And just because they're cute...............

Uncle Larry gave them these hats and they LOVE them!!!!

Kaitlyn's 2 month update

Okay I usually take a picture of the kids on their "monthly" b-day until they are a year and then do one yearly, so since Kaitlyn turned two months old while we were in the hospital, this is the picture I got of her on her 2 month b-day. Anyway her apt. wasn't until Tuesday of this week so she was actually 2 months, 1 week, and 1 day. I chose not to get her the immunizations until next week since she was so sick and had only been out of the hospital for 5 days. I wanted to make sure she is 100% before bombarding her body with all of that. Dr. said she looked good and sounded good. She was smiling at him while he was listening to her lungs and chest. I told Justin she must have remembered him from all of the last week since he was the dr. on call and saw her everyday. She was a trooper through all of that and we kept getting comments from the nurses/respiratory therapists/dr.'s about how quiet and good she was. She cried a little while we were there, but for the most part just went with the flow. She's such a mellow baby and likes her sleep still. She was around 11 pounds and 24 inches tall. Other than that not much else. It was a pretty uneventful check-up (which was good, we needed that! :) We will take her back sometime next week to get her 2 month shots :( but that is Justin's department, I don't want any part in that...........it breaks me heart to see her go in so happy not knowing what is about to happen, but it's got to be done I guess. She's smiling all the time now and will "talk" to you thinking she's carrying on the biggest conversation ever, it's so cute. Her next check-up is scheduled for May 18th for her 4 month so we'll see how much she's grown then. Kierstyn will go in the beginning of May as well for her 3 year check-up. Can't believe my middle baby will be 3 already!!!!!

3/11-3/17 hospitalization

Well I'm just now getting around to updating this thing, it's been a crazy couple of weeks. It started on a Wednesday with Kaitlyn sounding a little congested and a cough. It wasn't too bad so I thought she was just coming down with a cold (and Kierstyn had been sick with cold like symptoms since President's Day so I thought maybe she finally gave it to the baby.) Then Thursday evening she felt warm and sure enough was running a fever. She got worse through the night coughing, so congested she couldn't sleep, and was still running a pretty high fever. I sat up with her in the recliner most of the night and let her sleep in her bouncy so she could breathe a little better and try to get some rest. I took them both in to the Children's Clinic Friday morning. I was pretty sure that Kierstyn had a sinus infection as her eyes were getting a little goopy and swollen again so the dr. gave her antibiotics for that. Before she even looked at Kaitlyn she walked into the room and said she was really concerned about her since she is still so small. She wanted to do the RSV test and listened to her. She had already decided she was admitting her to the hospital (even if the test came back negative) because of her cough, fever, and how she was breathing. The test did come back positive for RSV. She also had an ear infection so was going to get antibiotics for that. I called Justin and told him to meet us at admissions because they were sending her up to pediatrics for at least the night, but maybe longer. We got up there and they got us all settled into our room and suctioned her out. That was the start of a VERY long week. She was admitted on Friday the 11th and we didn't go home until the following Thursday the 17th. They continued to suction her out frequently, gave her breathing treatments, and about 11:00 that Friday night put her on oxygen. She was on the oxygen until we were discharged. They tried several times to wean her, but had to keep putting it back on, and at times, turn it up. I think we caught it really early and so she didn't get too much worse. By the time we left the peds unit had filled up with sick kids and were full. I'm told she can't get it again this season, but will be more susceptible every year to getting it again. The dr. yesterday also said that around Nov. or Dec. of this year there could be a new strain of it that she will also be more susceptible to getting. I guess by the time they are between 2-4 years of age, their body can fight it off a lot easier, but the real little ones usually end up being hospitalized to help them get over it. There's no medicine to treat it since it's viral, so all they do is treat the symptoms. So as I said, it was a very long week (6 nights, 7 days) that we had to spend there and we were SO glad to be back home. I missed Justin and my other kiddos, but thanks to him and the rest of my family, they were taken really good care of while I was away from them. The 16th was also our anniversary. It was a great day considering where we were spending it. Can't believe it's been 9 years already......time goes so fast these days!!!!