She Had to PeePee

Cami said "I wanna peepee moma" and I looked around and her potty chair was up a level in the living room, so I told her it was "upstairs" LOL! She must've forgotten because she went all the way up both levels to our bathroom in the bedroom and got her potty from there and carried it all the way back down here by herself!

She's so funny. When my mom and MIL were here watching her the other night they said she disappeared for a few minutes and then they figured out why. She had went upstairs and pooped on the potty and didn't tell anyone. She was taking care of business by herself. Hehe!

Another funny thing.. she will move her potty around the room to where she wants to go at that time. Like the other day she was watching Bambi out our window and she had to potty so she ran and got her potty, sat it in front of the window and went. She'll also move it to the back of the room where noone can see her if she wants privacy. LMBO..it just makes me laugh.

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Halloween Plans

I totally forgot Halloween was tomorrow night! Ugh..i've been so sick that it completely slipped my mind.

What will you be doing for Halloween? Do you take your kids door to door or only to your family? That's what we did with Cami last year. I'm just to scared to take her door to door. It's crazy out there these days..

We probably wont be doing to much because of me still being yuck feeling and it's so cold at night here that I really don't want to get Carrah out to much. We're going to do a little something for Cami though. I know it wouldn't be fair to her if we didn't.

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Hospitalized Since Tuesday

Long time no talk again..

Tuesday I called the on call OB and she told me to go straight to the ER as much pain as I was having combined with my temp being up to 102! So we got there and they got us in immediately. The doctor did a x ray to check for pneumonia and it wasn't that so he called my OB. They said as much problems as I have been having and as many doctors i've seen to go ahead and admit me.

I was taken to the women's surgery floor at about midnight Tues. The nurse came in and tried to hook me up to an IV. She coudln't get it after 2 tries, so then another nurse came in and tried..she coudln't get it either! So ANOTHER nurse came in and tried..she couldn't get it either!! That's 4 tries! So they said our last option is this lady that always gets the vein. She came in and got it first try, but then my vein blew. The second time she got it! So after 6 tries, I finally had an IV. (The reason they couldn't get it is because I was very dehydrated)

They hooked me up to an antibiotic and when it ran out they continued to give me that same one for 2 more times. One of the daytime nurses came in and noticed my breasts leaking and said she'd go get a lactation consultant to help me pump.

The lacation nurse showed up and immediately noticed that I had mastitis! We pumped and first blood came out then some globey jelly looking stuff came out. EW!! It was disgusting. She said mine was one of the worst cases she had ever seen! The whole side of my boob was red and HOT! They sent me for an ultrasound to see if I may have had an abcess in my breast, but thankfully I didn't. The radiologist couldn't believe how bad it was. She said that we must've caught it right before it turned abcess.

When I got back to my room they wanted to change my antibiotic and gave me Dicloxacillin(sp?) Well about 20 minutes later I broke out in a rash and started itching everywhere. It was awful! They had to counteract it with Benadryl. After I took that I was out! I could not hold my eyes open.

I continued to pump there and had to rent one of their pumps to bring home to try to get the infection out. I'm on a different antibiotic now and blood pressure medicine. My temp is down for the first time in a long time, so that is good. Still not sure about the BP?

That's where i've been. Thank you all for being concerned about me, Lord willing i'm on the mend.

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Carrah is 1 Week Today!

I don't have many pictures to share because i've been so sick, but I have a few from last week.

She's doing really good! Breastfeeding has goten so much better..yay! I bought an Avent Isis Manual pump and it is wonderful!! I'm so happy with it and thank goodness it wasn't $300! LOL..

Today is the first day i'm home alone with both girls and so far it's going great! I feel better today, but I still have a temp so i'm trying not to completely overdo it.

We got Carrah's hospital pictures in the mail yesterday. That was super quick! They're so cute and I still can't believe how much different she looks than Cami. (who btw is doing better with the jealousy)

That's a small update for ya :)
I know this is hard to see, but it's Cami and Carrah laying in our bed this morning.
This was one day last week when she looked crazily just like Chris! She doesn't look anything like that to me now. haha!

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Scary Passed Few Days

I went to the ER Sunday night because my BP was outrageously high and I had a temp(still do). I was there for 6 hours! They did blood test and a urinalysis and it came back that I had a UTI, but not a high enough one for my BP to be up that much. It was 156/93!! I NEVER have high BP, it usually runs about 117/50. Anyway, they tried to get it to go down with meds through an IV and it still wouldn't go down. They couldn't ever figure out what was wrong since my blood tests came back normal and sent me home. Yesterday, my temp kept climbing until it got to 101.1 and I was shaking with chills. My dad took me to my OB and he basically said nothing was wrong with me. My BP was down to 134/65 when I got there so he said he couldn't do anything for me. My temp is still up today, but dr says it's prob from the UTI and to drink tons of liquids and stay on my antibiotics.

I do feel a bit better today, but I still have a crazy headache. My mom said it may be a side effect of the epidural. Blah..anyway, that's where i've been. My kids prob think i've abandoned them :(

Edited to add: A lot of yall talked about the post birth Pre E and that's what the ER doctor was so worried about. He said my bloodwork and everything was fine though and that I didn't have that so he seemed really relieved. I was blessed to have a great doctor in the ER. He wanted to check for everything! He ended up telling me my BP was probably elevated because of extreme stress with two kids, visitors (in laws), anxiety from thinking about having high bp, and exhaustion

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I Will NEVER Carry My Baby in the Store Again!!!

OMG people continue to amaze me! We made our first trip outside of the house yesterday. I was so tired of being here that I had to get out. My mom was working her part time job at Chili's so we went and ate there, then went across the lot to Target because I had to buy a breast pump.

It took us a while to get our food at Chili's, so by the time we finished, Carrah was waking up hungry. Ugh! I'm the most modest person ever so I was freaking out. We decided to RUN in Target and get our things as fast as possible. I carried Carrah because she was screaming in the carseat. Well.. Chris saw a guy he graduated with in there with his mom, who I have NEVER met! She walked up to us and said "I gotta hold her." and took her out of my arms!!! I almost cried right there. I was like "what?" and I couldn't even stop her. Chris didn't say a THING! GRRRR..I was livid!

Then, everybody and the brother has to stop you and say something. That drives me ape shiz crazy!!!

By the time I got home I was so stressed out that I had a temp. and Carrah couldn't latch on because I was so engorged. :*( I cried for about an hour and Chris was like "are you okay? are you okay?" lol.. I finally got the pump to work and pumped 4oz within 30 minutes!! About an hour later they were extremely full again. I hope this passes and they go down a little. It's so frustrating!

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Uh Oh..Issues Starting to Creep Up

Well it's still blissfully wonderful (hehe), but aggrivating things are starting to occur little by little.

First of all, I can't believe how horrible Cami is acting. I know, I know everything has changed and she is just trying to seek attention, but WOW is she acting out. It's stressing me out so badly. Last night I had to go upstairs just to get away from her. I felt horrible for saying and doing that, but I felt better about 30 minutes later. I think we are about to try the "naughty steps" that Super Nanny uses.

Secondly, my boobs are GIANT! I hate big boobs..lol! Carrah is having problems latching on because they are so full. UH! It's making for another difficult time. I think we're going to buy a breast pump today.

Last and probably the most whiney, I have developed like 3 stretch marks on my belly!!! WTH is up with that??? I haven't had them this entire time over the span of two pregnancys and NOW I get them?? GRR! I know some of you are like "puhlease.." , but it's very upsetting. I cried! I'm going to buy a girlde or something to suck my gut in and slather vitamin E on my belly to try and prevent anymore from popping up.

Oh yeah and I slept with Carrah on my chest ALL night because I was so exhausted and she simply would not sleep in the bassinet. She kept waking up crying like her belly hurt, but as soon as I laid her on my chest she was out. We slept from 2-5:25am.

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A Few Comparisons..

Here are some comparison pics of the girls. I'm sorry for the poor quality of the pics of Cami. I didn't have a digi camera back then..lol!

All of them should go Cami, Carrah and so on...

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(F)hoto Friday and your Daily Dose of CUTEness

Sisterly Lovings
Seriously, how PRECIOUS is this?? Gorgeous little girlies :)
My chunky monkey! (So excited to say that..Cami was a peanut)

She's such a goof! She is sitting in her baby doll stroller watching the portable DVD player.

See..lol! Sorry these are so blurry, I had my camera on Manual instead of Auto bc of the flash.

She's all about some Calliou

These are from this morning. Cami is going to my MIL's to play with her cousins.

Kisses for Carrah!

LOL! This is her annoyed face.

Snoozin on the boppy in mommy's lap

She walked out the door saying "Bye mommy, bye cawuh"
She is so big now *sniff sniff*

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Local TV Reporter Brutally Attacked Made National News

I'm sure a lot of you have seen this on the National News. Anne Pressly is a local TV reporter. HERE is a link to the story on The Today Show

She lives here and works with my cousin. I met her back in May and she is super sweet, seriously went out of her way to make conversation with me. Everyone seems to love her that knows her. They still don't know who her attacker is, but the police are doing everything to find him/her.

They still haven't said exactly what happened to her, only that she was brutally attacked and remains in critical condition. This morning her dad said that the swelling in her brain has went down a bit and to please keep praying. I thought i'd pass along the message.

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SNL on Thursday Nights

Anyone watching? I'm not thrilled with the political candidates this year so it's nice to have some humor along with it.

Chris and I have been watching pretty much every week and although it's funny, I find it very biased. It seems that they are a very "Obama" loving show. Not that it's a problem, I just thought it was pretty obvious.

The guy that plays Obama kinda sucks. LOL! I don't think he looks like him at all. The voice is pretty close though. I hate how he always says "Uh..look.."

Tina Fey is great though!! She totally cracks me up. Last night when she did the leg pose I laughed so hard I thought I busted my stitches..ha! Just wondering why she always wears that red shirt? LOL!

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Finally a Few Pics of Carrah Awake!

Miss Carrah wants to sleep all the time(except at night, of course) so it's been hard to get any pictures of her with her eyes open. I decided not to immediately swaddle her after she ate this afternoon to try and get some pics. It worked! She stayed awake for about 30 minutes. :)
Here's the Snugli. Ignore my glowing beauty..lol!

Close up.
Daddy with his girls yesterday.

Cami took this picture so I had to include it. hehe! (from yesterday)

So sweet!

She totally looks like Chris today!! WAH..I figured she'd change overnight to look more like he and Cami.

See all her pretty blonde hair?!

Posing in her crib. She doesn't sleep in there yet, but I was changing diapers in her room.

I know I need to cut her bracelets off..I keep forgetting.

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The Catch Up Game

Thank you all so much for the sweet comments and congratulations!!

We're doing GREAT..beyond great even. I'm so thankful for how well everything has gone this time. It was all truly in God's hands. I've been praying about the birth and labor for months now and I just trusted it all to Him.

I don't feel as though I Just had a baby. My body feels terrific. Probably because I was overdue and feeling really craptastic being pregnant! LOL! I only had a small tear and 2 stitches, so that isn't to painful.

Breastfeeding is going fantastic!! She does great. She nurses for about 10-15 mins on each side every 3 hours or so. She's been taking a marathon nap right now though, which is fine by me because Chris took Cami to Wal Mart and I took a nap too. Yay!

I'm so proud of myself because i've been placing her in her bassinet to sleep. I couldn't ever do that with Cami and that's how she ended up in our bed. I don't want that to happen again and Carrah is doing really well with it. I also am not picking her up at every little squeak and sound she makes. I learned that she will go right back to sleep. I want to hold her ALL the time though, she is just way to sweet and cute not to. Hehe! Last night we put her in the swing and she slept for about 1.5hours. Bedtime was a bit off. She wanted to stay awake all night. Thankfully Chris helped me out whenever I wasn't feeding her. I think she is going to be like Cami and unable to tolerate milk products. She's very gassy and acts like her tummy is b othering her already. I cut out all milk products from my diet which is SO hard! I love me some cheese and sour cream :)

Cami is doing better with her. She isn't near as jealous and I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that we asked everyone not to come by here for a couple of days. I feel like she wouldn't have adjusted so well if we had a ton of company. She woke up asking "Where's baby Carrah?"(she pronounces kaewuh)We're southern yall! :P She is also helping me whenever I ask her. She went all the way up stairs this morning and found me a blanket for Carrah. I have to get some pics of them together today..can you believe that's been on the bottom of my priority list? Ha! Oh another thing about Cami.. she has matured about 10 years over the last two days. She is now calling Chris "Dad" haha..it's hilarious!! "Dad!, I hungry."

Remember, I mentioned getting a sling? I hate it! I think maybe I dind't get the right size or something.. I don't know I just can't get used to it. (Wanna buy it? LOL) I bought a cheapo Snugli carrier at Wal mart and I LOVE it!!! I cannot believe how great it is for $14! Carrah loves it too. She's been snoozing in it for a while now. I can get so much done too. I went through all of our paperwork and tried to "clean" up a bit. Don't worry i'm not overexerting myself by any means. The house is a disaster..lol, when I say clean I mean unpacked my bags etc..

Hmm, let's see..what else? Oh, Carrah is to big for Preemie clothes! I cannot believe it. They were way to big on Cami and she wore them for about 3 weeks! The girls are as different as night and day. It amazes me!! Cami came out looking identical to Chris and Carrah to me. Cami had black hair, Carrah has white. Cami cried ALL the time, Carrah never cries unless she is hungry or we change her clothes. So many things..i'm sure i'll be learning tons more and I can't wait!!

Try to get back later with pics :) I miss all of yall!!

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Carrah's Birth Story

Okay, i'm back to post details. Chris is so sweet. He put the baby in the carrier, started supper, and told me to go take a nap. (Oh and he watched Cami too)

So it all started Monday morning. I woke up feeling achey and crampy, remember? I was to tired to clean and that just wasn't me! LOL! My grandma came over and hung out to help me, then Chris made supper and I just layed around. I knew something just wasn't right.

Around 11:30pm I couldn't go to sleep. I realized contractions were about 6 minutes apart! I went to the bathroom and when I wiped I noticed pink on the TP, so I called my mom and told her that I may be going in to the hospital that night. I then called L&D and they told me not to come in until they were closer than 5 mins apart.

I got up and took a shower anyway around midnight, just in case. I went ahead and put my makeup on and fixed my hair. LOL! Then I went back to sleep around 1am and slept until 3am. I woke up in more pain. The ctx were very consistent and not what I had been feeling, so I started getting stuff together. Chris got up and packed the car with out bags, then we ate breakfast and headed out around 5:30am.

Got to the hospital and they hooked me up to monitors. I was contracting on my own every 3-5mins and was dilated to a 3. Yay! I was so excited to hear that.

Then around 7:00am they came in ,gave me my IV and put a small drip of pitocin on. I guess they just wanted it to happen even quicker than it already was.

At around 8:00am they checked me again because the ctx were coming strong and hard! I was pressing through them pretty well though. I found out that if I held the railing of the bed, they weren't as unbearable. I was dilated to a 4 by then.

9:00am the nurse couldn't stand to see my pain and called the anesthesiologist up to discuss the epidural. I really didn't want it! I was so scared because of all the horror stories I had been told, but he was super nice and made me feel comfortable. I told him I only wanted a very very low dose..just enough to take the edge off and he did exactly that! It was such a better experience than when I had Cami(I couldn't even feel my legs with her!)

10:00am the doctor finally showed up! He had been in a surgery all morning and was running a couple hours behind. He broke my water and checked me again. I was still a 4-5. Blah!

Around 10:30am, I started getting really sick. Nauseous and the chills big time! It freaked me out because that didn't happen when I was preg with Cami. I threw up a couple of times and continued to shake! The nurse decided to check me again because she said that could also be a sign of change. She was right. I was at a 6 and she inserted a catheter.

*This is when things started going quick!*
I told her, "It will happen quick from now on. Things went fast after I got to a 6 with my older daughter."
She kind of brushed it off, like "okay, sure.."

11:00-11:15am- Epidural was almost completely worn off!! I had a button to push, but I didn't want to. I liked the fact that I could feel what my body was doing.

11:15am-11:39am(can't rem'b exact times) - I felt some serious pressure in my business and thought "wth? is that the catheter or baby's head?" I asked my MIL to check the ctx sheet and she said "Oh yeah, that one registered at 100." So nurse checked again and I was a 7-8!

11:40- My parents and Chris came walking in the room and I was in aggonazing pain. I gritted my teeth and said GO GET SOMEONE NOW!! Nurse came running in the room and said "Let's have a lunch baby." I was complete!!

11:45-11:50am-She ran around trying to get stuff together as quick as she could. I was trying so hard not to push. It was awful!! I had to start pushing before the doctor even showed up! It was SO painful because the epi was gone!! I honestly didn't think I could do it, but I pushed for about 8 minutes and she was out!

11:58am - Carrah Reese entered the world!

She took to nursing immediately! I couldn't believe it. She eats constantly too. We were all in shock to see her white hair! LOL!! Cami was born with black hair so we were all surprised.

Getting ready to leave at 5am!
MIL brought that portable dvd player to keep her entertained
BTW that was Chris' dr pepper, but that's all I wanted through the entire labor. Haha..I usually hate dr pepper!

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