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K&H
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Wow, I can't believe it's been such a while since I logged on here. It has been a whirlwind of busyness, but such good stuff!
Our littlest one has indeed arrived and he is just amazing. Birth was a bit rocky, I ended up with preeclampsia, was induced at 39.3wks and he was born two days later by c-section due to failure to progress. The blood pressure stuff was no joke. I was on some pretty heavy meds that were unpleasant to say the least. When I finally looked back at pictures that H had taken I could hardly recognize myself, I was so swollen and bloated. My feet were balloons and everything hurt! But I will say, I got an epidural when contractions started making me dizzy and nauseous, and it was amazing, and actually was the first successful thing that brought down my blood pressure. Through all of it our little guy was cool as a cucumber, no distress at all. He had no interest in birth, and when they did the c-section they said he was transverse and was not at all engaged in the process. But beautiful! The pediatrician gave him an Apgar of 10, which she said she had never done before, he was just so perfect.
He is six weeks old already, and just today I folded up his newborn clothes to pack away and got out all of the 3mo stuff. He's a great eater, i apparently have a ton of milk, and he's huge! He has already doubled the weight he came home at, and he's hit a weight that E wasn't until she was 4mos old! We're moving into some clothing that C was wearing when he came to us last year and it's just going be so so fast already!
The "big" kids have been amazing, they love him so much. E is just in love and wants to hold him all the time. C was upset at first because we were gone for almost a week in the hospital, that was really hard on him. But he's so sweet and gentle and pats H when he's upset and tries to give him toys. It's adorable. I wish I could share photos with you, but we're still not legally finalized with C's adoption, so we're not allowed.
We had court again for C, and the judge terminated parental rights on his first birthday, which was just a few weeks ago. Now we have paperwork to fill out and the state will set a court date for finalization of his adoption! They're saying they want to push it through before he end of the fiscal year, so that would be before July 1. We're keeping our fingers crossed, but these things are often delayed, so we'll see. We're planning to take all of the kids on a big vacation in July to celebrate, so hopefully it's done!
E is, as always, amazing. I sat down with her a few weeks ago to check in on how she's doing with all of the changes this year has brought. She very eloquently talked about how hard it is when she doesn't get all of our attention anymore, and how annoying it is when "the babies" cry.. but then she said "but it's better than being alone". I have to admit, I cried. She's such a sensitive and empathetic soul, I don't think either of us had realized how alone she felt with no siblings. She is so over the moon in love with both of her brothers.
So, that's us in a nutshell. We're taking all three kids out of town this weekend on an annual trip we always attend. Last year we had one child. This year we have three. We are blessed for sure!
Our littlest one has indeed arrived and he is just amazing. Birth was a bit rocky, I ended up with preeclampsia, was induced at 39.3wks and he was born two days later by c-section due to failure to progress. The blood pressure stuff was no joke. I was on some pretty heavy meds that were unpleasant to say the least. When I finally looked back at pictures that H had taken I could hardly recognize myself, I was so swollen and bloated. My feet were balloons and everything hurt! But I will say, I got an epidural when contractions started making me dizzy and nauseous, and it was amazing, and actually was the first successful thing that brought down my blood pressure. Through all of it our little guy was cool as a cucumber, no distress at all. He had no interest in birth, and when they did the c-section they said he was transverse and was not at all engaged in the process. But beautiful! The pediatrician gave him an Apgar of 10, which she said she had never done before, he was just so perfect.
He is six weeks old already, and just today I folded up his newborn clothes to pack away and got out all of the 3mo stuff. He's a great eater, i apparently have a ton of milk, and he's huge! He has already doubled the weight he came home at, and he's hit a weight that E wasn't until she was 4mos old! We're moving into some clothing that C was wearing when he came to us last year and it's just going be so so fast already!
The "big" kids have been amazing, they love him so much. E is just in love and wants to hold him all the time. C was upset at first because we were gone for almost a week in the hospital, that was really hard on him. But he's so sweet and gentle and pats H when he's upset and tries to give him toys. It's adorable. I wish I could share photos with you, but we're still not legally finalized with C's adoption, so we're not allowed.
We had court again for C, and the judge terminated parental rights on his first birthday, which was just a few weeks ago. Now we have paperwork to fill out and the state will set a court date for finalization of his adoption! They're saying they want to push it through before he end of the fiscal year, so that would be before July 1. We're keeping our fingers crossed, but these things are often delayed, so we'll see. We're planning to take all of the kids on a big vacation in July to celebrate, so hopefully it's done!
E is, as always, amazing. I sat down with her a few weeks ago to check in on how she's doing with all of the changes this year has brought. She very eloquently talked about how hard it is when she doesn't get all of our attention anymore, and how annoying it is when "the babies" cry.. but then she said "but it's better than being alone". I have to admit, I cried. She's such a sensitive and empathetic soul, I don't think either of us had realized how alone she felt with no siblings. She is so over the moon in love with both of her brothers.
So, that's us in a nutshell. We're taking all three kids out of town this weekend on an annual trip we always attend. Last year we had one child. This year we have three. We are blessed for sure!
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TTC from 06/2015...Baby M born 11/24/16!
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Two sweet baby girls (IVF 2015, FET 2017)
TTC #2: IVF April 2017
BFP: FET Due February 2018
Not going to lie, I was getting nervous and I don't even know you (aside from being around here for quite some time).
TTC #2: since June 2016...
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