The scary bear!

Audrey had RSV recently and she ended up needing to do breathing treatments 3x a day for a while. The nebulizer the pharmacy gave us looks like a teddy bear. The very first treatment she had she screamed the entire way through. (It takes 10-15 minutes per treatment) I can understand though....its new and scary. She knew that the scary bear was making the terrible noise and she would glare at him and scream. After her breathing treatment was over she would look for the bear to see if he was still in our house and once she found him, she would cry and crawl away as fast as she could! Well, after a few days she got used to the breathing treatments and didn't mind them at all. I normally don't let her watch TV but I let her watch cartoons on Noggin to calm her down during the treatments. By the time we stopped doing breathing treatments she LOVED the bear and wanted to hold him all the time. It was cute.



Here's a picture of the "scary bear" nebulizer.

This is Audrey getting a breathing treatment. Her face looks a little scared but at this point she didn't mind them which is good for Mommy!

Ultrasound #2

Here's some more pictures of the twins. These were done when I was 11 weeks and 4 days pregnant. They are kind of small, so I'll explain what is what. This first picture is both of the babies. On the right is Baby A and on the left is Baby B. They are in separate sacs so that little white line you see in between them is the separation of the sacs. This is looking from their head down.

This picture is of Baby A.

This is of Baby B.

It amazes me how developed they are in such a short period of time. Due to the way doctors count a pregnancy I was technically 11 weeks and 4 days pregnant here but they have only been developing for 9 weeks and 4 days. Baby A was just layin' around being calm and Baby B was moving all over the place! I love seeing them.

I'm also going to start putting up some belly pics soon. (Clothed of course...you're not seeing my naked belly!) I got HUGE with Audrey so I can only imagine how big I'm going to get with twins. This should be interesting. I know it won't be that cute but I do think its amazing how my body can accomodate life!

Things I love about Audrey

I know that I will forget these things as she gets older, so I want to write them down now.

I love how she pulls her hair and sucks her thumb when she gets tired.

I love that she likes to have the red blankie to snuggle with to go to sleep as well as her lovey.

I love how she laughs when I tickle her.

I love how she dances when music comes on. Even if she's feeling sick and its just a commercial on TV, she always needs to dance. She thinks its what you're supposed to do!

I love how she plays peek-a-boo with me. She will bend down in her pack 'n play and pop back up waiting for me to say "Peek-a-boo!" Then she giggles and does it again and again and again. Or she'll play behind the coffee table.

I love how much she loves her daddy... (even though I get jealous sometimes). He really loves her and is great with her. She should love him. He's wonderful!

I love how she loves the dog and kitty.

I love how she tries to feed me and giggles when she does it.

I love how she shares her toys with me.

I love the big personality she has even though she's so little.

I love how she kisses herself in the mirror.

I LOVE being her mommy. I am so blessed.

VCUG appt.

Audrey had her VCUG appt. yesterday. We decided not to sedate her because she still has RSV. Granseur was able to stay in there with her but I wasn't because I'm pregnant. I could hear her screaming from way outside the door for the whole procedure. It was sad. When I went in to help get her dressed after it was all over, we laid her back down on the table to get her clothes on and she started screaming and crying even more because she thought that she was going to have to do it again. Poor girl. I hate that you can't explain to her what's going on.

Anyway, she has "severe urinary reflux" on the left side. It's bad enough that it won't correct itself and she will need surgery soon. We follow up with our doctor on what the next step is after this. I don't want my little girl to have surgery but I know that it will fix the problem. That's what was causing her awful UTIs that gave her a fever, vomit, and have seizures. So this is good that they know what the problem is.

On top of that, everyone is sick. Granseur and I have a terrible cold that won't go away and Audrey is still dealing with RSV. I'm ready for us all to be better soon!

Ordered more diapers!

We really like the cloth diapers we ordered. They fit well and haven't leaked on us yet. The only disposable diapers that we found don't leak are Pampers and those are just so expensive, so I'm really glad this cloth diaper doesn't leak. They come out of the laundry well and we're very happy overall so we ordered more!

Poor Audrey

I noticed she wasn't feeling well this morning. She had a nasty juicy cough, runny nose, and fever. She also just wasn't acting like herself and was very whiney. I took her to the doctor this afternoon and found out she has RSV. Great! Apparently its in the beginning stages and will get worse before it gets better. She has a f0llow up appointment on Saturday morning and then she goes on Monday to get her VCUG done to check for urinary reflux. Poor girl! It was kind of funny seeing her get her nose and throat swabbed today. She made the funniest faces. I guess it'll be a long week.

Back from the cardiologist

We just got back from the cardiologist. The doctor said that it sounds like Audrey just has a "regular murmur" now instead of the murmur he was hearing because of the hole in her heart. He thinks it has closed on its own. She goes back in 6 months to get checked again and make sure that's the case. If so, we will not need to go back until she is 2-3 years old. He did not want to do an echocardiogram today because she's older now and much more wiggly.... he wouldn't get anything done. (She has to be completely still for about 45 minutes) He would have to sedate her and feels she is too young for that, so when she is 2-3 we will go back and he will sedate her and do a final check with the echocardiogram to make sure that everything is okay. So, good news! The last time we went (3 months ago) it had not closed yet.