Week in Review Oct 24-Oct 30

Monday, October 24  We got the kids to school and then Don and I took Kyle into Vegas to see the cranial/facial doctor, Dr. Menezes.  We really had intended to leave earlier in the day so that we could get some shopping done but we just had enough time to go to Wendy's and then get to the doctor's appointment.  The doctor thought that as long as Kyle was not having any airway obstruction due to his tongue falling back into his throat then there would be nothing to do and his little chin and jaw should grow to where it needed to be during his first year.  He recommended a sleep study if the overnight oximetry test that the pulmonologist recommended showed anything abnormal.  I finally got a hold of the company to do the overnight test and they will be sending the equipment soon.  I had to call the doctor's office about 2 weeks after we saw them and find out why the equipment company had not called.  Come to find out the order never got put in.  When the company finally called I did not write the number down and then I deleted the phone number.  I had to call the doctor back and ask for the number. Then I forgot to call and lost them number again.  Anyway, depending on what that test shows we will decide if we go and do the whole sleep test thing which sounds like a pain to do with a baby. We had to do that with Connor when he was like 5 to see if he needed his tonsils out.  So after that appointment which was actually the fastest doctor appointment so far with this baby, we called his pediatrician to see if we could get a quick appointment with him.  I really wanted to see what Kyle weighed because he has grown so much.  We were able to get in over with Dr. Zilberman and we found out that Kyle weighed 11.2 pounds and was 23 inches long.  I knew that he had grown alot because all of the newborn clothes were getting really small on him but I did not know that he had grown 4 pounds and 5 inches since he was born.  They actually measured him twice because it seemed to off but it was correct.  After a quick checkup and a shot (poor baby) we were out the door.  We stopped at Target so I could run in for a few things while Don waited in the car with Kyle.  We then thought that since it was getting late that we would "quickly" run to Brio and get some dinner to take home.  Quickly in Vegas does not happen especially at rush hour and through miles and miles of construction.  Brio has the best flatbread pizza and some  yummy pastas that aren't super heavy and creamy like Olive Gardens are.  It took forever to get over t the restaurant and then they had our order wrong so we had to wait a little longer.  Kyle spit up repeatedly and we went through the 2 outfits, 4 burp rags, and 3 blankets that I had brought with us so I had break into the clothes that I bought at Target for my new nephew Cameron.  We made it home with cold pizza and pasta but it is even yummy cold.

Tuesday-not sure if anything happened on Tuesday.

Wednesday-Caleb had a school play.  It was a Halloween one called Frankenstein Slept Here.  He played Igor with a funky wig and a hunch back.  He cut up some old jeans and put shreds on the bottom too.  We got Cayden out of school early so he could watch the play too.  This was for drama club not the drama class that he is in.  He has been staying after school on Wednesdays to practice.  After the play we came home and started packing for our trip to Utah.

Thursday-We did not get out of the house until 1pm to go to Utah.  It took all morning to pack and get the car loaded.  Connor decided to stay home and help Grandpa with some work that he had to do.  The car was packed and we had the back seats folded up to give us more room.  We had to go to Overton for a perscription and we still had to stop back by the house for somethings that I forgot.  We stopped in St. George for lunch at Wendy's and to get gas and feed Kyle.   After that stop we did not stop again until Nephi for a potty break.  Kyle started fussing about then but I moved to the backseat to sit by him and help keep his binkie in so that we could just keep going to Provo.  We got there around 8 to join in the festivities at Grandma Penny's for Uncle Chris' birthday and let all the families meet Kyle and Cameron.

The rest of the week I will do in another post.

Week in Review 10/17-10/23

The kids have been sick with colds this week and I have tried relentlessly to keep Kyle away from them-much to their chagrin.  Cayden stayed home from school on Monday and then seemed better on Tuesday but woke up with the croup on Wednesday.  He missed Monday and Wednesday at school and was late on Thursday so that we could see how he was.

Don went to California for some meetings on Wednesday and was gone until Friday.  I pretty much am a hermit, staying in with the baby.  Connor stayed the nights that Don was gone at Grandma Dottie's and then she got him to school.  She also came over and got Cayden one of the mornings to go and feed the chickens at Dena's house.  Caleb stayed after school alot to work on missing work and get ready for his play.

I totally forgot about Cayden's scouts on Tuesday and would not have remembered about Caleb and mutual had he not reminded me.  Connor went to Mesquite like he always does with Grandma and Grandpa.  He does such good up there by going to the care center and talking and entertaining the seniors there.   He also gets to go to Bella's Pizza with Grandma and Grandpa. 

Saturday was a lovely lazy day after a few chores and laundry.  We try and catch up on our sleep from the week that we are missing staying up with the baby.  I am pretty sure that there was football involved.

Sunday was only the second time Kyle had been to church and we probably would not have taken him except that it was Cayden's Primary program.  Cayden actually sat on the stage, stood up with the kids when it was time to sing and actually sang the songs.  He would not do his part but he was atleast up there.  He did not want us looking at him so we had to steal covert glances at him and pretend that we weren't watching him when he was looking our direction.  We also could not tell him he did a good job or that we were proud of him when he came down after it was over.  Kyle sat with my friend Wendy who wanted to hold him.  He was so good for her.  I wanted to run out of there screaming and cover myself and my new baby in Lysol because of the cacophony of coughing that was incessant!  It was mostly adults too!  STAY HOME PEOPLE!!  I don't know if we will take him back until his blessing in a few weeks.

A Few More Pics From Kyle's First Few Weeks

Cookies and a new baby brother.

Ready for our first trip to town.

Oldest and youngest.

Making receiving blankets with grandma.

Cayden is not jealous at all. 

Carne Asada

Man-jamas

Kyle's Firsts

First Visitors-Ashley Schwartz, Darbie Adams and Justine Beard were at the hospital right after he was born.

 First ride in the car-On the way home from the hospital September 13, 2011.

First sponge bath-September 15, 2011
First Doctor Appointment-September 15, 2011-Doctor Nakamura

At his first doctor appointment with his pediatrician, September 15, 2011, he had actually lost 7 ounces and weighed 6lbs 12oz, but had grown about about a quarter inch to 18 1/4 inches.

The following week at his appointment, September 22,2011, he was back up to 7lbs 8oz and had grown and 3/4 inch to 19inches.  That was the day of the dreaded circumcision-the absolute worse day ever for a mommy with a new baby boy.

His first time in his swing-September 16, 2011. 

His imbilical cord fell off on Monday, September 19, 2011

The first time he really started to be more alert after eating was Tuesday, September 20, 2011.  He stayed awake for about a half hour that day. 

His first bath in the sink-where all the boys had their first bath-was on October 1, 2011.

First bath in his tubby-October 7, 2011.

 First tummy time-October 7, 2011

First trip to church-October 16, 2011

Caleb's Baby

The week after Kyle was born Caleb started a flour sack baby project for his Health class.  He printed off a picture of Kyle and taped it to the flour sack.  Then he put some baby clothes on the "baby".  He named the baby Kyle Jr. and called him KJ.  He made a birth certificate and put that the mother was Megan Fox and that the baby was born in the back of an SUV.  There had been a story on the news just the night before of that happening.  He did really well the first 2 days but when he had to haul the baby all around school all day long it got a little old.  He had to take care of the baby for a week and if he could not do it he had to ask someone else to do it.  One of the days he took the baby to school in a backpack carrier.  Luckily he did not get twins like one of the girls in his class did. 

Cody and Calley Meet Kyle

Friday September 16 Cody and Calley came down to visit.  Calley got the special privilege of changing Kyle's bum and Cody got the privilege of putting together Kyle's new baby swing from Aunt Dena and her family.  Cody spent alot of his weekend holding Kyle on his chest and both of them sleeping on the couch.

Kyle's First Outing

One of the very few pictures Grandma Penny took where I don't look AWFUL! This is at the first doctor appointment.

Dad and Kyle after a SUPER long day in Vegas.

On Thursday September 15 we went to the doctor in Vegas as Kyle's first outing.  It took my mom and me and Don to be able to accomplish this feat with a new baby.  We had a rough 2 nights with Kyle waking up every 2-2.5 hours and Don and I were so totally out of our element and could not get a system going so even after Kyle was changed, fed, I had pumped and Kyle was back asleep, it took us another half our to get it together enough to go back to sleep.  Of course part of the problem was my lack of mobility and the great deal of pain I was still in and even getting in and out of bed took forever.  Even though I got up at 7:30 it was not early enough and I had forgotten how long it takes to get ready with an infant.  Our appointment was at 10:40 and we did not even make it out the door until 10:00.  I called the office on the way in and told them we were going to be late and they almost made us reschedule but after talking to the office manager and telling her that we were coming from an hour a way and that the baby was only 5 days old and I had had a c-section she told us just to get there as quickly as we could.  Don drove like the wind-while obeying the speed limit- and we were only 10 minutes late.  We ended up having to wait almost an hour anyway but oh well.  This doctor was a pediatric pulmonologist who our pediatrician referred us to because of Kyle's small chin and jaw.  He referred us just as a precaution because some babies with small chins/jaws actually have a hard time breathing and have apnea and poor oxygenation.  Our pediatrician was not overly concerned because while Kyle was under the bili-lights his oxygen sats were monitored the whole time and he never once had a problem or even dropped a tiny bit.  This doctor we had seen before with Connor and Cayden and possibly Cody.  His name is Dr. Nakamura.  He recommended an overnight oximetry test and gave us a referral to a cranio-facial doctor to look at his chin.  We have not as of yet had either appointment partly because of my laziness partly because we have not been contacted by the oximetry people. 

After that appointment we a had just enough time to run to Wendy's before our next appointment.  The second appointment was with Kyle's pediatrician.  After another hour long wait, Kyle got a weight and height check and a quick once over. He had actually lost 7 ounces but grew a quarter of an inch.  He was hungry at the time and we had just changed his diaper so if we would have fed him first he probably would have weighed 2 ounces more atleast.  After a very exhausting day we just headed home because we were all tired and my feet we swelling more and more and were getting very painful.  Kyle did pretty good and liked sleeping in his carseat.  I sat in the back with him surrounded by multiple pillows and trying my best to prop up my feet so they would not hurt so bad.