What an 8 month old little girl could have night terrors about...I have no idea! Audrey has night terrors almost every single night. We feel really lucky if we get two straight nights in a row where she doesn't have at least one night terror. That's probably happened only three times. She's not hungry in the middle of the night anymore, she just has issues sleeping. Sometimes it only takes me 5-10 minutes to calm her down and put her back to bed, other times it could take an hour and a half to get her back down only for her to scream an hour and a half later. I'm praying I finally get some relief tonight....even if its the only night this week. Now that I'm pregnant again, I'm even more tired than I was before getting up all the time. Last night one of her night terrors was at 5:00 a.m. (She normally gets up and stays up for the day at 7:20) It didn't take long to calm her down - probably 20 minutes when it was all said and done so that was good. The only problem is, I still feel exhausted and want to plop right back in bed but at that point I'm awake. It took me two hours to fall back asleep...I only slept 20 minutes because then she was up for the day. It's so funny though...when she wakes up for the day, she just talks to herself and makes cute noises. It's completely different than when she has a night terror. You'd think someone was killing her! I hope that this is a phase that ends soon. I need as much rest as I can get before the new baby gets here. I'll never sleep then!
Oh and I'm SO excited this is the week of Thanksgiving. All of Granseur's commitments during the week are canceled for the holiday so he gets to come straight home after work. I love it!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
I'm PREGNANT! (again)
I've been dying to write this but wanted to wait until we told all of our family and friends. We found out in late October. We bought Audrey a onesie that said, "I may be little but I'm the BIG SISTER". That's how we told our family. The weird part? No one got it! My mom saw it and read it aloud as soon as she saw Audrey and then just went about like nothing had happened. Finally we told them and asked how they didn't understand the shirt. My mom said, "Oh, well I thought it was a hand me down shirt and I didn't want to make a big deal about it." I said, "We're not so poor that we need to make Audrey wear a big sister shirt if she really isn't one." Granseur's grandmother read it aloud and didn't get it either. We have most of these reactions on film....I'll try to post them up here sometime soon.
When I first found out I was pregnant I absolutely couldn't believe it! We tried for 18 months for Audrey and with a RE the entire time! After I had her I was even told by my regular endocrinologist that my hypothyroidism had gotten worse and that he was surprised I got pregnant at all. So even though we weren't preventing anything, it was still a huge shock! I figured we would go back to the RE in March - June of 2009 and even then I thought it would take us a while. I guess not! The funniest thing to me is now some people are calling me fertile Myrtle. I NEVER would have thought that label would be put on me.
At first I was concerned about having enough time to spend with Audrey once the new baby is here and how hard it is going to be, but it did not take long at all for me to be excited. God really put a few things right in front of me to give me the right perspective. The day after I found out I went to one of my MOPS meetings and there is a lady at my table that cannot have any children at all. She adopted her beautiful little boys. I realized I should be truly grateful and just as excited about this gift God has given me...not everyone gets this chance. The day after that I went to take Audrey to a pediatrician appointment. I sat next to a cute little boy and his dad. While we were waiting I started talking to the man. It turns out that his little boy was 15 months old and his wife was going to have their next baby THAT day! Another sign that everything will be okay...other people do this, too! The day after that I went to my bible study and there is a woman in that group that also did fertility treatments to get her first child. She has been trying since her son was born and nothing yet.....the boy is now two. As if it didn't sink in enough by then and I was truly grateful and thrilled, about a week after that a woman came over to my house and we got to talking about this stuff. She has the exact same two diseases I have that make me infertile (not now though!) and her and her husband have been trying for 6 years and also seeing a fertility specialist and they have not had a child yet. Now I'm feeling really fortunate! God chose to give me this baby that he clearly has a purpose for. I am so blessed!
Then I thought about all the other great advantages even though I will be very busy! The kids will be close in age and will be able to enjoy the same outings....like Disney World. I also cut down my years of diapering. I will be doing double duty....but time wise it will be cut short than if I had another child later on.
My due date is July 4th. Ha! Independence day....kind of ironic, huh? and that's just two days after our 4th anniversary. Here we go again!
When I first found out I was pregnant I absolutely couldn't believe it! We tried for 18 months for Audrey and with a RE the entire time! After I had her I was even told by my regular endocrinologist that my hypothyroidism had gotten worse and that he was surprised I got pregnant at all. So even though we weren't preventing anything, it was still a huge shock! I figured we would go back to the RE in March - June of 2009 and even then I thought it would take us a while. I guess not! The funniest thing to me is now some people are calling me fertile Myrtle. I NEVER would have thought that label would be put on me.
At first I was concerned about having enough time to spend with Audrey once the new baby is here and how hard it is going to be, but it did not take long at all for me to be excited. God really put a few things right in front of me to give me the right perspective. The day after I found out I went to one of my MOPS meetings and there is a lady at my table that cannot have any children at all. She adopted her beautiful little boys. I realized I should be truly grateful and just as excited about this gift God has given me...not everyone gets this chance. The day after that I went to take Audrey to a pediatrician appointment. I sat next to a cute little boy and his dad. While we were waiting I started talking to the man. It turns out that his little boy was 15 months old and his wife was going to have their next baby THAT day! Another sign that everything will be okay...other people do this, too! The day after that I went to my bible study and there is a woman in that group that also did fertility treatments to get her first child. She has been trying since her son was born and nothing yet.....the boy is now two. As if it didn't sink in enough by then and I was truly grateful and thrilled, about a week after that a woman came over to my house and we got to talking about this stuff. She has the exact same two diseases I have that make me infertile (not now though!) and her and her husband have been trying for 6 years and also seeing a fertility specialist and they have not had a child yet. Now I'm feeling really fortunate! God chose to give me this baby that he clearly has a purpose for. I am so blessed!
Then I thought about all the other great advantages even though I will be very busy! The kids will be close in age and will be able to enjoy the same outings....like Disney World. I also cut down my years of diapering. I will be doing double duty....but time wise it will be cut short than if I had another child later on.
My due date is July 4th. Ha! Independence day....kind of ironic, huh? and that's just two days after our 4th anniversary. Here we go again!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
I hate Boy Scouts!
What a weird thing to say, right? Well Granseur is the Boy Scout Master here. He was asked to be the Scout Master about a year and a half ago since he used to be a boy scout with that troop, is an eagle scout and can teach the boys a lot, and none of the boy scout parents would step up to the plate. So he said yes. He felt that this was a good way to give back and be a good role model for young men and in essence serve the Lord since we aren't able to tithe as much as we'd like.
Here's the problem. He's gone one night a week until about 10:00 usually for scout meetings. They are only supposed to last until 8:30 but there's always something he has to do afterwards like see if a boy is ready to advance to the next level, etc. Then there's a scouting trip one whole weekend each month. During this time I usually can't reach Granseur at all since they are out in the woods in some remote place. Then there's special events like Eagle Scout ceremonies and opening for special events like share holders' meetings for companies. There's also planning meetings which take place any given night and boy scout camp where Granseur does not spend the night but goes straight after work and stays late. This is only one week of the year but its on top of everything else! I just think its getting ridiculus since we have a family now that he needs to spend time with and that does not include a little boy in boy scouts.
I realize that there are husbands that are gone a lot more than mine is, but here's my thing.... It's not benefiting our family in any way. We don't have a child in boy scouts and its not work related so we're not getting any income from it either. I also think its strange that out of all the boys in boy scouts that none of the parents will step up to be the Scout Master and that they actually called someone who does not have a child in it at all. I like to call it Baby Sitters of America instead of Boy Scouts of America because a lot of the parents seem to think that its great to get their kids out of the house for a whole weekend each month and not help at all.
On top of this Granseur is also on a local board and is also part of the handbell choir at church. The local board meets once a month and the handbell choir meets once a week then he has to be there to perform as well on weekends. He has something going on 3 out of 5 nights this work week and likely won't see Audrey at all until she's already asleep. That of course does not even include last Sunday when Granseur had to get to church early so he could play in the choir. I had to get Audrey ready again all by myself. She was being a terror that morning and everything was going wrong. I made it, but it was awful trying to get there. It's just too much! None of these things are work related or benefit our family. I feel like he's missing Audrey's life and for no good reason.
Sometimes I feel guilty for feeling this way since he is trying to be nice doing all of these things that are good community service activities and he can teach the boys a lot and he's good at it, but I just don't think he needs to be the scout master. Something has to give. I'm getting really fed up.
Here's the problem. He's gone one night a week until about 10:00 usually for scout meetings. They are only supposed to last until 8:30 but there's always something he has to do afterwards like see if a boy is ready to advance to the next level, etc. Then there's a scouting trip one whole weekend each month. During this time I usually can't reach Granseur at all since they are out in the woods in some remote place. Then there's special events like Eagle Scout ceremonies and opening for special events like share holders' meetings for companies. There's also planning meetings which take place any given night and boy scout camp where Granseur does not spend the night but goes straight after work and stays late. This is only one week of the year but its on top of everything else! I just think its getting ridiculus since we have a family now that he needs to spend time with and that does not include a little boy in boy scouts.
I realize that there are husbands that are gone a lot more than mine is, but here's my thing.... It's not benefiting our family in any way. We don't have a child in boy scouts and its not work related so we're not getting any income from it either. I also think its strange that out of all the boys in boy scouts that none of the parents will step up to be the Scout Master and that they actually called someone who does not have a child in it at all. I like to call it Baby Sitters of America instead of Boy Scouts of America because a lot of the parents seem to think that its great to get their kids out of the house for a whole weekend each month and not help at all.
On top of this Granseur is also on a local board and is also part of the handbell choir at church. The local board meets once a month and the handbell choir meets once a week then he has to be there to perform as well on weekends. He has something going on 3 out of 5 nights this work week and likely won't see Audrey at all until she's already asleep. That of course does not even include last Sunday when Granseur had to get to church early so he could play in the choir. I had to get Audrey ready again all by myself. She was being a terror that morning and everything was going wrong. I made it, but it was awful trying to get there. It's just too much! None of these things are work related or benefit our family. I feel like he's missing Audrey's life and for no good reason.
Sometimes I feel guilty for feeling this way since he is trying to be nice doing all of these things that are good community service activities and he can teach the boys a lot and he's good at it, but I just don't think he needs to be the scout master. Something has to give. I'm getting really fed up.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Corn Maze and Pumpkin Picking
We went to a corn maze last weekend and pumpkin picking yesterday. Just thought I'd share some of our fall activities.
Starting the corn maze. I'm leading the way...Oh no!
At night the corn maze is a haunted corn maze, so we saw some scary figurines along the way. Audrey wasn't scared though. She loved them!
OOOoooo.... can I have that?
Got it! Now what do I do with it? Stick it in my mouth?
No outing with Granseur is complete until he does something silly.
Granseur takes over leading the way.
Aren't they precious?
We've arrived at the pumpkin patch!
Starting the corn maze. I'm leading the way...Oh no!
At night the corn maze is a haunted corn maze, so we saw some scary figurines along the way. Audrey wasn't scared though. She loved them!
OOOoooo.... can I have that?
Got it! Now what do I do with it? Stick it in my mouth?
No outing with Granseur is complete until he does something silly.
Granseur takes over leading the way.
Aren't they precious?
We've arrived at the pumpkin patch!
This looks like a good picnic spot.
Maybe I can take Mommy's drink while she isn't looking.
On the tractor ride to get to the pumpkin patch.
Here we go!
My workout for the day: Squating down with an 18 lb. baby strapped to me while also picking up pumpkins to add just a few more pounds. Repeat a lot!
Granseur checking out pumpkins.
A baby pumpkin! Apparently pumpkin picking is quite exhausting...especially when you don't have to walk or pick up anything.
The ride back after picking out our pumpkins.
Everyone knows that Daddy is the "fun one." Here they are going down the slide.
Gotta check out the animals, too.
Pumpkin carving time
Me attempting to make a jack-o-lantern. I've never carved a pumpkin before. I would just pick out one I liked, draw on it what I wanted, and someone else would get all the guts out for me, scrape the inside and carve it for me. Doesn't that just sound like me?
Oh and notice the glow from the oven behind me. We're roasting pumpkin seeds! I've never done that before either or eaten any. They were good. Too good....I ate too many. :(
Audrey getting in on the action. This is her baby pumpkin.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Adventures in Mothering
This is the MOPS theme this year and it is so true. Here's yesterday's adventure.
Audrey and I left the house at 8:30 a.m. to go to her neurologist appointment in Concord. Before we walked out the door, I changed two poop explosions. One happened while Audrey was already strapped into her carseat carrier and we were about to leave. It got all over her clothes and up her back. She's been having horrible diarrhea since she's been on her daily antibiotic and it was not a pretty sight.
Audrey had her appointment at 9:30. The doctor said her EEG looked "abnormal" at first and then I gasped. The doctor then said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I mean it looked normal. Everything looked fine." Way to make me lose my breath! So, Audrey seems to be fine. The good thing is that all of Audrey's seizures were while she had a UTI so it is likely that they were all febrile seizures but they will continue to follow her to make sure its not epilepsy.
Audrey does not like doctor's offices! She totally knows what's going on now and as soon as she lays down on the crinkly white paper she starts to cry because she knows what's coming....usually a catheter or shot! The neurologist didn't have to do those things so when I picked Audrey back up, she had this confused look on her face like, "you're not going to hurt me today?"
After her appointment I went to the hospital bathroom to change her diaper. She had pooped everywhere again so I had to change her clothes. While I was changing her diaper and changing her clothes, Audrey decided to pee again before I could get the new diaper underneath her. The biggest problem with that was that I had laid down my own changing pad on top of the table provided in the bathroom because I think those things are nasty. The changing pad is vinyl so it made her pee slide around everywhere! It was ridiculus.
We finally left the hospital around 11:30 and went across the street to the mall so I could go to the food court and get a quick bite to eat and feed Audrey as well. After I only took about 30 minutes to eat we were back in the car to go to Audrey's pediatrician appointment. We get there and while I'm walking back to a room in the doctor's office with Audrey to be seen, the power goes out! It was a perfectly sunny nice day, so I don't know what the deal was with that. Audrey got a catheter there to make sure her urine was clear (and it was). The fun part? She got a catheter by a nurse while another nurse held one of those little lights that doctor's stick in your ears so that the nurse doing the catheter could see what she was doing. It was pretty funny.
So now we're on our way out of the doctor's office to go home. Phew! I get to the elevator and realize that it doesn't work because the power is out! I'm on the third floor with my daughter in a stroller. Audrey was in the carrier that clips into the stroller. So, I had to unhook the carrier Audrey was in and carry her down to the first landing. Then I went back up and carried the stroller down to the first landing. We did this sequence about halfway down, but then since so many people had to use the stairs a nice man walking down helped me get the rest of the way down.
What a day!
Audrey and I left the house at 8:30 a.m. to go to her neurologist appointment in Concord. Before we walked out the door, I changed two poop explosions. One happened while Audrey was already strapped into her carseat carrier and we were about to leave. It got all over her clothes and up her back. She's been having horrible diarrhea since she's been on her daily antibiotic and it was not a pretty sight.
Audrey had her appointment at 9:30. The doctor said her EEG looked "abnormal" at first and then I gasped. The doctor then said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I mean it looked normal. Everything looked fine." Way to make me lose my breath! So, Audrey seems to be fine. The good thing is that all of Audrey's seizures were while she had a UTI so it is likely that they were all febrile seizures but they will continue to follow her to make sure its not epilepsy.
Audrey does not like doctor's offices! She totally knows what's going on now and as soon as she lays down on the crinkly white paper she starts to cry because she knows what's coming....usually a catheter or shot! The neurologist didn't have to do those things so when I picked Audrey back up, she had this confused look on her face like, "you're not going to hurt me today?"
After her appointment I went to the hospital bathroom to change her diaper. She had pooped everywhere again so I had to change her clothes. While I was changing her diaper and changing her clothes, Audrey decided to pee again before I could get the new diaper underneath her. The biggest problem with that was that I had laid down my own changing pad on top of the table provided in the bathroom because I think those things are nasty. The changing pad is vinyl so it made her pee slide around everywhere! It was ridiculus.
We finally left the hospital around 11:30 and went across the street to the mall so I could go to the food court and get a quick bite to eat and feed Audrey as well. After I only took about 30 minutes to eat we were back in the car to go to Audrey's pediatrician appointment. We get there and while I'm walking back to a room in the doctor's office with Audrey to be seen, the power goes out! It was a perfectly sunny nice day, so I don't know what the deal was with that. Audrey got a catheter there to make sure her urine was clear (and it was). The fun part? She got a catheter by a nurse while another nurse held one of those little lights that doctor's stick in your ears so that the nurse doing the catheter could see what she was doing. It was pretty funny.
So now we're on our way out of the doctor's office to go home. Phew! I get to the elevator and realize that it doesn't work because the power is out! I'm on the third floor with my daughter in a stroller. Audrey was in the carrier that clips into the stroller. So, I had to unhook the carrier Audrey was in and carry her down to the first landing. Then I went back up and carried the stroller down to the first landing. We did this sequence about halfway down, but then since so many people had to use the stairs a nice man walking down helped me get the rest of the way down.
What a day!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Fun pictures and video
If you take my milk I'll give you a knuckle sandwich!
Audrey playing with her toys.
Hello everybody!
Audrey checking out our new fall decoration.
Audrey is so happy when she's with her daddy!
Same day...new haircut!
Audrey is so happy when she's with her daddy!
OOooo... I can see myself.
Can you believe this used to be the baby that screamed all the time?!
Audrey having fun in her bumbo.
This is video of Audrey playing in her exersaucer that my good friend Rose is letting us use.
Me with long hair.
Same day...new haircut!
Update on Audrey
We had three doctor appointments last Friday. I left the house at 8:30 and didn't get back home until 6:45 that night. We went straight from one doctor to the next.
We went to the urologist first. He's concerned that Audrey may have some kind of urine reflux thing going on but since she is so little and still sick that he would wait on doing a VCUG for a little while. So he gave us a low dose antibiotic for Audrey to take every day for the next six months so if that is what's going on, it won't ruin her kidneys with all the frequent UTIs.
Then we were off to the pediatrician where she got another rosephen shot which was the last of three for her most recent UTI.
Then we went to the neurology place in Concord. They did an EEG on Audrey. She was a little fussy....who wouldn't be getting all that stuff smushed on their head though. Then I held her and she went to sleep in my arms during the EEG. It worked out great since it lasted over 30 minutes. We go back on Monday morning to the neurologist to get the results. We went to the neurologist because she always gets seizures with her UTIs. At first the pediatrician just thought they were febrile seizures but since her last seizure happened when she only had a temperature of 100 and she also had a seizure the next day with no fever at all, it was cause for concern. She also looked to the right when she had her seizure instead of looking straight forward or up. I'm not sure what the significance of that is but it was different from her previous seizures. We also go back to the pediatrician on Monday to make sure that she is over her UTI.
On top of all that, the entire family is sick and has been now for almost a week. It started out with a sore throat for a couple of days and now we're all congested. It made me miss a MOPS meeting that I was so looking forward to, but I didn't want to go and get other people sick or other babies. I've only been to a couple of MOPS meetings but I love it so far. There's a lot of really nice ladies there who I'm looking forward to getting to know even better.
Granseur and I also had the pleasure of going to the periodontist yesterday for our receding gums. Granseur is lucky and doesn't have to have any surgery on his teeth, but I do.
That's all for now.
We went to the urologist first. He's concerned that Audrey may have some kind of urine reflux thing going on but since she is so little and still sick that he would wait on doing a VCUG for a little while. So he gave us a low dose antibiotic for Audrey to take every day for the next six months so if that is what's going on, it won't ruin her kidneys with all the frequent UTIs.
Then we were off to the pediatrician where she got another rosephen shot which was the last of three for her most recent UTI.
Then we went to the neurology place in Concord. They did an EEG on Audrey. She was a little fussy....who wouldn't be getting all that stuff smushed on their head though. Then I held her and she went to sleep in my arms during the EEG. It worked out great since it lasted over 30 minutes. We go back on Monday morning to the neurologist to get the results. We went to the neurologist because she always gets seizures with her UTIs. At first the pediatrician just thought they were febrile seizures but since her last seizure happened when she only had a temperature of 100 and she also had a seizure the next day with no fever at all, it was cause for concern. She also looked to the right when she had her seizure instead of looking straight forward or up. I'm not sure what the significance of that is but it was different from her previous seizures. We also go back to the pediatrician on Monday to make sure that she is over her UTI.
On top of all that, the entire family is sick and has been now for almost a week. It started out with a sore throat for a couple of days and now we're all congested. It made me miss a MOPS meeting that I was so looking forward to, but I didn't want to go and get other people sick or other babies. I've only been to a couple of MOPS meetings but I love it so far. There's a lot of really nice ladies there who I'm looking forward to getting to know even better.
Granseur and I also had the pleasure of going to the periodontist yesterday for our receding gums. Granseur is lucky and doesn't have to have any surgery on his teeth, but I do.
That's all for now.
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