tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80731539912186235132024-02-07T18:20:52.522-07:00living simplyLisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852780249158829281noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073153991218623513.post-91285434581032752482013-05-04T12:53:00.001-06:002013-05-04T18:58:20.263-06:00Isabel MarieWe added another beautiful little girl to our family this week. I had been contracting off and on all weekend and hoping each day would be the one. On Sunday evening (my "due date") the contractions were more intense and I started packing a few things and getting ready to head to the hospital. We were admitted around 7pm and I was dilated to 4cm and contracting every 4-7 minutes. By about 11pm I was thinking it wouldn't be too much longer so Eric went home and got the kids and my sister, Natalie. We settled them in on a bed and a couch in a recovery room down the hall so they could keep sleeping and be close by when it was time. In the early hours of the morning my contractions got further apart and the dilation stalled out at 6cm. I was trying to keep walking and using a birthing ball, but I was exhausted and frustrated by the lack of progress. After a discussion with my wonderful nurses we decided to have the midwife break my water and see if that would speed things up a little. It worked very well. To well maybe. All of a sudden my contractions were one on top of the other and so painful. They filled the birthing tub and Eric woke Natalie.<br />
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After I was settled in the tub the kids came in looking all sleepy in their pajamas. Somehow we managed to fit everyone into the bathroom in the labor room. The very warm water in the tub felt really good on my back. After a few contractions in the tub I felt like it was time to push so the midwife came in. I wasn't sure I could do it because I was so tired, but it only took about 5 pushes and she was in my arms.<br />
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It was 5:19am on the 29th. I just held her in the tub for awhile and stared at her and checked out her fingers and toes and the little dimple in her chin until she looked hungry and then Eric cut the cord and I passed her to the nurse so they could check her out while I made my way to bed. She weighed 8 pounds and 6.6 ounces and was about 20 inches long and perfect in every way. Her big sisters followed her from the tub to the bassinet and watched everything closely. Anika came to the bed with me and had an interesting discussion with the midwife about the purpose of the placenta and the cord as they looked at it.<br />
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As soon as she was back in my arms we started to breastfeed and she took right to it. Latched on well right from the start.<br />
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After 12 hours of resting and monitoring at the hospital we got to go home.<br />
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At 5 days old she is already back up over her birth weight. She has several alert periods a day where she just looks at all of us and makes the cutest faces. I swear she even smiled at me once, but I know it's too early for that. She's a wonderful eater and sleeper and is adored by all. Her big sisters love to hold her and push her in the swing and play music for her.<br />
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She loves to hang out in the sling when we run errands and sleeps great in the car. She's had a busy first week with check ups, taking sisters to the dentist, getting a few groceries, picking up Anika at school, and even her first visit to a park.<br />
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looks like another girl for us!</div>
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<br />Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852780249158829281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073153991218623513.post-66110800834896204962012-11-24T16:12:00.000-07:002013-01-08T16:13:21.571-07:00My baby is 6 My little Anika turned 6 on the 18th. Hard to believe this picture is 6 years old.<br />
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Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852780249158829281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073153991218623513.post-87275671892151856852012-09-29T18:31:00.003-06:002012-09-29T18:31:42.079-06:00I am really hoping to win this oneI have been looking at car seats for awhile and this is what we decided Anika needs and now I find this giveaway. Wouldn't that be great?<br />
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On August 20th I got a very faint positive test that I kept squinting at. It turns out I wasn't even quite 4 weeks yet so that explains why it was so faint. I thought I was further along. </div>
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The next day I took a digital test to confirm it. </div>
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I got in to see the doctor very quickly and it was too early to see much by ultrasound so we did some blood tests and they were all good. Then on September 7th I got to see my baby's heartbeat :) 124 bpm and the most beautiful thing. </div>
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This is a photo of my growing belly at 8 weeks. I guess because it's my 5th pregnancy my body knows where we're headed and is just giving up now. </div>
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And here is the baby today. He or she was wiggling around like crazy today and the heartbeat is up to 178 bpm. I was all prepared for the worst today and it was so amazing to see all is well. I probably still won't totally relax until I can feel the movements, but this was a huge relief. </div>
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We have been having fun scorpion hunting with a black light :)</div>
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Anika has a buckle fracture on her left wrist. She jumped from the roof of a bunk bed to a mattress below and didn't quite land right. Here's the bed she jumped off of. </div>
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<br />Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852780249158829281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073153991218623513.post-87852094339698664392012-08-27T09:52:00.001-06:002012-08-27T09:52:33.600-06:00KindergartenMy big girl is in school now! She's just starting her third week and seems to like it ok. She doesn't get in to trouble, she says she has some new friends, and she likes recess. It's a really long day for her though and she doesn't look forward to it each morning. Hopefully the school work will get harder soon so she isn't as bored.<br />
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<br />Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852780249158829281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073153991218623513.post-34674473920388131742012-07-14T09:13:00.000-06:002012-07-14T09:26:31.986-06:00rememberingThere are some days when I can't help thinking about what might have been. Today is one of those. I was so happy when I found out I was pregnant back in November of 2010.<br />
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Our baby was due in mid July. The spacing between the kids was going to be just how I wanted, it would be our first summer baby, and I secretly hoped we would have a little boy.<br />
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If things had gone differently we would be celebrating a first birthday this weekend. We would have a little one toddling around after the girls and learning to say a few words. There would be cake smashing and laughter and new toys on the floor. Instead there are tears, and what ifs, and prayers that there might still be another child in our future.Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852780249158829281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073153991218623513.post-88173185538580342372012-06-25T15:24:00.000-06:002012-06-25T15:24:24.879-06:00he's home :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I cut a bar of Ivory soap in half and let each girl microwave their half for about a minute. Then they squished it and crumbled it and had a great time. <a href="http://www.cometogetherkids.com/2012/01/ivory-soap-explosion.html">http://www.cometogetherkids.com/2012/01/ivory-soap-explosion.html</a>Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852780249158829281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073153991218623513.post-82730197041983665702012-06-15T13:05:00.000-06:002012-06-15T13:05:00.719-06:00egg experiments<div style="text-align: center;">
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You can see how much water passed through the membrane by the size difference between the eggs. After that I just let the girls play with it. I wish I got video when it popped. Anika was picking a hair off of it and it sprayed her :) There was a lot of green water inside with the egg white and yolk. </div>
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These amazing chicken and spinach flautas are from a recipe found on Pinterest.</div>
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Today she seems much better. The fever spiked to 104 last night, but today she has a normal temperature and the spots are fading. I'm thinking we had better get out and restock the fridge today just in case little sis comes down with it next. While the fridge was empty I gave it a good scrubbing and tossed a couple really old condiments. Now it's ready to be filled. I've spent a little too much time on<a href="http://pinterest.com/livingsimplynm/new-recipes-to-try/" target="_blank"> Pinterest</a> the last couple days so I have a list started :)<br />
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<br />Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852780249158829281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073153991218623513.post-84678847540567352492012-06-08T16:24:00.000-06:002012-06-08T16:24:06.596-06:00Murphy's law of deployments, take 2We can add another disaster to the Murphy's Law of deployment list. I packed the girls in the car yesterday to go check out the zoo in El Paso. We've never been and I thought it would be a fun way to spend the day. As we drove through the city the girls started to fight and Emily cried that Anika had hit her. When I parked the car and went to unbuckle Emily she was holding her arm and wouldn't move it. I tried my emergency cell phone to start making calls to see where I should go to have her looked at, but the battery was dead and you can't make calls while it's charging. I drove over to the front gate at Fort Bliss and asked the security guard where I should go and he pointed me to William Beaumont Army Medical Center. After about 3 hours in the waiting room we were called back to another waiting room and then finally a room. They took us to x-ray and then told us what I thought it was all along. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursemaid's_elbow" target="_blank">Nursemaid's elbow</a>. The doctor came in and did a little maneuver to fix it, said he felt it go back in place, and left me with a crying kid. Someone else came in with a sling and a prescription for Tylenol. I asked if it was normal for her to still be in pain and they said it would be fine soon. We went home and I tucked her in bed with an ice pack and gave her a dose of Tylenol because it still hurt. This morning I called to make an appointment at our base clinic because I thought it was still out of place. They got us an appointment at 3pm, but around 11 Anika got sick and I didn't want to drag both kids out in the heat. My mom talked me through it and I got her arm fixed at home. Here is how it's done if anyone is curious <a href="http://www.ucsfchildcarehealth.org/pdfs/factsheets/nursemaidelbowen011804.pdf">http://www.ucsfchildcarehealth.org/pdfs/factsheets/nursemaidelbowen011804.pdf</a> A few minutes later she was dancing, running, singing, and back to her usual wild self.<br />
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The girls and I took a little vacation and drove 9 hours to San Antonio. They did really well on the long drive through the middle of nowhere.</div>
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We stayed with friends and saw the city. It was great! I had never been to San Antonio so it was all new to me. I could spend days down on the river walk and the Alamo was really interesting.</div>
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Ask any military wife and they will tell you that Murphy's Law of Deployments is a very real thing. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong during a deployment. In previous deployments we have made it through the car breaking down in the middle of nowhere in a foreign country</div>
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our toddler breaking her leg</div>
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a miscarriage, a bad storm that left the kids and I without heat in temperatures well below freezing</div>
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and some bad illnesses. This time it's just kind of funny so far. As soon as he left we all got sick. Then as soon as we were feeling better we got sick with something else. Then the water softener wasn't softening the water, the water heater wasn't heating the water, and the dishwasher isn't washing the dishes. The water softener was an easy fix. I just needed someone who knew what they were doing to adjust some setting for me. I think the water heater is fixed. A friend of my neighbor showed me an air intake that can get clogged and we dusted it. The dishwasher might just need replaced, but I'll keep hand washing for now. We're not even half way through this deployment so fingers crossed that it's just little stuff I can handle for the next couple months. Otherwise, this will be me.</div>
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Both girls are playing soccer this season. We got off to a rough start and missed a few practices due to illness. Anika is having a good time and playing about the same as she did last year. She loves to run and kicks the ball when she gets the chance, but she isn't very aggressive and never scores. She would like to score, but just can't seem to follow through. She is one of the youngest on the team this year. They are all 5 and 6 and she is one of the younger 5s.<br />
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Emily doesn't even want to get on the field. She'll practice if I go out there with her, but I'm not allowed on the field during games so she won't play. I got her to play goalie by standing behind the goal and holding her hand over the top of it. She just barely made the age requirement to play and we maybe should have waited another year, but she said she wanted to. Maybe if Papa is her coach next time she'll do better :) She's actually pretty good when she plays with me. She can take the ball from me.<br />
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There are just 2 more games left in the season and I don't think I'll put them both in sports at the same time while Eric is deployed and they are still little. Too hard to be in two places at once.</div>Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852780249158829281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073153991218623513.post-91103202304607100032012-02-15T12:39:00.003-07:002012-04-15T16:48:26.244-06:00goodbye angelJust after midnight last night my baby left my body. I'm naming the baby Shiloh Rune. Shiloh means peace or His gift and Rune means secret. There is a small grave under the new apple tree in our yard.<br />
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We found out on January 23rd that our baby had no heartbeat.<br />
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These last few weeks of waiting have been so hard. Last Thursday I finally started seeing signs that my body had realized what happened and was doing what it needed to do. In the afternoon on valentine's day I went into labor and it was the same as I remember labor being with my girls. It took about 6 hours of contractions and 10 minutes after midnight it was finally over. I got to hold my baby and look at the tiny hands and feet and say goodbye. Now I can heal and we can move on and prepare for our next challenge as Eric gets ready to deploy again.
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</div></div><div>We also had lots of plans for the kids like soccer and swim lessons and camping, Anika is learning to read and may go off to school in the fall. Eric had planned a couple of tests to further his career and I am just getting settled with my new job as a breastfeeding peer counselor with WIC. There was a lot to look forward to.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The drive to Oregon went well and we saw some good friends on our way up. The weather even cooperated with the mountain pass. The kids and the dog did very well on the long drive. We spent an evening in Santa Monica and enjoyed the sunset at the pier.<br />
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</div><div>A couple days after we arrived in Oregon my husband received a phone call from work letting him know that plans had been changed and he would be deploying soon. Well, there went some big plans for this spring and summer. We're still waiting on the details like when, where, and how long. It was unexpected, but that's the way things go in the military.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The visit in Oregon went well. Lots of food and games and hanging out with family. We even were there for a couple birthday parties. Eric and I got to go out on a date one evening. The weather didn't cooperate with Eric and Anika's ski plans, but Eric got one day of skiing in before it was time for us to head home. The season started late and the snow started falling the week we were leaving.<br />
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</div><div>The drive home wasn't quite as pleasant and we hit a snowstorm near Mt. Shasta that slowed us down. We made it safely home though and started preparing for the normal work week.<br />
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</div><div>The Monday after we got home I had my first midwife appointment. I was just over 9 weeks along and praying that all was going well. I was a nervous wreck after<a href="http://lisannemichelle.blogspot.com/2011/07/it-hurts.html"> last year's miscarriage</a> and worried that my lack of morning sickness was a bad sign. They don't normally do an ultrasound at the first appointment, but they were happy to do one for me considering my history. Unfortunately my instincts were right and the baby had stopped developing and didn't have a heartbeat. My heart was broken again. It still doesn't seem real as we wait for something to happen. I chose to hold off on medical intervention to see if my body would do what it needs to and now a week later nothing has changed.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Now we are spending the last week of January with head colds that are keeping us from enjoying the lovely sunshine here in New Mexico. It has to get better though, right? I'm starting to paint the master bathroom to give myself something to do, my job is going well, the kids have been doing a little school at home and loving it, Emily's birthday is coming up and I have a yellow party to plan. Eric and Anika went off looking for snow today to get Anika that ski lesson they have been trying for all month so I hope they are having fun.</div>Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852780249158829281noreply@blogger.com1