Thoughts from the girls...

Loraly spent last night with my sister. She came home earlier. I ran up to her to love on her and all she cared about was loving on Sophie! Man that girl gets some great lovin's around here!
Before bed tonight, Loraly told me that she really missed Sophie last night! How sweet!

Mark and Madalyn were watching Ice Age 2 tonight. At the end of the movie Sid the Sloth does the Heimlich on Scratch the squirrel. Madalyn asked Mark what was going on. He told her that the squirrel died and was in squirrel heaven and that Sid saved him.

She immediately came and asked me if when someone is already in heaven if you can save them and bring them back...

If it were only that easy. I really felt sorry for her at that moment because I know from the look on her face, and the tears in her eyes that she was thinking of Paul...

Our WILD Child!

So we are big swimming people!
(maybe I should find a better word than big)

We love it and can't wait till summer EVERY year.

So Madalyn has a birthday party to go to this weekend for a little boy. I don't know how to shop for little boys!!! to say the least. We hit 3 different stores after school today looking for a present. So to make the swimming story make since, while at Toys R Us we found Sophie her first swim suit!!!

A story about Loraly...

We have this wonderful toy on our refrigerator. The girls have played with it and played with it. We bought it for Madalyn when she was little because it really helps them learn their ABC's and learn to make small words.

Let me start off by saying that Loraly has NO want what so ever to learn to read, spell, or even learn to spell her name. I have tried and tried. With both girls I have made up a song that spells out their name to help them learn to spell it. Madalyn caught on very quickly. Loraly won't even budge! Well, Loraly was playing with this toy a few days ago. I just happened to look as I was cooking and I noticed she had put in three certain letters. The first one was S, and second was E, and the third was X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH MY GOODNESS!

I called Mark in there to see and of course Madalyn comes following. Of course she sounds out words now! So we quickly changed the letters before that could happen.

The company that made the toy was very smart. When you put the last letter in, it automatically says the word. After Loraly was done, the machine says some random word that does not pertain to any of the letters that she put in there.

Thank Goodness!

Pics from the last couple of weeks...

trying out Sophie's boppy

sweet baby

trying hard to lift head and smile
Loving my zebra clothes
Big sister Madalyn trying to feed Sophie a bottle
Baby acne stinks!

Showing off my "I love Daddy" clothes along with a bow
Looking cute with the Sophie pacifier even though she prefers her MAM pacifier
sleepy baby
Our shower after Mark redid the tile and textured the walls...you don't even want to know what it looked like before!

The new carpet in the living room
Sophie yawning
We love this outfit sent to us from our great friends far away!
We have been dying to wear it and it finally fits!

One step forward and another one back...

Sophie is feeling much better! We are rarely doing the breathing treatments anymore ( about once a day), same with the Robitussin. We just have to make sure that she doesn't take a step backward.

On the other hand, Loraly has a yucky cough, and a fever. Mark called the doctor this morning and asked if he would just call in a prescription antibiotic because of how many times we have been to see him in the last few weeks.

AND HE DID! We love our doctor!

Poor little Sophie's hospital/ doctor timeline:

born December 2, stayed in hospital until December 4

doctor's visit to check weight- December 5

2 week check up- December 17

Madalyn and Sophie sick doctors appointment- December 28

Admitted to hospital- December 29 through December 31

RSV doctors check- January 3

THAT IS A TOTAL OF 10 DAYS either at the hospital or doctors office in her short lifetime! CRAZY!

An unwanted Hospital Stay.

(this picture was taken today, Sophie's face is broken out and a little swollen. I just thought her little foot hanging out of her gown was precious!)

(this picture was taken Christmas day when she really started feeling lousy)

Sophie ended up having to be admitted into the hospital late Saturday night. She started running a fever and wheezing. We called the doctor and told him what was going on and his response was to get to the ER immediately! Not what you want to hear with a 3 week 6 day old baby!

We were in the ER for approximately 4 hours! until they finally got her a room. They diagnosed her with RSV and being dehydrated. She has been vomiting on and off from the drainage which she is still doing here and there. We pray that she doesn't get dehydrated again from this. She received some fluid, got a very unwanted I.V. (because of the dehydration), breathing treatments every 4 hours (which we are now having to continue here at home), received Robitussin every 4 hours (which is also being done at home), and from all this she now has a bad diaper rash and a yucky rash on her face! I would rather her have these rashes any day than RSV again! The doctor at the hospital said that it is most likely that she will get it again sometime in the next 2 years :(

She is feeling much better now. We are going back to the doctor tomorrow to get her checked out and see where we are in this healing process. Wish her luck!

Our life is upside down!

Right now life is very hectic!

Mark is staying at our house because we are getting the carpet and tile replaced. So far it is looking awesome!

He hasn't slept or ate basically in about 2 1/2 days! He just wants to get it done and make sure it looks perfect! I made him eat supper last night and he took a 5 hour nap and then went back to work! He is going to need a week off just to rest after all this.

On the other hand, Madalyn has a yucky head cold and a sinus infection. Antibiotics--yes!

Sophie is on the verge of being put in the hospital! I know--scary! She may or may not have RSV. She is so sick! She can't sleep, eat, rest, relax, or anything---just miserable! Of course, I am not sleeping either because I watch her all night to make sure she is still breathing. If anything changes, doesn't get better, or she isn't producing urine, we are supposed to head straight to the emergency room! I don't like being so scared for my child's life! Watching her every movement wondering when and if we should be at the hospital...

Please say a special prayer that she doesn't have RSV, that she isn't sick enough or get sick enough to be hospitalized, and most of all that she gets better!