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Mar 19 2008

doctor, Hayden 2 years, preslyn and ella 4 months

Doctor Update

Last Thursday was doctor day for all of us. My mom and I loaded up the twirls and headed to the pediatrician. Hayden met us there with Grammy Denise. I had one supervisor per child 🙂 I knew that all three girls were going to get shots so I figured it would be crazy. So we brought the troops. The Lord really paved the way for us germaphobes. When we got to the pedi, there were only two other patients in the waiting room (THAT NEVER HAPPENS) ! And we literally waited about 10 minutes and were in. (AGAIN…NEVER HAPPENS).

So we got in and started stripping clothes and diapers off and weighing and measuring girls….

Here are the stats….
Hayden: 34lbs., 36″– 95% for both
Ella: 15″ head, 23″ length, 11lbs.4oz. –10% (the littlest babe now 🙂 )
Preslyn: 15 1/4″ head, 23″length, 11lbs.10oz. –10th%
(The babies are finally on the normal growth curve!!!)

Hayden had to get one shot and merely said “OUCH”. It was glorious. She was more concerned about getting her three “pops” (Suckers) for her reward. Being that Preslyn and Ella should get “pops” too but are too young, she gets all three for doing so good with her shot 😉 Hayden was totally on par for all of her developmental questions and passed her checkup with flying colors!!!

Preslyn and Ella each had to get FIVE SHOTS A PIECE! I freaked when I saw the tray of needles and then asked, “Is that just for one of them??” Poor babies SCREAMED THEIR GUTS OUT. It was awful. Our pedi was very happy with them though and said they are doing great. Good news…no more synagis shots (RSV preventive shot) WHOOHOO!!!! So we go back for their 6 month checkups and no more monthly shot checkups. She also said we could start easing into some cereal when I felt like Preslyn was ready and then to solids. I’m trying to hold her off until after Ella’s surgery so we can all be on the same schedule together, but we’ll see how that goes. She’s a little hungry monkey. They are both pretty close to being totally on par with development. They should be rolling more, but they are trying so that is excellent. Preslyn’s neck is a little sluggish sometimes, but she just needs to keep strengthening it. Other than that they are perfect little “spuds” as we commonly refer to them.

Oh and Ella’s barium test went well. The actual procedure was horrendous and she screamed like crazy, but the results came back great and she is ready for surgery. Her surgeon is on vacation this week (resting his hands up for her) and then she will be scheduled sometime soon. I don’t have a date yet. Thank you for all of your prayers through all of this.

In other news they are still sleeping through the night for the most part. If our feedings fall late enough to put them down around 9ish…then we get a for sure all nighter with Ella and usually can get Preslyn to go until around 6. That is wondrous!!!

Hayden and I had a little fun this weekend and put her hair in sponge rollers. She took them out before they were ready so we had no curls to show for our effort, but she looked so hilariously cute with them in and she felt so big and girly and loved having them in. She is very into getting her own clothes on right now, brushing her hair, wearing her “lipsticks”, perfume, deodorant and nail polish. Such a girly girl. Although today while we were at Target she picked out a brown Cars shirt out of the boy section (its her favorite movie) and I let her get it. She’s having a rough time with her lungs right now, so we are back to breathing treatments …joy joy. Hoping that this change of weather will be easy on her.

I have officially lost my mind. Last week I took Hayden to school and when we walked in, all of the kids had their little Easter baskets, except for Hayden. I had TOTALLY forgotten that they were having an egg hunt that day and were supposed to have their baskets and 12 filled eggs. So I ran to Target and came back with her supplies. Poor girl. Then today we all loaded up to drop her off (BJ, Hayden and I) and pulled up in the parking lot to an empty school. Apparently we are on either spring break or are off for Easter, either way, I had no clue. Poor child. Carrie if you are reading this…please comment to tell me when school starts back. I apparently missed the memo completely. I do know that we have a western day coming up 🙂 So people, if I repeat my stories to you, please just tell me to stop, or if I have totally forgotten stuff, don’t hesitate to tell me, because I am officially off my rocker. I’m crazed…I’m a lunatic…I have too many things going on in my life.

Horray: to my new Mary Kay recruit 🙂
Booooo: nasty pollen that makes my kids sick

Feb 26 2008

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Hayden 2 years, Hayden funny sayings, Hayden potty training

Potty Talk

Today during one of our many drawn out potty episodes, Hayden is sitting there NOT going to the restroom and finally I decide we have “tried” long enough and will try again later. So I tell Hayden I’m going to count to ten and then she has to get down. So I start…1….2…3….SHRIEKS AND WAILS from Hayden “NOOOOO MOMMYYYY, don’t say four and five…don’t say FOUR AND FIVE” !!!!!!!!!!”

Feb 08 2008

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Hayden 2 years, teething

Roughing it up

Hayden came home from school yesterday with a report that she was having excessive “unprovoked agression”. I thought this was a little wierd since Hayden is usually very nice to other little kids. The teacher had to put her in time out several times. So when she got home I laid her down for her nap, but she decided she had other plans. She kept getting out of bed and playing (nap time no-no) and then I noticed on our monitor that she was ripping all of her little flash cards into gillions of pieces. I went up there and she was histerical. Totally not herself. She was crying on the drop of a dime. The day before she had fallen asleep at 5:30pm and woke up for a drink at 11:30 and slept the whole night. Something was up. So I asked her if her teeth were hurting and she said yes and pointed to her bottom right molar…I looked and there it was…her first 2 year molar had finally peeked through. We’ve been waiting for these things forever it seems.

Happy Birthday weekend to Ty and Mary Elizabeth!!! Both are celebrating their 4th birthdays!!! Hope you all have wonderful weekends. Maybe this will be the last one for us as a 4 member family at home!

Jan 17 2008

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ella NICU week 9, Hayden 2 years, pictures

Pictures of us

Hayden January ’08

One of our many NICU visits to see our “annabella Ella” as BJ calls her 🙂 He wanted to name her annabella or annabelle but I didn’t agree…

And here is the newest addition to our family…ok not quite official yet, but they are engaged :)

Jan 08 2008

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Hayden 2 years, NICU week9

Hello hello!!!!

Well big news for the munson babe…Ella started feeds yesterday!!! She started at a mere 5cc’s which is about a teaspoon. It was so sad because it barely filled up the nipple of a bottle and so it took her about 5 sucks and it was gone. Such a teaser for her. But she is handling them well so they went up to 9cc’s and are going to see how she does with that. The other plus was that she was able to go straight back to bottle feeding and not by a feeding tube.

Her incision is healing good and she is off her breathing tube and her morphine. She also started stooling into her little ostomy bag which is a great sign that everything is starting to work like it is supposed to. She’s a little less than 6 weeks out from her second surgery so there is a slight chance she could come home in between but it really depends on how quickly they are able to advance her feeds, which will not be quickly because they don’t want her body to relapse.

She is just as cute as ever! We took Hayden to see her this past Sunday and she got to hold her and love on her a bit.

Preslyn is a doll as always. She is up to 3 1/2 ounces at a time and is supposed to go back for a weight check and her second RSV shot this week. I am anxious to see how much she has gained. She is starting to look less preemie to me and more newborn baby. But don’t get me wrong she is still tiny compared to Hayden as a baby! We are loving having her home though. She is holding her head up really good most of the time and starting to give us a few 5 hour spans here and there of sleep.

Hayden is a tornado!! She is into everything and energy beyond belief! Poor girl has a new bump or bruise it seems every day because she is fearless. Tonight she jumped off her toy and landed on the ground belly-flop style, but she was holding one of her toy spoons and it nearly poked her eye out. She has a nice big whelp under her eye now. It scared me to death. I thought for sure she was going to have damaged her eye.

Other than that all is the same in our household. Just trying to recoop the house from the holidays, going through things to get rid of and getting ready for taxes. I’ve been doing inventory on my Mary Kay, boxing up hayden’s clothes she is too big for and trying to keep some order to this home. Its not easy with three kiddos, even though I only have two here at home, the other one still demands a big chunk of my time to drive down there and see her. So if you ever stop by, please excuse our mess 🙂

Nov 01 2007

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Fall Fun Fest, Hayden 2 years

Fall Fun Fest

Last night BJ and Hayden went with Deborah and Colton to a fall fun fest at Deb’s parents church. They dressed up the kiddos and the pictures speak for themselves. They are so adorable. Hayden went as Raggedy Ann and Colton was a race car driver. They are so so cute!!!