She is now moving forward insead of just backwards.
GO EMMA GO!!!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
August 2010
Brooke's first time to Forward Face in her Car seat.
Round Rock Express Game. Both girls first Baseball game.
First Day of Preschool
July 2010
On her way to her 6 month check up
First Solids.... Carrots
Getting her ears pierced.
All Happy Again
Thursday, September 2, 2010
We are still ALIVE
Ok, So I know that it has been forever since I posted anything, but life with two little ones is crazy. Summer is almost over and Brooke is getting ready to start pre preschool. We went to meet the teacher and she was so excited. I am excited that they have care for infants as well, so Emma will be going once a week which means I can get much needed stuff done all by my self.
Emma,
- turned 8 months old on 8-31-10
- she is sitting on her own
- lots of babbling, but no realy words yet
- starting to show interested in crawling, she can go backwards like a champ, but still trying to figure out going forward
-still in PT for her neck, which is getting so much better
- eating solid baby food and has been now for about 2 months, not really into the finger foods yet, but working on it
- has 2 bottom teeth all the way in and 1 top tooth that just broke through and another working it's way through.
- loves her big sister
Brooke,
- can count to 20 in english, and 10 in spanish
- know her ABC's
- loves to sing,
- could go swimming all day if we let her
- PARK, PARK, PARK do I need to say more.
- fav food is pizza
- never stops
- still takes a nap in the after noon and believe me it is needed.
- loves animals
Emma,
- turned 8 months old on 8-31-10
- she is sitting on her own
- lots of babbling, but no realy words yet
- starting to show interested in crawling, she can go backwards like a champ, but still trying to figure out going forward
-still in PT for her neck, which is getting so much better
- eating solid baby food and has been now for about 2 months, not really into the finger foods yet, but working on it
- has 2 bottom teeth all the way in and 1 top tooth that just broke through and another working it's way through.
- loves her big sister
Brooke,
- can count to 20 in english, and 10 in spanish
- know her ABC's
- loves to sing,
- could go swimming all day if we let her
- PARK, PARK, PARK do I need to say more.
- fav food is pizza
- never stops
- still takes a nap in the after noon and believe me it is needed.
- loves animals
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Giveaway
So I have been following RuffleButts on Facebook and I just love there products. I think that they are so cute and want to get some for the girls. They are having a wonderful giveaway. RuffleButts, Baby Banz, and BobuxUSA are coming together for this give away. If you go to RuffleButts blog you can find out all the details. Good Luck
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Rough past 12 days for Emma
It all started on Friday, May 14.
The day started out just like any other day. That after noon I we to feed Emma and she would only eat 2oz. She normally would eat 5oz every 2.5-3 hrs. I really didn't think much of it and thought that she just wasn't hungry. Three hours later I feed her again and she only took 1oz. I was a bit puzzled, but Jason reminded me that Brooke did the same thing once when she was little. Right before bed time Emma had a diarrhea diaper and again would only eat 2oz. I made a mental not of this and just really paid attention to what she was taking in verses what was coming out. During the night she woke up and had another diarrhea diaper and would only take a 3oz bottle.
Saturday, May 15th:
Emma woke up with yet another diarrhea diaper. And would only take 2.5oz. I just thought she had an upset tummy because she was still acting normal. Over the course of 2hrs she had 6 really bad runny diapers that resulted in us having to change her clothing 5 times. As the day went on we headed to Houston for the afternoon and Emma seemed to be just fine besides that she didn't want to eat very much.
Sunday, May 16th:
I got the girls up for church only to find out that my keys were locked in the car. I had to use a coat hanger to try to get the door open. After watching a video on you tube, I hit the jackpot and opened the door got my keys and headed off to church. After coming home I put the girls down for a nap. Emma woke up after about 30mins and I feed her. She only took about 2oz again and the proceeded to throw it up. That is when I started to worry. I told Jason that I was making her a doctor's apt in the morning. She threw up later that night right before bed time as well.
Monday, May 17th:
Emma continued to have diarrhea. I call first thing to make an apt. She was headed to her pediatrician's at 2pm. When we got there I explained what was going on and the Dr was concerned with dehydration. He told me to keep an eye on her since she had not had a pee diaper since Sunday afternoon. I was told that if she did not pee by 7pm to take her to the ER. So 7pm came and still only diarrhea no pee, so off the the Children's hospital ER we went. We got checked in and waited. After about 2hrs of waiting they called us back. The nurse brought me a hospital gown for her and said to change her and someone would be right with us. Not but 2mins after I put the gown on her she started throwing up and it just kept coming. I felt so bad for my poor little baby. 15mins goes by and a nurse comes in. I told her we needed a new gown and sheets for the bed. She took her vital signs and the Dr came in to tell us that they needed to start an IV to give her fluids because she getting really dehydrated. They pumped in half a bag and gave her some anti nausea meds to help her stomach. 30mins later they brought me some pedialyte to give her. She took 1.5oz and then threw it up. They asked me to give her some formula and she took 1oz and was able to keep it down. After half a bag she still was not able to pee, so they gave her the other half. Around 2am she finally made a wet diaper (just a couple of drops of pee) so we were told we could go home. 3am we here home and getting in bed. 
Just after midnight we were called back. We then waited another 45mins before a nurse came in. They decided that they would start and IV and get a urine sample to rule out an UTI. Emma as so dehydrated that it took them 30mins to find a vein to start the IV. They had to call a nurse from the NICU to come start the IV. They got it started and told us Emma would be admitted. At 3am they moved her up to her room. The Dr on the floor came in to talk to me. She was very nice and helpful. We spoke for about 45mins. They brought me pedialyte to give her. Most of the day Emma was on an IV and just taking pedialyte. They gave her some more anti nausea meds and then I was able to give her some formula. Most of her formula came up, but she was keeping down the pedialyte so they took her off the IV around 5pm.
Thursday, May 20th:
The Dr's came in to see her and said that she was looking good and keeping her self hydrated with the pedialyte so that we could go home. I was worried about the fact that she was still throwing up and still had diarrhea. They Dr told me it was not that big of a deal and it would pass. I trusted them and we left. I called to let Emma's pediatrician know. They asked us to come in Friday morning for a follow up. We spent the rest of the day just hanging out at home. You could just tell Emma did not feel good. She would moan and sleep. She didn't want to eat much and what she did eat she didn't hold down.
Friday, May 21st:
We got up and headed to Emma's pediatrician's office. At this point she would only hold down pedialyte. The good news was that the diarrhea had stopped. They weighed her and she had lost even more weight. It was decided that she should have an ultrasound of her tummy to make sure they was nothing wrong with the muscles around her stomach. I took her straight from her pediatrician's office to the the next Dr's office to get the ultrasound. My poor baby cried the entire time. After the ultra sound we went home to wait for the results. I got a call form her pediatrician's office at 2pm telling me everything looked OK. They asked me to feed her and call them back and let them know if she kept it down. As soon as Emma woke up from her nap I feed her. She was not even half way through her bottle when she throw up all over her, me and the floor. I got us cleaned up and call the Dr. They said to give them a min and they would call me back. About 10mins later they called me and told me to head to the hospital again. (This would be the third time) I was to take Emma right to her room and they would call me on my way down there and give me her room#. She was put right back in the same room. The Dr's at the hospital told me to just give her pedialyte for the next 24hrs to see how she handled it. Saturday, May 22nd:
She was weighed and found that she had dropped below 13lbs. A GI doctor came in to see her and decided that she need tummy rest. So he was going to put her on IV fluids only for 24hrs. He said that I could give her .5oz of pedialyte every 2hrs to help calm her down since she would be hungry. Around 1pm my MIL showed up with Brooke. I was so happy to see her. At 1:30 the nurse came in to get Emma and I to start her IV. This was the worst one for me. I cried while they were putting it in her. I just felt so bad that she had to get poked once again. I wanted to take away her pain. I felt so helpless. By 2:30 they had her hooked up to the IV. Not being able to feed her made for a very long day. Phyllis my MIL offered to stay the night at the hospital with me. I was so grateful for the help. Emma did not want to sleep and you could tell that she felt like crap. Right around Midnight she woke up and we could not get her to go back to sleep.
Her first feeding of the day (around 3am) I was giving her 75% formula and 25% pedialyte. She took it and held it down. She got that until around noon and then was given 100% formula. After two feedings of all formula the hospital Dr came in and told me I could take her home. I wasn't so sure. The GI Dr had told me that her wanted her holding down 100% formula for 8-12hrs at least. The Dr at the hospital finally called Emma's pediatrician to discuss everything and her pediatrician suggested that we stay one more night. So that is what we did. Tuesday, May 25th:
The day started out just like any other day. That after noon I we to feed Emma and she would only eat 2oz. She normally would eat 5oz every 2.5-3 hrs. I really didn't think much of it and thought that she just wasn't hungry. Three hours later I feed her again and she only took 1oz. I was a bit puzzled, but Jason reminded me that Brooke did the same thing once when she was little. Right before bed time Emma had a diarrhea diaper and again would only eat 2oz. I made a mental not of this and just really paid attention to what she was taking in verses what was coming out. During the night she woke up and had another diarrhea diaper and would only take a 3oz bottle.
Saturday, May 15th:
Emma woke up with yet another diarrhea diaper. And would only take 2.5oz. I just thought she had an upset tummy because she was still acting normal. Over the course of 2hrs she had 6 really bad runny diapers that resulted in us having to change her clothing 5 times. As the day went on we headed to Houston for the afternoon and Emma seemed to be just fine besides that she didn't want to eat very much.
Sunday, May 16th:
I got the girls up for church only to find out that my keys were locked in the car. I had to use a coat hanger to try to get the door open. After watching a video on you tube, I hit the jackpot and opened the door got my keys and headed off to church. After coming home I put the girls down for a nap. Emma woke up after about 30mins and I feed her. She only took about 2oz again and the proceeded to throw it up. That is when I started to worry. I told Jason that I was making her a doctor's apt in the morning. She threw up later that night right before bed time as well.
Monday, May 17th:
Emma continued to have diarrhea. I call first thing to make an apt. She was headed to her pediatrician's at 2pm. When we got there I explained what was going on and the Dr was concerned with dehydration. He told me to keep an eye on her since she had not had a pee diaper since Sunday afternoon. I was told that if she did not pee by 7pm to take her to the ER. So 7pm came and still only diarrhea no pee, so off the the Children's hospital ER we went. We got checked in and waited. After about 2hrs of waiting they called us back. The nurse brought me a hospital gown for her and said to change her and someone would be right with us. Not but 2mins after I put the gown on her she started throwing up and it just kept coming. I felt so bad for my poor little baby. 15mins goes by and a nurse comes in. I told her we needed a new gown and sheets for the bed. She took her vital signs and the Dr came in to tell us that they needed to start an IV to give her fluids because she getting really dehydrated. They pumped in half a bag and gave her some anti nausea meds to help her stomach. 30mins later they brought me some pedialyte to give her. She took 1.5oz and then threw it up. They asked me to give her some formula and she took 1oz and was able to keep it down. After half a bag she still was not able to pee, so they gave her the other half. Around 2am she finally made a wet diaper (just a couple of drops of pee) so we were told we could go home. 3am we here home and getting in bed. 
Tuesday, May 18th:
We had a follow up apt with her pediatrician at 1:30. She woke up and was able to keep her first three feedings down. The only thing was that she only took 2oz each time. So when we go to her pediatrician's office they weighed her and were surprised. He said he thought she would weigh more after getting the IV fluids the night before. When he found out that she had only taken in 6oz all day he was worried and told me to feed her 2oz right then. I did and she then threw it up all over the office floor. The nurse cleaned it and her Dr brought me some pedialyte to give her and she took two oz and then threw all of that up and some more. I was then given a syringe to feed her 5ml at a time. She took down 10ml over 30mins when we gave her the next set of 5ml she threw that up. The Dr told me to go home and give her 5ml every 10 to 15mins and see what she would keep down. He called me back at 7pm to check on her and was not happy with her progress so back to the ER we went. But before we headed down Jason loaded up Brooke and met his parents half way between Austin and San Antonio. They were going to watch her for us until Emma got better. We got to the ER at 9:30 pm and waited in the waiting room until Midnight.
Wednesday, May 19th:Just after midnight we were called back. We then waited another 45mins before a nurse came in. They decided that they would start and IV and get a urine sample to rule out an UTI. Emma as so dehydrated that it took them 30mins to find a vein to start the IV. They had to call a nurse from the NICU to come start the IV. They got it started and told us Emma would be admitted. At 3am they moved her up to her room. The Dr on the floor came in to talk to me. She was very nice and helpful. We spoke for about 45mins. They brought me pedialyte to give her. Most of the day Emma was on an IV and just taking pedialyte. They gave her some more anti nausea meds and then I was able to give her some formula. Most of her formula came up, but she was keeping down the pedialyte so they took her off the IV around 5pm.
Thursday, May 20th:
The Dr's came in to see her and said that she was looking good and keeping her self hydrated with the pedialyte so that we could go home. I was worried about the fact that she was still throwing up and still had diarrhea. They Dr told me it was not that big of a deal and it would pass. I trusted them and we left. I called to let Emma's pediatrician know. They asked us to come in Friday morning for a follow up. We spent the rest of the day just hanging out at home. You could just tell Emma did not feel good. She would moan and sleep. She didn't want to eat much and what she did eat she didn't hold down.
Friday, May 21st:
We got up and headed to Emma's pediatrician's office. At this point she would only hold down pedialyte. The good news was that the diarrhea had stopped. They weighed her and she had lost even more weight. It was decided that she should have an ultrasound of her tummy to make sure they was nothing wrong with the muscles around her stomach. I took her straight from her pediatrician's office to the the next Dr's office to get the ultrasound. My poor baby cried the entire time. After the ultra sound we went home to wait for the results. I got a call form her pediatrician's office at 2pm telling me everything looked OK. They asked me to feed her and call them back and let them know if she kept it down. As soon as Emma woke up from her nap I feed her. She was not even half way through her bottle when she throw up all over her, me and the floor. I got us cleaned up and call the Dr. They said to give them a min and they would call me back. About 10mins later they called me and told me to head to the hospital again. (This would be the third time) I was to take Emma right to her room and they would call me on my way down there and give me her room#. She was put right back in the same room. The Dr's at the hospital told me to just give her pedialyte for the next 24hrs to see how she handled it. 
She was weighed and found that she had dropped below 13lbs. A GI doctor came in to see her and decided that she need tummy rest. So he was going to put her on IV fluids only for 24hrs. He said that I could give her .5oz of pedialyte every 2hrs to help calm her down since she would be hungry. Around 1pm my MIL showed up with Brooke. I was so happy to see her. At 1:30 the nurse came in to get Emma and I to start her IV. This was the worst one for me. I cried while they were putting it in her. I just felt so bad that she had to get poked once again. I wanted to take away her pain. I felt so helpless. By 2:30 they had her hooked up to the IV. Not being able to feed her made for a very long day. Phyllis my MIL offered to stay the night at the hospital with me. I was so grateful for the help. Emma did not want to sleep and you could tell that she felt like crap. Right around Midnight she woke up and we could not get her to go back to sleep.Sunday, May 23rd:
Around 3am I was able to get her to fall asleep in my arms. I tried to get as comfy as in could on my hospital couch bed holding her. Every time I moved she would stir. She slept like that for about 3-4 hrs. Needless to say My butt hurt, my leg was asleep, and I had to use the bathroom by the time she woke up, but it was all worth it for her to get some sleep. All morning Phyllis and I just kept taking turns trying to comfort her. After Church Jason and Brooke came up to the hospital to hang out for a bit. Around noon I got the okay to feed Emma a bottle that was 50% pedialyte 50% formula. She took the two oz and kept it down. Then Phyllis left for San Antonio and took Brooke with her again. Which meant I was on my own once again. I continued to feed her 50/50 until midnight. At midnight they weighed Emma once again and she had dropped some more weight.
Monday, May 24th:
Her first feeding of the day (around 3am) I was giving her 75% formula and 25% pedialyte. She took it and held it down. She got that until around noon and then was given 100% formula. After two feedings of all formula the hospital Dr came in and told me I could take her home. I wasn't so sure. The GI Dr had told me that her wanted her holding down 100% formula for 8-12hrs at least. The Dr at the hospital finally called Emma's pediatrician to discuss everything and her pediatrician suggested that we stay one more night. So that is what we did. Emma continued to take down her feedings and keep them down so we headed home first thing in the morning. Of course the very first feeding at home she threw up, but I think that was because she gaged herself chewing on her fingers. Since then she had kept her feedings down.
Wednesday, May 26th:
Emma went in to her pediatrician's office for a follow up. She has gained some weight back, but not as much as they had hoped for so she will go back Friday for another weight check.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Entertainment Center turned into a child's play kitchen
So I was looking for something to do for Brooke's 2nd Birthday and came across this. I thought I could do that, so That is what I did.
into this...
I turned this...
This is how I did it.
I found an old entertainment center on Craigslist and went to work.
I took the Doors off and the backing off.
I started by putting on a light coat of paint. (I would wait till the end to do this next time)
Then using a jig saw I cut the hole for the sink. After that Jason used it to cut a hold in the "oven" door so Brooke can see the food she is cooking.
I then found some material and modge podged the fabric on to make a counter. I put several coats and then sanded between each coat to make it smooth. It really doesn't feel like fabric any more. I then sealed it off with clear coat. I also taped off and sprayed the Stove top. As well as adding a picture to make a window. The "picture" is really a puzzle that my roommate and I did back in college.
After That I installed the faucet that I got at the habitat for humanity restore and the sink which is a square cake pan.
I used cabinet foam liner to make the burners and ready to eat liquid formula lids sprayed painted black as the knobs. Then I sewed together matching curtains and installed them along with the pot rack. The "glass" on the oven door is Plexiglass from a picture frame.
Over all I think the project was a big success.
$$$ Price list $$$
Entertainment center from craigslist- $20
Pink/Yellow Paint- FREE (left overs from when we painted the girls rooms)
Spray Paint-silver/black- $3
Fabric- $4
Sink faucet, door handles - $8 (from the habitat from humanity restore)
Picture- FREE (old puzzle, frame and plexiglass I had)
Stove top/knobs- Free
Pot rack- $3 ($.99 for the hooks from Ikea, and $1.99 towel rack from Ikea)
Oven rack- $3 cookie cooling rack
GRAND TOTAL -$41
BROOKE PLAYING WITH IT
$$$$ PRICELESS$$$$
Of course we did have to buy a jigsaw since we didn't have one, but you can always borrow one if you need to .
Happy 2nd Birthday Brooke
I look at my little girl and still can't believe that she is 2 today. Brooke is such a wonderful blessing in our lives. We had a party for her yesterday and it was a big hit. Jason and I made her a play kitchen (another blog on that one) and my mother got her stuff to stock it. She has pots, pans, mixer, toaster, microwave, and lots and lots of Food. My father made her a toy box, which is great. She really needed one. Jason's parents got her a Dora play house. She loves that too. Of course we had to have a Dora Theme Party, since she is in love with Dora right now. 
The outfit she is wearing was made just for her birthday by my MIL Phillis and myself. We had fun sewing it. I can't wait until we get to do this more often.
This is her Dancing in the Kitchen. Jason had put some songs from Dora on my i-pod and she just wanted to listen to them over and over while she danced.
Here is the toy box my dad made. It is 4*2ft and still doesn't fit all of her toys, but it looks great in her room.
This is the play kitchen Jason and I made from and old entertainment center. She loved it.
We were singing "Happy Birthday" to her and she did not know what to make of it.
Once she realized we were singing to her, she got so excited about it.
Brooke, at 1:21pm on April 25, 2008, you changed our lives for the better. I have enjoyed watching you learn so many new things and can't wait for what this next year is going to bring.
Friday, April 2, 2010
3 months old
I can't believe how fast time has gone. Emma is three months old. She is smiling and rolling and for the most part just a happy baby. 
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