Starting Right were I left off. I got to spend 2 wonderful days in the hospital. I don't know how others feel but I enjoy my time in the hospital. It's my honeymoon with the baby. There are people there to help me. I get rest when I need it and food just comes. When it came time to take Katelyn home the following Sunday, I was a little emotional. It's not that I was depressed but there are a lot of hormones flying around and I was just a little nervous about having to be a mom with 2 kids. I know I'm insane. ]
here are some pic of katie in the hospital and a few videos.
Before we left the hospital the on call pediatrician (it wasn't our normal guy but one of the other doctors in the office) told us that her Bilirubin levels were a little high and that he wanted us to come back in 48 hours and get her tested. 48 hour came and went and on tuesday morning we made our way to the lab.
2 hours later Dr. Wynn calls and asks if we could come into the office. Katelyns bilirubin was at a 17. If it was at a 20 she would have been hospitalized. So he ordered that she needed to be in a light bed until her levels were lower. She needed to be in it at all times and only out of it when I was feeding her, but even at that she had to have a light blanket on her back.
Here is a video of the bed.
She was in the light bed for 3 and a half days and every morning we had to go in and get her levels rechecked. It was a nightmare. She hated the light bed and would just cry and cry and cry. One of us was on Katelyn duty at all times. To get her to sleep I had to lay down next to her and hold the pacifier in her mouth. If it fell out she would start to cry. Again just no fun at all, makes me tear up just thinking about it.
On friday, Katelys week old birthday, she was able to come out of the bed.
The Story of Our Move
A week before Katelyn was born our landlord told us that he was selling the place and that we would need to keep the place clean for showings. AWESOME!
Patrick told him about me and the baby and he was willing to wait 2 weeks before he had a showing. So durning those 2 weeks patrick and I talked a lot about what we were going to do. Were we going to stay and just hope no one comes and looks at the place or were we just going to leave. '
Well the answer to our question came about a day later when I noticed that the owners other property, two doors down, sold for over asking.
We began to look at a few places. I think we saw a total of 4 places. 3 of them were dirty and gross and the last was one was really nice and we were seriously considering but I just didn't feel good about it. The next day I was telling mom about all of this and she said, "well, if katherine and collin were gone then you could move in with me." Thirty minutes later I get a call from Katherine saying that she and Collin found a place and they are going to be moving out in 2 weeks. So I called mom back asked if we could move in. I talked to patrick and we both felt really good about the decision and committed to moving in with my mom.
On May 5th, katherine and Collin moved out and Patrick and I moved in.
It's been a bit of an adjustment. My old room is currently serving as me and patricks bedroom, the living room and the family room and we're using our bed as the couch. Sort of odd and a little embarrassing that at 28 years old I had to move back in with my mom but it's been really good.
Katelyn was going to start in daycare at the end of May, but patrick and I didn't feel comfortable about her starting so young. Audrey started when she was 7 months old and I felt really good about it. This started us talking about me quitting since we don't have rent to deal with. After a few weeks of talking between ourselves and my boss, keith, we decided that starting July 1st I would drop down to part time at home work.
It's only been a week but it has been such a blessing to be home FINALLY with my kids and that I'll be able to be around and involved when Audrey starts Kindergarden this August.
I'll write another post with more pictures and about the blessing soon.
until then here are some adorable videos of Katelyn.
1 comment:
Don't feel weird about moving in with your mom. Mark and I have moved in with his parents 3 or 4 times! You do what you have to do.
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