Saturday, March 12, 2011
Some Pictures... Finally!
When I told Nate I was pregnant I gave him a little stuffed monkey. When we finally had Elenor we just out of curiosity measured the monkey to see how it compared to Elenor and it ended up being the same length as her if you include the tail. So we took it to the hospital to get pictures with her next to it. We have taken pictures with her and the monkey periodically since then, so here is the Monkey Series:
Elenor at 11 days old.
Elenor at 18 days old.
Elenor at 2 months old.
Elenor at 4 months old.
Elenor at 5 days old.
Elenor at 11 days old.
Elenor at 18 days old.
Elenor at 2 months old.
Elenor at 4 months old.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
4 Months!
Well Elenor is four months old tomorrow. I sure do love my little girl. I promise pictures are coming, we've just been a tad busy. Well more than a tad. :)
Nate is in school 3/4 time, and working full time. He has now switched to working graves. It was slightly unexpected. We knew we needed him to switch for next semester because he has taken all of the classes they offer for his major at night, so days are the only options to get him through his degree. So he mentioned to his supervisor he would be interested in switching to graves and two days later they informed him his schedule was changed. Luckily we have been able to make it work. And he is actually really liking it. He's doing well in school and will get to start some of his major classes next semester. I'm so proud of him and how hard he is working.
I have finished up school and I'm now taking a break. I have decided to change my major to nursing. After everything that happened with Elenor I realize how nice it is to have a wonderful nurse there who cares. I want to be that for other families. My ultimate goal will be to work in the NICU. So now that school is over I have enjoyed spending my time with Elenor. Work is going well and I'm finally feeling like I am doing well with my new schedule. It was so overwhelming at first. I am also enjoying organizing our house. I have a very wonderful book called Unclutter Your Life in One Week. It is a great book and I would recommend it to anyone. I have truly enjoyed it. The main thing they have you do is take everything out of the room. Literally everything. Then write down the purposes for the room. Then you sort everything according to its purpose, if it's purpose isn't on your list it can't go back into the room. Our house is looking nice! I also am exercising and trying to keep everything in check after the pregnancy. I have a weight loss blog (PS only uplifting comments are welcome) if you want to follow me through my journey I've been working on it for awhile now and have been working up the courage to make it public. Check it out here.
Elenor, like I mentioned is now 4 months old. I don't have her exact weight, her appointment is on Thursday, But is around 8 pounds. She is still wearing Newborn clothes, the 0-3 months are still just too big. She is so darling, she smiles like crazy and wants my attention. She will 'cry' until I look at her and then I get the biggest smiles ever. She loves her daddy very much. She likes it when he holds her with one hand and lets her fly superman style in the air. She has rolled over once for sure and a second time that I'm not sure if I can count it because it happened just seconds after I set her down. She giggles in her sleep all the time, it's so cute. And her new favorite game is when we tap her binky at the corners of her mouth and make funny noises. She also likes when I rub her gums with the binky. She is really doing well. Her adjusted age is 2 months and she is beyond the milestones for that so that's wonderful. They like them to be caught up by the time they are 2 years, but Ele should be caught up earlier than that.
I can't wait for this cold and flu season to be over. I am so excited to be able to take her out and show her off. Oh and side note but Elenor does have a bump on her cheek that looks like a bruise a little as well. Our pediatrician thinks it may be a deep hemangioma, basically a ball of blood vessels that act up and cause a raised area. They are very normal and more prominent with premies. A lot of the time they aren't deep ones and they are just a raised red portion. They usually go away on their own within the first 5 years. But since it is on her cheek and since it is a deep one we will be getting an ultrasound on her cheek soon. There is a possibility she might need surgery but we are hoping that won't be the case. All in all I can't believe it's March. It's been over 2 months since we got to bring Ele home and it has been so incredibly wonderful. Oh and Ele occasionally sleep through the night now. Man I have the best baby ever! :)
Nate is in school 3/4 time, and working full time. He has now switched to working graves. It was slightly unexpected. We knew we needed him to switch for next semester because he has taken all of the classes they offer for his major at night, so days are the only options to get him through his degree. So he mentioned to his supervisor he would be interested in switching to graves and two days later they informed him his schedule was changed. Luckily we have been able to make it work. And he is actually really liking it. He's doing well in school and will get to start some of his major classes next semester. I'm so proud of him and how hard he is working.
I have finished up school and I'm now taking a break. I have decided to change my major to nursing. After everything that happened with Elenor I realize how nice it is to have a wonderful nurse there who cares. I want to be that for other families. My ultimate goal will be to work in the NICU. So now that school is over I have enjoyed spending my time with Elenor. Work is going well and I'm finally feeling like I am doing well with my new schedule. It was so overwhelming at first. I am also enjoying organizing our house. I have a very wonderful book called Unclutter Your Life in One Week. It is a great book and I would recommend it to anyone. I have truly enjoyed it. The main thing they have you do is take everything out of the room. Literally everything. Then write down the purposes for the room. Then you sort everything according to its purpose, if it's purpose isn't on your list it can't go back into the room. Our house is looking nice! I also am exercising and trying to keep everything in check after the pregnancy. I have a weight loss blog (PS only uplifting comments are welcome) if you want to follow me through my journey I've been working on it for awhile now and have been working up the courage to make it public. Check it out here.
Elenor, like I mentioned is now 4 months old. I don't have her exact weight, her appointment is on Thursday, But is around 8 pounds. She is still wearing Newborn clothes, the 0-3 months are still just too big. She is so darling, she smiles like crazy and wants my attention. She will 'cry' until I look at her and then I get the biggest smiles ever. She loves her daddy very much. She likes it when he holds her with one hand and lets her fly superman style in the air. She has rolled over once for sure and a second time that I'm not sure if I can count it because it happened just seconds after I set her down. She giggles in her sleep all the time, it's so cute. And her new favorite game is when we tap her binky at the corners of her mouth and make funny noises. She also likes when I rub her gums with the binky. She is really doing well. Her adjusted age is 2 months and she is beyond the milestones for that so that's wonderful. They like them to be caught up by the time they are 2 years, but Ele should be caught up earlier than that.
I can't wait for this cold and flu season to be over. I am so excited to be able to take her out and show her off. Oh and side note but Elenor does have a bump on her cheek that looks like a bruise a little as well. Our pediatrician thinks it may be a deep hemangioma, basically a ball of blood vessels that act up and cause a raised area. They are very normal and more prominent with premies. A lot of the time they aren't deep ones and they are just a raised red portion. They usually go away on their own within the first 5 years. But since it is on her cheek and since it is a deep one we will be getting an ultrasound on her cheek soon. There is a possibility she might need surgery but we are hoping that won't be the case. All in all I can't believe it's March. It's been over 2 months since we got to bring Ele home and it has been so incredibly wonderful. Oh and Ele occasionally sleep through the night now. Man I have the best baby ever! :)
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Finally!
I know it's been awhile and I will update more soon, so I have a record of her hospital stay, but thought I should at least let you all know... SHE'S HOME! we got to bring Elenor home Sunday December 19th. After 40 days in the hospital I've never been so happy. No monitors or anything had to leave with us. We have been busy enjoying our little girl and it made for a fantastic Christmas. We're on lock down for the next 5 months but it's totally worth it to have her home.
In the car on our way home.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Almost Four Weeks
Monday November 29th:
She made it! Three and a half pounds! It was just another milestone for our little Ele. I'm starting back to work today. It will be a little stressful but if I work it right then I can take a few days off when I bring Ele home. She's doing great the crib test didn't go perfectly she was a tenth of a degree too low to stay in a crib. So we are just going to wait until she's 1800 grams which isn't too far off. She has been gaining about 50 grams a day. Sometimes she has a lower day but in general she has been gaining about 50 grams which is above average. :)
Tuesday November 20th:
Today was an good day. I worked and went and spent time with my baby. Nothing mush to report other than she is so ridiculously cute.
Wednesday December 1st:
Ele had a hard night and morning they said she had been a little screamy and just wasn't feeling good. She had been 'swinging' which means her oxygen saturations were dropping. This is normal for a little girl her size and gestational age. Basically because she is so little and has been doing so much she just forgets to breath deeply. What with growing and learning how to eat and everything. So they put her on just a trace of oxygen. When I got there she still wasn't happy, as soon as I held her she quieted right down. It was nice to be able to comfort her. but as I needed to leave the nurse took her from me and she immediately started to scream, it tore me apart. I want to be with her, I want to comfort her. But being at the hospital 24 hours a day just isn't an option. It was really hard leaving her today, I just can't wait until she can be home with me
Thursday December 2nd:
3 lbs 11 oz, she did much better on her saturation levels last night. They even turned her back onto room air. They are leaving her cannula in just in case. Today was a very funny day at the hospital. Our little girl had a firm belly, I asked the nurse what could cause that and she said most likely poop. So I changed her diaper to see if she was constipated but it was poopy. So I said could it be anything else? The nurse told me it was still probably gas and poop. So I asked if we should give her a suppository. Well with as firm of a belly as she had the nurse didn't want her to have to wait for a Dr's orders to do the suppository, so she tried to help herself... Well within a few seconds Ele pooped all over our nurse. It was such a surprise that she even screamed a little. I started to laugh and I told her I was sorry but it just was too funny. The nurse laughed too and said that's true it was pretty funny. On a good note that nurse happened to be enamored with our daughter so I think that helped the situation. She thought she was so cute, and how can you be mad at something that cute? Ele felt much better after that and had a really good day.
Friday December 3rd:
Today I had to go into work to handle month end. It was a big ordeal and I was training a girl just in case I am ever gone over month end. But because it took so long I didn't get to see Ele until the night shift. I was going to see her at her 4 o-clock feeding but when I called to tell them I was coming they let me know she would be having her optamologist appointment and that they like them to only sleep after they are done because it can be a little upsetting to the babies. On a high note everything looked great they said. And she won't need to have any follow ups! Such exciting news. We snuggled our girl and then we went home to prepare for a long Saturday to-do list.
Saturday December 4th:
Today we went to see our baby amid many errands, it was fun to see her and hold her. I just love to look at her beautiful face. She is doing so good. Then we decided that we needed a date night with everything that has been going on we hadn't really taken a lot of time for just Nate and I. We went on a double date, went to Tepanyaki for dinner, then headed up to Salt Lake to look at the lights. It was really rainy when we got to Salt Lake so we didn't stay too long. On our way home we decided to stop for pie and hot chocolate. It was a lot of fun, while we were there I just really missed my baby so I called the NICU to see how she was doing and our baby weighs 3 lbs 14 oz! I was so excited I had to call my mom to let her know. She promptly called me back and said, 'Sarah (my sister) wanted me to point out that she is pi, 3.14' I laughed so hard at that. I should have seen it coming I mean I'm the math major but I'll take what I can get. My baby is pi!
Sunday December 5th:
Our baby is the cutest, she had a great morning, they turned her oxygen on for a bit until she pulled her cannula of her face, so they decided to just see how she did. We are now headed to my Mom's to enjoy some pie in celebration of Ele reaching her pi weight. Almost to 1800 grams and an open crib test. I can't wait! Oh and did I mention that I seriously love my baby? If not I do. She is beautiful and sweet and I love to just look at her,
She made it! Three and a half pounds! It was just another milestone for our little Ele. I'm starting back to work today. It will be a little stressful but if I work it right then I can take a few days off when I bring Ele home. She's doing great the crib test didn't go perfectly she was a tenth of a degree too low to stay in a crib. So we are just going to wait until she's 1800 grams which isn't too far off. She has been gaining about 50 grams a day. Sometimes she has a lower day but in general she has been gaining about 50 grams which is above average. :)
Tuesday November 20th:
Today was an good day. I worked and went and spent time with my baby. Nothing mush to report other than she is so ridiculously cute.
Wednesday December 1st:
Ele had a hard night and morning they said she had been a little screamy and just wasn't feeling good. She had been 'swinging' which means her oxygen saturations were dropping. This is normal for a little girl her size and gestational age. Basically because she is so little and has been doing so much she just forgets to breath deeply. What with growing and learning how to eat and everything. So they put her on just a trace of oxygen. When I got there she still wasn't happy, as soon as I held her she quieted right down. It was nice to be able to comfort her. but as I needed to leave the nurse took her from me and she immediately started to scream, it tore me apart. I want to be with her, I want to comfort her. But being at the hospital 24 hours a day just isn't an option. It was really hard leaving her today, I just can't wait until she can be home with me
Thursday December 2nd:
3 lbs 11 oz, she did much better on her saturation levels last night. They even turned her back onto room air. They are leaving her cannula in just in case. Today was a very funny day at the hospital. Our little girl had a firm belly, I asked the nurse what could cause that and she said most likely poop. So I changed her diaper to see if she was constipated but it was poopy. So I said could it be anything else? The nurse told me it was still probably gas and poop. So I asked if we should give her a suppository. Well with as firm of a belly as she had the nurse didn't want her to have to wait for a Dr's orders to do the suppository, so she tried to help herself... Well within a few seconds Ele pooped all over our nurse. It was such a surprise that she even screamed a little. I started to laugh and I told her I was sorry but it just was too funny. The nurse laughed too and said that's true it was pretty funny. On a good note that nurse happened to be enamored with our daughter so I think that helped the situation. She thought she was so cute, and how can you be mad at something that cute? Ele felt much better after that and had a really good day.
Friday December 3rd:
Today I had to go into work to handle month end. It was a big ordeal and I was training a girl just in case I am ever gone over month end. But because it took so long I didn't get to see Ele until the night shift. I was going to see her at her 4 o-clock feeding but when I called to tell them I was coming they let me know she would be having her optamologist appointment and that they like them to only sleep after they are done because it can be a little upsetting to the babies. On a high note everything looked great they said. And she won't need to have any follow ups! Such exciting news. We snuggled our girl and then we went home to prepare for a long Saturday to-do list.
Saturday December 4th:
Today we went to see our baby amid many errands, it was fun to see her and hold her. I just love to look at her beautiful face. She is doing so good. Then we decided that we needed a date night with everything that has been going on we hadn't really taken a lot of time for just Nate and I. We went on a double date, went to Tepanyaki for dinner, then headed up to Salt Lake to look at the lights. It was really rainy when we got to Salt Lake so we didn't stay too long. On our way home we decided to stop for pie and hot chocolate. It was a lot of fun, while we were there I just really missed my baby so I called the NICU to see how she was doing and our baby weighs 3 lbs 14 oz! I was so excited I had to call my mom to let her know. She promptly called me back and said, 'Sarah (my sister) wanted me to point out that she is pi, 3.14' I laughed so hard at that. I should have seen it coming I mean I'm the math major but I'll take what I can get. My baby is pi!
Sunday December 5th:
Our baby is the cutest, she had a great morning, they turned her oxygen on for a bit until she pulled her cannula of her face, so they decided to just see how she did. We are now headed to my Mom's to enjoy some pie in celebration of Ele reaching her pi weight. Almost to 1800 grams and an open crib test. I can't wait! Oh and did I mention that I seriously love my baby? If not I do. She is beautiful and sweet and I love to just look at her,
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