Hallie-One Month ( A little late)

Hallie was one month on February 23rd.  We ventured out to Dr. Schwartz, and she was a whopping 8 lbs 2 oz (17%). 20 1/4 inches (15%) and her head was 14 1/4 inches (24%).  Basically she is tiny compared to what P was.  Pierson weighed more than that when he was born.  I do believe she has put on some weight, so we will see at her two month check up next week. 

This pic is actually from her two week appointment because I forgot to take a pic at the one month.  We are lucky if I can get out of the house without forgetting the kiddos at this point.  Heck..we are even luckier if I use an actual camera instead of my cell phone.  Ha

Hallie might just be the LOUDEST baby I have ever been around.  Whether she is sleeping, eating, pooping, or crying, and then repeating those over and over again.  I tell you what...this little girl knows how to cry.  OH. MY. WORD....when she is mad, she is mad.  Usually every night for about an hour, she enjoys screaming, and nothing makes her happy.

It is funny how much you forget about having a new baby at home.  Making bottles, changing so many diapers, burping, etc.  We are slowly getting into the swing of things.  Here are a few pictures since we have been home!

Pierson will say "hold" which means he wants us to put Sissy in his lap.  It usually lasts for about 4.5 seconds, but it is a start. 

We bought a huge Minnie House at Costco before she was born.  I attempted to take some pictures of her one her one month birthday.  She received some assistance from P. 

Hallie Newborn Pics

My long time friend Stephanie Parks came to the house and did newborn pics of Hallie.  I think she was 12 days old at the time of the pictures.  She did such a great job.  She was so patient and I think she was here for probably three hours (on Superbowl Sunday).

Probably my favorite of them all!

 Of course we captured a couple quick pics of our little man.  

Ear Tubes or Not??

Since little Hallie has been home we have had LOTS going on.  I think I touched on everything in previous posts...but can't remember.

Among other things...P has had some fits with his ears.  Well actually he has only had one ear infection that has been so bad and it will NOT GO AWAY.  He has been on three rounds of antibiotics...maybe four, but I lost count.  When he was diagnosed with the flu, the doctor said he had an ear infection, but it wasn't very bad, so that is when it all began.

On Valentines Day our not so sweet (more on that later) little boy got his first set of tubes.  He did good through the procedure and appeared to be fine.  When we got home he was walking like a drunk, which was pretty entertaining. (these are all cell pics...so not the greatest quality)

Here are a couple pics of the little dude a few days leading up to getting the tubes....just felt awful!!

One of the worst parts of the surgery was not letting him have any milk the morning of.  The boy love his milk so that was definitely hard. 

He went from being a bit scared...

to being happy after he was given some "happy juice"...

When we got home P played with h is new "chu chu's"

He went to school the next day and over the weekend as I was cleaning the drainage from his ears I noticed something round that came out and I brushed it off as being ear wax or just some drainage.  Well it turns out that it was the dang tube from his left ear.  So...back to the ENT we go, and we re-schedule an appointment for ear tubes again.  Well at school during the next week his ear drum ruptured, but he really didn't seem to be in any pain.  And now..we have been dealing with thick (almost snotty looking) ear drainage from his left ear.  On a funny note, we have been using the nasal aspirator to clean it out...and it works.  On February 28 he got his second set of ear tubes, and the doctor went ahead and replaced the right one as well.  And as you might have guessed the ear tube from the left ear fell out the next day at school.  I was beginning to blame the doctor, but after some discussion, our poor little P has so much thick drainage that the tube simply can't handle and it pushes it out.  We talked with the ENT and he consulted with a pediatric specialist along with the partners in his practice and we are in discussions on what to do next.  Actually, the doctor just called a little bit ago (on a Sunday) and I passed the phone to Jeremy because that would require me to use my listening skills, which quite frankly I don't have right now.  I just want the little fella to feel better!!!

After the second procedure, Pierson was so "chill" when went back to the recovery room.  Why can he not do this at home????

Also...on a different note, the ENT and anesthesiologist advised that they were not going to bill us for the second procedure.  They didn't have to do that, but I thought that was nice!

Say a prayer for my little man.  I hope there isn't anything serious going on.  There was some talk of ct scan, etc, and ugh...I don't want to go through that.  Hallie is still around..ha, but Pierson seems to be taking up A LOT of our time right now.  

Hallie Anne Roberts

Hallie Anne made her debut on January 23, 2013, which is also my mom's bday.  Its kind of cool, because P was born on my parents anniversary, and now Hallie has my mom's bday and her Uncle Michael's bday!.  Anyhow....it was a scheduled c-section, so Jeremy and I arrived at the hospital about 10am, and she was born at 12:33 pm weighing in at 7 pounds, 7 ounces and 20 inches long.  Basically she was TINY compared to P.  I realize she is a girl...but still...P was just such a big boy.  I actually didn't really get to hold or feed her until around 6 that night because her oxygen levels were a tad low and they kept her in the nursery to watch her.  Jeremy spent most of his time going back and forth between the nursery and my room.  I was of course a nervous wreck before the procedure.  After all...I HATE going to the dentist, so you can just imagine what a great patient I was before the procedure - ha!  I guess it was just different this time as I had time to actually think about the c-section.  Last time, it was a last minute decision and we just went with it, and I didn't really have time to think about it. 

She looks JUST like P in this pic and the below pic!

We kept Pierson in school and then Alicia went and picked him up at brought him to the hospital.  He was not very excited to see me :(  I am telling myself it was because I was laying in a hospital bed with all kinds of things hooked up to me.  He really didn't get to see his "sissy" but through the nursery window that day.  My parents left with P and brought him to our house and stayed with him on Wednesday night and Thursday night and then he went to his JoJo's and Papaw's on Friday night until we got home on Saturday mid morning.  P came back up to the hospital on Thursday, and as you can see from the below pics he wasn't too thrilled to be there but did give his sister a kiss.  As a matter of fact he FLIPPED OUT when any nurse came in and cried when my doctor came in, but then gave him "knuckles".  I believe this is likely related to the fact that he has visited his own pediatrician numerous times in the past month.  We possibly have paid his mortgage payment this month. 

Here are a few other pics from our stay at the hospital. 

Little Hallie is now a little over three weeks old and I THINK that P is realizing that she is not going anywhere.  The week before she was born, P had the flu ( I think I blogged about that), and then the week she got home we passed around some sort of stomach issues to each other...then P got pink eye....then Jeremy got pink eye.....then P's ear infection got worse....then he got tubes.  We have had so. much. fun!!!!!  :)  On a positive note, I am now wearing my pre-pregnancy jeans (YEAH!), and I am not nearly as bloated as I look in the pics.  Next up...P gets tubes.