Newborn & Family Photos

Awhile back we had some photos taken! I wasnt completely happy with the first take so we met up for a second take and got some much better photos! In the photographers defense, the first meet up it was 107 degrees outside and we were ALL miserable! Even being miserable, I dont think they turned out too bad!

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Just a Few More Weeks

We have been and are still on pins and needles waiting to get Adi to see the specialist to be sure everything is okay but we will still have to wait a few weeks. We have appointments scheduled for a Pediatric (sleep deprived) EEG on Tuesday, October 2nd and an appointment to see a Pediatric Neurologist on Friday, October 5th. We are so grateful to have the UW Children's Hospital so close to home as they are one of THE best Children's Hospitals in the Country/World! We will be seeing Dr. Lucyna Zawadzki (http://www.uwhealth.org/findadoctor/profile/lucyna-z-zawadzki-md/8578) whom I know is going to give us good news!

Please keep Adi in your prayers as this is all very scary for her! But, I am so proud of her...between the EMT, Sheriff's, Fireman, Nurses and Doctors, she was a TROOPER and I know she will be through this as well!

Some of you may ask what the sleep deprived EEG consists of...we are to put her to bed 2 hours late and wake her up 2 hours early. So, all in all, it shouldnt be too bad! I chose the afternoon appointment so we dont have to wake her at 2 a.m. rather than 4 or 5 a.m. She will do just fine!

2 Month Well Baby

Ryleigh had her 2 month well baby check today and she did awesome! Had a little moment with the 3 shots but perked right back up and was smiling again! We have a total opposite baby this time! Adi was/is always high percentage for height and was/is always low for weight! Well, Miss Ryleigh is taking after her mommy. High in the weight and low in the height!

Weight - 12 pounds 1 ounce (70th percentile)

Height - 22 1/2 inches (40th percentile)

Head Circumference - 15" (30th percentile)

Everything is going very well. She is doing so much better on the soy formula than she did on breastmilk or any other formula we tried. She is having a bit of an issue with reflux which we were told is very common in premature babies because their tummies aren't quite ready yet. The medication seems to be helping but now to get her to want to sleep on her back. She sleeps wonderful on her tummy when we do tummy time and she sleeps great on her sides too so for now we put her to bed on her side and after she is sleeping good, we scootch her onto her back.

Her sleeping patterns are getting pretty good at night. She goes down about 8 p.m. and is usually up between 2:30 and 3a.m. for a bottle and then I wake her around 6:15a.m. to get her ready for the day since I went back to work yesterday which went very good for myself and for Ryleigh. She made it at the office with me until about 3 p.m. and then she had enough!

Here is our beautiful baby girl! We think she is going to be the big little sister!

Scariest Day

After having an excellent few days with family, Monday turned in to the scariest day of our lives! Adi went unresponsive for about 20 minutes.

What was a routine wakeup for us Monday (well, it was like a Sunday for us because both Nick and I were home) morning. Nick and I both went into Adi's room to wake her up because she was still sleeping and it was almost 8 a.m. I rubbed her tummy and she opened her eyes and said "hi mommy" and then asked for daddy and I told her "he is sitting in the chair honey" she rolled over to look at him and said "hi daddy" and proceeded to stand up. She was leaning against her crib rail and just fell over pulling her blanket down with her which landed on her face. We both thought she was playing with us so I grabbed her blanket and said peek-a-boo! This is when horror hit...her eyes were rolled back in her head and she started to choke on her tongue. I yelled for Nick to come by me and he grabbed her and ran downstairs her little body was completely limp.

When I got downstairs (I had to grab Ryleigh) she was still unresponsive but we after 3 minutes got her to open her eyes but she was very blank stare kind of eyes and would look at Nick and then me but made no sounds and then again her eyes rolled back in her head and she was looking more pale. I called 911 and they sent an ambulance. She continued to do this for 20 minutes and I only know this because we woke her up at 7:55 a.m. and I called 911 at 8a.m. The ambulance arrived 20 minutes later at 8:20a.m. and by this time we had gotten some coloring to come back to her lips and face. She did not turn blue and did not stop breathing but it was VERY shallow breathing. She was very pale and her lips were pale too.

By the time we got to the hospital at 8:55 a.m., she was doing VERY good but still wasnt herself but by the time the ER Pediatrician and on-call pediatrician looked at her, she was very much back to normal. They did a blood sugar test and that was normal and an EKG which was also normal. Their explanation is a fluke passing out/fainting episode. I pray this is all it is!

Ryleigh had her 2 month checkup today (I will post info separately for her!) so I got to talk to Dr. Murray about Adi a little bit too...she insisted on seeing her this week (Friday) to run some tests and schedule a pediatric EEG. Please say a few extra prayers for our little girl as we just hope and pray she continues to be the healthy, feisty almost 2 year old that she is!