Sweet Husband

Okay, so in my last post I said that I wasn't going to let my crummy circumstances rob my joy. Well, I failed. Its so hard to be joyful, cheerful & positive when you feel miserable & your taking care of a sick baby. Eli definitely caught some kind of flu virus. He had a fever for a few days (high of 103). He was not acting himself at all. He just laid in my arms all day long & took several long naps. He wasn't interested in playing & the biggest shock of all - he had no appetite! That is definitely not typical Eli! I never got the fever but I did have a bad stomach bug. Just when I thought I was done throwing up! :( I was really having a pity party for myself... feeling sick & lonely. Poor Jonny had to work hard all day & then come home to a sick family, messy house, & no dinner on the table. But what can I say, I've got a great husband. Jonny took care of me & Eli. He brought home dinner & even got up in the middle of the night w/ Eli a few times. By Friday everything was much better & I can say that my morning sickness is going away!!! And to make a perfect ending of a horrible week, Jonny came home from work early w/ a dozen roses for me & made us spaghetti! He's so sweet! What a selfless, kind man I have. :)

This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice & be glad in it.

My oh my! What a week this has started to be. First off- I'm officially in the second trimester! I am 14 weeks this week. This is when the morning sickness started to subside when I was pregnant w/ Eli. Please Lord, make it go away!!
2nd... I'm home w/ a sick baby again. Tuesday is my day to get out of the house. I usually go to bible study & then watch Michael all afternoon. But Eli is sick again! Yesterday morning when Jonny went to get him out of his crib, there was puke all over Eli's bed, blanket & jammies. (Gross!) This morning he woke up w/ a fever. Jonny had a weird stomach bug last week, so I'm wondering if Eli has a flu bug. He's so clingy & whinny.... its really sad. He just wants me to hold him all the time- all 23lbs of him!
3rd... Jonny's had a rough couple days at work. No details allowed... but ahhh, pray for us!

I was really looking forward to the month of December- knowing I was going to say bye-bye to my morning sickness & getting ready for Christmas. I LOVE Christmas. I love the music, the decorations, the smells, the food, the fellowship & cheerful attitudes, & the meaning of Christmas! We're starting some family Christmas traditions this year & I'm so excited. When Eli gets better I'm going to take him out & pick out his new Christmas ornament for this year. So, even though December has had a rocky start for us- I'm not going to let these circumstances rob my joy.

Merry Christmas! Oh, don't you just love the stockings Becky made for us last year?!

No Eli!!!

Okay, this is a gross story, but I have to share it. I called Jonny, my mom & Becky right after b/c it was just so funny. Eli still has that weird butt rash going on (butt warts is what we call it) & he is always trying to stick his hands down his pants to itch it. I noticed him going in for another itch at the same time as I got a whiff of something stinky....poopy diaper.... "Eli no!!!!!! No, no, no!" I leaped at him as he pulled his hands out of his pants- fingers covered in poop. As soon as he looked at his hand & saw the poop, his mouth opened & his hand started moving up. (this is all happening in the span of 2 seconds- I'm still in mid-leap toward him) I knocked his hand from the direction of his mouth causing his fingers to ram into his nose, smearing poop on his nose. "Gross!" Eli bursts into laughter. I grab him & go wash him off. That was a close one! I'm so telling his future wife he was a want-a-be-poop eater. :)

Another Ultrasound

So I had another appointment today, this time w/ Dr. McCann. She couldn't find the baby's heart rate either, so they did another ultrasound. This picture turned out way better. Can you see the brain inside his/her head? And the arms up by his/her face? Looking more & more like a baby! The heart rate was 153 beats per minute.

At only 13 weeks, fingerprints have formed on our baby's tiny fingertips, his/her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and his/her body is starting to catch up with the head- which makes up just a third of its body size now. If we're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. Our baby is almost 3 inches long (the size of a medium shrimp) and weighs nearly an ounce. Most of our baby's critical development is almost completed. Can you say amazing! What an awesome Creator we have!

Poor Baby

Eli has been sick w/ a cold off & on for a month now. Last week it was back in full force along with this weird diaper rash that turned into these strange little bumps that look like warts right at the tip of his tailbone. I took him to the doctor last Monday b/c we can't seem to break this cold & this weird butt infection won't go away either. The doctor checked for an ear infection- finding that his ear was filled w/ fluid, but not swollen or red yet. He said it may not turn into an infection. (I was a little doubtful b/c Jonny got tons of bad ear infections as a kid.) Anyway, he also gave me some ointment for Eli's butt infection.
On Wednesday I was leaving for Wednesday night church & Jonny was staying home w/ runny nose Eli. Just as I was leaving Jonny saw Eli put his hands down his pants to itch his butt infection. (I had just changed his diaper & put ointment on him) The next rational thing for a baby to do is to stick his fingers in his eyes! Eli started screaming & crying. We flushed out his eye w/ water & sat him down w/ some food... he was fine. I left.
I came home right before 9pm to find Eli screaming in Jonny's arms & Jonny on the phone w/ the doctor. Our doctor wasn't on call, so we got someone else who couldn't speak English very well. Eli's eye was red & swollen. He was so upset, but calmed down once I grabbed him. The doctor told Jonny we should go to the ER. Off we went...
When we finally saw a doctor, he visited us for a few short minutes & concluded Eli had pink eye. We even brought the ointment & explained the situation, but he was sure it was pink eye. He also checked Eli's ear which was now bright red & inflammed. They sent us home w/ eye drops & antibiotics for Eli's ear. The eye drops were HORRIBLE to put in his eyes. We had to hold him down & pry open each eye for 2 drops w/ him screaming. I felt awful!
I called Becky crying on the phone. "My poor baby has a cold, a butt infection, an ear infection & now an eye infection & I'm trying to deal w/ my morning sickness & Jonny doesn't have time to take care of us b/c he's so busy w/ work. " (emotional moment)
Good news...
*Eli's cold cleared up the next day
*Eli never seemed bothered by the ear infection
*We stopped giving him the eye drops b/c everything I read about pink eye symptoms, Eli did not have.
Bad news...
*My morning sickness was TERRIBLE on Friday, but Jonny came home from work to take care of us :)
*Jonny is now catching a cold.

"My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into verious trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience." ~James 1:2-3

Harvest Carnival

For Halloween our church does an outreach called The Harvest Carnival. We use the Corvallis Fairgrounds & have lots of food, candy, games, bouncy gyms & a petting zoo inside 'Noah's Arc'. It was lots of fun. Eli dressed up as a cowboy. He was so cute. His wranglers were a bit tight & stiff so Eli had a hard time bending his legs when he was walking or trying to stand up. :)

First Dr. Visit

I'm 9 weeks prego & I had my first Dr. appointment today. It was w/ the midwife who delivered Eli, so it was fun to see her again. She marveled at Eli. Katie (the midwife) couldn't find the baby's heart beat, so she decided to do an ultrasound. The same thing happened w/ Eli when I went in at 9 weeks. Apparently I have a tipped back uterus, so along w/ it being so early in the pregnancy, it can be difficult to find the heart beat. Katie got the Doppler & she found the baby & showed me on the screen, then she said, "Wait, what's that? There is a second sac. Didn't you say your sister had twins?" What!?!? I told her yes, gritting my teeth in fear. She left to go get another provider for another opinion. I looked over at Eli sitting quietly in his stroller, munching on his gold fish........ uh oh. When they came back in & looked more closely at the screen, we saw a second sac w/ no baby inside. It turned out to be nothing. There never was a second baby. It was just a sac of blood that is somewhat common in early pregnancy & should go away. Anyway, what a scare! Baby's heart beat was 158 & looking healthy. Katie measured two different due dates, & finally decided on one after a third measurement. We should expect our baby the first or second week in June! I decided not to post the ultrasound picture b/c it's not very good... just a white blob- that's our baby. :)

We're Expecting!

Our first post & yes that is a pregnancy test! And that faint second purple line means we're expecting!!! According to BabyCenter.com we're due in early June. Jonny's last day before summer break is June 13th, so we planned well. Jonny will be home w/ me all summer while I get used to TWO babies!!