So Bitter Sweet

Not pumping anymore at work...just nursing at night. Didn't think I would be sort of sad about it, I miss the demands of it all. No being late to work because I'm sneaking in a pump session in the car with the kids in the morning before I drop them off, no working in Johns office on my laptop hidden away while I pump at work, no sitting on a side street near Ludim's to finish an afternoon pump session, no big baggy t-shirts hiding my pump while I work around the house. I'm not sure what I will do with all this free time!!  I do know that I'm not sure I'll ever let Emily sleep thru the night...I love our night time rendezvous, the time I get my precious baby girl all to myself in the quiet of the night. Nursing her while my fingers run over her soft arms, hands, legs, and cheeks. I cherish these moments.

Mami Ludim

Kate and Emily with Mami Ludim and their friends!

 Tatem, Kate, Lauren Mami Ludim, Emily and Kai...all swinging on the tire swing and practicing their colors in English and Spanis! 

I love this woman!! She is so wonderful with the kids :) My saving grace!

Little Talker!

Kate looked at me and said, "When it starts raining I get the umbrella!" 

Big sentence for my little 26 month old!!!

We make funny faces!!!

We're in the front seat. Kate loves to drive (once we arrive of course)!

I think we're going to start potty training this weekend. Wish us luck :)

Halloween 2012

Oh what a day, we wound up in the ER with Emily for no good reason at all!!

Emily had a cough/green nose so I decided to run her up to Dr.C to make sure her lungs weren't too congested. She seemed to have a hard time breathing through the night and eating was a little difficult as she couldn't breath through her nose. This started Oct 30...just so happens the weather changed that day too- now there is a big chill in the air- coincidence? We'll see.

Well, we couldn't get in with Dr. C, so we saw the PA Katherine instead. She said Emily's lungs, ears, throat were all clear...nose is stuffy. Good news, right?! Emily was  really tired when we were there and just sort of laid there, I guess this alarmed the Dr and she did an oxygen saturation test and couldn't get a reading. She decided to play it safe and sent us to an urgent care facility downtown that supposedly opened at noon, she wanted us to get blood work for RSV and possibly do a chest Xray, I questioned the Xray since her lungs were clear, but she said something about "if necessary". As it turns out the urgent care off Thornton doesn't open until 4. When I called the Dr. back, she told me to go to the emergency room. What?!  Yeah, I was alarmed too...this sleep deprived mama broke into tears and called Daddy. :( Long story short, Chris met me at the ER and the Dr. told us that Emily is fine, her lungs are clear, her oxygen levels are perfect, her breathing is not labored...she probably has a virus, but he's not doing blood work because honestly, the treatment is the same either way. Make sure she's eating right, peeing normal amounts, her breathing is 40-50 times per minute, and no fever...all of which is in check right now.  So why did the PA send us to the ER? Who knows...that's how medicine works I guess. BOO.

We picked Kate up and head home to get our little Minnie Mouse ready for trick or treating! Daddy took her over to Jacob and Dizzle's for some Halloween fun and I sat this year out with Emily.

Thank God it was nothing serious. There were 267 kids in this hospital today...most not as lucky as we were.

All kinds of lighting effects in this room! Go Disney!

Papa and Kate- Happy Halloween 2012

Cutest Minnie Mouse ever!

Cool Hippy!!

 Ready for Trick or Treating...Mom made me eat a healthy oatmeal cookie to fill up!!

Construction Worker, Minnie Mouse, and a surgeon = best buds!!

I'm going to dress Emily up when she's feeling better :) I need a picture of my little owl on her first halloween! Pics to come!

I'm 6 months old today!

Aren't I the cutest??

Emi Allergies ??

Just noting Emily had cough/nasal drip/an allergy for about 6 weeks starting at the beginning of September. Thanks goodness it's gone...but wanted to track for next year.
It sounded like it was in her lungs, but after 2 trips to the Dr found out it wasn't..clear lungs, ears, throat, etc. He said it might be an allergy.

Nothing exciting here..just Mommy notes!

Sitting Emi-Pie

Wow, so Emily is sitting now. This is so surprising as I really feel like I was just holding a tiny baby who could barely hold her head up! Time goes by so much faster now that we have two little people to love.
I swore I would be the parent who would take more pictures of the second child, as they are notoriously neglected in this department. I'm kind of left scratching my head, wondering where the time went and why I didn't make time for more photos. Thank goodness for cell phone cameras because the majority of the photos I do have were all snapped on my handy dandy, always with me, cell phone camera!

We went to a Halloween party tonight- Here is Emily sitting in a chair playing with her butterfly!

Sitting up now...5.5 months!

Kate making pumpkin faces at Bretton and Finley's halloween party!

Me and my girls :) October 18, 2012

Tis the season for some pumpkins for my pumpkins!

Mommy and Emi Pie hanging out before the Halloween Party!