Colorado or Bust!

A vast majority of y'all have heard by now that we are relocating to Colorado in October!! For those few that have not, now you know!! 😃👍 We couldn't be happier with our decision to relocate. I'm super excited to see what the future has in store for us. 

Not only is this move a huge change for us all as Texas is all we've known all our lives, but I will be stepping back into the workforce full time. I haven't worked since early 2008. So this will be a welcomed change for myself. Don't get me wrong, I love and adore my boys and have enjoyed being able to stay home and raise them, BUT in the same token, I am stir crazy and need to get back into the workforce. 

Some have asked where in Colorado will we be? We will be in the Colorado Springs area. 

I will say this, our cell phone #'s will change. If you wish to remain in contact with us, let me know and I will keep you informed of our new number. With this move, we are inviting lots of new and positive change. Since this is a positive change for our family, we are leaving any and all negative energy behind. Thus the reason for the number changes. Those we want to have our numbers will get them, those we don't, won't. 

The official countdown has begun... 79 days!!!

Well hello 2013!!

This year is already proving to be an amazing one.

January came and went as we celebrated Jon's birthday. My bestfriend was hospitalized briefly just before her birthday. Thankfully she's doing better now, months later. I will get back to talking more about this incredible woman later.

February seems like a blur. I can't even remember what we did that month. Certainly wasn't anything exciting.

Here we are about to finish out the month of March. Hayden celebrated his 4th birthday. It was a fun day despite no one showing up except for our awesome neighbor and Jon's daughter and her little family. Good food. Good company.

Next month we finally hit the road to Colorado to spend some much needed time with my above mentioned incredible bestfriend.

It still amazes me how people come and go in our lives. For example, my sweet sister, my bestest friend. She went to school with my husband some 20yrs ago. My husband is the reason her and I are so close. He told me I needed to add her on Facebook. After several weeks of being stubborn and ignoring him, I added her. Best decision ever. Her and I have been insperable since. We talk daily, even if its just to bitch about nothing, need advice, vent or just need an ear willing to listen. I love that about her. She's truly the most genuine, loving and compassionate person I've ever met. Well next month, we will finally meet. But you get my drift. I've never and I mean NEVER been this close to anyone. It's an amazing feeling that is indescribable knowing someone loves you equally as much as you love them. God certainly blessed us both with a beautiful friendship and an amazing sisterhood. Tina Renee, I love you so so very much!!!

T minus 28 days!!!!!

I need to get better about updating this on a regular basis instead of when I remember about it.

Have a fantastic day, to anyone and everyone reading this. :)

Relief, two years later

After several appointments with an orthopedic surgeon and getting no relief, I sought out for a second opinion. Thankfully a dear friend of mine had gone through the same horrible back pain I had been enduring for over two years. She told me that I needed to see Dr Randall Dryer with the Texas Spine Institute. Their office was able to get me in pretty quickly. Once in office, Dr Dryer order an immediate xray. Diagnosis was a lot more than Spondelytheisis. I had a huge fracture at L5 and a bulging disk at L5/S1!!! The previous doctor had completely overlooked the fracture. Not to mention I was walking around with a grade 1 slip of L5. Causing the excruciating pain and numbness and loss of feeling down my right leg. He sent me home with a pain rx and asked for me to have a CT scan done to make sure there wasn't anything else going on in there before he recommended a treatment plan. Three weeks of waiting to get in for a ct scan. Then results were sent to his office immediately. His diagnosis was confirmed. His recommendation, an ALIF. Anterior(through the front) Lumbar(low back) Interbody(titanium cage) Fusion(fuse both vertebrae together with the above mentioned cage and three screws). Once a date was set, November 27th, 2012, I had to start setting up all the pre-op appointments. I have three surgeons I needed to meet with. First up, vascular surgeon, Dr Politz. I required a vascular surgeon since my doctor was going in through my stomach and it was the safest to have a vascular surgeon on hand. He made the incision, moved everything out of the way and closed me up. Next up was a pre-op appt with my surgeon. Going over the exact procedure that was to be done. Then a pre-op appt with the hospital to get all forms squared away prior to surgery day.

Tuesday morning, November 27th, I arrived at the surgical center at 5:30am. My surgery was scheduled for 7am. Got signed in. Gown on, those tight tights, socks, surgical cap. Then it was off to pre-op prep. They got my iv started, last minute blood. And then it was time! All I remember was being wheeled into the or, it being absolutely freezing. My surgeon came and leaned over me asking if I was ready to be pain free? I remember saying "hell Yessssss...." And I was out. After recovery and I was coherent, my doctor told me I barely got out the last "s" of yes. Haha. Procedure went smoothly, minimal bleeding and only took and hour from incision to close up.

No more than two hours and I was up walking around with a walker the first time. Then each time I walked further and further without a walker or cane. The nurses kept saying how well I was doing and they could tell I was determined to speed up recovery. They couldn't have been more right.

I stayed in the surgical center over night and was released by 11am the next day. Let me add, that even though I missed my babies, I wasn't ready to leave because the nursing staff was so compassionate and loving.

I am now three weeks post op and have zero pain. I'm a little sore if I sit for too long but I am truly amazed by my own progress.

Below are a few images. Before xray. After. And some pics while I was at the surgical center.

Coping

A lot has happened in a year.

March 2011: Hayden turned 3
June2011: Diagnosed with Spondylolisthesis.
August 2011: Relocated to Burnet
September 2011: Got pregnant (found out on my 29th birthday)

Well it doesn't seem like much but the diagnosis of Spondylolisthesis in  my back, moving and then getting pregnant seems like we just won gold on the Olympics.

My diagnosis was tough to accept. Especially after my orthopedic surgeon, who happens to be a very conservative doctor, told me to goto physical therapy(pt) and I should be fine. At the time he said I wasn't to the point of needing surgery. All I could think of was "great, I have to wait for it to get worse before it gets better, yeah fantastic!" *sarcasim* Of course our insurance doesn't cover pt, not even a dime. So no pt for me.

Fast forward through nine months.

May 2012: Keiran is born. Labored for four hours. Pushed for less than ten minutes. Although delivery was quick, I had the epidural but endured some excruciating pain with my back in its current state. Also didn't help Keiran was sunny-side-up.
June 1, 2012: Keiran is released from Scott &White after a week in ICU due to seizures from low calcium. (Transient hypo-parathyroidism)

June 2012: Pain in lower back worsening

July 2012: Can no longer stand the pain, relying on meds to control it.

August 2012: Appt made with orthopedic surgeon for follow-up to find out the next step. Could possibly be surgery. Will know more the 22nd.
To say the least its been a rough year, physically for me. Hoping for relief ASAP! I'm sick of living in pain.

Then next month I celebrate the big 3-0! Yikes, that's depressing in itself. I suppose its true when "they" say you hit 30 and everything starts breaking or falling apart. :)

X's and O's!!

Keiran's birth story

Note, if you don't approve of me sharing my story then don't read it.

May 21, 2012 I had my 39wk appt with my doctor to check my progress if any. Of course no. A few weeks prior my doctor had stretched my membranes to help dilate me. Each week I would gain more progress. My 39wk appt I was sitting at 4cm, 100% effaced and +1 station. So he went ahead and stretched me a little bit more, getting me to 5cm. Let me just say these weekly stretching sessions were extremely painful. So my doctor told me to come back in the morning to his office and he would get me admitted. I could have been admitted same day but the labor and delivery was packed. I guess a lot of women drank the same water at the same time last August. LOL I went in, he checked me and sent me straight on over to labor and delivery. I didn't get hooked up to everything til almost noon. Got my epidural shortly after I polished off one bag of fluid. The first epidural only numbed my left side. You better believe I was raising hell and wanted to be completely numb. I knew Keiran was a big boy and wanted no part of that pain. So after an hour of feeling contractions on my right side, anesthesiologist came in to redo my epidural. Thank god the second one took. Only after he topped off the spinal block before placing the second, my body didn't know how to react and I fainted in the nurses arms. That was scary waking up from and being told not to move. Pitocin was started promptly at 1pm. Once pitocin was started, my sweet Dr came in to my aid and broke my water and this started moving FAST!!!! Nurse came and checked me around 2:30 and I was sitting at 7cm. Keiran kept having decels in his heart rate so they had me keep flopping from right to left side and vice versa. Then my Dr sat me straight up on the bed with my feet in the stirrups to bring Keiran down even further unassisted and let gravity do all the work. That's when I freaked. I started feeling the most intense pain ever. What the hell. What happened to my epidural???? I grabbed the button that was attached to the epidural and hit that this rhythmically for a good ten minutes. Nothing was happening. I was feeling extreme pain. Not muscular. Not in my vaginal region. But in my spine and it felt like someone was taking a sledgehammer to my tailbone and spine. Turns out, Keiran wanted to make his entrance a good one... Instead of being face down, he was face up, causing me all that pain as he was coming down the birth canal. Around 3:45 they checked me again, I was at 8cm. I remember being at 8cm for what seemed like forever. At 4pm I panicked and pressed the nurse call button, I felt like I had just had a bowel movement in the bed. My Dr came in with the nurse to check me, I was complete, I finally made it safely to ten!!! My Dr threw on his gear, nurses got ready and it was my turn to goto work. After what felt like the two most wimpiest pushes, in less than ten minutes Keiran was born. My Dr assisted me in pulling him out after he unwrapped his cord from his neck, not once but twice. He was layed on my chest and all I remember was an overwhelming since of calm, peace and a lot of relief he was safely in my arms. I couldn't stop crying. He was finally here. Wow!!! I'm a mom of two now. God really answered my prayer with the miracle of this handsome baby boy that I just helped deliver onto my chest. Did I mention I labored and birthed alone? Well I wasn't "alone" as I was surrounded by amazing nurses and my fabulous doctor. But daddy had to be with Hayden at my grandparents since we didn't have any other option. It was an amazing experience I didn't think I would be able to do without my husband but surprisingly I was relaxed and calm thru 95% of it all. God is so good!!!!

Here are a few pictures one of my nurses took in the minutes after Keiran's birth using my phone:

Another eventless update

Happy Cinco de Mayo, all!!

With that said, I've sworn up and down that Keiran would be here by now. I'm officially at "term" at 37 weeks today. Thursday night was a bit exciting. I had some pretty strong contractions for a good three consistent hours. Then around midnight they stalled out. I was so frustrated thinking he was finally on his way then nothing. He's proving to be just like his big brother, stubborn.

This weekend is a full moon and tonight is the "super moon." I've always heard that with a full moon comes the birth of a baby. Hopefully Keiran is on that list. :)

If I make it to my scheduled appointment on Tuesday afternoon, my doctor will strip my membranes, hopefully sending me to labor and delivery. As I've said countless times, I'm past the point of being miserable. I'm not able to get quality sleep, get comfortable no matter how I sit, lay or stand. Walking is more trouble than its worth. I'm just ready to have my baby boy in my arms and have my body back so I can be pain free.

Anyday now and we should have another bouncing baby boy to cater to. Cannot wait!!!!!

X's & O's!!!!

Final stretch

Here we are in the final month, sitting at 36wks 2days. Tomorrow morning is my weekly appt and my doctor is talking about stretching my membranes. Hopefully this will happen and will endure natural labor. He can't induce me without emergent medical reason until 39wks and by then he's certain Keiran will not fit down the birth canal. So hopefully tomorrows appt will send me into labor and we will have a baby in the next week. I'm beyond ready. I've been ready since 39wks when all the pain has multiplied. The past few nights I've been having legit contractions, some 25-30mins apart and would taper off. Hopefully its my body preparing to go into natural labor without any induction. That would be fantastic!!! I'm anxious for Mr Keiran to be in my arms, finally. Jon has his coworkers on alert incase I go into labor or my water breaks and his vacation is lined up. I just hope he doesn't have to go into the store at anytime for anything ridiculous, let my husband have his measley week off with his family and new son. Because Lord only knows I will NEED his help with Hayden so I can tend to baby until I can balance a routine and heal from delivery.

There is so much I would love to say here and get off my chest but I won't in fear of someone seeing it and my husband getting reprimanded for it like he has before. Apparently freedom of speech comes with a price now these days. I mean look who our president is. *sigh*

I will say this, I'm looking forward to the great things we have planned for our little family. Our future is endless and the blessings we have yet to receive. Yea for expanding family one last time!!!

Countdown starts.....now!

The list...

As "the" time quickly approaches, I'm tying up some loose strings to make the transition from a family of three to a family of four, a smooth one.

I know a lot of you want to know the moment sweet Keiran is born and have expressed this to me. I am overwhelmed with your love and kindness. You are absolutely more than welcome to come visit us at St. David's Round Rock Medical Center when he's born. The ONLY thing I ask, is if you are sick, running a fever, feeling under the weather, please don't come visit. We don't want to compromise our little angel's immune system just so you an sneak a peak. I hope that you understand and take that into consideration. :)

With that said, If you would like to be notified when he's here, shoot me a txt and I will be more than happy to include you on the mass list I have compiled. (My cell: 512-525-6053)

We hope to see you in the next few weeks as we are literally running out of time with this pregnancy. So thankful the finish line is near!! :)

X's & O's!!!

33wk speed bump

Update! Had my 33.3wk appt this morning. My main concern was my showing signs of preeclamsia which my doctor quickly ruled out with a urine collection, bp check and a finger prick to test my blood sugar. Amen!! So for now all is good there.
As always, he did a routine ultrasound to check fluid levels. Perfect there. Of course I was watching Keiran's every move as I felt them happening. I saw something that alarmed me. I promptly asked my doctor what that large mass was thinking it was my placenta or something else. He chuckled at my expense and said "No honey that's your son's head!!" It was HUGE. With that said, he took a few ultrasound measurements and measured the fundus and confirmed that Keiran is now measuring 16days ahead. Yes, TWO WEEKS AND TWO DAYS HUGE!!!!!!! So next Wednesday I have to go for an hour long ultrasound scan to determine if I will be diagnosed with macrosomia. Simple terms, large baby syndrome. The "somia" and "syndrome" terms alone sent me into a panic so I googled it and its just what it says, large baby! My doctor said once we get the results back and if I'm confirmed to have macrosomia, then my next appt (35wks.. because my Dr loves me he isn't starting my weekly appts til then) he will start stretching my membranes. Yeehaw! He did say without a doubt I won't make it to 38wks!!! Ahhhh the end is in sight and its close....real CLOSE!!!!

After my appt we went for our usual visit to go see and spend time with Granny and Poppop. Hayden loves his granny and poppop so much. We sadly learned they had to put down one of their beloved dogs yesterday which broke my heart. She lived a long successful life but will be greatly missed. Then Jon had the wild hair to mow their yard so their front and backyard was freshly mowed in less than 20min. Such a sweet guy he is.

Well that's all I have for this week. Things should start getting exciting in the next week to two weeks. :)

X's & O's!!!

Six weeks and counting...

I feel like I don't blog as often as I should. So here's a brief update:

Today I'm 32wks and 4days. We roughly have six weeks and three days before we can safely consider induction. But, with the way things have been going, it might be safe to say Mr Keiran will be here before then. Some of you are placing your bets that Keiran will be here next weekend, Easter. It is my prayer that those of you placing your bets for that weekend are WRONG!! I am okay and comfortable with our baby boy coming the first weekend of May. That would put us in the safe zone to possibly avoid the NICU and any lengthy hospital stay. Regardless of I like it or not, God has his plan and will bring our little angel into this world when He sees fit.

As you might remember me discussing in a previous blog, it was mentioned that my doctor was worried about my anterior placenta placement. I am happy to report that I am out of the "danger zone" as the uterus will be rapidly growing to accommodate baby's rapid growth that it won't allow the placenta to move any further south. What this means for me.... I won't require a c-section. That's not to say I won't necessarily need one should labor stall, he's too big, or other complications arise but knowing I won't require one upon admittance is promising. It was also ruled out that I do NOT have gestational diabetes. Big hooray!!! The only thing my doctor is watching closely is my blood pressure. My last appt at 31wks it was elevated. And that's after checking it several times for accuracy. So with that said we now have to worry about preeclamsia and hypertension. So my main goal is to chill out, relax and let Keiran Kade cook for a few more weeks so his lungs are nice and mature cone BIRTHday!

That's all I have for tonight. Next appt is scheduled for Tuesday, April 10th at 10:30am and thankfully Jon is off and will take care of Hayden so I'm under no stress. :)

Good night and sweet dreams!!

31wks appt

Good news and bad news.

Let's start off with the bad first. As always Hayden acted like your typical three year old, screaming, getting into crap(including swabs in the drawer under the table, yes the female kind...thought it was a q-tip and shoved it in his ear), yelling no, talking back etc. So I excused myself, took his butt to the bathroom, washed his mouth with soap(yes I keep a bar of soap in a ziplock bag on my purse for special occassions such as these) and had a little talk with him. We got back into the room just in time, my doctor came in to do the usual checkup/ultrasound. Insert anxiety here. Hayden obviously didn't learn his lesson because he went right back to being Mr Billy Bad Ass. *sigh* Onward and upward...

This brings me to the better part of the appointment. My Dr did his usual measure my gut and I'm still measuring a week and five days ahead. Last appt it was only a week. He's a big boy. As I expected, my blood pressure was elevated. So he asked one of the nurses to take Hayden for a little walk so I could calm down. Ten minutea later, rechecked my blood pressure. Still elevated. So now we have to monitor my bp and make sure I'm not showing signs of preeclamspia. Yikes!!! Then he started the ultrasound and this is where the good news comes into play. My placenta has not moved anymore. Reason this is a good thing is because obviously it won't obstruct baby's exit and if an emergency situation were to arise(knock on wood) and I required a c-section, there's no worry of cutting into it and me bleeding to death on the table. Woot!! So 100% going forward with a vaginal delivery!!! NO C-SECTION REQUIRED unless K is breech come induction date. Speaking of induction, my next appt on April 10th is my last biweekly and I will get my official induction date!!!!! Yea!!!!!!! I spoke to my doctor about my bedrest being pointless, my anxiety, depression, my extreme pelvic pain and all. He wants me to try relaxing and setting aside for quiet time during the day. I couldn't help but laugh because that's asking too much, especially from Hayden. The extreme pelvic pain I have to suck up and told me to walk more. Seems counter productive to be on bedrest and wanting me to walk more? Guess I just have to be careful and pray like hell labor doesn't come for another six weeks. All in all, Keiran is healthy, his amniotic fluid was perfect despite my leaking small amounts. Heart rate was perfect. He did say that K has a big head, oh good, just what I wanted to hear with my pelvis feeling the way it does.

I had plans to go visit Granny and PopPop like I normally do but in all honesty after the crap Hayden pulled at the doctors office and my cramping, I was ready to be home.

Hayden and I are home safely. I can't say he's in the best of moods since he's been to timeout twice and had his butt popped once already. Our bellies are full and I'm hoping he takes a nap so I can do the same.

Overwhelmed and exhausted....

Way too early!!!

Before I even go on what all took place at my doctors office, let me back up to last night.

Last night I stayed up beyond past my bedtime, 1am. I went to the bathroom, like I normally do before bed and noticed I lost my mucus plug. Yes I know, tmi, but get over it, one of the joys of pregnancy. All night long I was having some pretty strong cramps. Nothing painful. Nothing I would consider contractions. So first thing this morning, I called my doctors office to ask if I should have any cause for concern. Since I am 29wks 4days, they deemed it necessary to see me in the office as soon as possible. So they got me set for 3pm. Granted it couldn't wait for Friday's appt with my ob. So I frantically call Hayden's pediatrician and see if they can squeeze him in today, thank god they could, I didn't want to drive back into town by myself with a rowdy three year old.

Hayden and I set off for Georgetown and made it to his appointment. He is healthy as a horse, 38" tall, 35lbs. Unfortunately he is showing early signs of ADHD. Of course its too early to give him a "diagnosis" but its not the end of the world and Hayden's doctor gave me amnesty suggestions as to what can help. :)

Now onto the stressful appointment...

My doctor got me in as soon as I walked in the door. With that said, they immediately put me on the monitors to watch for contractions and monitor K's heartrate. Heartrate averaged 142bpm and I was indeed having some pretty impressive contractions although I wasn't in any physical pain. They had me down some h2o and had to use medical intervention to stop them. Once they were stopped, they checked me and I'm still sitting at 1cm. *sigh* Basically my doctor scolded me and told me to take it easy... Translation, bedrest!

With that said, Jon and I had to make the difficult decision to cancel Hayden's birthday party Saturday. As much as it breaks my heart and kills me not to celebrate formally with friends and family, I know it's best I take it easy and not have to worry about the stresses of having a house full. :( Doesn't mean I'm not making him cupcakes, damnit!!!!

My apologies to everyone who had made plans to come, obviously this wasn't planned and I'm super bummed about it. I'm trying not to get emotional and cry about it because I know Keiran can feel it, but it still doesn't take away the suckage factor.

Hugs and love from our family to yours.

Time

It's oh so very true when they say "once you become a mom, time flies." Here we are, a week away from Hayden's 3rd birthday.

How on earth have three years flown by before my eyes??

It seems like yesterday my doctor told me to report to labor and delivery on March 11, 2009 at 7pm. It seems like yesterday Dr Heyliger came in as Hayden was crowning, literally just in time to "catch" him. His cries immediate. All I remember asking was how much he weighed. As if it mattered. He was crying furiously so I knew he was safe and healthy. My next question to the doctor on call seemed irrelevant to the nurses but I shouted "can I have a burger now?" Yes me, with food on the brain needed fuel. I hadn't eatten in almost 32 hours so I was eager to sink my teeth into a cheeseburger. :)

Why does it seem like it all just happened? How can three YEARS magically fly by like that?? You would think, as a stay at home mom, time would drag by. Not in my case. I'm still surprised we are at birthday #3!!

Hayden is now talking up a storm. Some words are rather embarrassing while we are in public. Hayden is also completely potty trained, morning, noon and night. Thank goodness because his baby brother will be here in about 75 days. I'm enjoying the brief break from diapers, absolutely!! Hayden also got evicted from his five point harness carseat and is now in his big boy booster seat with full back with the lap/shoulder belt. It's still scary to me that he's growing at an alarming rate but regardless if I like it or not, he's growing up into such a sweet, handsome little man.

Six days and counting til Birthday #3.

Time....it's all we have.

27wks... Trucking right along

This morning was my second bimonthly doctors appointment for Keiran.

I love going in the mornings because they get me right in and I'm out the door pretty quick.

This appt, bp was high, weight was good(lost two more lbs), fetal heart rate..perfect, Keiran is still measuring a week ahead and my placenta hasn't moved anymore south. Thank god!!!

I got my results from my 20wk anatomy scan and of course everything was perfect. Crazy that Keiran was measuring 1lb 9ozs at 20wks!!!! Good lord!!!!

Also got my results from my previous appt, my glucose test came back completely normal. No geatational diabetes!!! Yea!!! Also no anemia! Double yea!!!

After yesterday's scare with Hayden at the park and darting infront of a car and damn near getting hit. So after that heartattack, we came home and I layed down because I was having regular mild contractions. Thankfully they stopped on their own but I did talk to my doctor about them this morning. He decided to check me for any dialation, sure enough, half a centimeter. He ordered for me to take it easy, regardless. He also told me that if I have any further contractions and/or dialation, he would put me on bedrest immediately. Yikes!!!

My doctor also said that I will start weekly appts at 35 weeks and at that time he will evaluate me and determine the appropriate induction date for Mr Keiran, regardless if its a vaginal delivery or c-section he mentioned previously.

On the way out to checkout, he has the nurse check my bp one more time because he knew it would be normal, and sure enough it was, 116/73. It was high the first time because I was busy wrestling with a particular three test old, behaving badly.

With that said, Keiran was all over the place on ultrasound. He kept kicking my doctor everytime he'd poke or measure. LOL He recently moved head down. Which doesn't mean anything right now because I felt him flip three times last night before I finally fell asleep.

Now that Hayden and I are home, I'm not moving from the couch unless Hayden needs my help to go potty, I need to go potty or dad calls to say "come get me!"

Next appt is on Hayden's birthday, two weeks from today, Monday March 12th! Then Hayden has his turn at his doctor. Going to be a long day. Praying daddy takes the day off because I sure could use his help. :)

Last monthly checkup

Today was my last monthly checkup for Keiran's pregnancy. I am 25wks 2days and at the longest we are looking at 14wks til induction. I did learn my doctor can't do an induction on the weekends so it will be pushed to the Tuesday after. That would be May 22nd. May 21st is my step daughter's birthday and I don't want to take that day away from her. So if Keiran doesn't come on his own, May 22nd is the date!!

All my vitals were perfect. Bp was spot on, textbook. I've lost another 4lbs making a grand total of 29lbs I've lost this pregnancy, not gaining an ounce. With Hayden's pregnancy I gained 32lbs. So I'm doing really well. Keiran is measuring spot on, to the date. Heart rate was perfect, amniotic fluid was perfect. Everything looked great, except my placenta. *cue heart sinking to stomach feeling* My Dr is concerned with the way my placenta is sitting. I don't have placentia previa but its close. Now, I have two options, one being go with induction on May 22nd with a normal vaginal delivery and pray things go accordingly....or..... Go with a scheduled c-section. My fear along with my doctors is that if we end up requiring a c-section, my placenta is so low that there is a chance he could slice it open when opening me up. With that there is a risk of severe bleeding since the placenta is a huge blood supply to the baby so naturally, he would have tm act fast to control the bleeding. Of course these are all "what if" scenarios but that's what I love about my doctor. He's very direct, to the point and explores all options. Love love him!!!

My prayer is to have a natural, uncomplicated delivery vaginally and my son to be healthy without any stress to him. I know whatever happen, the man upstairs will guide us every step of the way and keep us safe.

Today after my appt, we went by my grandparent's house to visit and to my surprise, my granny finished Keiran's quilt. Absolutely beautiful and almost had me on tears. From there we stopped at Hobby Lobby and scored a killer deal on two stools for Hayden and Keiran and got the rest of the supplies to finish the caterpillar lantern project. And as perfect timing would have it, the lanterns were sitting in our mailbox when we got home. You better believe I jumped on the opportunity and completed the fun project. :)

Now all that's left to do in Keiran's adoreably perfect nursery, is paint the three adoreable shelves we got on clearance at Hobby Lobby, hang the shelves, pickup the custom window valance my Granny is working on sms hang it, wait for Keiran's beautiful custom artwork to be completed, wait for the bumper to come in (late April) and find a red changing table mattress cover and his room is done.

I think it's safe to say Keiran is already spoiled. :)

Shock of our lives!!!!

Yesterday we got up super early to get ready and head into Austin for my anatomy ultrasound scan. Of course as excited as we were to see our little girl for an entire hour, we got there almost an hour early. And of course as fate would have it, we waited for that hour. Hayden of course didn't mind, he was busy tearing up the plants in the office and crawling underneath empty chairs. Poor kid, can't say I don't blaim him. We wake him up three hours earlier than normal, stick him in his carseat for an hour long drive, then ask him to behave only to wait again. LOL He was a good boy, considering.

So my time had finally come, instant butterflies. Like a kid on Christmas anxious to open presents. The technician gets me set up and starts measuring all the usual, brain, kidneys, heart, liver, uterus, placenta.. all your standard fun squishy stuff. Then she looked at Jon and I with a huge smile and asked us "do you want to know the gender?" Without missing a beat, I said "yea we just want confirmation it's a girl..." Then her face went from a smile to a surprising.... "Your having another son!" My jaw fell to the floor. There it was, clear as day, Keiran Kade Trevino's manhood, in all it's glory. Wow!!! I thought I should be disappointed but all I could do is smile and laugh. Even after she finished a few more measurements, I was still laughing.

The joke was on us the entire time.

After we walked out of the main office doors, I became weak in the knees from being overwhemled with such happy emotion. I never expected to feel so blessed, so happy to be having another son. But I was and am elated!!! Jon on the otherhand I could tell was upset. He was quiet the entire drive to Babies R Us. We had already accepted in our hearts and were so thrilled to he having a girl. He was still in shock that Haleigh is now a Keiran. LOL!!

Regardless we are both thrilled and so happy he's healthy and right on Target as far as his growth.

C'Mon May!!!!

Baby Trevino #2 on the way!!

I know its been a long time since ice blogged but let's be honest, I haven't had a functioning computer in months. Now I'm fortunate enough to be blogging from my new phone.

On September 16th, my 29th birthday we got the news we'd been praying for over two years for..... Hayden is going to be a big brother. We're expecting our second child in May 2012. We should find out in week if we're expecting a Haleigh or a Keiran.  Hayden knew he was getting a sibling before we did. He'd point to my tummy and proudly shout ''baby!!''

Stay tuned for the gender announcement!!!!

On God's timecard

Hello fellow readers! I apologize I haven't written in a while. A lot has been going on. Jon received a promotion at work that is forcing us to relocate an hour northwest. I couldn't be happier or more proud of him!!! This is what he's great at and is passionate about, managing a team and store!

As you know, we've battled infertility for over two years now and have tried various tests, meds and tracking cycles. Our last resort is a fertility specialist. Now we haven't even considered a specialist yet, we're exhausting one last option.... Digital ovulation tests. We will start with the month of September and go from there. I'm giving my body two-three months while using these digital tests. If we don't get a positive pregnancy test... I've come to terms with accepting that I'm not meant to have a second child. I'm slowly starting to be "okay" with it. God has blessed me with a healthy and very active son who rocks my world! I couldn't be more thankful. I'm hoping that maybe, just maybe... "It's in the cards" for us to have a second child and Hayden would have a baby brother or sister to grow up protecting. If it is meant to be, it's meant to be. Should my prayers go unanswered, I will be content in knowing God's plan is the right plan for my family.

I won't be as accessible these next two weeks. Monday morning Jon reports to HIS store and begins his new role. August 27th we will start moving smaller stuff with our truck. Then Sept 3rd is our "offical" move-in date and our first night in our new home. I couldn't be happier to be moving to a small Texas town, into a beautiful home on a massive corner lot that is covered with huge oak trees and backs up to a large park. We couldn't be more blessed than we are at this moment in our lives.

Thanking Him, for each and every blessing He has bestowed upon us...

God's healing touch

Howdy!!

If you can't already tell, I'm elated from my latest news from my orthopedic surgeon. I saw him first thing this morning. He poked and proded, had me do some bending and stretching and was able to see a big difference since my last appt three weeks prior.

Good news is he does NOT want to operate. English translation.... NO SURGERY!!!!!!

I am over the moon excited because I was so deathly afraid of the long recovery process with a TWO YEAR OLD! I'm so thankful and so happy. His best advice that I took oh so seriously, he wants me to strengthen the muscles in my back that will help keep my L5 vertibrae still and shifting anymore. He recommended for me to join a gym and start off slow and work myself up. He wants me to stay active. (as if chasing a two year old daily isn't enough?) So I'm so thankful because I've been wanting to join a gym anyway, but now the doctor is ordering me to do so! YES!!!! Guess hubs can't say anything about that monthly expense. Haha! Even better, I'll be able to drop some weight and be even stronger because of it. With that said, I need a workout buddy. My Round Rock friends, who has a membership to Gold's Gym at Hester's Crossing and would like to be my workout buddy. It would have to be after 5:30pm as my husband works full time and I'd have to go after he gets home. (Not only to watch Hayden but so I have a vehicle)

Jon also saw my same surgeon as his knees have been acting up. (yes, plural) His left knee he had reconstructive surgery in 1987 (yes he's that old) and has been aching more than usual wear and tear. After a few x-rays, the doctor told Jon that he's got "very little cartilidge" left in his right knee. (his good knee) So he's looking at more surgery in the future, probably in the next few years. Ick!!

All in all.. we have our health to be thankful for and the blessing that we recieved in finding out I don't need surgery!!! YEA!!!!

A royal pain in the...

As most of you know, I've been experiencing serious back pain for the past several months. I finally had enough. I made an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon at Seton Northwest. He got me in right away (they normally are booked for months). Upon my arrival for my appt, paperwork filled out, the nurse takes me to a private room to change into some goofy looking plastic-ish shorts and takes me on what I call the "walk of shame" to the X-ray rooms. Of course I'm passing all the attractive younger doctors and staff... looking my absolute worst.

A few quick x-rays of my lower back and I'm back through the halls for my second "walk of shame." Thankfully the surgeon comes in with my x-rays rather quickly because those shorts were uncomfortable to say the least. *chuckle*

He asked me if I had had any prior accidents or back injuries. I told him no. He asked if back degeneration ran in my family. I said "Not that I know of." (little did I know, yesterday my Granny told me she had the EXACT same thing wrong with her back and she had the surgery. Apparently it runs in our family....crap!) Then he showed me my x-ray....



He explained that my L5 vertibrae had shifted forward by approximately half an inch. As he saw the stunned look on my face and the color quickly turning pale, he reassured me that he wants me to start aggressive physical therapy three times a week for three weeks. *insert a big fat YA RIGHT with a two year old* And alternating muscle relaxers, pain meds and an anti-inflamitory to help relieve some of the pressure on my spine. He also suggested, politely that I lose a "few lbs." He was such a sweet guy. He also assured me that he was a very conservative surgeon. I explained to him that my husband had his L4 and L5 fused roughly 20 years ago and I didn't want to go that route. He said that yes fusing my L5 would be a "cure all" but would not eliminate my pain. *sigh* So I'm trying to find a physical therapist that won't drain my bank account and my insurance will pick up majority if not all of the cost. So if you know anyone that is a physical therapist, you know how to get ahold of me.

The meds are helping some. Some days are better than others. Yesterday was a really bad day. I guess because Saturday we spent alot of time in the sun and I was doing alot more physical activity than normal. Then again we spent some time in a pool too so that was refreshing and helped my back in more ways than one.

Here's hoping I can find a PT and it helps in the long run....