No More Cast!

Samantha got her cast off on Wednesday! I didn't know this (never had a broken bone) but after the cast comes off, it's common for the limb to still hurt. The doctor said it might take up to two weeks for her to be back to normal with a full range of motion. She said to just let Samantha take it at her own pace and not to rush her into walking. When we got home, Samantha started crawling right away, but did not stand at all. The next day, she was up and walking, but with a limp. Now, three days later, she is walking everywhere (no crawling) but is still limping. It looks like it hurts, but everytime I ask her, she says it's fine. Such a strong girl!


Look! It's my leg!

Two Random Things

1. I took Samantha to an automatic car wash yesterday. My dad used to go through the car wash every time he filled up the car and I loved going through with him when I was a kid. Samantha did pretty well. She had her eyes closed the entire time. When we exited, she opened her eyes and said, "I want to try that again!"

2. I ran to put some clothes in the washing machine and left Samantha and William alone in the playroom. When I came back, she said in a VERY concerned voice, "He's crying!" and was next to him gently patting him. Sweetheart.

2 months!

William turned 2 months old yesterday!

15 pounds, 10 ounces.
24 inches long.

He's a big boy. Already in 6-month clothing.
He is smiling and cooing all the time.
He is very mellow. He hardly ever cries. He'll cry when he's hungry or has to burp.
He is starting to enjoy car rides more - still cries once in a while, but will usually talk to himself or fall asleep.
I haven't tried to put him in a stroller yet.
He loves being in the Moby Wrap. Usually falls asleep.
He's such a sweet, sweet baby and we love him so!

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

We have lots of books at our house.

Books in the living room:

Books in the playroom:

And books in the bedroom:

Samantha loves her books. She KNOWS each one. When she's looking for a particular book, she knows which room to go to. She knows the titles of all her favorites (and she has a lot of favorites - it changes from day to day). She knows the names of the authors of most of her books; when she doesn't, she'll ask, "Who's this by?" She can also tell you the characters in each story. Not only that, but she makes connections between the stories and her life.

We've read to her everyday since she was born.

Now she reads to us!

wow!

William is not even two months old yet, and I've already had to pack away all of the 3-month clothes. He's wearing 6-month clothes! Sheesh! Good thing we're exclusively breastfeeding. We'd be spending all of our money on formula otherwise!

His nose was better today. I've been using saline drops and the nosefrida. I got a huge green booger out this afternoon. We'll see how tonight goes.

More :(

William has a stuffy nose! He can't breathe, so can't comfortably sleep. I feel so bad for him!

:(

She's crawling everywhere.

Crawling.

My vibrant two-year-old who loved to...

run

jump

spin in circles

gallop

dance

march

stomp

but especially run...

has been reduced to crawling.

:(

We learned our lesson

Never go down the giant spiral tube slide with a two year old on your lap.

Cause that's what Ron did with Samantha on Monday.

And that's how Samantha fractured her leg.

We didn't know it was fractured until today.

Poor baby.

We decided against taking her to the ER on Monday night because she didn't seem to be in much pain, except when she tried to walk.

On Tuesday, we called the doctor and they said to monitor it until Wednesday and treat any pain with ibuprofen. Again, not much pain unless she tried to walk. She got two doses of ibuprofen.

On Wednesday, we went to the doctor and she ordered an x-ray.

We left the doctor's office and headed to Children's Hospital.

Got an x-ray.

Got a call from the doctor.

"It's fractured. Head over to the Orthopedic Department. They're expecting you."

Got to Orthopedics.

"We need to get authorization from your insurance in 15 minutes or we can't see you today."

What?! Call the insurance company.

Got the authorization.

Samantha chose purple for her full-leg cast.

She will be in it for 4 weeks.

No gymnastics. And i just signed her up for dance class. Ooops.

Like I said, lesson learned.

William Keoni's Doctor Appointment

5 weeks, 5 days.

13 pounds, 7 ounces!

22.5 inches

Doing really well.

And as cute as ever!

11 days old!

We went to the doctor for a check-up today.

Weight: 9 pounds, 12 ounces
Length: 21.75 inches
Head circumference: 38 cm

He is a "very healthy boy."

Yay!

2!

Samantha, you are two years old!
You are growing up to be such a smart, independent young person.
You know all the letters.
You know all the numbers up to 13.
You have a huge vocabulary and can clearly communicate using complete sentences.
You are silly! You like to make us laugh by joking around.
You like for us to pretend to cry so you can give us kisses to help us feel better.
You love sweets! Since you discovered chocolate on Halloween, you've been asking for "treats" almost everyday.
You love to run around the house.
You love to stay home in your pajamas all day.
You can put together 24-piece puzzles with minimal help.
You peed in the toilet yesterday!
You love your brother.

We love you!!!

William Keoni

He's here! He arrived on November 11 at 7:35 am. A healthy 10 pounds, 7 ounces and 21.5 inches long. He looks just like Samantha did at birth. The same black hair. The same button nose, and the same set of lungs that can wake the neighbors when he is upset. He hasn't been upset much, though. He is so mellow. When he isn't eating or sleeping, he's just looking at the world around him. He is breastfeeding like a champ. He latched on less than an hour after birth, and my milk has already come in.
Samantha met him yesterday (Nov. 12). I was a little nervous about how she would react and how that first meeting would go, but I needn't have. She was excited to see her little brother and wanted to hold him. She kept petting him and giving him kisses. So cute!
Pictures to come soon!

Pumpkin Patch!

Not good with the blog updates...sorry!Last weekend, we took Samantha to the pumpkin patch! We missed it last year, so this was actually her first time.

There were lots of pumpkins, of course...
And (fake) animals to ride...
And some real animals too...but my camera died and I didn't get any pictures of her riding a pony or feeding the billy goats.

We had a lot of fun!

Samantha is a lot better

We ended up spending a night in the hospital for pneumonia. She coughed for an hour and seemed like she was having a hard time breathing. I told Ron I wanted to take her to the ER. He felt that it could wait until morning. I felt that it couldn't. We took her. I'm so glad we did. She was wheezing and wasn't getting enough oxygen in her blood. She got a one-hour albuterol breathing treatment and didn't improve. They admitted her for the night. She got a four-hour breathing treatment, then a treatment every four hours after that. By 5pm the next day, she had stopped wheezing and her oxygen saturation was up to 98% (compared to 91% when she was admitted.) They discharged us with antibiotics to treat the pneumonia. They told us that her lungs were inflamed and to expect the cough to stick around for 2 to 4 weeks, but she should be able to return to her regular activities in a few days.

It's been a week and she has completely stopped coughing. She's doing great!

Sick

Poor Samantha is sick :(

I got a call from daycare on Tuesday, saying that she threw up. Went to pick her up and took her to the doctor...

she has an ear infection,
a throat infection,
and her lungs sound "junky"

She's on Amoxicillin for 10 days,
prednisolone for 5 days,
and an inhaler as needed

She threw up about 8 times on Tuesday...she didn't even eat anything, she was just throwing up stomach juices. On Wednesday, she seemed to be getting better. On Thursday, she was just very clingy. Today, she has a horrible cough! Hope she gets better soon. I feel so helpless. :(

Better

Well, everything looks better!

The placenta is out of the way, so no placenta accreta.

I passed the 3 hour test, so no gestational diabetes.

The baby is healthy! Measuring about 2 weeks ahead, so it's gonna be a big one, just like Samantha.

We have a c-section date: November 11, 2011. Sounds good to me!

Wait, is that really only 57 days away??? EEEEE

Failed!

Failed my 1 hour glucose tolerance test. The cut-off is 130 and my result was 134. Argggh! I have to go in for a 3 hour test. I hope I don't have gestational diabetes. :(

Sad

So sad to have to leave Samantha at daycare again. We haven't even left the house yet and I miss her already. :(

Back to reality

We are back home from our 6 week vacation to Hawaii and LA.
I go back to work on Monday.
Samantha goes back to daycare on Monday.
One thing to look forward to:
13 weeks until baby #2!
We still haven't thought of a name yet. Eeeps!

And we're back!

In Los Angeles, that is.