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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Ohana
We have adopted this saying from Lilo and Stitch as our family motto. It hangs in the kitchen and we repeat it sometimes but I always wondered if the kids understood what it meant. Well on Sunday, when I didn't go to church to stay home and rest with Tyson, both Brooklyn and Brady kept asking why I wasn't going. I tried to tell them, but they kept saying, "you have to come!" I asked, "why?" There response was, "because no one get's left behind, if we leave you here, then you and Tyson will be left behind."
It made me so happy to know that they somewhat understand our family motto and want all of us to go to church as a family.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Miracle Baby #4 Arrives!
Tyson Nibley Stoddard arrived on August, 28th at 3:03 am,
weighing in at 8lbs 5oz and 20 3/4 inches long.
His middle name Nibley comes from his Great Grandpa Vernon Nibley
Stoddard.
Tyson is doing very well. His siblings are adjusting well
and his little face lights up when they come to give him loves. Tyson weighed 7lbs 13 oz when we left the
hospital on Thursday and had a weight check on Saturday and was 8lbs 1oz. He is
eating well and sleeping great and doesn't seem to mind the chaos and loud
noises his brothers create.
Some of you have been wondering how the labor was this time
around, so I will try and fill you in. We
went into the hospital early the morning of August 27th to be induced. When we first got there they
started by hooking me and the baby up to the monitors but they couldn't find a heartbeat. The nurse tired for what seemed like a super
long time to find a heart beat while I silently prayed that everything was ok
with my baby and tried not to freak out. She had no luck finding a heartbeat so
she left to get an ultrasound machine. Luckily with the ultrasound machine she
was able to pick up the heartbeat. After finding the heartbeat she attempted to
get an iv in me. After two attempts she got another nurse who was able to get
it in on the third try. I was finally induced at around 9am after being stuck three times to
get the IV in. They then checked to see
how dilated I was and I was a three. This was much better than the one I was
the week before. I thought maybe with all ready being a three this might be a
faster process but I wasn't getting my hopes up. I knew I was in for the long
haul just like my others.
So we started the day off by watching Hairspray and then
Newsies. I spent the day in and out of
bed walking and bouncing on a ball. It didn't seem to matter what I did,
nothing seemed to speed the process up. At 7:40 pm, they finally broke my water
and kicked up the pitocin some more. An
hour or so after that I finally got an epidural. I have had them multiple times
before but this time didn't start off great. It took 5 times to get it in and
by that point my back hurt so bad. Still does and was told it will probably
hurt for awhile. I have never had pain from an epidural like I did this time
around.
Eighteen hours later it was finally time to push. It only took three good pushes to get him
out. He was a little harder to get out because he came out with his hand up at
his face as well as the cord being wrapped around his neck. Because of the cord
he wasn't breathing and the nurses quickly took him and worked on him. It took
a few minutes but they were finally able to get him breathing on his own. What
a relief.
Between my seizure, him being breech, not finding a
heartbeat, and the cord being wrapped around his neck this has been my scariest
pregnancy yet, but was well worth all the stress and anxiety to have little
Tyson in our home. He is such a blessing and we are very grateful to have him
join our family.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
First Day Of School!
It's official, we finally have a kid in school full time. Brooklyn started Kindergarten in August. It's all day Kindergarten and so far she likes it. She lucked out and got two girls from church in her class as well as two girls from her bus.
Brady just started preschool and will be going three days a week in the afternoon. I think this might be my favorite time of the day when he goes to school and the other two boys nap.
Brady just started preschool and will be going three days a week in the afternoon. I think this might be my favorite time of the day when he goes to school and the other two boys nap.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Jackson turns 2!
Back in August, we celebrated Jackson's second birthday. I can't believe he is that old all ready. We spent his birthday playing with new toys and eating yummy food. Brooklyn and Brady love all of his new toys as well. Jackson has come a long ways in two years and is doing really well. He is finally out of the 0 percentile for weight and is now at 8%. This is great news for us that we don't have to worry about his weight anymore. He is doing great with his speech therapist and actually talks fairly well. When my mom was here last week she said she could understand most things he was saying. He just got a new leg brace made since he outgrew his old one so this should help keep him more balanced when running. He has made some strides with the use of his right hand but still has a long ways to go with his arm. He can almost ride his tricycle now without having his legs strapped on. Jackson is super smart and finds a way to figure out all sorts of things even though his arm doesn't always cooperate with him. He has learned how to unlock my kitchen cabinets with child locks even though Brooklyn and Brady have just recently figured out how to do that.
We are so blessed to have Jackson in our family and he keeps us laughing on a daily basis with his fun out going personality. We love you little buddy.
We are so blessed to have Jackson in our family and he keeps us laughing on a daily basis with his fun out going personality. We love you little buddy.
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