Keagans 4 year check up!



Can't believe my little stinker turned 4 already. I just realized that I never posted her check up info, so better late then never right? Anywho, she did amazing at the doctor, I was so proud of her. They had a Kinect in the waiting room, so she was able to play "Kinect Adventures" while we were waiting. Once back they weighed her in at 34 pounds and she was 39.5 inches tall. =) She is perfectly proportionate according to Dr. Yee. She did have to get 5 shots. =( But she took them like a champ and only shed a brief tear while they were giving them to her. Afterwards, she gladly took her sucker, (and one for bubba), and we were on our way. Later, she decided that she deserved Bubba's sucker since she several 'boo-boo's" on her legs. So, she had two suckers for the day. I still can't believe my little stinker has grown up so much!

And a little flash back to when my stinker was a baby. =)

Isn't she a cutie??

Sick, Sick, Sick...

Deakon woke up last Saturday extremely snotty and with a small cough, so come Monday morning we were off to the doctor office. The doctor told us that he had an upper respiratory infection, but since he was under 6 months (by 2 weeks), we could not give him anything and it would have to pass on its own. She did give me some ear drops for him because she said his little ear was red, not infected, just irritated. We had our follow up appointment today and little man just isn't getting any better. He did however gain 6 ounces since last week and grow 1/2 inch......or maybe someone measured wrong. =) She finally decided to give him some medicine for his cough and congestion. The poor thing is hacking up flem and choking on it while he is sleeping....so SCARY! So, hopefully, we will be on the road to recovery. Why does it seem like as soon as you get one kid better, the next one gets sick????

8 weeks and sono....

We had our sono done and he does not have the stomach hardening at the opening of his stomach that they thought he did....thank goodness!! He did reflux 3 times during the exam. The sono tech said that our Dr. should have the report by the end of today, and will contact us with the results. They gave him a paci after he ate to help the food digest and help him swallow more often, and it seemed to help and really soothe him. So, we may have to have a paci for this baby. I've never used a paci before with any of my kids, so this will be a new experience!! We go back next week for his 2 month check up. The prevacid pills seem like they are helping a litle bit. The spitting up is not AS bad. Its not as projectile. Hopefully, it will do the trick after it gets in his system good. I can't believe how big he is getting, it just blows my mind that he has gained almost 4 pounds already! Deakon will be 2 months old next week! AHHHHHHH!!!!

Update on Farren: The school called this morning to let me know that she was sick. She is congested, glands are swollen, coughing, and running a fever. My last two weeks have been FILLED with doctors appointments, so we are adding one more today for her at 11:15. Then we have her 2nd ortho appointment at 3:00 today. Hopefully, we can get through Thursday and Friday without any appointments. =)

Update on Farren: She has an ear infection and a sinus infection. No school till Friday! She was a little upset she has to miss her volleyball game tomorrow, but needs to get better. We are starting meds this afternoon, so hopefully she will be well by the weekend.

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Watching the Cowboys game!!

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Go boys!!

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Sleeping angel....

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Look at that chubby face!!

7 weeks and another appt....

Deakon is already 7 weeks old. We had another appointment today for his reflux, to follow up on the medicine he started. He weighed 10 pounds 3 ounces!!! Woah, apparently, spitting up is NOT hindering his gaining weight one bit!! Thank goodness! The medicine they started him on is not working, so the doctor added Prevacid to his regimen along with the Zantac. We are also scheduled for a sono and reflux exam at Cooks Childrens Hospital next tuesday. We are getting lots of smiles these days...and he is sleeping pretty good. He gets up around 2 and then around 5 like clockwork every night. He hates sleeping on his back because of the reflux, so usually its on the belly or on mommys belly. We are wearing size 1 diapers now and newborn clothes!! Some of the 0-3 months is fitting him too. All in all he is growing like a weed.

Keagan we have found out is allergic to ants or mosquitos...not sure which one bit her. But she blisters up in tiny little bubbles all around the bite, and the skin knots up and hardens there. Its horrible. So, we had to get some special cream to clear up the bites when ever she gets one. Other than that, she is doing wonderful and loving as ever!!

Farren had a dental appointment, and they referred us to orthodontist to see if she needs braces for crowding. She doesn't have much room in her mouth, and well....we went to the Ortho, and she is getting braces!! We are so lucky to have my sister be in the same field. She recently won a FREE pair of braces at a seminar, and is letting Farren use it. How freaking awesome is that>??????? FREE braces!! We are going to be saving alot of money....Thank you sister!!!!!

Anyways....we have been bombarded with appointments lately, so I have been a slacker on updating. =)

36 weeks....

How your baby's growing:Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of her first bowel movement.At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Most likely she's in a head-down position. But if she isn't, your practitioner may suggest scheduling an "external cephalic version," which is a fancy way of saying she'll try to coax your baby into a head-down position by manipulating her from the outside of your belly.

Update: I'm still pregnant...yay! I had my three appointments this week, and didn't find out much. Just that my bp is still on the rise and staying high. Which is expected the further along I get. We should find out something tuesday on exactly when we should be delivering. The doctor did say he feels comfortable delivering me at this point. So, I'm very happy about that. We are a little more than a week away from meeting our little bundle, and I CANNOT wait. The anxiety has set in and I am having a hard time sleeping anticipating it. Hopefully, the next week will go by fairly quick. I have some new sono and 3d pics from our last appt I need to get uploaded. So, I will aim to do that Monday. =)

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Doctor update....

Well I had my appt's today at my specialist and my regular doctor. And I am beginning to think I am going to be pregnant forever. =) Its as if my doctor has completely forgotten every converstation we have had over the last few weeks. We have discussed the same date over and over again, and today I ask..."When will we need to actually schedule the section? I wasn't sure how far in advance in needed to be done, and its less then two weeks away?" And he replies, "Well, it just depends on when I deliver you?" Huh???? I thought we already had this planned out. So, in one breath he tells me it may be next week depending on my bp, or it may be August 1st, even though its a saturday, since he is on call that day and I would be 37 weeks, but if my blood pressure doesn't go up we might try to make it to 38 weeks. Really???? One thing you should not do is tell a pregnant lady that she is going to have her baby only to tell her that she has to wait one more week. No false hope, not cool. Especially since hes been telling me the same thing for weeks now. But, I guess if I have to be pregnant for longer, then thats what we will do. Just trying to see the light at the end of the tunnel. He did check me and I am dilated to a 1, but as most of you know...it can be that way for some time. =)

35 weeks...by my count. =)

Your baby doesn't have much room to maneuver now that he's over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 1/4 pounds (pick up a honeydew melon). Because it's so snug in your womb, he isn't likely to be doing somersaults anymore, but the number of times he kicks should remain about the same. His kidneys are fully developed now, and his liver can process some waste products. Most of his basic physical development is now complete — he'll spend the next few weeks putting on weight.

Update: Still hanging in there. I had measurements done at one of my sonograms this week and our little stinker is weighing in about 5 pounds 5 ounces. A little smaller than she was hoping for but still good. My specialist said that with my blood pressure staying high like it is it is constricting some blood flow, not allowing him to grow as much. So, they are going to do measurements again at one of my sono's next week, instead of just the biophysical sono. Hopefully, the sono tech was just off a little. They normally only measure every two weeks, to allow for growth. So, who knows. If we stay with the August 3rd date, we only have 16 days left! Woohoo! Luckily, I'm still feeling pretty good. I have been having some braxton hicks, but nothing painful. So, we have our normal doctor appt tuesday, specialist and sono tuesday, and the specialist and sono friday. Almost done with going to the doctor 3 times a week!!

33 weeks....

How your baby's growing:This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood.

Update: My doctors appointments went pretty good this week. My bp was a little up on tuesday, 150/100, so they upped my dosage to the final dose, and it was good when I went in on thursday, 130/88. We are almost at the 34 week mark, and my regular doctor wants to try to push it as close to the 37 as possible. But, he said if I come in next week and my bp is high, he will deliver me then. So, anytime between now and 4 weeks. Not much longer at all. I can't believe we are already on the countdown. I am feeling pretty good since they gave me medicine for the headaches. Oh Oh....and my one of my sono's this week showed that he is about 4 pounds 11 ounces!! What a whopper!! And in both sono's this week he was practicing his breathing like crazy! So, we know the steriod shots have helped!!

Anyway, I hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of july!

Doctor Update....

3D Picture...

Deakon's profile....
We had two appointments on Tuesday and one today. The first appointment on Tuesday went well. Blood pressure was 140/82...pretty good. They monitored the baby for about 30 minutes and he looked great. Then they did a biophysical on him and everything looked good. After that appointment I was off to see my regular doctor. By the time I got there my blood pressure was 179/92, so my nurse went and got my doctor. He came in and took it again, where it was still 170/90....still high...damn. He was ready to send me back to the hospital, when I kindly reminded him that I had been up and on my feet for about 3 hours that morning and I'm certain thats why it was elevated. He smiled and told me to lay on my side for a few minutes. Then took my pressure again and it was 152/92. So better...he decided to let me go home since I was going back to see the specialist on thursday. He advised that I should talk to her about steriod shots and that he could deliver me any day now at this rate. So, on to Thursday. I went back this afternoon, and blood pressure was 142/94. Not bad, but slowly going up everytime I go in Dr. Papa said. So, she suggested I get my first steriod shot. Right in the hip!! Ouuccchhh!! I go back in tomorrow for my second. They did measure him today in the sono instead of just doing a bio physical and he weighed in at 3 pounds 10 ounces! She said she is hoping to wait until 34 weeks, but doesn't feel comfortable that I will make it, hence the steriod shots. We go back to see both on Tuesday. So, keep your fingers crossed this little stinker stays in longer!!!

30 weeks....

Your baby's about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. Her eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.)See what your baby looks like this week.Note: Every baby develops a little differently — even in the womb. Our information is designed to give you a general idea of your baby's development.
How your life's changing:You may be feeling a little tired these days, especially if you're having trouble sleeping. You might also feel clumsier than normal, which is perfectly understandable. Not only are you heavier, but the concentration of weight in your pregnant belly causes a shift in your center of gravity. Plus, thanks to hormonal changes, your ligaments are more lax, so your joints are looser, which may also contribute to your balance being a bit off. Also, this relaxation of your ligaments can actually cause your feet to spread permanently, so you may have to invest in some new shoes in a bigger size.Remember those mood swings you had earlier in pregnancy? The combination of uncomfortable symptoms and hormonal changes can result in a return of those emotional ups and downs. It's normal to worry about what your labor will be like or whether you'll be a good parent. But if you can't shake the blues or feel increasingly irritable or agitated, talk to your doctor or midwife. You may be among the 1 in 10 expectant women who battle depression during pregnancy. Also let your caregiver know if you're frequently nervous or anxious.

Update: We are doing pretty good. I went to my doctor on Tuesday, and we are moving along. My blood pressure was up a little but he wanted me to see the specialist on Wednesday and see what she said. So, wednesday morning we had our appointment with the specialist. It was up a little bit again, but not as bad. However, she said the medicine should be helping more than it is. So, if it gets worse in the next couple of weeks, or I have to be put back in the hospital, then we are going to start steriod shots to help the babys lungs develop. Hopefully, we won't have to do this. I don't want to have him to early where he has to stay at the hospital and I go home. So, our goal is still to get to 34 weeks, and then if we make it there we will aim for 37 weeks. I will be going to see my doctor every tuesday, and then see the specialist twice a week on tuesdays and fridays so she can keep a close eye on things. So, if you need to find me, I will probably be at the doctors office. =)