5xc33WCG0Uj_aoQpUfZBiKDvSlhw8x5Aj4zBLjq9pEOy8Q/s320/VideoCapture_20220923-164008.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAg7K4jQcT1N9ZGKj9Zu1GieFZGE-ySNhIMvn_uUUNyLVdaLsadcG6to7qQK2Pgw3Jp1IDsKlm4ulQGb7n3QYeQ0iM2fy3oaC_Iu-_b-PWmH-PVzdddWpWWW0Dzyiq1vM6K9Qi30LQryxm_jyyNVziTrVlYG60js6VINiDkdUfxbfrHuCaoY7ra9v0g/s3216/20220923_203851.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3216" data-original-width="1448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAg7K4jQcT1N9ZGKj9Zu1GieFZGE-ySNhIMvn_uUUNyLVdaLsadcG6to7qQK2Pgw3Jp1IDsKlm4ulQGb7n3QYeQ0iM2fy3oaC_Iu-_b-PWmH-PVzdddWpWWW0Dzyiq1vM6K9Qi30LQryxm_jyyNVziTrVlYG60js6VINiDkdUfxbfrHuCaoY7ra9v0g/s320/20220923_203851.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We were moved to the maternity ward and it was a mostly typical hospital stay. Compared to our Michigan births, there was much more in and out of nurses which wasn’t my favorite. It seemed like once an hour. I was very very ready to go home. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs2H_RGvm6z6c3A9exN4EAdFvBWcLVfkIS8Z59cz5zIK5wIMWTOpFqgcJLzZQ32XPSV2kVgTkik6NIIEVeSJKsQhEm20WEbawcI6I3u9bBuYLzoTtU6l_V-FnYYKlNUEWaSJEpUFQpmYIL6lt8u_qd5W3xz9JBP2Gt5FdPKnQtF8V5bYQXv8qMVEORzg/s3216/20220924_135414.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="3216" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs2H_RGvm6z6c3A9exN4EAdFvBWcLVfkIS8Z59cz5zIK5wIMWTOpFqgcJLzZQ32XPSV2kVgTkik6NIIEVeSJKsQhEm20WEbawcI6I3u9bBuYLzoTtU6l_V-FnYYKlNUEWaSJEpUFQpmYIL6lt8u_qd5W3xz9JBP2Gt5FdPKnQtF8V5bYQXv8qMVEORzg/s320/20220924_135414.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVqXpskTII3JHq-VfEjFK_r6cMN87npGWi5TIxBms5YvSE61UID-QQFVLYVWB34V0AtwN9Wzde7psFMCmsa-N1_OTkidgBlJYU6Y8H9dGUgNa41RYdrUiPFbnh9bDYw6EpO9s5c0NVBHLOHlFrj23wLmv4AP66KLafNCH9gwSlLWRj_cI6Elp0AymIQ/s3968/20220923_201100.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="1784" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVqXpskTII3JHq-VfEjFK_r6cMN87npGWi5TIxBms5YvSE61UID-QQFVLYVWB34V0AtwN9Wzde7psFMCmsa-N1_OTkidgBlJYU6Y8H9dGUgNa41RYdrUiPFbnh9bDYw6EpO9s5c0NVBHLOHlFrj23wLmv4AP66KLafNCH9gwSlLWRj_cI6Elp0AymIQ/s320/20220923_201100.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we arrived home the kids were all so excited. We had brought home a baby doll for Bethany and she was so proud to sit by us with Dom Dom while she took care of her baby. And a huge thank you to my mom who picked up all of the kids on Friday and made sure people got to and from baseball obligations the rest of the weekend. We couldn’t have done it without her! </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOQ-BOLEWPGVxy1EQJPpC2mB0kBnEDErxUkKM4MT-Wwktr1zbtCGyyjXuJglO1exZHRqpQIlAyCcM0qlxQFGw1a9KNRP29Dzi8Bg93v6DHv3eYT64xX09IXqtDMPJhewBVQGgQXTBBmg4y4XRg8l7JyciMjArSo6Xp29qXzM28aZ5TtDs0pxAuPVSMw/s4032/20220925_115656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOQ-BOLEWPGVxy1EQJPpC2mB0kBnEDErxUkKM4MT-Wwktr1zbtCGyyjXuJglO1exZHRqpQIlAyCcM0qlxQFGw1a9KNRP29Dzi8Bg93v6DHv3eYT64xX09IXqtDMPJhewBVQGgQXTBBmg4y4XRg8l7JyciMjArSo6Xp29qXzM28aZ5TtDs0pxAuPVSMw/s320/20220925_115656.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I truly can’t believe our little guy is 8 months old already. Some of our favorite nicknames for him are: Dom Dom, Dom Bombadil, Tofu, Dominator, Chunk, and Chungus. We love you so much, little guy and we know your namesake is praying for you daily. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCtWkh7qWYapGOQJB-yKlSMP8-ye7_yIvXlXK4CLpE3zyyLn5dQGj2jeLloYjfELQNUWHa_fReHyukNluVpAMv7PldRI7n4aG482OHBjjhNlzceEJqT6EMknjL6Yqv260_Ee_nnPoKOpW1kXhRe7J7hjcKBryvFdHuowVp7Ebu8kLL-2corYDGltZWA/s4032/20220923_175004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCtWkh7qWYapGOQJB-yKlSMP8-ye7_yIvXlXK4CLpE3zyyLn5dQGj2jeLloYjfELQNUWHa_fReHyukNluVpAMv7PldRI7n4aG482OHBjjhNlzceEJqT6EMknjL6Yqv260_Ee_nnPoKOpW1kXhRe7J7hjcKBryvFdHuowVp7Ebu8kLL-2corYDGltZWA/s320/20220923_175004.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40-UuHpJjOIV_PQKryCLgeh7ywE138oXfm3u7UYTb96IcKG6E2jXl_w1PGqp-7Vx6caoX_nmRFMhHa3m-ZQehxjTE-hCVQheh6o58Q_lGGLVYWLjNaLl3nUewDI36qDfEwhUb18hS6zYc8pPH_dN4dPMA6uBUAvfbOa3zndAS65EGqG5xWPnmoWyulQ/s3216/20220924_082707_001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3216" data-original-width="1448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40-UuHpJjOIV_PQKryCLgeh7ywE138oXfm3u7UYTb96IcKG6E2jXl_w1PGqp-7Vx6caoX_nmRFMhHa3m-ZQehxjTE-hCVQheh6o58Q_lGGLVYWLjNaLl3nUewDI36qDfEwhUb18hS6zYc8pPH_dN4dPMA6uBUAvfbOa3zndAS65EGqG5xWPnmoWyulQ/s320/20220924_082707_001.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0txZVuGq7gUQGcLRPIhSbhcIX2fG6AvLFucbkcdX1Hb4WSXuSoKQdShSZOMdh98cswNjG7-0Cv9XEiSTVp6PNm48AQvfKN2c-8YKWvO4Qxent_T7cFAReAKAPZevA2eSk46bCcpkf_7Hl4jfwI8rG6ryjMbBSMPFyeet6YUduMcpUuSxuzIl2tlIa-Q/s4032/20220924_112048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0txZVuGq7gUQGcLRPIhSbhcIX2fG6AvLFucbkcdX1Hb4WSXuSoKQdShSZOMdh98cswNjG7-0Cv9XEiSTVp6PNm48AQvfKN2c-8YKWvO4Qxent_T7cFAReAKAPZevA2eSk46bCcpkf_7Hl4jfwI8rG6ryjMbBSMPFyeet6YUduMcpUuSxuzIl2tlIa-Q/s320/20220924_112048.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMknl4ednFQLaoGjfiHyg51Z91dIMcwqiRicyoh4XKuf18TZF09HKEfl9wHwtuy9XqTVNX3_Ji5T-Ii4rqSRA49yLM7LSbetYxlKS3__QOoZ1o6Sa6VkmQEVR2Yg1UkuxazuQjKVtcdTo0kqzqyYlzABOmiWj3nVRfJNrC9txY8eYrjXX8MWkMSz5lg/s4032/20220924_140209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMknl4ednFQLaoGjfiHyg51Z91dIMcwqiRicyoh4XKuf18TZF09HKEfl9wHwtuy9XqTVNX3_Ji5T-Ii4rqSRA49yLM7LSbetYxlKS3__QOoZ1o6Sa6VkmQEVR2Yg1UkuxazuQjKVtcdTo0kqzqyYlzABOmiWj3nVRfJNrC9txY8eYrjXX8MWkMSz5lg/s320/20220924_140209.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJGg_HKaPVAefN-1TCf6y9T4W03-VpYJ96CeDrQUi65o_EmQLLhN278RrX9bsRJLcVJFJTrqLYzG64Q0HhEFD1zug4Y--f9lJNDaxTHPEQBVWWGCmcJyn5JOIeQrxpRur9pdkzQYykM2RGJYY6yuO7WzsAcv8D_zCM9KX8-mfU5TUNh6xyrQDz1jSkg/s3216/20220924_181027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3216" data-original-width="1448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJGg_HKaPVAefN-1TCf6y9T4W03-VpYJ96CeDrQUi65o_EmQLLhN278RrX9bsRJLcVJFJTrqLYzG64Q0HhEFD1zug4Y--f9lJNDaxTHPEQBVWWGCmcJyn5JOIeQrxpRur9pdkzQYykM2RGJYY6yuO7WzsAcv8D_zCM9KX8-mfU5TUNh6xyrQDz1jSkg/s320/20220924_181027.jpg" width="144" /></a></div>Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479163162397787412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527877920058073538.post-11266631573862337782021-04-26T12:38:00.002-07:002021-04-26T14:02:03.106-07:00Baby Baby's Birth Story...or as husband thought I should call it "The Last Blog Post"<p style="text-align: center;"> It's time to revive the the blog for my once a baby post - the birth story post. Baby girl, I can guarantee you won't get a post every month, but I won't let my memory fade before I write down the day I first saw you face to face. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Living away from family and being pregnant is quite an experience. We did it with Tiny and survived. Knowing we had some back up plans if he decided to arrive before my mother in law was in town. But in pandemic time, the number of people jumping to take on 3 kids was low. So, Baby Baby's arrival needed to be well timed. If that wasn't stressful enough, her due date was close enough to Christmas that I was limited on options as far as when to encourage her to get moving along. I knew I wanted to avoid a hospital induction and planned to have my membranes stripped since this method had worked so well with Tiny. However, my options were to have this done on the 23rd or wait until the 28th. If it didn't work it would then be a couple more days before I could go to the hospital for an induction as a last ditch effort to get her here before Nina left the following Saturday. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">In the end, we chose to have my membranes swept on the 23rd, knowing this could mean I went into labor before Nina arrived later that evening and/or that I would be in the hospital on Christmas day. The fallback plan was to be induced on the 29th. My appointment was at 10am and by 2pm I was having regular contractions (during a counseling session) about 10 minutes apart. After my session I let Jason know, there was a real possibility that we would be going to the hospital that night and he should let his mom know. A few hours later the contractions dwindled to about once an hour having a strong contraction. I decided the membrane sweep had tried its best to get things going, but that ultimately, I may be getting induced on Sunday.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The next morning, I went to get a COVID test done (because pregnancy during a pandemic) and continued to notice semi strong contractions about every 20 minutes. I didn't want to set off any false alarms again, so I mostly kept it to myself. Throughout Thursday, the contractions came and went, at times feeling stronger and more consistent. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">As the day went on, I was trying to talk my body out of going into labor. At this point, labor now would mean missing Christmas morning with my boys and missing Christmas Mass, and I just didn't want to do that. So yes, I was in denial. As dinner approached I let Jason and Nina know that my contractions seemed to be getting stronger. By eating time I think everyone but me knew that I would be going to the hospital that night. By the time dinner was done I had made a very sudden 180 on my decision that the kids couldn't open a Christmas Eve gift to YES absolutely please open one so that mommy doesn't miss everything. By 7:45 I told Nina I would try to get Tiny down for bed before we left and by about 8:30pm I was flooding Nina with information about where all the Santa gifts were hidden and who they belonged to and oh also good luck with Tiny, and telling Jason we'd better go now or he would get to deliver his baby girl in the car. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">COVID policy meant that I went up to triage by myself while Jason waited anxiously in the car. At this point I was certain I was in labor and was just praying for a better experience in triage than I had with Justin...in which they refused to admit me until Justin was on his way out because "it's not possible to progress much in such a short amount of time". Anyhow, the triage nurse checked me and I was at a 6. I let her know my history of quick labors and lightning fast deliveries and she made the very wise decision to get me into a room ASAP. I texted Jason that he was welcome to join me in the delivery room.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0SZaVlzx-rrXipY-NLAlr6pIUlKlTJGPaQOe190YDWMCrFyIlW_9r7N6eiBQF8if-iJMB17I9GoRq6Wwz_3KUp1hm-fSCourzUepbmO6bXYETt8edJeAB846weGPgbq9JlzOnbA5pkyb/s2640/20201224_222828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2640" data-original-width="1488" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0SZaVlzx-rrXipY-NLAlr6pIUlKlTJGPaQOe190YDWMCrFyIlW_9r7N6eiBQF8if-iJMB17I9GoRq6Wwz_3KUp1hm-fSCourzUepbmO6bXYETt8edJeAB846weGPgbq9JlzOnbA5pkyb/s320/20201224_222828.jpg" /></a></div>When we got to our room we were greeted by the best L&D nurse. I am not exaggerating; of all our L&D nurses she is by far my favorite. She was funny and listened to me and encouraged me and made labor fun. She and Jason were like a little standup comic team and who knew one could laugh so much while having contractions. The resident and OBGYN on call came to introduce themselves. The OBGYN told me everything looked good and that I could decide to have them break my water if I wanted to speed things up, or not, and that there was no rush. When he left Jason told me that he is the head of family medicine and he works with him regularly. After getting all the blood draws done and another COVID test and asking all the required questions she left Jason and I to ourselves. Jason might be better at recalling timelines at this point, but maybe after an hour or so she came back to check on us and I requested a birthing ball to change up my position some and move around to try and wiggle this little girl along. <p></p><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ50qNg6BeZ2rGXnH5BedB7_mR7NCaylrhIfVncQ-1mgcChY6EZnqDNHvHjchEybtz67epn2ZeeQFYAVK8qHGhC4PEoMjhCV3aNvAhBMjrAHWDbsQnP_PgS0Oj7l_iSoYv3uyCw0NrkT0M/s2048/20201224_214717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ50qNg6BeZ2rGXnH5BedB7_mR7NCaylrhIfVncQ-1mgcChY6EZnqDNHvHjchEybtz67epn2ZeeQFYAVK8qHGhC4PEoMjhCV3aNvAhBMjrAHWDbsQnP_PgS0Oj7l_iSoYv3uyCw0NrkT0M/w240-h320/20201224_214717.jpg" title="Christmas socks and ready to labor" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The nurse team enjoyed my festive Christmas socks</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvX_PH1y3DnZ9-werakp3TOLyBwrslVfFBlewKxXmXzkARV4p898nGr5SCyLe-8JJc4zgVfYjTedI4KGzrjWfQIzq0lKFzqzIqfpPQ-9Ox333mQXVsBZ_sWyW1d5UOX0shKi0wEWQakLS/s2048/20201224_214726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvX_PH1y3DnZ9-werakp3TOLyBwrslVfFBlewKxXmXzkARV4p898nGr5SCyLe-8JJc4zgVfYjTedI4KGzrjWfQIzq0lKFzqzIqfpPQ-9Ox333mQXVsBZ_sWyW1d5UOX0shKi0wEWQakLS/s320/20201224_214726.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv13VdO7DmWE7Yvv9t82DQ9z0o4ekhOuSVN8gYlx55EZ5_H4rvrqr_UPVjs6Z0N_U9TOj_KOFFStQDcqINrUtDS5L6TLutKQeNg5t2xVtha2_GdPNXeKgt_qlChaokX5JyHRT1PVmhxO7A/s2048/20201224_214733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv13VdO7DmWE7Yvv9t82DQ9z0o4ekhOuSVN8gYlx55EZ5_H4rvrqr_UPVjs6Z0N_U9TOj_KOFFStQDcqINrUtDS5L6TLutKQeNg5t2xVtha2_GdPNXeKgt_qlChaokX5JyHRT1PVmhxO7A/s320/20201224_214733.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Not too long after sitting on the ball the contractions became more intense and I became more intense. I started to groan more during contractions, which according to Jason, means things are getting serious and delivery is imminent. I insisted we wait a little longer before calling in the nurse to check. He agreed but I have a feeling he was also pretty eager to have someone else in the room just in case a baby needed to be caught. After a few more contractions we called in our nurse. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">After describing how I was feeling, I got back into bed and she called the resident to ask her to come in and check me. After a couple more contractions, during one of which I said "uh oh" due to the amount of pressure I was feeling, our nurse called again urging the resident to move a wee bit quicker. I had progressed to a 9 and the resident said they could break the water at this point and I would likely be ready to push or we could wait. The time was 11:50pm. Essentially I was deciding if I was going to have a Christmas baby or a Christmas Eve baby. But really I was deciding, do I want to sit through more contractions? No. No I did not. I asked to have the water broken.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IkM_HgumUHRDoLP227Q5s6FgPHtPFGJ9oUUnRhVr7QBoK3yJXNVOfIxvgqrkmvvcDwrciOxBPiaLSjhbim4kKRcmAUu8Jyz68ESJRs-h7Gvu598_jQQreK0fR6bYFFXccANVFkW81LUb/s2048/20201224_222156.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IkM_HgumUHRDoLP227Q5s6FgPHtPFGJ9oUUnRhVr7QBoK3yJXNVOfIxvgqrkmvvcDwrciOxBPiaLSjhbim4kKRcmAUu8Jyz68ESJRs-h7Gvu598_jQQreK0fR6bYFFXccANVFkW81LUb/s320/20201224_222156.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Jason sent a text to family at 11:52 letting them know they were breaking my water and at 11:55pm they received a message saying Baby Baby had arrived. It. Was. Fast. Super fast. I tend to be a mostly quiet laborer, but I am not I quiet deliverer. My optimistic outlook tends to go from I GOT THIS. To, nope can't do this. But at that point, there is clearly no turning back. The head of family medicine ran in just as Bethany was being born. He apologized he wasn't there earlier because he had just taken off his mask/face shield/head covering in his office. He said he was lucky he didn't also take off his booties or he would have missed the whole thing. A few weeks later he apologized to Jason for missing the birth; he makes a point to be in the room at each of the births that happen when he's on shift. We were also told there were bets going on between the nurses and doctors about who would have their baby first on the floor, who would be a Christmas Eve baby, and who would be a Christmas baby. Apparently a doctor named Dr. Behan had bet we would be first and came into the room to watch as I made her victorious. When we were told Dr. Behan had been in the room, I couldn't help but smile. Dr. Behan is the name of the OB who delivered both Zilla and Panini and my favorite Catholic OBGYN.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27EKir_mcsVw59CKl1iV1QKf3icCJV5nXL8TZccmOTXBtcVok4CiI5z-sbbtxIXshRvp8Z3-EOneCCRyXxxrRARr7_Co1pbEEY2PB6oND8d0SJB1grk9bg0lUAYykArOH_jVuWUIAFr7d/s2048/20201224_235817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27EKir_mcsVw59CKl1iV1QKf3icCJV5nXL8TZccmOTXBtcVok4CiI5z-sbbtxIXshRvp8Z3-EOneCCRyXxxrRARr7_Co1pbEEY2PB6oND8d0SJB1grk9bg0lUAYykArOH_jVuWUIAFr7d/s320/20201224_235817.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRumwd45QhhTp9M6Q7lpURNwlH7LOUtzzbmK615HnCsZFpGs-PUfZSGM63D9hq7G8Z3CV0zn8FzyrKJ5NiAbu37ppwnYQT4xHTS1v_LmAN31LZra1onmDIfCx3sDQYTOtG94Icty4RHm1z/s2048/20201224_235629.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRumwd45QhhTp9M6Q7lpURNwlH7LOUtzzbmK615HnCsZFpGs-PUfZSGM63D9hq7G8Z3CV0zn8FzyrKJ5NiAbu37ppwnYQT4xHTS1v_LmAN31LZra1onmDIfCx3sDQYTOtG94Icty4RHm1z/s320/20201224_235629.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">And baby Bethany was here in our arms. I will never ever get over the amazing feeling of holding a newborn baby after months of waiting. To feel her warm slimy little self all snuggled up on me. I love it. It is the thing that can make me look back at pregnancy, labor, and delivery and say YES I would want to do that again. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqtzAnu91m5Wkj8sb6yCkw-ub4Z0MZFpLtmKKACObLVo55_CqfHmRVWnVNQD24WGhjSzSeX7Lt3dW5mOItve6vDyjJjjvPbVe4d1EkOr-2vJaUzfthbUO4-VCXVgTPieJxvCqZuiLFy5K/s2048/20201224_235736.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqtzAnu91m5Wkj8sb6yCkw-ub4Z0MZFpLtmKKACObLVo55_CqfHmRVWnVNQD24WGhjSzSeX7Lt3dW5mOItve6vDyjJjjvPbVe4d1EkOr-2vJaUzfthbUO4-VCXVgTPieJxvCqZuiLFy5K/s320/20201224_235736.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCsYVJkjW7HsApGFW8dNZM1f8PAbyRDanknIkMbUhkypMxec8Ox107eMU__f-FFlkzl_SacwLXQbZxiR-5KKOUZgnqxqtox_Y2dQIaX_uSzS6tMeD6QUNkc64amKTnaWUxgWSKq1UBgFX/s2048/20201224_235817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCsYVJkjW7HsApGFW8dNZM1f8PAbyRDanknIkMbUhkypMxec8Ox107eMU__f-FFlkzl_SacwLXQbZxiR-5KKOUZgnqxqtox_Y2dQIaX_uSzS6tMeD6QUNkc64amKTnaWUxgWSKq1UBgFX/s320/20201224_235817.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrRAs4TYj5WhbYwYC8ih2AUyapQUv532YQVWe0YLqtdeyAu3aZzPZvj1ndGPw8dKrT7uUdE62mfXmkArVcaZVFRE9W1tZTXcReiDjaW6Cv02V9oew0Hjs0pJFEGOpRpHClbXZNObksAhc/s2048/20201225_000630.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrRAs4TYj5WhbYwYC8ih2AUyapQUv532YQVWe0YLqtdeyAu3aZzPZvj1ndGPw8dKrT7uUdE62mfXmkArVcaZVFRE9W1tZTXcReiDjaW6Cv02V9oew0Hjs0pJFEGOpRpHClbXZNObksAhc/s320/20201225_000630.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And what about labor and delivery during COVID? Honestly, for us it wasn't bad at all. Other than getting tested and Jason waiting until I was admitted, it didn't feel all that different. And of course the masks. But while I would never recommend going through labor and delivery in a mask, it wasn't so bad either. She's by far the best thing to come out of 2020!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKPBe1ar5HTr3-dO9sMJnAfe24nnsMzLnpHKy5fih_Df1QeyV3xgqdrpAKZ_75wMUYibuZwEMvnERqz5T1JWawed_5AsyTM4ENbTO-eyySxUmDd-BUQ9-MfjGwJner22nn4mL_dFUNJZKv/s2048/20201225_000634.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKPBe1ar5HTr3-dO9sMJnAfe24nnsMzLnpHKy5fih_Df1QeyV3xgqdrpAKZ_75wMUYibuZwEMvnERqz5T1JWawed_5AsyTM4ENbTO-eyySxUmDd-BUQ9-MfjGwJner22nn4mL_dFUNJZKv/s320/20201225_000634.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxp5GtAkgNltl29p0qJEUyfjo-L59nQl1iFh-SpMR6NJSLVBmnUICIEjqTmEDPJA7PPNHDIrrsqrV8sPHv4CAuyeGKYSyGuXXhjufioA9Q_Z8nrMWMdlFb3FCGlQK7YcHqc28NulyXlew/s2048/20201225_000646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxp5GtAkgNltl29p0qJEUyfjo-L59nQl1iFh-SpMR6NJSLVBmnUICIEjqTmEDPJA7PPNHDIrrsqrV8sPHv4CAuyeGKYSyGuXXhjufioA9Q_Z8nrMWMdlFb3FCGlQK7YcHqc28NulyXlew/s320/20201225_000646.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCf0qr8GhL2smWvtzlas27MJ3cxipFqssm8H6yE-eSueXXBiK7l745OxcWt2Gp2ZJnmpQj8U5ANgTSjEuJxhcMEPYvXzQFuTiKj7Zj0iY4PSIRljgOzNImRYgH4_4OfFmhqjEe8TUULbL/s2048/20201225_000730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCf0qr8GhL2smWvtzlas27MJ3cxipFqssm8H6yE-eSueXXBiK7l745OxcWt2Gp2ZJnmpQj8U5ANgTSjEuJxhcMEPYvXzQFuTiKj7Zj0iY4PSIRljgOzNImRYgH4_4OfFmhqjEe8TUULbL/s320/20201225_000730.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5V0AYZZNaPqyZ2N8mjgO-ovcQghvxG6bagwJ6mLWI5NFFVyGUac0Esp6N1CuHxXgis4FwNuNEEMwnLvK9qQTN6RpoiU6hjJN-rjI7TIph5SagFNqYQpIcXeea9Pb6CX5ARdkiTsc7sEjE/s2048/20201225_010622.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5V0AYZZNaPqyZ2N8mjgO-ovcQghvxG6bagwJ6mLWI5NFFVyGUac0Esp6N1CuHxXgis4FwNuNEEMwnLvK9qQTN6RpoiU6hjJN-rjI7TIph5SagFNqYQpIcXeea9Pb6CX5ARdkiTsc7sEjE/s320/20201225_010622.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1De32sGFGDyZRRDvEJZgeuq0KuuhiMavsG85GyjRrGHZ0mLnUyYUAN_cLF9PVtc6QcmjVccMfsJJZvUhcgdDTuIqWwb-uSAl1BJi2xEVhNXoFUhsHTuOtyJsBuK9j1yWgP4P81G7iqvV/s2543/20201225_011112.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1De32sGFGDyZRRDvEJZgeuq0KuuhiMavsG85GyjRrGHZ0mLnUyYUAN_cLF9PVtc6QcmjVccMfsJJZvUhcgdDTuIqWwb-uSAl1BJi2xEVhNXoFUhsHTuOtyJsBuK9j1yWgP4P81G7iqvV/s320/20201225_011112.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsyRCwJkwKBfESfTZqjV2FCp3c15bCKCsmjnNWEd3aEEABaV3pdRwFXtroBnXwe_ic0ncKzL6y6m3ELs7SJ7q_vnxTsloRlFGtZ3x9FHvwCiBXcC42ee4sET8kWbaX8cmESTjanCJmMmI/s2048/20201225_011224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsyRCwJkwKBfESfTZqjV2FCp3c15bCKCsmjnNWEd3aEEABaV3pdRwFXtroBnXwe_ic0ncKzL6y6m3ELs7SJ7q_vnxTsloRlFGtZ3x9FHvwCiBXcC42ee4sET8kWbaX8cmESTjanCJmMmI/s320/20201225_011224.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvl3dQ1JXlxzVav0AuWM88-bog6-OnREsKDuUwoTPjhJJ0VJZXEauSwAFtTo81U7pJEAs5wf3G3aU43YMiaChHGQdlfvyKfBWU20yS2Bggal0yBsebp4qaJwHf35YB8GOIZSsrXmxpvihF/s2048/20201225_014913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvl3dQ1JXlxzVav0AuWM88-bog6-OnREsKDuUwoTPjhJJ0VJZXEauSwAFtTo81U7pJEAs5wf3G3aU43YMiaChHGQdlfvyKfBWU20yS2Bggal0yBsebp4qaJwHf35YB8GOIZSsrXmxpvihF/s320/20201225_014913.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Christmas was different but I am so grateful for her story. There were points on Christmas day where I broke into tears just thinking about going through labor on Christmas Eve. Thinking of our Blessed Mother bringing Christ into the world on Christmas. It was truly remarkable. I wasn't able to go to Mass that day, but I was able to celebrate His birth in a whole new way with a whole new appreciation. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRAV6Qo62RZzZOJuHHCbGqV8pB55tVZVK4yuXTZROczZOpibfG0NRUDSclN1S8gclJrAlOK4nZvpqYy0BbhxmXoJ-lSOtv4Utb3HeX_sNLb5IhaTJl-ov7wxJaXnP3rQdgq3vpcxopLBH/s2220/Screenshot_20201225-080158_Hangouts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2220" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRAV6Qo62RZzZOJuHHCbGqV8pB55tVZVK4yuXTZROczZOpibfG0NRUDSclN1S8gclJrAlOK4nZvpqYy0BbhxmXoJ-lSOtv4Utb3HeX_sNLb5IhaTJl-ov7wxJaXnP3rQdgq3vpcxopLBH/s320/Screenshot_20201225-080158_Hangouts.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBd-aShybP3kpzTzfsv4KEccsuJyRSl5TXbdDJPUZKPgctqFhphlCdJ0ppWjt8tuDAeFiZNaZVkpvjdSHLZvbNIw4T5yMwYOYa_Iy8ifwlOAFdrxv1cr0kHpdAYKeb2LfzBb-TvGUeMJNE/s2220/Screenshot_20201225-080019_Hangouts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2220" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBd-aShybP3kpzTzfsv4KEccsuJyRSl5TXbdDJPUZKPgctqFhphlCdJ0ppWjt8tuDAeFiZNaZVkpvjdSHLZvbNIw4T5yMwYOYa_Iy8ifwlOAFdrxv1cr0kHpdAYKeb2LfzBb-TvGUeMJNE/s320/Screenshot_20201225-080019_Hangouts.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">And last, what's in a name? Our sweet Baby Baby, Baby Ice Cream, Bethany Rose. Since being pregnant with Zilla, Jason and I had the name Abigail Rose picked out for a girl. We wanted the name Rose in honor of Rosita, a woman who played a big role in Jason's life. But part way through this pregnancy I felt moved to ask about the name Bethany. Bethany means "House of Welcome". Bethany is the place where Mary and Martha lived, two women who teach us about the interplay of contemplation and action. Bethany is the place where Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. 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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I may have completely slacked on making any attempts at documenting our little Sticky Bun's (now Tintin's) pregnancy. While we are at it, I think I am about 2 birthday updates behind on Panini too. But I do want to get the details of Tintin's birth written down before I forget them. Tintin's birth felt a lot like this pregnancy; filled with touches of uncertainty, doubt, offering up suffering, beauty, gratitude, and a lesson in trust.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pregnancy after a miscarriage was, as expected, an entirely different experience than pregnancy prior to our miscarriage. Each day felt long not because I was uncomfortable but because I was anxious. In the beginning I told myself "I will feel better once we have our first ultrasound" and then "I will feel better once we are past 9 weeks" and then "I will feel better once I start feeling his movements" and then "I will feel better once his movements get stronger" and then "I will feel better once he is in my arms". And the truth is, the anxiety lingered...lingers on. So I have to find a way to trust that my worries will not change one single thing. I have found myself filled with overwhelming gratitude to mother this little life, knowing how my heart aches for Bennett and knowing how others long to carry a baby. This pregnancy, filled with so much fear was also filled with so much beauty and appreciation beyond words.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And so the birth. With Zilla, I was young, unemployed, and content to wait as long as he needed to make his arrival. When we passed Zilla's due date it did not phase me. With Panini, I was working and TIRED. I was ready for him to come two weeks before his due date and did every natural birth induction method I could find. He came one week early. With Tintin, I needed his birth to happen on a very specific timeline. He <i>had </i> to wait until Nina got here, otherwise Zilla and Panini would be attending their brother's birth. But the moment Nina arrived, I wanted him to be born. The anxiety of not being able to see or hold him in my arms reached its boiling point and the days dragged on. There was also the pressure of knowing Nina would have to leave soon and he needed to be here before that. On the 22nd I started having some contractions that were coming every 6 minutes but never grew very strong or long. After a few hours of contractions, and a few hours of everyone getting excited, they fizzled out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As the due date came and went I started to worry about needing an induction. I had an appointment with my doctor on the 26th and we decided I would go ahead and have my membranes stripped to see if that would encourage things to get going. I was measuring at 4 cm and 50% effaced. Most of Friday was normal up until 8pm. I began to feel small and short contractions again. I didn't want to get myself, or anyone else too excited, so I did not say anything as we put the boys to bed. Jason and I came down stairs and began talking. I started peeking over at Jason's phone to see how frequent the contractions were coming. At this point I let him know that I was having contractions every 6 to 8 minutes and that they were a little stronger and longer than the ones I had on Monday night. I could tell he was getting a little jumpy and we agreed if they progressed to every 5 minutes or if they started lasting at least a minute we would head to the hospital. We had about a 30 minute drive ahead of us and I did not want to be going through transition stage in the car.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At about 10:30 we made the decision to go to the hospital. I called my mom and text my sister to ask for prayers and let them know Baby Tintin may be on the way. When we arrived at the hospital we were quickly brought back to triage and I was feeling encouraged by how quickly we were being seen. A nurse midwife came to check me and I was still dilated at a 4 and about 60% effaced. She sounded unsure if this was real labor or just my body responding to having my membranes stripped with some contractions that would once again fizzle. She told me she would like to wait until 1:30 (two hours) to check me again. I let her know that my labors tend to progress very quickly. She nodded and left Jason and I to ourselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At this point Jason and I agreed we should try to rest in case things ramped up. Hubskie fell asleep in the chair while I tried my best to get comfortable. The triage bed was about the most uncomfortable thing I could imagine at the time and I needed about 5 additional pillows if I was going to actually get rest. Meanwhile the contractions were definitely picking up and I desperately wanted to be back in a labor and delivery room with more options for positioning. At 12:40 I asked Jason to get the nurse as I was feeling confident that this was really labor and I should be moved out of triage into an actual room. The nurse midwife checked me again and I was still 4 cm and 70% effaced and she mentioned the head did feel lower. She then said she would like to keep me in triage because it still might not be labor and that she would not check me until 1:45 am. I again mentioned that once my labors pick up they move very fast. She said that even for a fast labor, one hour wouldn't make much of a difference.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Time went on and I was no longer able to sit quietly in bed. I got up and tried sitting in the recliner, which did not help at all. I went back to the bed and tried getting into the position I was most comfortable in during Panini's labor, but did not have enough pillows to support me. At this point I was irritated. I felt discouraged that I apparently wasn't progressing, I felt discouraged that the nurses still didn't think I was actually in labor, even though the contractions were starting to hurt very bad. I started to doubt myself and my ability to get through the labor and delivery. I began to offer up each contraction for intentions of friends and family. I tried to refocus myself and not fight the contractions. I noticed myself tensing up when one would begin and I had to tell myself to let the contractions work for me. By 1:40 I was in a lot of pain and telling Jason I couldn't do this. I was ready for an epidural because early labor had never hurt this bad before. Contractions were coming every minute. I felt a ton of pressure. I did not understand why I was having such a hard time with what may not even be labor. I was afraid something was wrong.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At about 1:55 I began groaning quite loudly with each contraction. The nurse came in and cheerily asked if the contractions felt stronger and at this point there was not a chipper bone left in my body. I could barely talk with the intensity of the contractions and how close together they were. The nurse midwife came in and asked me to lay down so she could check me. I could not lay down. It hurt too bad. I finally managed to get into a position to be checked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"YOU'RE 8 CM FULLY EFFACED BABY IS IN BIRTHING CANAL" cue shocked panic mode. The nurse and nurse midwife quickly start to prep the triage bed to move me. The nurse midwife is simultaneously rolling me down the hallway and calling the on call doctor to let her know she needs to go to my delivery room now. Poor hubskie is trying to gather all of our things, text all the family members, and chase us down the hallway. I am not in a good mental head space. On one hand I am relieved that there was a reason the contractions felt like the baby was coming out. On the other hand, this is not how I wanted it to go. I wanted to spend time in the labor and delivery room with hubskie, take some pictures, and I wanted to be in a much more assure of myself place before starting to push. But here we were.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we came into the delivery room (2:02 am per the text Hubskie sent my family) the doctor immediately questioned why I was just being admitted into a room. The nurse midwife said that I had unexpectedly progressed from 4 to 8 cm in an hour. By unexpectedly she must have been referring to the two times I told her to expect me to progress quickly. The triage nurse was telling the L&D nurse a brief history of me and mentioned that I did not want an epidural, which made me laugh, because even if I did want an epidural we were clearly past that at this point. The doctor took a seat to check me and told the team the baby was coming, it was time to start pushing. I can very honestly say I was not ready to push. This labor didn't necessarily progress any faster than Zilla's or Panini's, but I felt so unsure of everything up to this point that I had little confidence. My pushes during the next contraction were obviously timid and useless. Fear had taken over. The L&D nurse helped me climb out of that fear. Her words were full of encouragement and started to rebuild my resolve. After a few contractions with pushing our sweet Tintin was born at 2:12 am. He was born "en caul" and Jason got to watch the doctor remove him from the amniotic sac as he was being born.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pure joy and relief and gratitude. Holding this baby in my arms for the first time was like someone had finally reminded me to breathe after nine months of holding my breath. The rest of our time at the hospital went great. The maternity nursing staff, pediatric staff, and on call OBGYN staff were all phenomenal. They have a hands off approach, which meant almost no night time interruptions. On our second night there, hubskie went home to be with Zilla and Panini. That night, the nurse held Tintin for me in between feedings so that I got a solid 3 hours of sleep. The food was decent and they even had vegetarian food options. It was definitely a different experience from the family filled hospital stays in Texas, but the quiet and calm had its own charm to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Zilla and Panini met their new brother on Saturday afternoon. My heart could have exploded to have all three boys with me in that bed together. It is a moment I will cherish always.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And now soapbox time. Did you know the maternal mortality rate in the United States is the worse among developed nations? And many experts looking into this issue believe it has to do with care teams in hospitals not listening to their patients? The maternal mortality rate is even worse among women of color. This is a problem America. Women are being told that the symptoms they're experiencing are normal or that they are overreacting. Maybe they are not being told this in words, but in actions (or inaction in most cases). Google it, there are countless stories. New York Times recently ran the story <i>America is Blaming Pregnant Women for Their Own Deaths. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In my case, when I was told that I wasn't yet in labor, despite expressing feeling intense pressure and very strong contractions it really only meant discomfort and a blow to my pride. But for many women it can be a critical point at which the care team can choose action or inaction. I get it, I wasn't any more dilated, so by that standard alone, you couldn't tell whether or not I was in labor. But nurses and doctors need to start listening to their patients too and not just their monitors. If I am telling you that I am in labor, that my contractions are stronger and closer together, believe me. If I tell you that my labors progress quickly based on experience, believe me. I left the hospital feeling very irked by this experience and I realize it is because I know about the maternal mortality rate. What if something was wrong? It seemed like they had decided I simply had a low pain tolerance and was struggling to make it through early labor. Meanwhile I was going through transition phase sitting cross legged on a hard bed while my husband slept because you told him I may not be in labor. That it would be at least another hour before we even see progress if I was. Meanwhile, I felt alone as my anxieties surrounding this pregnancy were all coming to a boiling point. Despite me saying more than once that I progress quickly. Saying that the contractions felt stronger and closer. Yes, by standards of the amount of dilation, I "wasn't progressing". But listen to your patient. Believe me, I could tell when I went from being able to talk through a contraction to not being able to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Again, in my case it resulted in increased discomfort and fear. But in so many others the lack of listening results in much more tragic outcomes. So I'll step down now. But I hope you are a little more aware of the problem going on. If you are a pregnant woman or a husband about to hold the hand of your wife in labor, don't shy away from insisting that your care team listen to you. That they take what you are saying seriously. If you do not feel that they are, say it again and again until they listen to you simply out of exhaustion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am so thankful for an excellent care team after leaving triage. I truly cannot say enough positive things about every single other person I came in contact with at the hospital. When I arrived to labor and delivery and told the nurse there that I couldn't do this, she reassured me that I could. When I brought up concerns or questions I was greeted with exceptional customer service. When I mentioned a history of PPD and PPA, the on call OBGYN came for an extra visit to discuss this with me. This is the kind of care that women and people in general should be receiving. And I am even more grateful for this little life who has been entrusted to me. He is our little Sticky Bun, Tintin, my little snuggabug, and I love him so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>You could tangle me in soil and let my roots run wild</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>And I would blossom like a flower in the desert</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>But for now just let me cry</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our hearts are broken. In a two month's period we were blessed with an unplanned pregnancy, went through all the emotions landing in a place of gratefulness and joy, and ultimately learned that our precious child's heart stopped at 8 weeks, before we would get to watch him grow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>You could raise me like a banner in the battle</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Put victory like fire behind my shining eyes</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>And I would drift like falling snow over the embers</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>But for now just let me lie</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">There have been tears, there was a month of uncertainty, prayers for a miracle, prayers for trust in God's great sovereignty and comfort, and prayers for patience in our sorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Bind up these broken bones</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Mercy bend and breathe me back to life</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>But not before you show me how to die</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have been torn, broken, molded. Refiner's fire. I am being healed. Patience in our sorrow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Set me like a star before the morning</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Like a sun that steals the darkness from a world asleep</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>And I'll illuminate the path You've laid before me</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>But for now just let me be</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Faith in joy is so easy. Faith in trials is hard but necessary. The faith of the Saints in trials is a path. St. Gerard, St. Philomena, St. Felicity, St. Perpetua pray for us. Mama Mary, most gracious advocate, wrap me in your mantle. "Whatever did not fit in with my plan did lie within the plan of God. I have an ever deeper and firmer belief that nothing is merely an accident when seen in the light of God"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Bind up these broken bones</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>But not before You show me how to die</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">For a month my body did not know you were gone. Nausea, fatigue, food aversions persisted. And then the labor pains without the beautiful cries of life. But my little darling, we held your tiny body. I looked you in the eyes and I told you how much I love you. I marveled at the wonder of you and words of thanksgiving escaped my lips for the gift to cradle you in my hand. My fingers gently touched your arms and legs before we laid you to rest. How I wish you were simply sleeping. The bassinet we bought you sits broken down and empty in our closet. Let me die to myself, oh Lord, for only your life in me can renew my spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>So let me go like a leaf upon the water</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Let me brave the wild currents flowing to the sea</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>And I will disappear into a deeper beauty</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>But for now just stay with me</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Thank God ahead of time." Do not let worry get in the way of the design of our merciful Father. We are heartbroken, but we are thankful for Bennett's life, for the opportunity to have him even briefly, for the prayers so many have poured out for us, and for the good we trust God does in all things and in all circumstances. Lord when your glory appears my joy will be full.</span></div>
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Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479163162397787412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527877920058073538.post-76283356487946624722017-06-30T18:00:00.000-07:002017-06-30T19:15:44.978-07:00Chicken and Chard Spaghetti Squash Bowl <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What? A cooking blog? I haven't done one of these in a long time, but I made a spaghetti squash bowl tonight that the whole family enjoyed. Even P-Rex ate some! Shoot, even Hubskie liked it, and he is not a squash fan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lately, I've had Zilla help me with preparing dinner and it has really helped with getting him to eat better. Pro tip...I try to get him involved in preparing the vegetables so he is more inclined to eat them. P-Rex is enjoying preparing his own dishes. We still need to work on his hygiene and mise en place before he gets to help with the real deal (note pretend food tossed on the floor. When he was cutting his tomato, he decided he needed more room so he just tossed the other food on the floor).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I originally sat down to write this recipe for myself, but then decided to go ahead and put it on the blog in case others would like to try it out. I think it could be turned into a casserole, if you were preparing for more people, by increasing the amount of each ingredient and then broiling in a casserole dish rather than the squash bowls. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The ingredients below were just the right amount for me, hubskie, and the two boys. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5-6 boneless skinless chicken thighs, trimmed cut into bite sized pieces</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut squash in half and clean out seeds. Brush olive oil on cut sides and season with salt and pepper. Place on baking sheet cut/flesh side down. Bake for 45-50 minutes</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2) While squash is baking, heat 2 tsp olive oil in large skillet over medium high heat. Add cut chicken thighs. Season with salt and pepper. Cook through</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3) De-stem chard and discard stems (or freeze for later use). Tear chard into bite size pieces. Zilla helped with this part and was so proud of himself! He ate every bite of his chard tonight.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4) Add chard to skillet, add 1/4 cup water and a teaspoon of olive oil. Stir occasionally and let chard wilt. Continue to stir for additional 3-5 minutes. season with salt and pepper (Blue apron taught me to season with salt and pepper at almost every step.) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5) Remove squash and use forks to pull out the squash "spaghetti" strings. Add to skillet. Leave skin of squash in baking pan, skin side down to use as bowls. Stir to combine. Add lemon juice/zest to taste. I only added a few drops, maybe half a tsp. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In true second child fashion, this poor kid didn't get a 12 month blog post. You know, the big year milestone one? Yup. So today we are doing an oops guess I should round out the year post but really you are over 13 months now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He started walking about 1 week before his birthday, and he hasn't looked back since. This kid is almost running now. I love this toddler phase. His little walk has earned him the new nickname of P-Rex</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P-Rex (ok confession, trying to make the transition to his new nickname, sorry for the confusion. Panini was his in utero nickname but now that he has a little personality starting to bud he has gained a new one + it fits so nicely with Zilla), is getting better at doing shape sorters. Still does not identify the correct hole himself, but is getting better at doing more shapes than just a circle. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He is talking a little more. Definitely has Momma, Dada, Bubba, Night night "na na", Hi "iiiii", and No down. He also says "Doe" when Boots is around and I think he is saying dog. When he is done with his meal, he will say "Da Doe" and move his hands to say all done. He understands quite a bit and even follow simple commands like "go get the ball" "give bubba a kiss kiss" etc. Speaking of which. His kiss kiss is starting to develop into more of a kiss and less of a face lick, so that's nice. He is pointing to things more and making kind of a yeaaa? noise as if he is asking what it is. He likes to make airplane and car noises and does rudimentary pretend play with cars and airplane toys.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Typically he will wake around 6am. Unless he eats at like 4:30am, then he will go back to sleep until about 7 am ish. Then he will stay awake until noon and then go down for a nap. He seems to be napping well at school, but on weekends we usually end up doing a stroller run for his nap or I will nurse and hold him during his nap. Then he's usually up until about 8pm and fairly reliably will become fussy right at 8 to let us know he is tired. He is definitely not sleeping through the night reliably, but occasioanlly he give his momma a break. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It may still be milk, BUT he is so much better at eating solids too. He likes pasta, meat pies (a turkey mini meatloaf with butternut squash), and cheese the most I think. But he is usually willing to try anything now, as long as you don't try to feed it to him. He definitely prefers independence in the feeding department. As much as I try, he does not seem to like avocado much.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gosh, I don't know. He likes so much! Maybe climbing? He really seems to enjoy things like puzzles and shape sorters more than Zilla ever did. He also enjoys being pulled around on the firetruck.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The biggest change is that about two weeks after his birthday, I decided to stop going to the daycare to feed him. This was primarily because he started to have pretty bad meltdowns when I would leave in the afternoons and it was tearing me apart. I only cried a little on the last day going there. I am also only pumping twice a day now, so the excess milk has definitely gone down. I made what I think will be my final milk donation, bringing the total donated to about 800 oz total + about 70 oz to a friend.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Still love watching these two play together. There are more arguments with increased fighting over toys. On the other hand, they have started to really play together recently. Like, they will disappear into Zilla's room for 30 minutes and I will just hear squeals and laughs as they enjoy their time just being brothers without momma there setting rules. Of course, I peek in every now and then to make sure they are safe, but I like giving them their space. It is the very sweetest. I love that P-Rex is walking now, because now he and Zilla can walk around holding hands, which is the cutest!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When he went for his 9 month check up he was 50th percentile for both</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Panini has been hitting all kind of milestones the past two months</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fine motor - He can fairly accurately hammer objects. We have a little ball and hammer toy he likes to play with. I usually give him a little foam block rather than the wooden hammer the toy comes with because I figure he is less likely to smash a finger that way. He is becoming more and more accurate with placing a ball or circle shape in small holes. He can try to put other shapes into holes but is still learning the concept of "wiggle wiggle" to get it in there right. He has also started trying to stack objects and every once in awhile he is successful. He thinks it is more fun to knock things over though.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gross Motor - Panini is able to stand up independently and has even taken a clumsy step or two. If there isn't something for him to catch himself on, he will fall after attempting his steps. He enjoys toys that he can push and walk behind. He is great at climbing up stairs as well as crawling up slides. Actually, he just generally LOVES climbing on everything. Zilla was never much of a climber so this is an adjustment for us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cognition: His problem solving skills seem to be developing well. I watched him figure out the safe way to go down a step all by himself. I love watching his little brain tinkering away as he figures out the world. He started to enjoy the "drop" game quite a bit, particularly if it means dropping his food so the dog gets to eat it and he doesn't have to. I don't know where this falls in fine motor and cognition, but he is starting to play simple games with rules like "toss". He will roll and do the cutest little attempt at throwing a ball back and forth with Zilla and I</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Even if his favorite is still breastmilk. This kid is finally willingly eating some solid foods! The first thing he decided wasn't completely evil to eat was yogurt. He is most happy with eating bananas, apples, and peaches. He has also eaten squash and sweet potatoes pretty well. Since the last post we started feeding therapy because his pediatrician was concerned about his lack of interest in eating. The therapist recommended we scratch the whole baby lead weaning thing with this kid and go back to purees. We did this for a while and he is now eating mashed food as well as uncooked apples and peaches. I am still having him feed himself rather than using a spoon, because he gets very angry if I come at him with a spoon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These two are still the best of friends. Though they have more "disagreements" these days. Panini will even get a little fed up with some of Zilla's antics at times. Usually when Panini is tired or hungry and Zilla is (in his words) "detracting" him. But, other than a few little buttons being pushed, Zilla loves teaching Panini new things. Whenever Panini does something new, Zilla will say "I taught him that" and he is always the first to point out a new milestone. He likes to tell people that Panini can walk and talk. He told me that Panini has said the words Zilla and duck. He just love his brother so much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">It’s NFP Awareness week! </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">A whole week devoted to talking about sex; that sounds fun right!</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">So I decided to write a little bloggy blog about NFP, what it has meant in my marriage, and address some of my “favorite” questions and comments I hear when I mention NFP.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;">“What’s an NFP?”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Oh the rhythm method?” </span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">No. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">There are many forms of NFP, but the rhythm method is not one of them.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">This is not to say there is anything inherently wrong with the rhythm method if a couple chooses that they are comfortable with the unreliability because they are very open to having a baby.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">But typically, when you hear someone mention NFP they are talking about using observable signs,</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;">which have been researched and compiled into very specific guidelines, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;">to track a woman’s monthly fertility.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;">“So, Catholic Contraception”</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Again, no. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I like to think of it more like chastity in marriage.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">A lot of times people connect the word chastity to meaning virginity.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">But the definition of chastity is “the state of refraining from all sexual intercourse”.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Contraception removes something from the marital embrace, while NFP involves discerning with your partner whether there is a valid reason to avoid having a child and therefore abstaining from the marital embrace </span><i><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">as an act of love</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> during peak fertility times, thus maintaining the complete gift of sex when you are not abstaining (see next answer for more on what I mean by “the complete gift of sex”, turns out it is more than just pleasure, though that is a nice perk).</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">It also still leaves you open to life, for God works in mysterious ways, and even the best NFP charter may have a surprise baby.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">And this just means you can be confident that God has a great plan for this child and His timing is more perfect than yours.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">“That’s why Catholics have so many babies right? </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">You have to agree to have big families to get married in the Church?”</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Well…not exactly. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">There is a part in the Catholic Nuptial Mass during which the couple agrees that we are and will remain open to life.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">And yes, NFP supports this statement.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">But why would the Church ask this of a couple other than to just pad their parishioner numbers?</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Let me share what my brother-in-law, an NFP educator, said because this teaching is rooted in Theology: “When sacrificed, Jesus made a choice, based on knowledge, it was a self-gift, it was permanent, and was life giving. In marriage, we do the exact same. It is a choice, based on knowledge, it is a self-gift, it is permanent, and is life giving.”</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Marriage isn’t just two people who love each other wanting to spend the rest of their lives together. Yes, that is a nice bonus.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">But the purpose of marriage is to be a reflection, an image, of God’s love for us here on earth.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Marriage is made to be glimpse into this free, total, faithful, and fruitful love of God.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">It is one way of bringing, sharing, and showing Christ to others.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">And if this is something, as Christians, that we are called to do, then shouldn’t we share and show the most complete image of God that we can? Not to mention, there is something to be said about fully trusting in God’s timing in all things, and that includes introducing a child into your family.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;">“That sounds hard, and complicated, and doesn’t it suck out the fun in sex?”</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">It can be hard, and for those of us with difficult to read signs and inconsistent cycles it can be quite complicated. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">But, suck the fun out of sex, um, nope.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Though, yes, it may reduce the amount of time during a cycle you have sex or at times make you feel like you are on a sex schedule.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">In fact, one of the first books I recommend to a couple interested in NFP is “A Sinner’s Guide to NFP” because it is real and honest that not everything about NFP is roses and rainbows.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">But isn’t marriage hard, and complicated, and sometimes not fun?</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Absolutely.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">NFP teaches self restraint and involves learning to show love, attraction, and compassion to your partner in new ways.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">NFP opens up communication between you and your partner.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Learning about NFP really breaks down walls for difficult conversations.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Day 1 of NFP class for marriage prep: “Let’s talk about your fiancé’s vaginal mucus pattern” Poof, all walls of avoiding awkward conversations have been torn down.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">But seriously, communication and working together is so much more important for a long-lasting marriage than being able to have sex whenever I want because I have this urge.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Because there will be times when your wife just does not want to have sex (hello post-partum hormones) but you will not despair or hold it against her because you know other ways to show and receive love. At some point you may find someone, who isn't your spouse, attractive, but you will not feel tempted to act on this because you have practiced over and over this self-restraint so that you can preserve that ultimate free, total faithful, fruitful gift for your spouse.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;">“But I am not Catholic/Christian so it really means nothing to me, right?”</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Wrong. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">This is the best part.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">NFP is relevant to you if you are a woman or a man who loves his wife and appreciates her body, all of it, even its fertility. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">There is something great about understanding, in detail, my fertility.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Not just “this is my vagina, I have Fallopian tubes, once a month everything gets cleared out in a big bloody mess, but don’t talk about that part because it’s kind of gross.”</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Instead, I can work with my body and have knowledge of my full cycle.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I can see how a change in diet and different nutrients or a change in stress levels can change my cycle and understand why. Going to an NFP only OBGYN means seeing a doctor who does not look for the quickest or easiest fix when I present with a concern, but means working with me to identify the root cause and find a solution.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">It means being totally upfront and comfortable discussing everything with my doctor.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Again, once you start talking about vaginal mucus, it really means everything is up for discussion.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">In fact, I attribute this very thing to us conceiving Zilla.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">When I first started out charting, I noticed my luteal phase was very short.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">This is something often connected to difficulty with conceiving and miscarriage.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I was able to go through my materials and learn ways to change my diet and began taking a multivitamin to help me increase the length of this phase.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">What do you know, a couple of months after starting this and BOOM Zilla came along.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Also, it just really really frustrates me when a doctor just throws a pill at everything. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Charting your cycle can actually help you address the real issue rather than masking it with a hormone pill.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">And they will throw the pill at you without really discussing what effects it may have.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Most recently, a friend of mine, new breastfeeding mother, was speaking to me about a loss in milk production.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">After talking with her she mentioned she had recently started taking birth control again.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Her doctor should </span><i><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">know</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> that BCPs reduce milk production and should have told her this before prescribing them.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">This doctor was aware she was breastfeeding, so why not provide full information to your patient?</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">That is informed choice, not just writing the script because that’s the easiest way for someone to avoid getting pregnant.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">It made me so angry.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I immediately text my sister and hubskie to vent to them about the situation.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">BCPs are not a coverall fix for everything with no consequences.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Like any medication, there are very real side effects and these should be discussed with the patient. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Finally, I’m generally a naturalist when it comes to my body. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">For me personally, I am uncomfortable pumping in artificial hormones that are technically stopping my body from working the way it was created to work.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I was designed to be fertile, and I don’t appreciate being told that this part of me causes hardship or inequality and therefore I should take a pill to resolve the issue.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">No, our world’s general tendency towards misogynistic policies causes hardship and inequality. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">The more I have shared NFP with others, who have no interest in the theology behind the method, the more they have come to embrace it as well. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I have friends who stopped using BCPs and noticed an increase in their sexual drive, a reduction in anxiety, a reduction in their migraines, increased trust between them and their partner.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">There are many possible things to be gained by simply giving it a try; children, for example.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I kid, but really, the openness to life and growing in my trust in God is what keeps me hooked, the rest of the perks are just the cherries on top.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don't know but he will be weighed in a few days. Something more than 20 lbs though</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He fits best in 9 and 12 month clothes. But I think his chubby little thighs are so cute trying to squeeze into 6 month outfits. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Panini has changed so much the last couple of months. From 7 to 8 months he started to become a proficient crawler and could pull up on some objects. He also started to gain better fine motor control with his hands and developed somewhat of a pincer grasp with small objects.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From 8 to 9 months his babble has started sounding more and more like speech. ALSO he started saying Mma MmA, and obviously I love this! He is now excellent and pulling to stand on all surfaces and can stand up using one arm to pull while holding an object in his other hand. He is also getting pretty good with cruising and transferring between surfaces. He is so brave and will sometimes just let go of my hands to go for something, until he realizes he cannot walk by himself and then folds to the ground. I can let go of his hands and for the briefest moment he can stand by himself. I have also seen him take a tiny step up onto Zilla's stool while holding onto the kitchen cabinets.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Panini now has two top teeth in addition to his bottom teeth. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He is usually taking one or two naps at daycare and having milk about three times while he is there. Then he takes a catnap in the afternoon and nurses nurses nurses in the evening. We try solid food at dinner most nights. He is getting better at eating solids, although I use the term eating very loosely. He will at least bring food to his mouth now, I am not sure if he has swallowed any food yet. Unfortunately he has a strong gag reflex, and many of our solid food attempts end in him throwing up all over me. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If I had to pick a solid food he likes most, I would say melons. But really, his favorite is still Mama's milk. I am still outproducing how much he is eating by almost double, so I have donated about 630 ounces.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the plus side of him being an excellent nurser, I have become pretty comfortable nursing him anywhere anytime. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Taking whatever toy his brother is playing with is his favorite. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But other favorites include: Banging toys together, playing the piano, crawling after his shape sorting turtle, and he is starting to love bathing!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mobility is the biggest cvhange this month. This crawling thing is really new for us since Zilla went from rolling, to briefly scooting, and then started cruising and waling. Because of this, we kind of skipped a lot of the initial getting into everything phase and by the time he was getting around faster he wasn't interested in water bowls, bathrooms, and electric outlets. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These two are still besties. Though the more mobile Panini becomes, the more Zilla starts to question how awesome he is. We recently started watching Daniel Tiger, and I find myself singing "When a Baby makes things different, find a way to make things fuuuun" quite often. But for the most part they still get a long great and Zilla is wonderful at policing Panini and letting me know when he might be doing or chewing on something he shouldn't while I am cooking or otherwise distracted.</span><br />
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Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479163162397787412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527877920058073538.post-53401700714812349372016-05-26T11:15:00.000-07:002016-05-26T12:17:50.634-07:00Panini 6&7 Months <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #990000;">7 months!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">At his 6 month checkup, Panini was 18 lbs and 4 oz and 27 inches long. This puts him in the 75th percentile for height and weight. At this point he was shorter than Zilla was, but heavier. We love our little chunker. I’ve not weighed him for 7 months.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Panini can fit into 6 month onesies and pants though he is most comfortable in 6-9 month clothing. For pajamas, he is in 9 month outfits.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Panini has made some gains in his gross and fine motor movements. He can officially roll over now; thank goodness! Though he doesn’t do it often, and prefers to roll from his back to stomach (or from his back to off the ottoman). He frequently gets up on his hands and knees and rocks rocks rocks and then usually scoots himself backwards. He has done a few forward scoots and even a partial crawl forward if we put our hands behind his feet. He can also get himself up into plank positon. He is sitting great independently. He can also briefly hold himself up standing next to the ottoman when we placed him there, but is not pulling himself up to stand.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Fine motor wise, his little hands are starting to do more purposeful tasks like taking items out of a bowl or pushing beads along a track. He is really good at grabbing at things in space, which means I have to be very careful about what we are standing near when he is being held. We also have some stacking bowls that he started to mimic trying to put on top of one another after Zilla and I showed him. They can also be connected to make little balls and Panini will mimic holding one in each hand and try to put them together. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">He enjoys making bubble noises and sighing. He recognizes his name and people’s voices. He will try to mimic sounds like screaming when Zilla screams…it’s marvelous.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Socially, he is starting to enjoy games like peekaboo and playing with his brother more vs independent play. He is also starting to notice when certain people leave the room or when he is put down and protests with crying. This makes leaving him after feeding him at lunch more difficult because he is crying more when I bring him back to the room. Though, if we sit him down on the carpet at home with toys he will sit there and play by himself for quite a while.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">His bottom two middle teeth popped up from month 6 to 7. They certainly are sharp!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">In the category of non-developmental milestones, he had his first Mother's Day and Easter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">He made his first trip to A&M's campus!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Panini is old enough to go on runs with momma now!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">AND most exciting, he was Baptized into the Church on April 24th!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCw88ODgNDf0Krvi0W6mqsLzGChx99mIa9bO1sgeGOAeIYb2l9c3NyVdO5FjMuYfYiRvnmPmNKECu5LVgi6r-4bawyXh720mw4_DzfxcTGziv2U1HDtqSWJAVUYY2ByNf45UaVu5mH9Pp/s1600/bap1.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCw88ODgNDf0Krvi0W6mqsLzGChx99mIa9bO1sgeGOAeIYb2l9c3NyVdO5FjMuYfYiRvnmPmNKECu5LVgi6r-4bawyXh720mw4_DzfxcTGziv2U1HDtqSWJAVUYY2ByNf45UaVu5mH9Pp/s320/bap1.jpg" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Panini usually wakes up around 6am to eat, but I am usually able to get him to go back down if I lay him down next to his daddy in bed. From here, he usually eats around 9 or 9:30 and then takes a nap around 10. His naps aren’t very long, usually about 45 minutes to an hour if he is laying in a bouncer or crib. He’ll nap longer if he is in a wrap. From here he eats around noon and then the afternoon schedule gets all kind of wonky with napping and eating on and off with no real schedule. Sometimes he takes a nap in the late afternoon around 6 when we get home from school but it is usually a very short nap. We try to do dinner around 7 and then start the bedtime routine around 8.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I so wish I could say Panini is sleeping through the night; or something close to through the night. But he most definitely is not. After putting him down at 8 he will usually wake up again around 10, and then again around midnight or 1, and then sometimes he will sleep until six but other times he will wake up again around 3. So, you could say I’m pretty tired. We’ve tried some sleep training and trying to just rock or pat his back to get him to go to sleep but he is a hungry little man and I usually end up feeding him at each waking. On the bright side, he is in his crib for sleeping other than after his 6am feeding.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Oh man. I was so sure this child was going to love solids. I was wrong. We have tried so many things. Sweet potatoes, avocado, green beans, carrots, bananas, mango, enchiladas, waffles, oatmeal. Whatever is on our plate. But he wants none of it. I try it right after feeding him milk, waiting awhile after milk, right before giving him milk. It really makes no difference. He will sometimes play with the food but does not want to bring it to his mouth. And it’s not because he can’t bring things to his mouth. We’ll give him a non-food object and in it will go. We’ve tried feeding it to him and letting him be independent. He just doesn’t like food. Usually when we try to encourage him to eat it he will start to reach for me and pull on my shirt. Sooooo I guess it’s safe to say his favorite food is still momma’s milk. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I’m trying to be patient. The Baby Lead Weaning book I read says that it’s normal for kids to spend a few months just playing with the food before they actually start to eat it, but I also think they are supposed to at least be trying to put it into their mouths. Also, I have a few friends doing BLW and their kids have just taken to solids so well. I’m a little jealous if only because I think he might sleep a little longer at night if he had something other than milk in his belly. I know it’s not affecting his growth, as he continues to meet milestones and isn’t losing weight, so we’ll continue to just give him opportunities to practice. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Panini’s favorite thing to do is play with his brother. He loves when Zilla comes over to him and shuffles around toys and interacts with him. Independently, I’ve started giving him a big red bowl and I’ll put objects with different textures, shapes, and sizes in it so that he can sort through it and practice taking items out and putting them back in. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">He also likes being tossed in the air by his daddy and he thinks it’s super fun to be in a carrier while mommy does squats. He’s also pretty amused by laying on the yoga mat while I do yoga over him. I think he likes all the movement and up and down.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I think his sociability is the biggest change. He is seeking out and giving attention more and it is so much fun to start interacting with this sweet little personality that has been growing. Hi mobility is also a change and we are having to be careful about making sure any of Zilla’s toys that have small parts are out of the way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Zilla is definitely Panini’s favorite person. He giggles just watching Zilla walk towards him; though their relationship is definitely changing. Zilla still thinks Panini is the coolest thing to ever happen to him, but he’s also learning more about sharing with his brother. I have started to give Panini some of Zilla’s favorite toys to play with on purpose and teach Zilla that there is no such thing as “my toys vs. Panini’s toys” it is all “our toys”. He is also learning about not taking from Panini. Right now, he can take from him and usually Panini won’t cry, but we are teaching Zilla about boundaries, waiting his turn, and asking if he can have something. It is rocking his world a little bit, but he is slowly adjusting. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">They are still the very best of friends and when Zilla is extra cranky in the morning I can just ask him if he wants to say hello to Panini and he’ll just curl up next to him on the bed and hold his hand. They are so sweet together. They are the perfect pair. Panini loves watching Zilla and Zilla loves the attention he gets from Panini. </span></div>
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Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479163162397787412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527877920058073538.post-50877914085778047132016-04-28T10:44:00.004-07:002016-04-28T10:52:37.754-07:00Maternity Leave is Not a Sabbatical<br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today I read an article on the New York Post titled I want all of the perks of maternity leave without having any kids. I can’t even with this article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first I was speechless; but that lasted
all of 30 seconds while I wiped the angry tears from my eyes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the words wouldn’t stop coming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all of the inappropriate words got out
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the title.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sorry, I didn’t realize
there were so many “perks” to maternity leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only perk I remember was getting to actually spend a full day, week,
with my kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I like to think that
it benefitted my children just as much, if not more, than it benefitted me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, my other favorite perk was the way I bled
for 6 weeks straight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> An</span>d the way my
body would decide to have contractions every once in a while after he was here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was super fun. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“…the more I came to believe in the value of a maternity
leave – which is, to me, a sabbatical like break that allows women…to shift
their focus to the part of their lives that doesn’t revolve around their jobs“</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“that socially mandated time and space for self-reflection
may never come“</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">I’m going to start with these incredibly ignorant
statements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the sake of not hating
this woman, I’m going to just chalk it up to, she’s never had children, so she
just doesn’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would never
describe maternity leave, or staying at home, as sabbatical like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know of many retreats that advertise “sleep
deprivation“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“cracked nipples“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“clean up poop“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“listen to crying noises“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as their main selling points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And unless you count my 3 am half-awake
realization that it’s been 3…no 4 days since I last showered, as self-reflection,
then no.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just no.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most self-reflective thing moms might
realize during this time is that they <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">do
not</i> want to leave their babies in 12 (or less)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>short weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Which leads me to, you want a real maternity leave, then you can’t
have that without the maternity return.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So when you’re done with all of your self-reflecting, please continue
with your schedule of waking up every three hours…because of course you did
this during your fake maternity leave to make it as authentic as possible…and
go back to work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maintain your previous
level of functioning and energy. When you wake up in the morning, be sure to
have someone throw milk at your outfit so that you have to change 3 times
before you actually leave or just give in and go to work with a milk smudge on
your jacket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order to plan for this,
in addition to your nightly wake up routine you will also be waking up earlier to
start getting ready for the day in the morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And once you’re at work, make sure that you have something pull on your
nipples for 20 minutes 3 times a day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But wait I’m not even to the hardest part.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After 12 (or less) weeks of being with my new
baby who is still pretty much just as dependent on me as when he was born, now
I have to leave him with someone else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every single day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter how
much I trust this person, they are not me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am not seeing his sweet eyes or smile when he wakes from a nap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not making sure he gets as much tummy
time as I want him to throughout the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am not making sure he is read to or sung to or played with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, every day I am saying goodbye to
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ripping my heart out, trying not to
cry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I don’t even know how to draw a
comparison to this one for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess
just imagine someone stomping on your chest a few times a day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And then there’s this, “I couldn’t help but feel envious
when parent son staff left the office at 6 p.m. to tend to their children,
while it was assumed coworkers without kids would stay behind to pick up the
slack. “<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t speak for your coworkers,
but I can speak for myself and the countless other working moms I know, and
this is a bunch of BS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put in my time
and I work my behind off to make sure that I am always caught up, always
getting my work done before deadlines, always staying focused, trying to
minimize times of distraction so that I can leave on time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not so others can pick up my slack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know moms who show up to work an hour
before everyone else in order to have more time with their children in the
evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know moms who take short, or
no, lunch breaks so that they can leave on time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know what, you can do this too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please leave at 6pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I better not see you on your phone or taking extended breaks or wasting time away, because I know that’s what I’m doing, so that I
can maximize the tiny bit of awake time I have with my children in the
afternoon. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is much more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So much more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am offended by
pretty much everything she said in this article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope this article gets backlash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is offensive to working moms everywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I have to stop here because my lunch
break is over and I have to go back to my job now. </span></div>
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Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479163162397787412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527877920058073538.post-82903150032085573522016-03-24T14:11:00.000-07:002016-04-07T20:46:18.513-07:00Panini 3 & 4 & 5 Months <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At 4 months he was in the 90th percentile for height and 75th percentile for weight. I have not measured him since then. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He can kind of squeeze into 3-6 month clothes and sometimes I put him in 3 month pants and he looks like a hipster with his skinny jeans on. He is definitely most comfortable in 6 months clothes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let's see let's see, since turning 2 months until now, Panini has rolled over once front to back. He gets so so close to doing it again every time he is on his tummy, but hasn't rolled over since the one time. We were all super excited though. Even Zilla celebrated his accomplishment and then showed him over and over how to roll.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sometimes my mommy anxiety creeps up on me wondering why he isn't consistently rolling over yet. I know all kids hit milestones at different times; but I let myself go to places like, well if I was home with him he wouldn't be stuck in a swing all day and would have more playtime on the floor. But it's not something I can control, so I have to try and not worry too much about it. Or bury my worries, as to not drive hubskie crazy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Panini will scoot himself in a little circle while on the floor. If I prompt him with a little push he will roll all the way over from back to front and front to back.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His grip is getting stronger and he will grab onto our fingers and pull himself up to a sitting position. If he is in his bouncer we often see him trying to sit himself up. He's also got a milking motion down with his hands. When he is hungry he'll start to milk our fingers and then when he latches on his little hands go to work helping express milk.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Panini finally started to take the bottle about 2 weeks before turning 4 months old. Though, I think he drinks the minimum amount and then takes advantage of having the fresh milk all night long (see below).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We celebrated Panini's conception day between months 3 and 4! Happy you're alive day, baby!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We're still pretty lax with this. He just eats when he wants, sleeps when he wants, and plays when he wants. It makes the days less stressful than trying to adhere to a strict schedule. Especially with an active older brother who only needs one nap time a day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He's still exclusively drinking Mama's milk. We will start solids either this or next month, depending on Panini's signs. I am wanting to do baby led weaning this time around rather than starting with the cereals and purees.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Panini recently started getting distracted easier while feeding. It's actually an adorable stage. He's most distracted by me looking at him. If I look at him and smile while he's eating, he'll let go and give me the biggest smile and start talking. I love it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He enjoys laying on his play mat and watching the bird mobile spin. He also loves playing with his brother. He reserves his biggest laughs for when his brother is acting silly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Panini and I spend lot of time snuggling in the evenings using the wraps and recently the Ergo so I can hold him and cook at the same time. I am super excited that he is big enough for this now. While the wraps are more comfortable and snugglier, the Ergo is much easier and we are getting pretty good at nursing in the Ergo too. Which means I can grocery shop and nurse at the same time! What?! Super helpful. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Panini really likes chewing on his Sophie giraffe and playing with the little taggie blanket we have.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Since our last post, I have gone back to work. It has been a very difficult transition. Panini refused to take the bottle for the first few weeks, but has gotten much better about this. I think (know) the transition has been harder on me than on Panini. He's pretty easy going and the daycare ladies seem to really like him. But momma misses him and his brother all the time. People questioned my decision to forgo a lunch break to go feed him everyday, but even with him getting better with the bottle, I still go up there because I love getting to hold him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have good and bad weeks with this. Honestly, the hardest weeks are when we hit a new month. He's officially 5 months old now, which means I feel like I have missed out on 2 months of his life. I know it's not true, and that I am still here and experiencing all of his growing, but I just want to be with him (and his brother) more. I think I've told a few people that I know being home wouldn't be all roses and rainbows, but I would have more opportunities to show them love and create positive memories. There are some nights when Zilla is in a bad mood, or mommy is in a bad mood, and it just seems like we don't have a single positive interaction the whole day. And that makes me filled with sadness. </span> If our time together was longer, we would certainly have bad moments and bad days but we would have more time to say I'm sorry and reset throughout the day. Okay, I know I'm going into mopey land and not even talking about Panini anymore, but the work change has been the biggest change and I still don't feel like I'm adjusting to it terribly well. Usually I feel like I am hanging onto a very thin rope.</span></span><br />
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Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479163162397787412noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527877920058073538.post-27718707876072055962016-02-19T08:26:00.002-08:002016-02-19T10:15:50.427-08:00Zilla is 3!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Zilla is 3! What? I can't even call him a toddler anymore. He's a preschooler. He's so grown.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Gosh where to begin? So many things have happened the past year, and I have been so bad about being consistent with blogging. So I will try my best to cover the highlights.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">This is pretty inconsistent. He went through an "I'll love you Forever" phase, which I loved. Especially when he started to read it to me. He also went through a phase of loving our "Aggie Goose Rhymes" book. Which I loved, but hubskie did not. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Really, I think the biggest change here is that Zilla has started to enjoy stories that Hubskie and I make up or tell without an actual book. There is a silly story about Spider Man in a bounce house, he loves the Three Little Pigs, the sotries about his mommy and daddy when we were little and hurt ourselves in a bathroom/trampoline because we didn't listen to our mommies, and stories about him as a baby.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Impressively, Steve Earl is still holding strong in this category. He did go through a phase of liking Raffi a lot and this inspired him to put on frequent concerts and mimic Raffi. It was so cute!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">He loves to play pretend. So his dress up clothes are pretty popular. He also got a steering wheel for Christmas that he can turn on. He loves using this in the car and pretending like he is driving. Zilla has a way of turning anything and everything into a truck. One his favorite things to do is turn his chairs upside down and put a box on the back and pretend that he is driving around delivering the boxes. I love his imagination right now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">This is also the same from his 2 year old post. This kid loves being outside. He could spend hours a park and not get tired of it.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Recently, I've been trying to give him more independence when playing outside. I'll send him into the backyard to play on his own. It's amazing to watch his independence come through when he's out there and his imagination soar. He thinks he's so grown going out there by himself, I of course, am hovering over at the windows ready to pounce if he goes out of my sight. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Food is so frustrating right now. It is nearly impossible to get him to sit down to eat. I'm sure I failed somewhere along the way to encourage him to sit through dinner and now it is coming back to bite me in the booty. But, he loves all things snacks and dislikes all things meal. The healthy foods I aam able to get his to eat are Dr. Praegers Spinach Littles, banana pancakes, and he does seem to like chicken the most of all the meats. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Zilla likes helping with the dishes and cooking. He occasionally likes to vacuum too. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Zilla fell in love with a soccer uniform this year and he also likes any shirts with a tractor on it. He has developed a pretty funny sense of style and I love and embrace it. Even if it means wearing pants that are too short and a backwards basketball jersey.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">1) When Hubskie was in the middle of his semester from down there, we didn't get to see him terribly often. One night he had a late night getting out of work and Zilla wanted to call him. When we called Hubskie was just about home and when Zilla said he wanted to see Hubskie, Hubskie said "count to 10 and I'll be there." So Zilla counted and sure enough Dada walked through the door.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Fast forward to the next night when Dada had class. I told Zilla Dada wouldn't be home that night because he had class. Zilla started to cry and say "I want to count to 10; I want to count to 10!" I of course teared up. It was so sweet and heartbreaking and adorable all at once. And a reminder of how much this kid loves his dad.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">2) Since Panini's arrival Zilla has been going through a bit of a sleep regression. Mostly, he will just stall and stall and stall. He has a Ninja Turtle light that stays on for about 5 minutes and will turn off. I leave it in his bed with him so that he can turn it back on himself. He started a stall tactic where he would stand on his bed and put the light on his dresser and then turn it off. He would then come to get me and say his light was off and he can't reach it. While it was tiring, I also always thought it was so sweet how much thought he put into his stall tactics so he could see mommy/daddy again. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">3) Another frustrating one, but sweet in it's own Zilla kind of way...Zilla is the slowest moving person on earth. My sister says Roodle could give him a run for his money, but I don't know. But what I appreciate about his slowness is how observant/mindful he is. He is so aware of his surroundings and loves to take it all in. This is particularly clear on our walks. I am a go, go goer. He is a look, look, looker. And he reminds me to appreciate the here and now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">4) One of the motivational sayings Zilla's OT uses is "hard things make you brave" to motivate him to use his left hand even when it is hard. One mmorning he told Hubskie that he wanted Mommy to drive Daddy's car. Daddy told him that I couldn't because Daddy needed it to get to work. Zilla said that Daddy could drive Mommy's car. Daddy said that driving Mommy's car is hard due to the lack of leg room. And Zilla, without skipping a beat, ssaid, "But Daddy, hard things make you brave." Such a little problem solver</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">5) One day Zilla started to make up his own song that went, "I was walking down the street with my dada...." It was super cute</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">6) With Panini's arrival, Zilla was exposed to lots of breastfeeding. As a part of this I explained that Panini eats from mommy's nipple. Zilla cannot pronounce nipple and instead calls them hippos. It's pretty funny.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">7) Zilla pronouncing delicious as belicious </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">8) Zilla is the best big brother. I was so worried about his transition, but he has been so loving to Panini</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">9) The way Zilla wears his shoes with the tongues out and on top of the Velcro straps so that he can see Spider Man's Eyes light up</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">10) Milestones: He potty trained in record time. He dropped the paci habit. He moved to a big boy bed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">11) Zilla became so much snugglier than years 1 and 2 and I love it. The past few months he has occasionally coming into our room in the middle of the night. Sometimes I'll take him back to his bed, but other times I'll let him stay and snuggle with us. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">12) One of my favorite things about this year was getting to stay home with Zilla during maternity leave. He can be a challenging little guy, but I actually think we did better with one another when we spent more time together. He got used to my boundaries and I felt like I had more opportunities to grow as a momma when I was with him more. Also, I had more patience. Anyways, I loved all of our outings together and having the chance to take him on lots of walk, go to museums together, see lots of firetrucks, and just hang out.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">13) When he is trying to describe something as "a little bit" he will say "It's hot, but not much" </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Oh Zilla, it has been a year of lots of changes and transitions. I am so incredibly proud of you. You are smart, brave, strong, and you amaze me every day. I love you, sweet boy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I asked Hubskie if he wanted to include anything for this blog and he sent me this letter. All the mommy/wifesky tears!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">A letter from Dad:<br /><br />Aidan, you're now 3 years old and I've seen more change in my life the last few years that you've been in it than in the previous 10 combined. Every day is a challenge with you- and that's a good thing. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I am challenged every day to live life and play with the same energy that you do. Sometimes Daddy is tired and lazy, but you will not be satisfied with anything less than my best effort. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">I am challenged to find joy and wonderment in all the little things I have taken for granted. Sometimes Daddy forgets that everything is new to you, and how much you love to learn, but you will prod me with "Why's" and "Where's" until you receive a proper answer. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">I am challenged to set a good example for you in all the things I do. Sometimes Daddy wants to say or do things he would not want you to, and you are a reminder that his actions and words affect much more than just him.<br /><br />I am challenged to teach you how to be a man and make good choices. Sometimes Daddy has to let you learn things the hard way so you will learn, but please know if my hands ever let you fall it is not for want of my heart to see you succeed. And I will always be there to help you back up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Being your father is tasking but always rewarding. You are growing into a bright, energetic, talented little boy. I am so proud to be your father, and I can't wait to see what challenges lie ahead for us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leading up to being 2 months old, he started doing sweet little coos, trying to laugh but it mostly sounds like gasping right now, and so many smiles. He can grasp objects briefly. His head control continues to be great for his age. He is so alert when he is awake and enjoys looking around. I think he is able to recognize my and hubskie's faces..and probably big brother's face too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanksgiving and Christmas were big highlights! We spent Thanksgiving in Houston and and Christmas in Dallas. We will be heading to Houston soon to see family for Christmas there as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been very lax with this one, this time around. This is both a function of having two kids at home most of the week, as well as Panini being an easy going baby. In general he will wake up in the morning and eat, he'll stay awake for about an hour to an hour and a half and then take a 1.5-2 hour nap. This nap might take place in the car seat if we're on the go with Zilla, in the wrap if we are going on a walk, in his crib, or a combination of all three. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tummy time on mommy or daddy and being held in a wrap. He definitely prefers the wraps to the ring slings, but the slings are so much faster to get him in and out of, so we go back and forth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not terribly interested in too many toys at this point. So I guess mommy and daddy's faces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c; line-height: 20px;">The biggest change has been this experience versus our last newborn stage experience. Panini is so different from Zilla and I am a different person this time around. I was never positive if what I experienced with Zilla was PPD because it was never diagnosed, but after my experience thus far with Panini I am more confident that it was PPD. I have actual emotions and feelings!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other big change is having two kids. Wow! All the challenges and joys it creates. Zilla has done pretty well transitioning. He has been so kind to Panini and wants to love on his all the time. Usually this is so sweet, but when he is sick, it's super hard to explain to Zilla that he can't touch Panini because he'll spread germs. But other than that, Zilla and Panini pictures are my favorite!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zilla loves learning about babies and is particularly intrigued by how the eat, He often asks if he can eat from me too, so I tell him stories about how he used to eat from me. He loves hearing stories about when he was little. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zilla has had some serious behavior issues lately towards Hubskie and I. Everything is no, every transition (ending an activity, bedtime, leaving somewhere, going somewhere) is a huge battle. Transitions are the absolute worst. I try giving him options, giving him positive feedback and rewards when he does them nicely, giving him 5 minute countdowns. It doesn't matter. There always seems to be a meltdown and it is so frustrating. I can't decide if these moments of acting out are a product of needing more attention, his age, or his personality. Maybe a combo of both, but I am trying so hard to be patient with him because I know he is going through a lot of changes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've also started keeping both boys home most of the week. Zilla is only going to school on Tuesday and Thursday right now. And those mornings are so hard because he wants to stay home. I am so worried about when I go back to work, because he tells me everyday that he doesn't want to go to school. Also, I don't want him to go to school, so that doesn't help. I am really enjoying staying home with both of my boys right now. Even with the behavior problems and the stress and tiredness, I am overall so grateful for these kids and so sad about all I am missing out on during these first years of their lives. I love going on outings with them and watching them play together. I love the extra hugs and extra time I get to spend watching Zilla do or say something hilarious. I love getting extra time to clean and cook. I'm not a master at cleaning yet, but the dishes and laundry are actually getting done, which is a major change from before. Pray for me y'all. I start each day crying a little because I know I'm one day closer to maternity leave ending and it is breaking my heart. I know there is a reason God has it in his plan for me to not stay home yet (ever?) but I'm having a hard time trusting in it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) When Panini was a newborn, his crying sounded like a kitten meowing</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) Panini gained the nickname of Snuffleupagus due to the constant congestion he has. Poor kiddo</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) When Panini cries, Zilla will pat him and say "I got you"</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) Zilla was more tramatized by the 2 month shots than Panini was. He does not like to see his brother in pain</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5) Despite our efforts, Panini will not take a pacifier </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you haven't noticed, I didn't do a 1 month post. I figure with the pic a day posts (which come about once a month), and the business of life right now, it's impresive if I even sit down to write every two months. But I want to be sure and do at least this because I love so much going back and reading Zilla's so I know I'll want the same with Panin. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Panini and Zilla were watching me cook. Zilla was being extra helpful by reading to Panini</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We made our way back to Papa Joe's farm. Zilla is drumming on Papa's head here</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here's Zilla during nap time. He was pretending his bed was a truck</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got some of the pics back from our photo shoot on Panini's 1 month. These are two of my faves. He was so small!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We had a Girl's Night poyluck for Thanksgiving. Zilla really enjoyed playing with the bigger kids and they are a good influence on him</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 327 11/26</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Panini's first Thanksgiving!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got to see Hubskie's brothers and sisters and spend time with this cutie</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Panini had his first bottle! He took to it pretty well after some initial confusion.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Panini but his thumb in his mouth and started to suck. I thought it was going to become a thing, but it did not.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zilla was wanting up while I was cooking so I convinced him to get in the ergo. He's pretty much outgrown it, but it worked in a pinch. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Mastering tummy time</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ECI had a smaller Christmas party this year but we still got to meet Santa. Zilla was happy to tell him what he wanted for Christmas. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">teehee my little lion! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got our sweet little tree up! Zilla has been so excited about everything Christmas this year </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For my birthday, my mom and the boys went to see the Trains at NorthPark. Zilla was so excited and ran around shouting MORE TRAINS! Birthdays are different these days, but nothing makes me happier than seeing my kids happy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was a big fan of the live jazz music at the mall</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zilla went to the zoo with Grandpa and got to be a real life Spider Man!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the way to the zoo, they had traffic due to an accident involving furniture. It became Zilla's new favorite story</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had Christmas #1 of 7</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 345 12/14</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zilla was gifted a balance bike from Grandpa. He's still getting the hang of it</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've been getting Blue Apron deliveries, which makes me feel like a gourmet chef!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went to Richardson's Santa's Village. It was super crowded, but lots of fun. Zilla loved seeing a real life Frosty!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 351 12/20</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went to hangout with Great Grandpa. This picture is so sweet! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just like this picture because Zilla is using his left hand to pick up rocks.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the houses in our neighborhood does not mess around when it comes to blow up decorations. Zilla and I took lots of trips this week to play in their yard. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also took a trip to the doctor for Panini's 2 month check up! Dr. Mobley say Zilla was playing with these and he helped him make a "Doctor necklace" Zilla was ecstatic! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we got home, we baked cookies for Santa! During Advent (and we'll extend through the Christmas season) we had an Angel leave a piece of candy and a paper Christmas light with a Bible verse on it in a little ornament. We then strung the lights next to the tree. Zilla loved opening this each day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Merry Christmas morning! Here's our Christmas #2 with just our immediate family. Zilla got his football helmet. He had also asked for a snowman, but the one we bought off ebay still hasn't arrived. Luckily a couple of days before Christmas Zilla said he didn't want a snow man anymore. Though I don't know what we'll do with it once it gets here.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christmas smiles from Panini! We also spent the afternoon with our cousins and Mimi for Christmas #3</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 357 12/26</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boxing Day was spent at my Aunt and Uncle's for some more extended family time and Christmas #4! These kids are so cute. Panini is very popular.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my favorite Christmas tradition: Singing carols with the family for Christmas #5. Zilla was very impressed with Uncle Jon's guitar skills. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At swim class the kiddos found a new activity to keep them busy before their class started. I thought their sweet little tooshies were too cute not to snap a pic</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we were getting ready for school in the morning, Zilla ran back to his room and brought Panini his Elmo to keep him company on the ride. This was just too sweet because Elmo is one of Zilla's favorite dolls</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I went to a "babywearing" meeting to help me learn how to wrap Panini safely. I was amazed by all of the classes offered so close to my neighborhood. I was especially glad to see a postpartum support group.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We went to Zilla first bday party for his friend, Preston. It was at an awesome bouncy house place. Zilla had a blast with all of his school friends!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Panini smiles melt my heart. I wish I could hold onto these snuggles forever. I can't believe how fast maternity leave is going. This kid makes me want to stay home even more than I had wanted before his arrival.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love this snuggle man so much. He is such a good baby. He eats, poops, and sleeps with an occasional cry. It is just so different from Zilla. Don't get me wrong. I love Zilla too, but this is like baby therapy. Actually, I may need him to get more difficult. I spent a little bit of this day and the next crying about 1 week of maternity leave already being over. I can't imagine leaving him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nope, nope, no reverting here. Zilla has been such an amazing big brother. He loves Panini so much. He did a little bit of acting out towards hubskie and I, but he has never stopped being all kinds of enamored with Panini, so I know it could be much worse. I am so proud of him. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mini B got into my makeup and then when I discovered her like this said to me, "Umm Aunt Becca, could you get this off my face. If my daddy sees me like this, he is really going to yell at me." I found this paritcularly hilarious. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My first glass of wine in 10 months! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Day 307: 11/5</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My nextdoor neighbor is more talented than yours. No really. She made me this wrap (in Maroon, Whoop) and this ridiculously precious octopus that matches Panini's room perfectly. AMAZING. <a href="http://www.simplycraftedblog.com/" target="_blank">Check out more of her awesomeness here </a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Friendly cautionary statement* This is where I lose all filters and just lay it out as it went. So if you are uncomfortable with words like mucus, discharge, or blood, this may not be the post for you. I promise there will be continued Vrlyfry Day posts you can read and see all the precious pics of our new addition. Okay, you have been warned.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So remember how I was 1 cm dilated at my appointment on Thursday and I was all kinds of bummed about it? Well, Thursday night to Friday morning I woke up multiple times to use the restroom. This wasn't out of the ordinary, but what was out of the ordinary was the difficulty I was having not peeing on myself. I ended up changing my underwear a couple of times and by morning I was noticing streaks of bloody discharge. Since I had just been checked the previous day, I thought it could just be due to my sensitive nether parts being agitated. But, since I still seemed to be having bladder control issues, I decided to wear a pad to work and brought a towel just in case. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I got to work I messaged my sister about all the weird happenings to get her opinion. She recommended I call the doc just to be sure I shouldn't come in. So I called and left a message. I went home for lunch around 11:30 and once again had to change my underwear. I really thought it was strange, but it was such an inconsistent "trickle" and only seemed to happen when I was changing positions so I figured it was just baby pushing on my bladder. The nurse called back and after describing everything to her, she pretty much just said...well, it sounds like it's just urine, but it could also be your water, or just urine. Okay good luck figuring all that out. Ugh. I threw my hospital bag in the car before leaving from lunch, just in case.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Around about 12:30 I started to feel little contractions, and not braxton hicks type contractions, but real ones. They were coming about 10 minutes apart and were very consistent. I let a twinge of excitement shoot through me. Could this be it? Surely not. I showed no signs of progress yesterday. By about 2:30 the contractions tapered off and eventually stopped. Excitement gone, it's not happening today.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Besides, we had a busy night ahead and I needed to figure out how I was going to coordinate everything I needed to get done. First thing was to get Zilla from school and then we needed to stop by a CVS to get a birthday card and print some pictures for my grandpa's birthday. Then we were going to head to Addison for dinner with the family.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About half way to the CVS, the contractions started again, and this time they seemed a little stronger. Since I was driving I wasn't really able to time them on my phone so I tried to just keep my mind on the tasks at hand. Our CVS trip turned into a mini meltdown session because mean mommy was not going to let Zilla have the lollipop he wanted. We got lots of stares, but gosh darn it, I was going to stand my ground on this one. No. Lollipop. Gosh these contractions sure do seem to be coming closer together. A couple of people commented on me being so pregnant and asked when I was due. And for the first time ever, when I answered "any minute" I wasn't kidding.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But no time for labor when there's a dinner to get to. So we stayed the course. But by this point things really were seeming like I might be in labor. Just to be safe I called my mom, who would be staying with Zilla when we went to the hospital. Next, I texted Hubskie to let him know we might be making a trip to the hospital tonight. Finally, I called my brother to ask him to take Zilla home for us, should we need to dine and dash. Things were in place, just in case. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we got to the restaurant, the talk quickly turned to "oh you look like you could have this baby any second" to which I replied "yes, you are right" and they all laughed and then I said "no really, I think I'm having contractions, we may be leaving dinner early." This put everyone a little on the edge of their seats, all eyes on me. When Hubskie arrived he was in denial that I was in labor. Hmmm this sure does sound familiar. He told me to start timing contractions and what do you know they were about 4 minutes apart and 30 seconds long. He continued in his denial.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After eating the appetizer, I told Hubskie I did not think that we were going to get to eat our entree and we needed to start thinking about leaving. To which he replied "Seriously? I just really wanted to eat my shrimp and grits." To which my face replied .....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, he asked the waiter to get our things to go, as it seemed his wife was in labor. The waiter got a kick out of this and quickly rushed off to get our food together for us. We let the family know that we were going to be leaving and then the hardest part of the night happened. Harder than any point in labor, because this one involved my little heart. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We told Zilla it was time for mommy and daddy to go to the hospital because Panini was coming. He immediately started crying. I know it was only because he didn't want mommy and daddy to leave in general, but it just felt like I was abandoning him. Leaving him to go change his life forever, and he had no say in the matter. There were tears and mommy had a hard time leaving him. I knew all along this would be difficult and I had really hoped I would go into labor in the middle of the night so that the goodbye wouldn't be so difficult. But then again, maybe this was best since he was with his Uncle B, whom he loves so much, and we had the chance to say goodbye and tell him what was going on. We snapped our picture and went on our way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hubskie was really a rock star during this L&D and I was so glad to have the alone time with him. He helped support me on the birthing ball during contractions and when he noticed my shoulders tensing during contractions he gently tapped them to remind me to allow my body to work rather than fight the pain. He put on Matt Maher for me to listen to and occasionally we wold sing a little Raffi to remind us of our other sweet son waiting for us at home. My primary focus was to remain as calm as possible during contractions. This meant visualizing my body working to get Panini out, focusing on my breathing, and staying as quiet as possible. I was conscious that when I needed to make a noise, it was a deep groan rather than sharp or shrill noises, as I had read that the low groans are better for progressing and not fighting your body. And when I needed Hubskie to just talk to help get my mind off of the pain, he came through and kept his one sided conversation going. It was actually just really nice to sit and talk with him. Our life has been so busy these past few weeks and it felt like I had barely seen him this month, so just getting to hear about his day was relaxing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Around 9:50 the nurse came in to do the monitoring. She waited for me to get through a contraction and then had me lay back so that she could strap me up. I had told Hubskie that I thought I was feeling some pressure, but also felt silly because it really hadn't been long since she first told me to wait to be checked. During one of my contractions Hubskie said something like "Ok, that was just a small contraction, you did great." Which in general sounds really encouraging, except that the contraction actually hurt quite a bit, so to hear that according to the screen it was a small one, was a little disheartening. I explained this to Hubskie and no more mention about the screen was made.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Towards the end of monitoring I let the nurse know that I did think I was starting to feel some pressure. She said since I was checked recently, she would wait to check me at my next monitoring, which would be 10:45. I was a little skeptical but didn't want to make a fuss so I obliged. After she left, things really seemed to ramp up. I no longer felt stable enough to sit on the ball, so instead I got on all fours and Hubskie helped gather all the pillows so I could rest my head on them while my booty was in the air. Definitely a great labor position and I barely had to use any muscles. I told Hubskie I wasn't going to make it much longer as the urge to push was already starting to be present. But I also told him I was worried to bring the nurse in to check me and only be 4-5 cm. That would just be hard to hear. He encouraged me to make it through 6 more contractions and then he would go get the nurse. At one point I specifically remember saying "Gosh these contractions are really starting to suck." But in my head I'm pretty sure I was screaming and cursing. On contraction number 5 I told him he needed to go get her now because this baby was coming soon. He rushed out the door and they were back in a jiffy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thankfully, Dr. B must have remembered my history of fast delivery, as he was already in the lobby waiting to be called in. When he came in the room I immediately let him know that it would be soon. I said something along the lines of "I am going to need to start pushing soon." Everyone kind of nodded in jest. I said it again and the nurse came to check me again. Sure enough I was 10 cm and 100% effaced. It was go time. They helped me get my legs up and had the bed's incline raised up. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. B, still standing up, told me I needed to stop pushing on the next contraction or else there was a good chance there would be a bad tear. My least favorite words to hear. Stop pushing. But I knew it was necessary and I really did not want to tear, as even the small tear I had with Zilla was quite a painful recovery. So I dug into my reading and recalled a blog post about this specific moment of labor. The woman writing recommended "blowing a candle out." While the ideal breathing is usually deep to help manage the pain, for some reason, a short breath out helps in not pushing. So I got to blowing the candles out. Hubskie told me he thought I was going to have a seizure. Nope, just busy blowing out the candles, don't worry about me. Next contraction Dr. B, told me to give just a little push. As it turns out, a little push is harder than no push at all. But little push I did (thank you Kegels), And then nothing. No direction. No one was talking. So I yelled, "What do you want me to do?! Can I push?!" Just a small push. Okay, another small push. Another push. And he was out! Out before I even had a chance to realize how close he was to coming out. And then he was immediately handed to me. Panini is here!!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. B congratulated us. I apologized for yelling. He laughed and said he doesn't think anyone has ever yelled at him "What do you want me to do?" but then commended me on my control in pushing. The nurses said they don't think they have ever had such a quiet natural birther. I thanked Panini for being so small, and my body for being so quick.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, both mine and Hubskie's phones ran out of batteries so thee aren't many pics of his first hour of life. But he was still just as cute the next day. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nina got to be the first to meet him the next morning. She had driven from Houston in the horrible down pour, got detoured through Waco, and made it around 4:45am. She stopped in for a bit to meet her new grandson. The best part is that Panini ended up being born on Nina's birthday! Hubskie was pretty much out, but I was pumping with all kinds of adrenaline and energy so I wasn't sleeping much. Panini, on the other hand, was sleeping great like his daddy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zilla's getting ready for Panini's arrival! Also, look at that awesome sign in the background. My college bestie made it for Panini :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week was the ABC Kids Expo. AKA my favorite time of year. It's when all the baby industry manufacturers get together and show off their newest products. This was a couple of my favorites. Finally, someone has made adorable moccasins for boys...you usually only see girly ones. Jogging stroller, meet biking stroller.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After getting dressed for swim, Zilla gave me the biggest, sweetest hug and I couldn't resist taking a picture. I love this kid so much!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AHHHHHHhhhh! My best friends (bridesmaids) got together and gifted me a Lily Jade diaper bag!! I have been obsessing over these since the last ABC Kids Expo. They are just so pretty and functions and can be worn as a backpack! This is a must when chasing a toddler with a newborn.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was becoming increasingly antsy about delivering this baby. Mostly because I was having a very difficult time staying checked in at work and I didn't want my consumer's to suffer because of it. Thursday I was finally going to be checked for progress at Dr. B's. I was just certain that I was at least 4 cm dilated. On Wednesday I had constant braxton hicks, which must mean all those dates I was eating and uterus water I was drinking was doing something. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The moment of truth...drum roll please...1 cm dilated and a posterior cervix. WHAT?! Dr. B asked if I could remember if I was progressed at this point with Zilla. As a matter of fact, Dr. B, I documented every second of my last pregnancy and I was 3 cm dilated and 50% effaced. He was pretty surprised to hear this and said something along the lines of this being opposite of what he would expect between a first and second pregnancy. I think he could see the disappointment on my face and was quick to reassure me that things could still happen at any moment and maybe he would be seeing me before my next scheduled appointment. He also told me to not let my lack of progression full me, as he still expected my actual labor to go quickly considering how fast Zilla came. He reminded me to not wait too long before getting to the hospital once I felt real contractions. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am slowly becoming a master of the grill with hubskie being at school two nights a week this semester. After cooking these, Zilla and I were invited to a playdate at Chick fil A with Aunt Berly and Roodle, so we didn't even end up eating these that night.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't really remember why I took this picture. Maybe because I realized I hadn't taken one that day and needed to. Well, apparently we went to the neighbor's house that night :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are <i>finally</i> owners of a video monitor! This is me testing out taking pictures on the monitor of our mischievous little guy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zilla likes to wave bye bye as we go down the driveway in the morning. I tear up a little bit everytime. I can't tell if it's "I love you so much" tears or "I don't want to say bye bye" tears or a combination of both.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I won't be surprised if one day I have shoulder problems, but it's totally worth it to hold his hand while he still wants me to. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nap time with all of my boys! It only took Zilla an hour.5 to finally fall asleep.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That night we celebrated hubskie's cousin (one of my favorite Aggies) and his wife's new baby on the way. They are due just a week before Panini! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">I have 2 of these videos. He was having so much fun providing the evening entertainment. And I was having a blast watching him. I think his dance is my favorite part.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My bestie uploaded pictures from her wedding and I just had to steal this one. I love these women so much and am blessed to be their friend!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial;">Y'all this kid loves music and playing his guitar! He has also discovered if he starts to do ridiculously cute things right at bedtime, he can stall for 30 extra minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our little guy finally gave us a shot of his face! I've been having fairly frequent sonograms because I am measuring small. Each time Panini has been facing away from the camera and the tech will just snap a picture of his boy parts again and print it off. I'm just like...wellll I don't really need any more pics of that, but thanks. But at week 37, this little guy gave his momma a little peek at how handsome he is! I definitely tear up when I look at this, he looks perfect :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, I may really really be hoping that we won't even make it to next week before his arrival. Not because I don't appreciate this amazing time I am getting to spend with him, because I really do, but I think I am a little bit tired of having the same conversation over and over again with strangers. That sounds ungrateful. Maybe it is. I should probably be more grateful. I am going to make a real effort to be more grateful for these conversations starting today. Good talk, blog. But I am so ready to meet this little guy and hold him in my arms and let his brother and daddy meet him too! Also, I've pretty much checked out from work, which is not good. I need to check back in until he is here, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to do.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Symptoms wise, I am still itching but I think it is a little bit less. Or I am just getting used to it. The second liver function test came back negative too, so I think I am in the clear for that one! At my appointment on Wednesday my blood pressure was a little high, so I am getting to do a super fun 24 hour urine collection test. I am in the middle of doing that today. They gave me a 3000 unit jug and at 5:00 I have already used up almost 2500 units of space...soooo apparently I pee too much. Sorry for the TMI, but I'm genuinely concerned I am not going to have enough room to make it to 7:00am tomorrow morning. I might have to start using ziplock bags or something!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The nursery is mostly complete. Dressers are anchored to both kids' walls, clothes have been sorted and stored away, we have wall art courtesy of my bestie pictured above, and I got a large print of one of our maternity pictures to put in the room as well. Pictures will be uploaded once it's all hanging. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My bag is mostly packed for the hospital, I feel like I'm under-packing, but I figure if there's anything I forgot someone can pick it up for me. As long as we have a camera for pictures, we're set! I also picked out Panini's come home outfit. It's cute little sailboat overalls to match his nursery theme.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zilla is getting ready for Panini as well. Sometimes he will tell me things like "When Panini grows up, I can teach him to play guitar too?" Heart melt. Oh and he is just infatuated with babies. It is literally the sweetest thing ever. Except for when it's with a stranger at the park and their baby trying to nurse, yeah, that happened. But for the most part, he just loves gazing at babies and touching their back. I love it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zilla "helped" us paint Panini's room this weekend. It was a great idea. He might still have a little paint in his hair.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The girls surprised me with a sprinkle for Peter! I am now equipped with a video monitor and a ring sling! Insert Happy dance! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I discovered a new game to play: doctor! Zilla helps fix the "owies" on momma's legs by rubbing them with lotion. Mom win.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Telework day involves work. But today it also involved practicing with my new ring sling! I can't wait until there is a little squish in here. Also hoping the little squish's head is significantly smaller.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Day 256: 9/13</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red Raspberry leaf tea to strengthen my uterine lining. I like to call it my uterus water; it makes hubskie squirm.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I caught Zilla putting all of his stuffed animals down for a nap. He's so cute.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of Zilla's favorite books right now is "I'll Love You Forever" He read it to me the other night and then I got him to do it again so I could capture it on video! OMG heart melting. It's hard to understand him because he was a little nervous and distracted with me holding up my phone recording him. When I read the part that says "The mother opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor, and peeked up over the side of the bed" I always hide behind the book and pop out. So that's what he's doing when he picks up the book a couple of times. The first time he read it, he picked up the book and then said "PEEK A BOO" and it was so cute! Anyways, I love watching him "read".</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At our last doctor appointment we had a sonogram and Panini was once again too stubborn to give me any good pictures. We did learn that according to the sono measurements, he is in the 71st percentile. So that sounds pretty big to me. Yikes! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zilla is getting really excited about having a little brother, but also starting to sense his life is going to change. He has said a few times "Panini needs to come out soon!" On the other hand, he is so so clingy right now and wants to be held all the time. It's a little bit tiring and part of me knows I need to teach him that he can't be held whenever he wants, but the other part of me wants to just love on him as much as possible because it is all going to change so much. Obviously, he won't be loved any less, but the way we show our love will have to change once Panini is here and needing some attention too.</span></div>
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Zilla decided he wanted to sit in his Mickey chair at the big table. It was not very effective. </div>
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Day 225: 8/13</div>
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On telework days Hubskie and I keep in regular contact over hangouts. I'm sure he appreciated this creepy picture of me in the middle of the day. </div>
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Day 227: 8/15</div>
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Zilla wanted to drink his coffee and carry his suitcase to let me know he was ready to take on the day. He kept saying "I'm going to work" </div>
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Day 228 8/16</div>
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Zilla woke up earlier than usual so I convinced him to let me take him on a stroller jog. The deal was, I get to jog and he could eat muffins and we would end our jog at the park. </div>
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Day 229: 08/17</div>
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When I look at this pic it reminds me what it's like to be a working mom. Going to the park at 5 or 6 in the evening on an extremely hot day isn't terribly popular. I imagine this place is a lot more hopping around 9 or 10 in the morning. But, it's the time Zilla and I have, so I will gladly sweat through it.</div>
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Day 230: 08/18</div>
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We had an amazing Girls Night 9 course meal, courtesy of one of our members. She sent us home with a muffin for breakfast and this wonderful note. It's such a blessing to be part of this group of women. </div>
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Day 231: 08/19 </div>
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I tried out a new muffin recipe and Zilla LOVES them. So much so that he expects to have them in the morning now. Sometimes this means baking late into the evening, but I love that kid so much I don't mind doing it if it means seeing a smile in the morning when I tell him we have muffins.</div>
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Day 232: 08/20</div>
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He let me take him on another stroller run (with the promise of going to the park). We ended the jog with him running the last stretch too. He looks <i>so so </i> big here. </div>
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I also got new phone that night. WAHOOOOO!! This is me testing out how the camera works in low lighting and with motion. Sooooo yup. </div>
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Day 233: 08/21</div>
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We went to the neighbors to have dinner. The kiddos had a great time having a picnic on the floor</div>
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Day 234: 08/22</div>
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Garage sale time! aka get rid of stuff so there is room for Baby Panini to get here!</div>
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Day 237: 08/25</div>
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The neighbors came to our house to play tonight. Zilla really really wanted Roodle to play baseball with him but she wanted to do puzzles. I envision this conversation happening in the future: "Cmon Roodle we can go play before we do our homework" </div>
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Not much to update prego wise other than I am coughing coughing coughing all the time. It has made sleep really difficult. I finally gave in and got some Robitussin for the night time so I can try and get some sleep,</div>
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Zilla did feel Panini move for the first time and it was so adorable! Zilla just started to giggle uncontrollably and kept pushing on my tummy to try and get him to do it again. Now every night when I am singing to him before bed, he will left up my shirt and put his hands on my belly. I think it is really sweet. </div>
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Zilla thinks the only way to see, hug, or kiss Panini is if he lifts up my shirt. This becomes rather problematic in public or when I am wearing a dress. He was very insistent about seeing Panini one time at Mass and kept lifting up my dress.</div>
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We did maternity pictures with a family friend this weekend. I took a cue from our swim class instructor and thought to use M&M's as incentives for Zilla to cooperate. He almost never gets candy at home, so this was a pretty big treat for him. I think it may have worked!! I haven't seen the actual pictures, but we had a good time and I am so appreciative of Haley for capturing this time in our family's life!</div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zilla and mommy have made it a habit to go to the park on Sundays at noon. You, know right when the sun is blazing hot and there is almost no shade. At least the park is empty and no one is there to witness that I forgot to put my bra on...yeah that happened. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Lots of fun at GND! We were celebrating one of our girls' baby on the way! And of course decided it would be fun to use a TENS unit to simulate labor. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesdays this summer has meant hubskie is in school. This week I invited our neighbors over to pass the time with in the evening. Roodle and Zilla are impressing us with their tumbling skills. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We taught Zilla that firemen help people and take them to the hospital. So he asked me to help him expand his firetruck so that he could take his dolls to the hospital too. His imagination is so amazing!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This Tuesday we spent some time doing dishes and enjoying the sweet products of summer. Thank goodness for watermelon! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 220: 08/08</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 221: 08/09 </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh hey Sunday afternoon tradition of baking in the sun! Zilla and I were again the only people outside. At least I was smart enough to bring the car this time rather than walking there and back.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Day 222: 08/10</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's see let's see. Monday the 3rd I had a minor scare in which I had decided that I wasn't feeling Panini as much as a I had been. I went to the doctor and they hooked me up to some machine that was measuring...?...The real fun (not) part was when it took 10 minutes to find Panini's heartbeat. Longest 10 minutes of my life. But once it was found everything on the test looked great.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got an ultrasound last Thursday but Panini was being very shy so I didn't get to really see him. But all the measurements were on track, yea! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I jogged this weekend and my ligament pain was much less than it has been, so that was a nice surprise.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Panini only likes to move at night. I'll get random kicks/punches during the day. But long stretches of movement only come once I am in bed. This makes it very difficult for anyone other than myself to feel him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New pregnancy symptoms! I already mentioned the heartburn. It has a happened a couple more times, but seems to be easily controlled with some tums. The one that I loathe is the itching. It's not just my belly, but my whole body itches; from my head to my toe. It gets worse at night, which makes sleeping interesting. I brought it up to my doctor and he said not to worry about it. But the Google bug hit and I have now diagnosed myself with a liver problem that is going to result in needing to be induced. I mean, it could very well just be general itching, but I'm a worrier so if you'll just pray that this is not the case, I would appreciate it. I will of course follow up with Dr. Behan about this next week. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking of which, we are down to doctor's visits every two weeks!! WHAAAAT?! That means it is super close. And we have made all of 0 progress on the nursery. I'm feeling really great about this. We did plan to have a garage sale this coming week but also have not done anything to prepare for this. So in general, things are going great in the preparation department. </span></div>
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