Girlie on the go... boy not so much...

Rachel is a hoot. She is always on the go. If I put her in her bouncer she shimmies off of it. If I put her on the couch she attempts to roll off of it. So the only safe place is the floor. It is cute b/c she is trying real hard to crawl right now and is scooting herself a little.


Put this in contrast with Callum. He has no intention of rolling over any time soon. He sits all day in his boppy (we call it the baby lounge chair) sucking on his paci. His early intervention coordinator said this week we are starting boot camp for the boy. His days of leisure are at an end.

Big scare today!

Callum is my very sweet boy. I love him with all of my heart. He has been nursing a cold alongside Harmon and I, but we thought he was getting over the worse of it. We were wrong. Yesterday afternoon he became very colicky and it continued to get worse as the night progressed. We put him to bed and with in an hour he was crying uncontrollably. His breathing was labored and he had a high fever. We brought him into the pediatrician's office first thing this morning and he was only satting oxygen at 70%. They tested him for RSV (negative) and gave him a breathing treatment. Afterwords his saturation raised to 90%. Had it not he would have been admitted to the hospital. Ultimately they have determined he has bronchitis. It is serious but with breathing treatments at home and lots of TLC he should be fine.

It humbled me today. I realize my kids have been relatively healthy (besides the whole NICU thing) and we take it for granted. It makes me want to hold all my children a little tighter and be more grateful for all that God has given me!

Wake Up Call!

I am pretty sick right now so I took some cold meds last night and was out of it this morning. I woke up to pots and pans being strewn all over the floor. The living room didn't look much better. Welcome to the Terrible Two's right? Harmon can now crawl out of his crib... lucky us! Did I forget to mention he was eating a Butterfinger Candy Bar and Pork Rinds?

The rest of the day went a lot like the morning. Harmon ran around naked rather than taking a nap... finally he peed on me. Rachel peed on the couch and Callum pooped all over the changing table and Daddy. It is a really crazy home I live in but it is a good one.

What a week!

Last Sunday my post-partum depression hit me super hard. I thought I had been on the mend but I had a setback. I've been down this whole week and the kids have kept me on my toes. Harmon got really sick (and got me sick) and now has an ear infection. Rachel is teething and my little Callum has been a little fussy too. All 3 were waking us up in the middle of the night. So it has been a tough week.

I'm trying to stay positive though. Each one of these little guys are special. I have 3 kids, am adjusting to working less, learning how to walk again, I just started school again, etc. Setbacks with post-partum depression are bound to happen. I guess I just have to keep my eye on the cute prizes!

Great Smiles!

Happy babies just make a person HAPPY :)

Callum

Rachel

Harmon

Learning to walk...

So I got to the doctors yesterday soooo excited b/c I was supposed to get my walking privledges back. I thought I'm throwing my crutches away on the way out of the doctors office. Unfortunately I didn't think about the fact that I had not walked in 7 wks and now I have a metal hip. So now I am down to one crutch and am allowed to attempt walking as much as I want to attempt but I walk like a defunct penguin. It gives me a whole new appreciation for what Harmon went through last year as he was learning. It will take a few more weeks before I regain my full independence, I just have to be patient and take some baby steps!