What Is Broken Now?

Den played football at church on Saturday. Guess what he broke this time.... two ribs!!! He must have old man bones or something because they break all the time! I think he should just stop playing sports because now I have to carry Syler in his heavy car seat for weeks until he is better.

Syler went to the doctor today to get his weight checked again. 6 days ago he weighed 6 pounds 4 ounces so by today he should have been around 6 pounds 8 ounces. He was only 6 pounds 5 ounces. So now we have to go back Wednesday to be weighed again! :( I have to nurse him and then give him a bottle after and write it all down so we know how much he is getting. He eats a ton! I don't know how he can't be gaining. The doctor said if he isn't gaining weight then his brain isn't either. She said stuff him like a turkey!! He really does eat a lot but he also sleeps a lot. e wont wake up until he is ready no matter what we do to wake him up. When he is awake he eats really well though. She said his jaundice makes him more sleepy. I don't know why they just don't put him under those lights to get rid of the jaundice then and then I can feed him. We will probably have to go back Friday to and Thursday he has his hearing test again so this week is full of appointments now.

Here is a picture of me trying to wake him up and he just tried to cover his face with his hands! I better go stuff him full of milk now.

Syler's Birth

I should post about this before I forget. I probably have already forgotten some things. I had a doctors appointment on the 12th and when I went in my blood pressure was high so the doctor sent me to be monitored again. All the other times I have gone to be monitored my BP would go down after awhile but this time it wasn't. They also took blood to see what my platelets were and after getting the results they took blood again because they didn't believe that it was right, but it was. 49,000 when they are suppose to be over 150,000. So the doctor comes in and says I think we are going to have to have it and you can't have an epidural because of your platelets. I really didn't want to be induced but I guess I didn't have a choice really. The BP cuff was set on a timer and went off as soon as he walked out the door and my BP was the highest it had ever been, something like 171/109. I thought it was funny that he tells me that and my BP goes crazy!

After that they take me to my room and get everything ready. Den was at home with Autumn so he had to take her to school and that part was kind of crazy since Shauna was subbing and her mom was at a different school that day, but it all got worked out. I can't really remember what happened between 2-9:59. Den watched basketball of course. The contractions hurt but I was fine for awhile. I was stuck at a 4 forever and I was getting mad because if I had gone into labor on my own I wouldn't have been going through all that pain. I don't know what time but at some point they gave me IV medicine, which does not work at all, don't ever get it. It made me sleep for 2 minutes and then I would have a contraction and wake up all of a sudden and start saying weird things. Like go out there and tell them to get me an epidural right now, why would anyone want to have kids, I am going to die, I am not crazy I know what I am saying, why is this going so slow, etc. Den was just laughing at me and I was kind of laughing to because I knew what I was doing, being weird, it was easier to be funny than cry.

I think the nurse must have checked me like at 9:50 and said I was at 7. Den texted Shauna, she lives a mile away, so she came and as soon as she walks in the room I say something is happening. All of a sudden he was coming and it felt like everything was falling out and hurt a lot! The nurse was like get the doctor and I was like he is coming can you see his head and the nurse was like wait don't push yet and it all seemed to be crazy after that. It was hard not to push but the doctor was pretty fast. I think I only pushed twice and he was here. It was weird that she had just said I was at 7 and then all of a sudden there he was.

They took him and cleaned him off and stuff. He was born at 10 P.M. 6lbs.3oz. they said he was 20 inches which I knew had to be wrong, my kids aren't that tall! His pediatrician measured him and he is 18 and a half.

After they did all that stuff with him I got to hold him for like 30 seconds before they said he isn't breathing very well we are going to put him on oxygen. I didn't get to see him or hold him again for a whole day, 24 hours!!! He was on oxygen for two days. The magnesium I was on for my BP also got into him too much and made him too sleepy so he would forget to breath. They also thought he might have an infection and started him on antibiotics, they don't think he ever really had one though his levels were just high from the birth. He also had jaundice, not enough to be under the lights. He wasn't eating very well either.

They released me on Saturday but let me stay in my room because they were probably going to release him on Sunday but then he couldn't keep his temperature up. They said he had one more chance and if it was down they were going to put him in the incubator and he would be in it for two days. So Sunday I decided to go home and just come back to visit him since I couldn't do anything for him. He did keep his temperature up though and didn't have to go in the incubator. He got to come home Monday afternoon. As soon as I picked him up we had to drive to the pediatricians because Kinley had strep. He was a different kid after that. Before he would hardly eat and was so sleepy and then he was nursing and looked a lot better.

Now he is 9 days old. He had to go get his jaundice checked. He still has it but it isn't bad. He also had to go in to be weighed because he got down to 5lbs. 14oz. and they wanted to make sure he didn't lose anymore. When I took him back Friday he was up to 6lbs. 2oz. He is eating really well now. He sleeps all day and is up more at night but I am trying to fix that. He is really really cute! He only cries when I change his diaper. Hopefully I will have some cute pics of him soon.

More Pics of Syler

Here are a few more pics of Syler that I took really fast before the camera battery died. I know I need to post his whole birth story but I am too tired and it will take a long time to write. I will get around to it someday.

He sleeps all day and is up most of the night. He is doing really well now though. Eats a lot when I can actually get him to wake up but it must not be enough because he is losing weight. He was 5 lbs. 15 oz. on Monday when he left the hospital. Wednesday I took him to the doctor to get his jaundice checked and he was 5lbs. 13oz. so he has lost some weight sine he was born at 6lbs. 3oz. The doctor is making me take him in tomorrow to be weighed again. They told me to give him formula, which I haven't and wont. He is eating good he is just sleepy. The doctor isn't close to our house so I really don't want to drive all that way and then I have to take him again on Tuesday plus the only appts. they had were at 9 in the morning! Who is up that early??!! I mean I am up that early but I don't want to be after being up all night and I am usually not ready to be out the door by then. He really is doing good, it's just a miracle to see his eyes open during the day.

In other news... Kinley had her first haircut today. Yes she is almost 5 and it has never been cut. I started trimming it a few months ago but those don't count. She was excited to have it done. I should go wake up the baby now so he will sleep tonight.

Taylor's Thanksgiving

Taylor had a Thanksgiving program in his class. They sang songs and had a little play. Here are some pictures of him down in front.

Soccer

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Syler

Here are some pictures of Syler's birthday.

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Baby Update

I went to the doctor today and my blood pressure was only a little high. I am very swollen though, my poor feet hurt so bad and even my face looks horrible now. I have to go in twice a week now. He said he wants the baby to stay in a little longer. He said maybe after Thanksgiving he can induce me, he also said maybe on the 1st. I told him I don't want to be induced though. I am hoping he will just come before Thanksgiving anyway. I definitely can't have an epidural now, my platelets are too low. I didn't want an epidural anyway but now that I can't I am like wait give it back!!!! What if I do need it??!! I was fine without it when I had Kinley but what if this one hurts a lot! If my platelets get too much lower, which they will, we will have to have him. I don't think my platelets will wait until after Thanksgiving anyway. He said he didn't want to have to give me a transfusion. So really I think it is looking like we will have him before Thanksgiving, which was my plan all along so I will be happy with that. Now if he will just come on his own I will be super happy!

Hopefully the Last Time

Hopefully this will be the last time I will post about baby issues, the next one should be about him being born! Yesterday around 12 I started feeling horrible, shaky, headache, felt like throwing up. I knew my blood pressure was high. So I get the kids from school at 3 and go to CVS to do there little blood pressure machine, I know they aren't accurate but better than nothing. It said my blood pressure was 157/102. So I call the doctor, that is already closed, and talked to some dumb lady. I talked to three dumb ladies before I finally got a message left for my doctor. Waited for him to call and then he kind of sounded annoyed but he told me to go in and be monitored. Shauna and I go and my blood pressure stays high until about 9. My highest was 171/100, a bunch of 150's and 160's in there and my bottom number stayed around 95-100 most of the night. That high bottom number isn't good. I was glad it was so high though because my doctor is still being dumb about all of this so surely now he has to believe me when I say I am dying! Right??!!
They tested my pee, protein was +3, not good. My platelets are down to 72, not good. And one other thing was elevated but I don't know what that is for. My liver enzymes are normal though, which is good, not going into liver failure at least. After doing all the tests they admitted me because I couldn't go home with those blood pressures. They said I had to stay the night. I begged to go though and the nurse talked to the doc and they decided I could go since my blood pressure was doing a little better. The nurse wasn't very happy about it though, she was trying to convince me to stay but really who wants to stay in a hospital to not even leave with a baby? She took my last blood pressure and it was high so she was like let me just unhook this thing and she turned it off. She was very nice and funny!
When I got home my blood pressure went back up though because I felt horrible again. I guess maybe I should have stayed but it seems like such a waste. The doc said I can't do anything and I have to go in on Monday. I still feel horrible. On our way to soccer I ran into CVS again to check it and it was 121/96. I don't know what is up with that bottom number but it is really making my head hurt I think. I am not going back in to be monitored though. So the kid just needs to come or they need to decide what to do because being monitored doesn't even fix anything.
I was also having pretty good contractions three minutes apart but I am still only dilated to 1. The baby is doing good though! Happy to stay in there I guess but really I don't think I can take very much more of this so I hope he comes soon.

35 Weeks

I had a doctors appointment today and he made me go get my blood pressure monitored. When I went in only my bottom number was a little high, of course when I got over to be monitored it was almost normal. They took blood so they could check my platelets, hopefully he will call in a couple days and tell me what it is. My feet are HUGE right now, that is also why he wanted me to go be monitored because he can't believe how big they are. The protein in my urine is +2, which isn't good. He did say we might have to have him early, but he might just come on his own because I had bad contractions all night last night. I am dilated to 1.

Baptism

Sunday Taylor got baptized. I can't believe he is so old!! He said that he thought he was bigger now (looks bigger). But no he hasn't grown since he was 4, but I just let him think that! I thought it all went well though, I was kind of nervous about it. I wont tell you how many times Den had to baptize him, I am sure it will embarrass him, but he was nervous! It was more than once though, it kind of was a lot actually!!! I felt bad for Taylor because he kept dunking him but Taylor said that it was fine. Taylor got scriptures from grandpa and grandma for his birthday.

I am really just glad we made it through this whole weekend with no baby. We were so busy and I don't like planning things like baptisms and birthdays. Now I feel like we can have a baby, even if it's early, and I wont freak out about it as much.

I just posted like 5 new posts so I hope everyone caught all of them.

Here are some pictures of us right before Taylor's baptism. As you can see no one likes pictures except for Kinley. Taylor was trying to climb the tree, I was trying to hide my fat, and Den just wont look at the camera. Kinley is always cute though so just stare at her.

Halloween

After all of Taylor's birthday stuff we took the kids trick or treating. They got a ton of candy. I know Kinley doesn't look like a very good tinkerbell, I just wanted to hurry and get this weekend over with, next year I will make sure she is cute! I was glad Taylor wanted to be a ninja because he is usually some character like star wars or a transformer. Shauna drove the car and I rode with her because I knew I would have way too many contractions.

Riding in the car didn't really help though because after trick or treating I had contractions for two hours, bad ones, one right after another. I almost went in but it hurt so bad I couldn't get off the couch! I knew it wasn't time because the pain never got worse to. It hurt but they should have gotten worse and worse and they stayed the same. They finally slowed down though and my stomach was sore the next day. My feet have been doing better though, until today! So that is kind of good.

Taylor's Birthday

After all the kids went home from Taylor's sleepover Shauna and everyone came over and we ate pizza, ate a graveyard cake, and opened more presents. Sam and Avery got Taylor a nerf gun, he has really been liking those lately, I hate it because I think they bought the loudest gun they could find. I felt bad getting Taylor only one toy for his birthday so I also got him a nerf gun, a quiet one, so his friends can play to and a little transformer that he really wanted. Grandpa and Grandma (Den's parents) also sent him a $50 gift card that he hasn't spent yet so I know I will hear about that everyday until I take him to the store.

Taylor's Sleepover

Taylor wanted a couple friends to sleepover for his birthday so Friday night Hayden and Tanner came over. We went to see the movie Astroboy, which I thought was dumb and boring, and then Taylor chose McDonald's for dinner, which I wasn't very excited about either but since it was his birthday I let him pick. Then we came home and had leftover eyeball cupcakes and opened some presents. His friends gave him a transformer and money. We got him the very expensive Transformer DEVASTATOR!!! I told him if he wanted that it would be the only thing he got because it was so expensive, he still wanted it. Then the kids played, went to bed, and got up very early to play some more.

Class Party

Here are pictures from Kinley's fall party in her class room. They aren't very good though. She sang a bunch of songs and was acting all shy. They got to make a lot of fun things though. Taylor had a party to but I didn't get pictures because I was busy helping. They got to make a lot of things to though.