Sleep Walking?

Last week I was talking on the phone with one of my sisters. I heard someone walking around (dancing around is actually more appropriate) and I went to check it out. It was H and she was dancing in K's room with her pj's and undies around her ankles. She was looking for the potty and I think she was still mostly asleep. I quickly explained that she was not in the bathroom. She looked at me and then tried to sit on K's bed to go to the bathroom. I ushered her out and tried to get her to the bathroom, but she found a closet instead. Again, I told her she was not in the bathroom and I ushered her to the toilet. She made it and then went straight back to sleep.

Tonight I was talking on the phone with one of my sisters (not the same one as before). I heard someone walking around upstairs and I went to see what was going on. H was dancing around trying to get into K's room (he had fallen asleep on the floor by his door) because she had to go to the bathroom. Having been through this before, I quickly took her into the bathroom. She was dancing around and seemed utterly confused as to where she was. I had to put her on the toilet so she didn't have an accident. Luckily, she made it.

Now, I'm not so sure what is going on. I don't even know if she is awake. I'm thinking she must not be because she doesn't remember the next morning (well, at least she didn't the first time. I'll have to ask her tomorrow). I just want to know, why K's room?

I had mentioned this to my mom after the first episode and she said it sounded a lot like one of my brothers (to protect the guilty I will refrain from saying which one) except he peed in the closet. NICE!

R Visits the Cardiologist

Today was the day. R's appointment was at 10:30, but we had a 10:00 check in. We got there at 5 til and signed in. I got all the paperwork filled out and then we waited. And waited. And waited. At 11:30 someone came out and told me they hadn't forgotten about us, they just didn't have any available rooms. Finally, we were called back. She had her blood pressure taken...4 times and then she had an EKG. The doctor came in shortly after that and listened to her heart. After listening he ordered an echocardiogram. We had that done and he told me she has a hole between the 2 ventricles in her heart. It is about the size of a pen point and is deep in the muscle. According to him, we should never see any symptoms and it shouldn't complicate her life at all. In fact, there is a good chance it will close on its own. He said, "If you had to choose something to be wrong with the heart, this would be a good one to choose." So...we go back in 3 months and hopefully it will be all closed up.

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R and M Go to the Doctor

Originally, I thought I would be able to handle taking 2 kids 1 and under to the doctor all by myself. Then, the part of my brain that is in charge of rational thinking engaged and I realized I should probably have N go with us. Of course, that meant we had to take K as well. So, the 5 of us headed to the doctor this morning after N and I were able to convince K that only M was getting shots today, not him. We got to the office and after a brief wait they took us all back. The MA took all their measurements and asked all the development questions and then she left. Our doctor came in and rechecked the kids. When she was checking R, though, she took an extra long time listening to her heart. At first I figured it was because R was less than cooperative, but then she had me try to calm R down so she could listen again and she took a long time again. Turns out R has a heart murmur. The doctor really isn't too concerned about it, but she does want it checked out by a cardiologist just to be safe. So, a week from tomorrow R gets to go to the cardiologist. N and I aren't too concerned. We went through the same thing with M and his is just an innocent murmur that will not affect his life at all and will probably go away on it's own when he is older. Here's hoping R's is the same.

Happy First Birthday M!

Last Saturday M turned one! We were trying to figure out what to do to celebrate and decided on having a picnic in the park. We opted for the Railroad Park out in Scottsdale. The kids LOVED it! H loved riding the carousel, K loved the trains and M just loved being outside.





This is how K rode the carousel. I'm pretty sure he enjoyed the ride.

A Few More Pics of Baby R

Ringing in the New Year

Some of the kids posing with their horns, hats and "2009" glasses. Every time I took a picture H would jump up and block K.

H and K with their sparklers. H said she got burned by hers and wasn't too happy about it. K LOVED them.

The balloon drop started the outdoor festivities.

M with his "2009" glasses (and Grandma)

For New Year's Eve my younger sisters threw a party for the grand kids. We met at my parents' house at 10pm (really it was only 7pm--they set the clocks ahead). The kids made noisemakers, played and ate snacks all night long. Then, at "midnight" we went outside and rang in the New Year with horns, yelling, confetti poppers, a balloon drop and sparklers provided by the Las Vegas cousins. The kids all had a great time and it was so fun to see Michael, Allison, Adam and Grace.

Riding The Rail

On Monday N and his parents took H and K to ride the Light Rail. It was free and N thought I could use a break from all 4 kids. They left at 10am and didn't make it home until 5:30pm! It took a little bit longer than anyone had anticipated. N said H fell asleep on the way out and K fell asleep on the way back (I think they rode it all the way out to Mesa). The kids had a good time and I was able to get our Christmas stuff down without "help" (even if it was earlier than I would have liked to take it down).

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Baby R is Here!

So, here's how it all went down. I went to the doctor last week and talked about scheduling my induction for Sunday or Monday. He told me Monday was not doable because the hospital was already completely booked, but he thought Tuesday was still open. The only problem with that would be that I tested positive for group B strep and some pediatricians make the baby stay a full 48 hours after delivery if the mom has group B. That meant we wouldn't be released until Christmas day. After discussing our options, N and I decided we'd contact Santa and see if he could come to our house early this year and I would stay in the hospital until Christmas day.

Monday morning I called my doctor because we still hadn't heard anything about the induction. They called me back and said the hospital was booked all week, but I was on standby for that day. Seeing as how the hospital already had 9 inductions scheduled for Monday I really didn't think we'd be getting in. We celebrated Christmas that morning and then I started to make cookies for a family party. The phone rang and N said, "It's the hospital!" They told me that if I could be in within the hour they'd get me started (we're thinking some strings might have been pulled to get me in, but we're not sure). Now, I hadn't taken a shower, my bags were no where near packed, and I was in the middle of baking cookies. I raced around the house trying to get everything ready and I left for the hospital. I made it and got checked in around 3pm. By 4pm they started all my patient in-take stuff and at 5pm my doctor broke my water and started the pit drip. I got my epidural and my labor continued to progress. At about 10pm my nurse said I was ready, but she wanted to wait half an hour to see if the baby would come down a little more. She called my doctor and at 10:45 he came in. The nurse asked if she should call the nursery and he said, "First let's do one push just to see where we stand." About 3 seconds into that push he said, "Quick! Call the nursery! The head is already out." Then he made a joke about something and I laughed the baby out the rest of the way. So, at 11:01pm, baby R made her debut. She had a true knot in her cord, which is kind of rare according to my doctor. (In case you are wondering, a true not means that she made a loop and swam through it to make a knot in the cord.) She weighed just over 7 pounds and was 19.5 inches long. She has a full head of dark hair (my first child to be born with hair).

I think it is a little early to say whether she is a "good" baby or not, but the kids are completely smitten with her. And, since I know you are all wondering: I'm doing pretty good. I'm not in a whole lot of pain and really it has been an easy recovery so far. Cross your fingers that it continues that way.