Now is as good of a time as any to update my readers (all 5 of them) on the happenings in our life since Caius was born.
After we brought Caius home from the hospital we had a few bumps in the road.
First, he had jaundice (which has proven to not be uncommon for our
kids) and had to have the light blanket. We were sooo thankful to have
the blanket instead of the light bed that our girls had. Remember when Telia was in it and when Ruby was 2 years before her? The difference this time was that we could hold
Caius all we wanted and still have the lights working on his jaundice.
One week to the day after I went to the hospital to have Caius I was re-admitted to the hospital for high blood pressure. Evidently, you can have pre-eclampsia AFTER you give birth. Who knew? I actually didn't have it but that was because the doctors were so great and took every precaution to make sure that I didn't. So, this was not fun. I got to take Caius with me to the hospital and our parents took care of our girls but I really felt horrible. I had the worst headache of my life and stayed in the hospital on magnesium until Monday. They finally found the right combination of meds to bring my blood pressure down and sent me home. I had to monitor my blood pressure for a few weeks and take medication for a few weeks. Usually pregnancy related illnesses resolve themselves after 6 weeks and thankfully this followed that course.
In the middle of all of this we moved. We are so fortunate to have a beautiful home with lots of space, a yard, garage, and a garbage disposal (just to name a few of the amenities). We closed in March and it was a nail biting experience that we don't won't to go through again for a long long time. We didn't know if we were going to actually close on our house in KY until an hour before the scheduled time. In the end it all worked out.
We started attending Sojourn New Albany and have found a great community group already.
We had a couple of house guest...My brother Joe with his 3 kids and one of their friends...also, Brian's parents. We found a good deal on a bed so if you want to visit let me know cause we have a place to put you now!
We went to IKEA with all the kids and my parents and came out alive and came home with some new stuff for our house.
Brian got a promotion to Sr. Systems Engineer because he is awesome! We haven't gotten to celebrate yet because he has been working so much..isn't it ironic.
The kids are great.
Telia talks and talks and talks and we love it! She is starting to exert her will a little more which is to be expected since she is 2 years old. She got allergy testing last week and is allergic to cats plus other stuff although we won't find out the "other stuff" until she is older. She has pretty bad eczema which is why we got her tested.
Ruby is finishing up her first year in a Pre K program in Louisville. We have been on the look out for a new program for next year in Indiana and think we found one today. She has been super helpful lately. She gets excited to help with the dishes, cleaning up her room and play area, and likes to vacuum. She really is starting to show more maturity. This week she is learning about the Kentucky Derby at school and has even learned to words to My Old Kentucky Home. We also made a derby hat for their celebration at school.
Caius is giving us lots of smiles and a couple of chuckles. He has been
the most laid back baby that I have had. He is so happy and only
complains when he is tired or hungry...or maybe when Momma isn't holding
him. He has eczema too so I have been eliminating things from my diet
to see if anything helps. That is no fun.
