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Oh my gosh!

Well, I have wanted to get on and blog, but my wireless internet crapped out on my laptop. And to be honest, I really am not too fond of using Casey or Mikaela's laptop to do it.

So, here I am! So much has happened since I last posted in August. Mackenzie is now 8 months old!! I can hardly believe how fast it is going. She has mastered crawling and is pulling up on stuff and cruizing. She has 2 teeth and a great personality. She loves the camera, which is a very good thing considering how many pics I take of the child!!

Mikaela is doing great. 6th grade is going pretty good for her, for the most part. She did awesome in rec volleyball, and has been on a traveling volleyball team. That is a privilege. You have to be asked to be on one of those. My pharmacy sponsered the team. We travel about an hour and a half for Kaela to play. I have to tell you that she is a great volleyball player. Rec basketball is coming up quickly. Which reminds me I need to get Kaela and Carter signed up.

Carter is in 1st grade and rocking it. I am kinda sad for him. One of his close friends, Pete, just moved this past week to Colorado. Carter and Keaton both went over and played quite often at his house.

Keaton, now Keaton is my crack up!! I have to get ready to go take a shower so Casey will quit hollering at me. But I have to tell you some cute stories about him!! Some of the things he says cracks me up. I am going to get some pics uploaded too!!

I have missed coming on here. Now that my internet is working again on my laptop, and Kenzi is a bit older, I am hoping to be posting more often.

So...

there is so much to talk about. Guess I am just gonna kinda mumble while I can. I have constantly wanted to get on here and update, but it always seems like there is one thing or another happening to make it impossible. Like right now, as I log on to do this, Ms. Kenzi decides to start fussing!!



Guess I will attempt again in a bit if possible!! I still owe pictures too!!!

Well, that was what I last attempted! *LOL*

All is well here in our house. It is a bit busy right now for me. Casey is gone to New York City this week. He left on Sunday, and wont be back until next Sunday/Monday.

We have had alot going on. Mackenzie turned 6 months old yesterday. I still cant believe my last baby is that old already!! She is so smart! She has been rolling over for like the last 2 months, and is almost sitting up by herself. And she can get to where ever she needs to. She is almost crawling!! I took a picture of her up on all fours this morning! I told Casey that she was going to crawl while he is gone!!

Keaton started pre-school this year. There first day was on the 18th of August. He is going for help with his speech. Nothing major, just some little sounds that need some attention.

Carter started 1st grade and is doing really well!! We have spelling words and books to read all the time!!

Kaeli started the 6th grade, which is middle school here!! got a good pic of how far she would let us go on the first day!! She has decided that she wants to play the clarinet. She is pretty good at it, and Kenzi loves it when she practices!!

Oh yeah, we also got a new camera!! A Canon Rebel!! And I love it!!

Wow!! Time really flies doesnt it?? I sat down to try to update on July 4th and then got called away!! Alot has gone on!! Let's see!! Mackenzie will be 4 months old next week!! I cant believe how quickly that has gone!! She is doing great!! Cooing and smiling all the time! Last nite she rolled over from her back to her tummy on the couch. I put her on the floor, but it hasnt been repeated yet!! I am gonna see if I can get it on film!

This might be a crazy update, since there is so much flying thru my head! Rec ball season is officially over!! Carter, as usual, had a blast playing ball!! He is so good at it!! His coach called him his "little all-star". Talk about making mommy beam!! And Mikaela rocked it!!! Her team took championship!!! They had two losses, Madison and Yates Center. Well, their 2nd game in the tourney was to play against Madison, who we found out was undefeated!! Mikaela was a little nervous. I told her not to be, that they could beat those girls just as easy as they beat them! Let's just say the girls had no fear against their pitcher this game!! The bats were swinging!! The girls won that game 8-5!! So they headed on to the championship game! The would play either another team from our town, or Yates Center. Yates Center lost, they played against Madison for 3rd place!! Which Yates Center took, leaving Madison with 4th!! *LOL* So they went from being undefeated and cocky to 2 losses in one day and 4th place!! Mikaela's teamd did great!! Ended up winning the championship game 10-5!!

I got a new cell phone!! I really like it! It is the LG Glimmer! Pretty nice with a touch screen and all!!

Well, sorry this update was short, I guess I need to go clean some!! I promise to come back and post some summer pics and others!! (Hope there is still someone reading this!! ;)

More pictures!!

Me, before getting sick! I cant remember if Carter or Keaton took this picture!!


My sister in law, Chelsea, and my nephew Colby at the baby show!

I thought this was a cute pic of Kenzi in her tub!!


The girls: Mikaela, Cerallin & Kenzi
Smiley Kenzi


Kenzi and Carter

Another Smiley Mackenzie

Can you tell I love having the smiles?

This was the first real smile caught on camera!


Mikaela, Carter, and Keaton looking at Kenzi









Sleeping Mackenzie

All the kiddos! Starting from the left upper:
Carter, Colby, Mikaela, Mackenzie, Keaton, and Cerallin

The babies! Colby, Kenzi & Cerallin

Mikaela & Mackenzie

There is so much to update about!! Yikes!!



Well, let me first start off by saying that I am really sorry that I havent been on here updating. At first it was just still trying to get used to life with a new baby again, which I am back to doing again!!



The month of May really escaped me!! I hadnt been feeling well, so on the 5th I went to the dr. He told me that I had a pretty bad infection, and to go home and rest and take some antibiotics. Fine and dandy! Tuesday I woke up and felt horrible...well I guess I hadnt really slept a whole lot since I had been up throwing up the night before. That and I have been having really horrible night sweats!! I mean so bad that I have to change my clothes one to two times a night!! I had that a few weeks after Kenzi was born, but thought it was my hormones going back to normal, which looking back now, I dont think that was it at all!! I think this infection has been brewing for a while!!



I ended up calling my dr and telling him how crappy I felt...he told me to go check in thru the ER and we would admit me to the hospital to see about getting some IV fluids going since I knew I was dehydrated. Poor Kenzi wasnt getting much at all at this point when I fed her!! I went and got one of the bottles of formula that we came home with, and the poor girl gulped down 3 oz in no time flat, from me even!!

I ended up in the hospital for a total of 13 days! 2 of them here in my home town, and then 11 at the hospital where I delivered Carli last year. I was transported up there by ambulance!! I am sure the bank account will love that!!

Turns out that I had a REALLY bad kidney infection along with about 6 kidney stones!! I thought I was gonna get to go home that Saturday, but somewhere along the way things took a turn for the worse. They didnt know if I was septic (which I just recently found out that that means the infection is in your blood! Yikes!!) My blood pressure was slowly rising and at one point my heart rate got up to 150 beats per minute! They ended up moving me to the telemetry ward, (big fancy word for the place where they monitor your heart all the time, with a very fashionable blue little purse to hold your little monitor in!! OOOHHH!! Stylish!) Let me just state that I was by far the youngest person on that floor!! Average age for that floor is 70!! The nurses were all great with the exception of one that wouldnt give me my generic fioricet for my migraine! She kept giving me all my other pain meds, but NONE of those work for my migraines!! I think now I know it was because I could actually take care of myself compared to most of the people on that floor. The guy across the hall from me was crazy!! At one point, they had 3 nurses laying on him to keep him from getting up out of bed!! *LOL*

I was on so many different antibiotics that I ended up with the WORST case of thrush ever! Well, at least to me it was the worst case ever!! *LOL* But I think even that shocked the nurses! It really made it hard to eat anything. Now I know why babies are so unhappy when they have it!! The food there wasnt bad, but I really didnt end up eating too much because of the thrush. But one night I was really hungry and asked if I could have a turkey and cheese sandwich on white bread with lettuce and tomato with some miracle whip and mustard. Oh my gosh!! That was like the best sandwich ever!! *LOL*

I know at one point with all the fluid they were pumping into me, I was up in weight to 165lbs!!! That is more than I weighed when I was going into my c-section!!! I have since lost about 40lbs or so of that!! The kidney dr wants me to make sure to maintain my weight between 120 and 130. I laughed and told her once I get my appetite back, I am sure the 120 that she doesnt want me below, will be no problem! Either way I have to weigh myself each morning and make sure it is in the proper range. So far, no problem!!

I went in the hospital on the 6th of May and got to finally come home on the 19th. The only way I could come home was if I agreed to come home with a PICC line that they can keep giving me IV antibiotics thru at the hospital here in my home town. I was all for it!! I will have to take a picture of it and show you all it!! I will continue to get IV antibiotics thru tomorrow (06/04) and the infectious disease dr called in an order for 10 days of Levaquin yet!! Damn antibiotics!!

While I was up at the other hospital, I had two procedures done to put stints in to help my kidneys drain the infection. The first one I was so out of it from all the pain meds, that I dont remember any of it. The second time, I came out of recovery crying and panicky. I wanted Casey!! The first time they put a stint in on both the right and left side. But for some reason the infection wasnt draining at all, so they went to put a larger stint in on the left side. The right one they took out (seems it had shifted some) and when they did, a kidney stone came with it!! I think when they were putting in the left one the first time, a stone came out then too. 2 down 4 to go! They strained all my urine, but I dont think that they found any stones. I did however pass one the day after I came home!! 3 down!

What is crazy is that I had 4 different drs while I was up there! One dr oversaw all my care. One dr was an infectious disease dr, (no personality!!), the urologist who sent me up that way, and a kidney specialist, who is really nice!! I go back to see the infectious disease dr and the kidney dr on Friday. I dont go back to see the urologist until the 12th. Which feels like forever away since I feel like the left stint might have shifted. Makes it a bit uncomfortable! I am still having to take pain meds and some generic zofran for my nauseousness. I am doing better thou! I do still tire out really, really easy! I started going back to work part time, 9-2. I dont wanna go, but the bank account really needs fuel! I dont have any sick or vacation time coming to me until September, so whatever I work is what I am getting paid for! I used all my time up when I had Mackenzie! It is crazy how tired I can get so easily. I come home from work and I am so ready for a nap!!

I need to give Casey alot of credit here! He went from me pretty much taking care of all of Mackenzie's needs, to him having to do it overnite!! He really has done a great job!! He just happened to be on a scheduled layoff from work. He gets paid about 80% of his normal pay, which as you know, every little bit that isnt there, hurts! He did a great job thou! He had to get up with the kids each morning and get Mikaela and Carter ready for school, and get Keaton to the sitter, (since we have to pay whether he is there or not!!) and get Kenzi ready to come up to see me in the hospital which is an hour away! I know, we momma's do it all the time, but when it is something you dont do, it is nice to have a pat on the back that you did a good job!!

Lets see, other news. Mackenzie and I missed our 2 month check up since I was in the hospital. But we went and got her first set of shots yesterday. I so hate doing it! I know it is for her own good (I know this could be debatable, but we believe in them! ;) I just hate hearing the pain cry and knowing there is nothing I can do about it!!! Overall, she is doing great with it thou!! We weighed her yesterday. She is at 11.6lbs! Woo hoo!!

Carter hasnt got to have a game yet, we are hoping the first one will be tonite!! He is super excited and overly ready!! Mikaela has had 3 games, with one getting rained out. So far they are 2-1!! Rocked the first game, lost the 2nd one. The 2nd and 3rd were a double header. The 3rd game they rocked Madison!! 15-6!! It was like a completely different team went on the field the 2nd game. Mikaela did great! I cant remember how many hits she had. I know she did strike out once! Her coach asked her if she has ever played catcher before, which she told him she had. She has some, but NOT at this level!! She is in FAST pitch this year. I was really nervous, but she was awesome!!! I told her, you need to be able to get up and get any balls that fly past and you will need to throw down a runner trying to steal. She did great! She has been the only girl that will flip that mask off to find the ball if she cant see it! She had some really good throws to 2nd and 3rd, if the girls would have been ready for the throw, I think the runner would have been out! Mikaela has another double header tonite. It is against one of the better teams in the rec league, and I got after her since she has this thought that they are gonna suck! I told her to get that out of her head!! I know for sure they stack their teams down there!! That is what happened last year in the tournament. They played the same team that they are tonite, and ALL the girls from our team went into it knowing they were just gonna get hammered!! I was so upset!! Because they can beat this team!!

Well, I am sure there is stuff I am missing, but Mackenzie has been more than wonderful on letting me get all of this out, so I guess I should tend to her needs!! I will come and put some pics on hopefully tonite, or later today. If not, forgive me! I WILL get them up!!

Much love to you all and hope all is going great for you!!!

*This was the update I tried getting done before I ended up in the hospital!! I just want to let you know that I do read your comments and didnt want you to think I forgot!!!*




You know, it is funny! I was thinking last nite how I need to get on here and update! And I go check my email, and there is a friendly reminder to come update!! *wink*



All is going pretty well! We have been busy! I started back full time to work on Wednesday. Mackenzie has been going with me. I am really hoping that she will get to go with me thru this next week.



Mackenzie is doing really well! My mom had a dr appt, so she decided to take Kenzi with her. She is up to 10 lbs 7 oz. We had a pediatric cardiologist appt on April 23rd. Her regular dr heard a murmur that he wanted checked out. Turns out that she does have two small openings in her lower chamber. But the good news is they are super small, and should close up on their own by the time she is 4-6 years old. The cardiologist couldnt hear the murmur that day thou, so here is to hoping that it has already closed! At that appt she was weighing in at 9lbs 9oz. So, as you can tell, she is gaining away! She is still in the newborn diapers at almost 7 weeks!!



I cant believe it has been 7 weeks already!! Where is the time going?? I am getting excited thou, cuz softball/t-ball season is getting going. Mikaela has already had a few practices, but Carter hasnt just yet. We thought Keaton was gonna get to play, but he is still too young!! Such a bummer!!



We had professional pics done of my kids and my neice and nephew! They turned out wonderful!!


Going home!!!




Kenzie saying "Oh no!! The papparazi!!"



Another cute one from our going home shoot!




Mackenzie winking at us!!





Sorry!

Carter seeing his baby sister for the first time!Casey with Mackenzie right after she was born!

Mackenzie fresh out!!



One of the pics Casey took!



One of my favorite pictures!! This was our photo shoot with her going home outfit on! (this is the outfit that was to be Carli's coming home outfit!!)





I really havent meant to leave you all hanging so long!! Mackenzie and I are doing great!! She turned 2 weeks old on Monday!! Time is going really quick!! Real quick here are the stats!! Mackenzie Grace was born at 12:51 pm on Monday March 17, 2008. She weighed 7lbs 5 3/4 oz and was 19 inches long!! I will try to post about my c-section when I have more time, but it was a little rougher than my other ones!! But here are a bunch of pics for you!!!










I am excited and nervous all at the same time!! I just woke up for the day and had about 3 major thoughts in 30 seconds!! First one was that this will be my last day being pregnant ever!! Next one was the we will be meeting Mackenzie tomorrow!! And the last thought was, there is only 4 days until Carli's angel day!! Talk about a wide range of emotions there!!

I still have some more cleaning that could be done, but I am not pushing myself too much. I was having some contractions yesterday that were getting a little irritating. But, with the issues with the blood, my dr really wants me to hold off until tomorrow if possible. Nesting never has set in like it wish it would have!!

I have all my chargers and what not together, and getting stuff charged. I cannot for the life of me find my stupid Ipod, but I do have the Zune I can take, but the Ipod has a bunch of good songs on it! At first i couldnt find the charger, now i cant find the ipod!! i had lost the charger for my olympus camera, so friday when we went out of town, i bought a travel charger to have...guess what! i found the original charger!!!! i have my bag for the most part packed. just some last minute things that i will throw in tomorrow before we leave. i have to be at the hospital at 10:30am and surgery is scheduled for noon!!

i have had Mackenzie's bag packed for forever!! i am just worried that Casey is gonna think i am taking too much!! i have my bag, mackenzie's bag, then i want to have the laptop and camcorder bag. i also want to take my body pillow and one of the boppy pillows for when Carter and Keaton hold her, Mikaela can use it too, but I have a feeling she wont need it!! I just cant believe we are at this point~!! I have so many emotions running thru my head!!!

I woke up this morning from a horrible nightmare! I know I have been a little sad here lately, not that anyone knows that thou. I have seemed nothing but excited. So, I guess it had to come out thru my sleep huh?

All I really know is how bad I felt after this dream, or nightmare. Basically, my baby didnt live. I dont know exactly why, but I know she didnt make it. I know in this nightmare that I just kept crying. With all the issues that I am having with having 2 different antibodies in my blood, I have been informed that it wouldnt be in my best interest to have any more babies. Which just really affected me all the more.

I know this is nothing more than my mind letting this stress free. I really havent had any negative feelings about what might happen with Mackenzie, and I really dont think that this has anything to do with my delivery. I think just that we are so close to having Kenzi and being so close to Carli's birthday is getting to me more than I am admitting.

I am trying to think of all the positive things. I really think I will miss being pregnant. But at the same time, I am ready to meet Mackenzie!!!

Sorry for such a downer post, but I just felt that I needed to get it out.

37w1d appt


It ended up being a pretty good one. I have gained a total of 15 lbs this pregnancy...I think I lost a pound from last week. I told my dr about the really bad back and tummy pain I was having this morning. I told him I didnt really know if it was contractions, or if I am attempting to pass another kidney stone. He said there was a trace of blood in my urine, so it could be a stone.
My blood pressure looked good, and Mackenzie is still measuring right where she should be. He asked me again if I was ok with delivering on March 17th, which I of course said yes!! Game plan at this point is to go in Friday at lunch time to get my blood drawn...and then I have to show up at 10:30 a.m. Monday morning to check in for my c-section. We will plan on being in surgery at noon.

I asked the dr today, if it would be possible for him to check me before we go into surgery. I told him I know it seems silly...but I just wanted to know if what I have been feeling have been contractions, or what. He said yeah, that wouldnt be a problem to check me today. I told him we didnt have to do it today, we could just wait until Monday. He said that actually he was gonna ask me about checking me after hearing about the pain i was having this morning. So, he did, and I am at 1 cm dialated but my cervix is posterior. :shock: He told me not to hesitate if I thought I was having any more contractions to come and get checked out. He said with the blood issues, he wants to know as soon as possible!! He told me he wants to try to take it as easy as possible this week. That means not hesitating to sit down at work and to make sure to not over do it at home, he really doesnt want me going into labor this week...plus he has tickets to the Big 12 tourney!! :LOL:

I still cant believe that we will be having a baby in a week!! Oh, and just because, I wanted to share a pic of the super cute little shoes that I got for Kenzi to wear...the white ones will match her Easter dress perfectly, and the little brown ones will match most anything!!


Casey is really starting to get excited about Mackenzie coming...even though he hasnt really admitted it!! As you all know, he bought the Rain Forest Jumperoo...and then yesterday he went up to Kansas City with his sister and he called me and asked me what size outfit he should get for Mackenzie if he were to buy one for summer.


He came home with two different things...one was a really cute Tommy Girl shirt, and the other was a Tommy polo style dress!! It just makes my heart melt!!!

Oh yeah, Brenda, is there any way I could have the password for your blog...if you feel so comfortable, my email that you can send it to is: redfoxymomma@Hotmail.com Thanks chica!!

My dr called me today and told me that he was gonna mess everything up!! I was like...OMG, what now??? He said, no it wasnt anything bad!! Thank goodness!! He said that he has been informed that we need 3 days leeway for the blood now, and that I can either have Mackenzie at noon on the 13th, or noon on the 17th! Note: no noon on the 14th!!! Little stinker...i know it has to do with the big 12 tourney!! he was all for the 14th with a 7:30 a.m. c-section, but a noon one would interfere with his going to the games in KC!! he hasnt actually told me this, but i KNOW that is why!!

i asked him if i could get back to him about it, so i could ask casey what day he wanted...he said sure, just that he wanted me to try to get back with him today if possible so they could pencil in my surgery.

so i sent casey a text asking him what he thought. the 14th was actually the perfect day..that way i could be in the hospital over the weekend, then be home with my kids the next week with spring break! i went back and forth all day long waiting for casey's decision!! i told my mom over lunch that i would go with whatever casey thought and if he told me he didnt care, that i would probably choose the 17th (which is what she wanted me to choose anyhow!!) i had to call my reg. pharmacist for a work question, and told him what the dr had said. he told me he was glad that i had to make the decision and not him...so i asked him what he meant! he said well, he is superstitious...so to him the 17th was the only choice. you go from the 13th where she could have a bday that falls on friday the 13th to the 17th with luck of the irish!! :LOL: i told him good point!!

casey finally called me and i asked him what he thought...he said he didnt care, but that he had just turned in the paper this morning saying that he was taking the 14th off...so he said, why dont we do the 17th..he said he would just take the 14th off anyhow. so it has been decided that it was MEANT TO BE that Mackenzie is born on St. Patricks day like i originally wanted!! so now instead of 8 days to go, it has been bumped back up to 11!!!! :LOL:

either way i am super excited..as always huh??

on a side note, casey called me and told me that he bought me a surprise today...i couldnt wait to get home to see it after that!! he had asked me if i needed anything from walmart...i said not that i could think of....he said no rain forest bouncer or swing?? i told him, well we had the pink bouncer that we bought when we were expecting Carli, and I had a swing over in my grandma's garage that i bought from the consignment store when we were expecting Carli too! (which i will have to tell you about in a minute!!!) i told him i just couldnt justify getting either one when i had those... :( even though i would love to have the entire rain forest collection if i could!!
so anyway...i get home and mikaela told me to go look in the baby's room for my surprise! i was so happy, cuz it proved that he does listen to what i say i would like to get!!! he got me the rain forest jumperoo that i have said that i wanted since i saw it when i was pregnant with Carli!! Here is what it looks like:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5420743

I of course got it all put together and ready to go!!! so this got me inspired to go get the swing from my grandma's garage. I went and got it out only to find out that there must have been mice in there!!! i took the seat padding off and washed it, but i just dont think it is good enough. i told casey that i can get all the replacement parts that i would want for it for about $53 with shipping. it retailed for $140...so i dont think it is a bad idea to get the replacement parts and use it..it would basically be like a brand new swing. i would get the motor with the animals on it new, and the cover and straps, and the tray. here is the swing that i have....

http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=2002&e=product&pid=30548

plus the shipping time frame is 7 to 10 days....:LOL: i have that much time!!
well, anyway...that makes for my fun and interesting Thursday!! I think this should hopefully be the last time that her date will change!!!

36w1d appt

went pretty good i thought!! he asked how i was doing...i told him that I AM DONE!! I told him about the waking up in a rush to the bathroom to throw up because of the horrid reflux....told him if it wasnt that, it was that I couldnt get comfy!! I have gained a total of 16 lbs this pregnancy. Blood pressure was good. told him about my pitting edema, he wasnt worried since my bp has been good. just told me to try to kick back and relax if possible.

as for the wonder blood issues, he said that i have developed ANOTHER antibody. so now i have a duffy antibody, and a CW antibody. makes for some interesting fun with me!! my regular dr said that he has talked to my maternal-fetal dr, along with 3 or 4 other maternal-fetal drs. they all believe that i should have no problems with delivering here at our small hospital. he said that we will draw blood, then have it sent to the bigger hospital to have it typed and crossed and ready to go for my c-section. he said that the antibody titre showed both antibodies at 2, which is good news. neither is too high!! that is great!! he said they will more than likely just go ahead and give me the blood after my c-section, just in case, so that I dont have to worry about developing another antibody. the only main concern could be that with mackenzie, she could have some issues with jaundice, but that they will be checking her bilirubin more than most babies, and they will do some other blood test on her too. dr said that if there shows any signs of ANY problems with either Mackenzie or I, he will not hesitate to ship us out to one of the bigger hospitals...which i think shows that he is a good dr!!

so, as of now, we will be delivering more than likely EARLY morning March 14th!! He does after all have to make it to the Big 12 tourney in KC...or so he says!!! I have another appt next monday, then i will have to go have blood drawn thursday...then we will be having Mackenzie friday!! oh, and he had some more blood drawn today to check on my hemoglobin. the nurse called me this afternoon, said the good news was that my iron levels didnt drop, but that they didnt rise much either...so now i am having to take my iron TWICE daily!! i told her i was doing good to make sure to take it the one time...she just said take it morning and evening. so i will take it at work, and i think i will put my bottle that i have at home down by my heartburn meds...to remind me!!!

34w1d appt

Had my appt today. All went pretty good. It was suppose to be at 9:15 am. I got there about 9:10...checked in...waited...and waited...went to the front desk, asked if Dr. S was behind already (cuz there werent many people in the waiting room!). They had forgot to put my chart up to let the nurse know i was there!!! So, I was 20 minutes late getting in to see him. He asked me how the iron was going. I told him that truthfully, I had only been taking it about 3 days!! He called and told me to start taking it last Monday!! I know, I know...not a good thing, but it was true. He measured the belly, all seems good there. Kenzi's heartrate was between 140 and 150....great there. I did have some protein spilling over in my urine, but I guess not enough that he was worried. My iron level did come back lower thou, so Dr. S had his nurse call me and tell me to MAKE SURE I take my iron supplements..which i havent been doing too well with. I threw out the mention of having my c-section on the 14th instead of the 17th. He said, well, assuming it was all good with Dr. E, he didnt have a problem with that. He asked me if it was good for me. I told him that I have been thinking about it. There are alot of issues with making sure that I have the blood ready for me just in case we need it. I am fine with that. Friday makes more sense in that case. I still would love to have a St. Patty's day baby thou. But then I got to thinking about it. Friday would be a good day too!! For the following reasons:

  • blood would be ready for friday, not extra costs involved
  • i would have the weekend to be in the hospital, we would have extra help for the older kids
  • i could spend spring break with my kids instead of spending it in the hospital
  • i would more than likely be out of the hospital for Carli's first birthday

I could probably go on and on. But those are the main things. I will of course have to figure out exactly how we would handle the older kids that day thou. Mikaela and Carter can go on to school for the day, and Keaton could go to the sitter. Maybe I could talk my mom into coming over and waiting with Mikaela and Carter until the bus comes, and then have her take Keaton to the sitter. That way Casey and I could have some time with Mackenzie by ourselves. I am sure I will be a blubbering mess thou.

Casey is still wanting to have people hold off on coming up to see us. I still dont want to do that. I personally love having everyone around. Plus, its not like i have to keep them entertained. They wont be there to see me in all my lovely after delivery glory. They will just want to see Mackenzie. I can doze off all I want!! I think I will talk to Casey about this again. Maybe after Mackenzie comes he can go pick Keaton up at the sitter, and then Mikaela and Carter can get out of school early to come up.

Arghhh!! There is so much to try to figure out!! Maybe attempting to get some sleep will help me think it thru. Not that I am getting much sleep these nites!!



Sometimes I dont know if it is a countdown or count up...




I was thinking about this on the way home tonite from seeing my brother and niece. Here I am ready for March 17th to get here.....but then a whole new life begins in a way. I know you are probably saying...DUH!!




It seems like I am just getting thru life by making it to certain dates. I feel like I am wishing my life away sometimes. I really am trying to enjoy these last few weeks that I have of being pregnant since they will be my last ones...but I am finding it hard to enjoy. I want the final product NOW!! Okay, re-reading that sounds bad....Mackenzie should not be considered a final product, but you know what I mean!!




I guess I am just having a hard time right now. I am so ready for Mackenzie to come, and yet in a way, I'm not ready! How much more wishy washy could I be?? Well, I guess we will leave it at that for now!!




I have my 34w1d appt tomorrow morning with Dr. S. A few things have come up since I last posted. The blood results have come back, yes, my iron is on the low side...no big deal, just need to remember to take those darn iron pills (yuck!!) We are also still trying to figure out what we are going to do with the blood situation. Since I have the Duffy anti-body, Dr. S wants to have the blood typed and crossed and HERE before I have the c-section. Fine and dandy, but I guess you can develop an anti-body within 48 hrs while pregnant. So......the lab tech told me that Tuesday or Wednesday would really be better. But for me that is TOO close to Carli's birthday. Plus I was really hoping to not be in the hospital on March 20th!! Last week when I talked to Dr. S he informed me that man am I trouble!! *LOL* He said they might just have to move the c-section time to noon on the 17th, which i was fine with. Until my mom mentioned that I wouldnt be able to eat for a while. Damn!! Good point!! I am going to mention at my appt tomorrow the possibility of maybe, possibly doing the c-section on March 14th. Going by last period, I would still fall within the 2 week mark. LP due date is March 27th - 14 days= March 13th. But going by my first u/s date, he has my due date as March 30th. That would put me at 37w5d~! I just dont know if he will do it or not!! I got to thinking about it...it would be nice! Having her on the 14th would make it so I could be home with the kids on Spring Break.....I would more than likely be out of the hospital by the 17th, if not on that day! Kenzi can still wear the super cute St. Patrick's day outfits I have bought for her. Sounds better and better to me the more I think about it. Send some good vibes that Dr. S thinks it is ok too!!




I mentioned earlier that we went and saw my brother, Darin today. His birthday is tomorrow!! Happy 28th bday!! He is daddy to my first neice Cerallin. She is the one that was born 6 weeks after Carli. Cerallin's coming home outfit was the same dress that we chose to have Carli buried in. We didnt know that at the time that we chose it. Funny thing here...I was telling them that I bought Mackenzie's Easter dress...guess what....Cerallin has the same one!! Guess this makes it easier for when they hand down clothes to Kenzi!! Which I have gotten quite a bit of!! They gave me some White Cloud diapers tonite in size 1-2!! I am pretty excited about that!! I havent bought any diapers yet. Unless you count the newborn diapers I bought when I was expecting Carli!! We have quite a few...even though I know they wont last long!! Here is a pic of the Easter dress!!!








I bought a couple of Hanes night shirts to wear at the hospital. I have decided that this time I want to look decent...I also bought a nice Hanes shirt and jammies bottoms. That organically grown cotton. Seems really soft...just hope I can bring myself to wear them! While I am at it, here is a cute creeper that I saw also when I bought Mackenzie's easter dress....this is just really springy!!

Well, I guess I will try to update with what I find out from Dr. S tomorrow!!!

and do a quick update!! i went to the dr last friday....Kenzi is measuring spot on, as usual. i had some blood drawn to see if i am low on iron...Dr. S talked to Dr. E who said that I can go to the hospital here to have my blood crossed and typed...yeah for that!! that way I dont have to drive an hour to the other hospital for that!! he said i just need to do it sometime the week before the section! which is now OFFICIALLY set!! Mackenzie Grace will be making her grand apperance on March 17th, just like i had hoped for!! i am so excited about that!! now we can make definite plans. that is the week the kids will be on spring break here. i think casey's mom will take that day off to be with the kids while casey goes to the hospital with me at the butt crack of dawn! then she can bring them up after i have Kenzi! i can hardly wait! we have the room painted, the border up, the crib is up. i think maybe next weekend we might go see if we can find a dresser to match her crib. i really am wanting to put some of the baby stuff away. but all i have right now is her closet and a purple tote that we had bought to put baby stuff in at first.



i had casey get down the car seat, so that is out as you can see in the last post. i find i like going into what is gonna be kenzi's room and sometimes just sit in there, and look at all the sweet baby stuff. the kids will go in and do it with me too. i am sure casey thinks i am whacko or something, but it does bring a small sense of security i guess it is!



in 5 1/2 weeks we will be having Kenzi. seems like so long, yet so close all at once. i still have a ton of stuff to do. i guess that is just the norm thou, huh. i guess i need to make that my focal point of getting it done.....knowing that all i have is 5 1/2 weeks...now get my rear in gear!!!

And one final one...this is the pack of receiving blankets I bought at Target the other day. I have been referring to Kenzi as my little lady bug. I thought these were so stinking cute!!

I found this super cute creeper at Target the other day!! It says Daddy's little sweet pea! I thought it was appropriate for Kenzie to wear this, since Carli had one that said Daddy's little princess!!!





This is her puppy dog, Lucky, that we made for her at Build A Bear!! I think she is as sweet as can be. And yes, those are Hello Kitty jammies she is wearing!! How ironic huh?? *LOL*






An inside view of the crib...such pretty crib sheet...that would be her diaper bag and her coming home outfit too, along with the baby book!!















Her crib and bedding which I really really like!! We had the blanket hanging on the side there from the beginning of Carli's pregnancy. I didnt know there was a bedding set that went with it. So, for the dust ruffle, bumper pads, crib sheet, and the pretty soft blanket that goes with it, it was only $57 or so after our discount!!! Very girly huh??



















Her carseat that we bought when we were expecting Carli. Casey wanted something more gender neutral, so this is what we have. I had to spruce it up with something pink thou....hence the little pink headrest!!!























Here is a pic of her pack n play. I just love the Rainforest collection!!

















































this is the border that my mom and I put up in Mackenzie's room....quite busy, but very cute!!





























I saw this creeper at Wal*Mart and thought that Mackenzie should wear it, since she is loved by Angel Carli!! It says "Loved by an angel"

This is the bumper pad and dust ruffle for Mackenzie's crib. Will post a pic when it is in her crib too!!

The super soft blanket that matches the bedding set!



The crib sheet for her crib...duh!! *LOL*


The color of Mackenzie's room!! I hate painting by the way!!! *LOL* Kinda matches the color of Kaela's shirt huh??





The front of the shirt that I got Mikaela for St. Patty's day!





The front of the shirt that I got Carter and Keaton for St. Patty's day!






The back of the sleeper that I got for Mackenzie to wear the day she is born (Hopefully St. Patty's day!!) It has little shamrocks all over it!!








The front of Mackenzie's sleeper!! It says Lucky Charm!








The super cute little dress that I got for Mackenzie from Kohl's!! It has little shamrocks all over it too!!









Me at 30w1d, took this picture at work in our new bathroom!!!








My dr said all looks good...which it has been this whole time. He told me that we just needed to discuss a date. I laughed and told him that I have had the date since I found out we were pregnant!!! *LOL* So he asked when I was wanting it. i told him March 17th, (which I have told him before!!) and he laughed and said that is going to be one heck of a birthday later when she is old enough to drink!!! He told me he would call down to surgery to see if they could save the date, and that we would have to double check with the maternal-fetal dr. He wants to have two units of blood typed and crossed and down here waiting for me, since I have had a history of having to have transfusions after my sections. He said we just need to make sure that the blood would still be good if I went up on a Friday, for a Monday section. I am so excited!! It is coming down to the wire now!! If I get my 17th date, that means I only have 7 weeks from tomorrow until I get to meet Mackenzie!!! Oh yeah, and I am officially going to the dr every two weeks now!!!

I am so freaking excited!! I have two different outfits now that Mackenzie can wear the day she is born. One is a sleeper from Babies R Us that has little shamrocks all over it and on the right hand breast (when looking at it) says Lucky Charm. On the butt it has a big shamrock. Then today, I stopped by Kohl's cuz someone said they had a St. Patty's day line too. i got the cutest little dress that has shamrocks all over it, with little bloomers that go under it!! So adorable!! I will take pics of it later and make sure to show you all them!! I also picked up shirts for the boys. It is really cute!! (they have the same one!) It is green and says, " you're so lucky i'm not your kid!" And I picked one up for Mikaela a week or two ago, that has a shamrock on it..I will just have to put a pic up of all of them!!


I painted Mackenzie's room last nite. A pretty light green called Shelled Pistachio. I think I will need to add another coat tonite thou. I goofed up on the top by the ceiling thou, so I asked Casey what he thought about putting a border up...he thought it would be a good idea, to help break up the color. So I picked that up today too!! I hope it goes on easy!

I also picked up some bedding for Mackenzie's crib. Not that she will be in it any time soon, but still. Actually, we had the quilt that matches this set from when I was still expecting Carli. I picked up a crib sheet, the bumper and ruffle, and another soft blanket to match it. Only $58....not bad considering the one that I really want is $180!! Dont really forsee me ever getting it thou!!

I guess that is going to be it for now! I am sure there is a ton that I am forgetting, but I will just have to post it later!!

Bad bad Darcie!!

It has only taken me a month to come and update!! Only a month huh?? I dont know if anyone will be reading this or not, but oh well!!





I think I had a bit of self-pity going on. Christmas was somewhat hard. Not unbearable, but still a bit hard. Overall thou, we had a great Christmas!! I started to post about it, but then got sidetracked, and never made it to get it done! So, therefore, still bad Darcie!! I did decide to go ahead and post what I had started...dont know if it will make much sense to anyone but me!! *LOL*





New Year's was good too, but once again, it was hard! Hard to leave the year of 2007. The "Year of Carli" as I have come to call it. I ended up falling asleep because I was so tired. I felt pretty bad though, I woke up 5 minutes before midnight. Mikaela was pretty excited, but I couldnt bring myself to get up out of bed.



Onto Mackenzie I suppose. We went last weekend, not this past one, but the one before, and made her a doggy from Build-A-Bear that we named Lucky. She is a pretty cute doggy!! Mikaela made a really cute doggy that is white with hearts all over it that she named Maddie. Carter made a monkey that he named Buddy and he dressed him as a firefighter. Keaton made a dog too, that was originally named Gizmo (or so the birth certificate says) but he later informed us his name was Chip! Which fits since he dressed him as a police officer!!



I had an appointment with the maternal-fetal dr today! All went really well!! Then I told them that my regular dr wanted me to ask them about getting 2 units of blood typed and crossed for when I have my c-section. I guess they thought that was odd...then I told them the reason was because of the Duffy antibody that I have. The nurse asked me if I was sure that I had the Duffy antibody...cuz that wasnt a good one to have. I told her I was pretty sure that is what it was called. So they look at my chart, and sure enough there it is!! I guess having this antibody can cause issues with the baby. I have to tell you that I am so glad I didnt know this before!! It can cause the baby to have anemia, and it can cause the baby to die. Yikes!! He said Mackenzie looks good thou! According to my due date, I am 29w1d. Kenzie is measuring a week ahead around 30 weeks. Her estimated weight as of today is 3lbs 7oz. Go my little piggy!! My regular dr wanted me to make sure that we were still on schedule for my March 17th c-section that I want. The maternal-fetal (MF) dr said all looks good for that!! I am so excited!! I will go back and see him at least one more time, just to make sure that Mackenzie still looks good. I will see him again February 25th!!

We went and got a new pack n play yesterday!! I am so excited about it!! I was originally going to get a really girly one, but changed my mind. I got the Rainforest one!! And I love it!! It was fun last nite, thinking about how Mackenzie will look in it!!

I also had an impulse buy yesterday. I bought a Sony Viao laptop. But I took it back to Best Buy today. Dont get me wrong, I really, really would love to have a laptop that is just mine, but I just couldnt justify the cost of it. Kinda funny explaining that to the guy at the return counter. I need to return my impulse buy. He laughed and told me that I will be back. I told him he was probably right!!

Well, I suppose that is a good start for now. I will try to make sure to post more often. I have quite a few thoughts going thru my head.

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