Blessing

We blessed Zoey in July. She was so cute and adorable. Candice my sister in law also took a bunch of darling pictures of the girls.

Another surgery

The day after we got back from Oregon I went in for another surgery. The doctor was not able to get out the placenta the first two times, so he had to go back in so I would stop bleeding. It was only a day surgery and I was able to go home afterward. The nurse had trouble finding a vein and totally ripped my arm up again. The surgery was successful and I feel MUCH better now. I think I am done with all of that for a while.

Oregon Trip

At the end of June, we packed up the whole family and drove to Oregon so we could introduce Zoey to the whole family. It took us 16 hours. We drove through the night and got there at 4:00 a.m. It was a great decision to do that because the girls slept most of the way. We had so much fun cleaning out our parents attic, playing with the ducks, swimming, and taking family pictures. Maddyn absolutely loved playing with cousin "cake".

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For the past two days, I have had a streak of bad luck. It is actually kind of comical. It started Wednesday night when Zoey slept 9 hours straight, but Maddyn was up all night throwing up spaghettio's (which I found out today were recalled). Then the next morning I changed Zoey's diaper on my lap and she pooped ALL over me. I am talking sprayed me! Then a few hours later, Maddyn picked up Zoey by herself and threw her back down on the ground all before I could get there from 4 feet away. Zoey was shaken up but was OK and the doctor said she was fine. 20 minutes after that Maddyn jumped off the couch and bit her lip and got a fat lip. 30 minutes after that, Trevor called and said he had a dead battery in his car. This morning I woke up to do my hair and my straightener I have had for years is busted :( Then Trevor tells me his car battery died again. Then one hour later I go to the doctor and he tells me I might have to have surgery again :( I hope this all ends real soon...I don't know if I can keep laughing it off much longer :)

2 months stats

At Zoey's two month check up she was 9 lbs 11 ounces and 23 inches. She is in the 50th percentile on height and weight. She has caught right up to where she needs to be!!! She is really healthy and is on a great track. I, on the other hand, still have issues that I hope will clear up soon without too many more surgeries :(

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2 Months and more summer fun

Zoey is already 2 months old. We dont have her doctor appointment until tomorrow so I will post her stats then. She has rolled over a few times from belly to back, but I can't get it on video. She is getting much more smiley and giggling. We love it so much. She is finally growing out of her newborn clothes and is in size one diapers this week. If I feed her at 10:00 p.m. she will usually sleep until 6:00 a.m. That is if her thrush isn't bothering her. She was on medication for her thrush for 14 days and the day we got off of it the thrush came back. She wants to nurse every 2 minutes when she has it. She really hates a bottle. I have no idea what I am going to do when I go back to work. She is such a good baby and puts up with Maddyn so well. The other day, Maddyn picked her up on the bed and almost dropped her off. Zoey just sat there so content and didn't even cry. Maddyn likes to burp her and wipe her face with the burp rag often. Her kisses are a little rough sometimes too, but Maddyn just loves her. She only gets jealous when Grammy holds her because she wants Grammy all to herself.

This week, the relief society went down south for some fun. Maddyn loved playing in the water and catching tadpoles. She has a friend that she has to know where he is at all times and follow him and his older brother around. They are so cute together.

I have also started running to get into shape. Our neighbor gave us this stroller so this is how we go running now. It is really hard to push them up hills. Maddyn wants to jump out most of the time.

Summer Break!!

We decided to change Maddyn's bed into a toddler bed. She has loved it so far. One nap down! We will see how it goes at night time AHHHH.

Zoey is growing so big. She can use her legs and stand in your lap, hold her head up and if she weighed a little more she would fit into the bumbo chair. Last night she slept 8.5 hours!!! I can't believe what a good baby she is. She is starting to smile and giggle when daddy gets her to. We love her so much. Maddyn is still doing good with her and isn't getting too jelous.

Trevor has been home for a week now!!! We are loving every minute of it. I dont go back from maternity leave until July so we are taking advantage. We have tried to do something little each day. We took one of Maddyn's friends up the mountain and had a picnic. They loved it.

This is the result of us playing hard. Maddyn got a bug stuck in her shirt and bit her a bunch of times.

Cute Hair

Maddyn actually sat down last week and let me straightner on her hair. It only took a bowl full of candy to make her sit still long enough. I think I like the bangs straight, but not the back. I am partial to the curls.

Getting back to normal

So Zoey has slept in her bed the past two nights. She is such a noisy sleeper that I needed to move her. She is doing good so far to only wake up twice. We will see if the trend continues. I am not sure that Zoey is going to survive Maddyn though. Maddyn is constantly doing something to Zoeys head. Zoey is getting so big so fast. I am feeling a ton better. We went on a walk today for 30 minutes. I had Zoey strapped to my chest and Maddyn in the stroller. I just felt like I was out of shape, not like I was going to pass out. So that is major improvement. I also dont look so pale and my eyes aren't black anymore. I had a neighbor tell me that I dont look like I am about to die anymore. Trevor has one more week of school and then he is home for the summer!!! We can't wait.
Maddyn is loving being outside. This is how she puts her bike when she gets off so it doesn't roll away. It is so cute. She loves her four wheeler too and even rode it in the neighbors dirt to go off roading. She is starting to say Mannyn instead of Manny for herself. She just needs to add the D's now.

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Bangs

Maddyn finally let me cut her bangs. She is absolutely against doing her hair in any way. It is a big fight to even get a pony tail! Therefore, she always has hair in her face and it bugs us to death. Yesterday I had her on the sink sitting still and she let me cut the hair out of her face. I need to decide what to do with the back now. She has such curly hair that if I don't keep up on combing it, her hair turns into a BIG rats nest. I am scared if I cut it though, her curls will disappear. I don't know what to do.

1 Month Old!

The next American Idol is...

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Update

I have been feeling a little better each day. On Monday I went to the grocery store all by myself and was able to drive home. It was fabulous. On Sunday we went for a drive up the mountain to look at all the water. It was fun to get out of the house!

We broke down and purchased a swing. It is fabulous. Maddyn loves it too. She tries to sit in it herself and put Minnie to sleep in it. We are still struggling to get Zoey on a schedule which doesn't help with my tiredness, but I know she will get it soon.

2 Weeks

We went to Zoey's 2 week appointment this morning. She is growing so big. She is 6lbs 10 ounces, but she shrunk an inch and is only 18.5 inches. They said the hospital doesn't measure them real well and to not be alarmed. The doc also check my blood levels and said they look amazing. I only have to be on my transfusions meds for 2 more weeks instead of 2 months!!! I was also able to drive my car for the first time in 3 weeks and I carried Zoey into the doctor without passing out. I am making baby steps!

Sisters

Everyone keeps asking me how different Maddyn and Zoey are. Here are pictures of both of them at 2 weeks in the same outfit. You can make your own comparisons. I think that Zoey has much darker hair and a different hair line. She also has different lips and her head is more oval than Maddyn's was. Tell me what you think...

Zoey

Maddyn

Delivery

I know this is 2 weeks late, but I can finally write about the story without bawling my eyes out so here it is.

So on Friday April 16, Trevor and I headed to the hospital in Monticello at 6:30 a.m. We filled out all of our paperwork and got set in the room. I had to have two IVs one with the pitocin and one with the Magnesium for my high blood pressure. Everything got started about 9:00 a.m. I was already dilated to a 4 for a week and a half so we thought it would go fast. The contractions started but weren't too bad. I stayed dilated to a 4 until 2:00 when the doctor came and said he wanted to break my water. I wanted the epidural first because I didn't want to be without one if things went too fast. The lady tried to get the epidural in 3 times. She kept telling me that all of my back tissue was like melted butter and she couldn't get it to stay. One of the times she tried to get it in, she went too far and got into my spinal fluid. It leaked out which meant that I was going to be in horrendous pain three days later when I got the worst headache of my life. After the epidural not working the doctor said lets just break your water and get going. I just about had a panic attack. I was just remembering pushing for 2 hours with Maddyn and I knew I was going to be in really bad pain. The doctor broke my water and I had Zoey within 30 minutes. I pushed twice and she was out. It really wasn't that bad. Had I known, I would have skipped the epidural all together and saved myself one less traumatic event. After she was born, the doctor had a hard time getting the placenta out. When it finally came out, some of it had torn and was still in me. He was trying really hard to get it out while I was getting more and more pain. I started to loose so much blood that they wouldn't let Trevor be in the room anymore. I don't remember much, but every time I opened my eyes the room was spinning so fast. I do remember the doctor giving me a blessing with Trevor and his dad. I know that is what saved my life. I don't remember much for the next 3 hours except the nurse rubbing my belly so hard and me yelling at her why do I have to do this turn the pitocin off. Finally at 8:30 the doctor showed up and said that I had to have a D & C and he hoped he wouldn't have to do a hysterectomy. I was wheeled into the operating room and couldn't wait for them to knock me out. Right before I fell asleep I remember someone yelling into the doctor that he needed to come quick because Zoey was not breathing. Then I was out like a light. I woke up 2 and a half hours later and could hear Trevor and the Doc talking about Zoey and I knew she was ok. I ended up having 3 units of blood transfused and he was able to not do a hysterectomy. Trevor later told me that it was him that yelled into the Operating Room. He said that after he had wheeled me into the room, he went to hold Zoey. He had not really been with her since she was born because I was in so much pain. He sat down and she started turning purple. He ran out to the nurses and they started trying to suck her airway out. He saw the panic in their eyes and ran to get the doc. Later the doctor told us if Trevor had not thought to do that Zoey probably would not have made it. She had a spasm in her esophagus and she aspirated formula. They had to suction out her lungs. She is ok now and should not have any side effects. Trevor told me that he was so scared running into the operating room to get the doctor because he wasn't sure if he had started surgery yet. He felt like he was having to make a choice who survived by pulling the doctor out of surgery. But everything worked out the way it was suppose to. Heavenly Father was looking out for us. The below picture is my face 2 hours after surgery. I was so swollen for days. My throat was also all torn up from the chest tube I had during surgery.

I got to leave the hospital on Sunday, but they kept telling me that I was going to get this headache from the spinal fluid I leaked. Well it hit on Monday evening. I was not able to stand up straight or be in the light. I went to the doctor on Tuesday and he told me I needed to get a blood patch. I so did not want to do that after being stuck so many times. I decided I would go. A blood patch is where they go back into the holes in my back and put blood in from my arm so that my brain thinks I have spinal fluid there. Oh my heck this was worse then getting an epidural, but it worked instantly and I was able to stand up again.


I am doing much better now. I am able to walk to the end of my house without feeling like I ran a marathon. Since I was still missing a unit of blood, the doctor said I would be winded because your blood cells carry your oxygen. I was also ghost white for two weeks and had black eyes. I can now take a shower without passing out and I can eat without getting really nauseous. I still have a good month before I will feel a 100% but I am grateful to be alive with my little family. I have had to many great people help us out. We are so thankful to everyone.