Besides smiling, this week Tessa started turning her head! Thank goodness for cameras!
I love the feet!
Ta-Da!!
Adam caught it all on his lego camera.
Ta-Da!!
Adam caught it all on his lego camera.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
New Update
It has been a while since we gave an update....but we have good news to report! Tessa is doing so much better! We made it to her six week birthday this past Saturday and she made it over the 8 pound mark yesterday! She is eating so much better, but still will not nurse-that is our next battle. She finally has meat on her bones and she looks so much better. She started smiling on Monday and that has made the last 6 weeks all worth the hard work. She has Eric wrapped around her fingers already. He thinks she is the prettiest thing he has ever seen!
She is still my snuggle bug!
As for the rest of us...Adam is such a blessing!! He was glad to be home and sleep in his big boy bed after being with Grandma's and Grandpa's for a week and a half. (I couldn't have done any of this without them!) He is talking so much and so clearly. He sings all of the time and is such a good helper. He is really good with Tessa although I think he freaks her out. He is in love with trains, dinosaurs and the Magic School Bus. We watch The Land Before Time almost every day. His cousin Mya surprised him with lots and lots of cars and he has been in heaven with those. Having new toys has been a wonderful distraction which has helped when I need to give my attention to Tessa. Thank you Courtney!
Eric is doing well and still enjoying his job. His boss has been so great to give him time off when i have needed help at home. That would have never happened in St George!
I am still on survival mode. I am still only getting 4-5 hours of sleep a night. A really great night is 6 hours!! I have been sleeping through my alarm for about 2 weeks now, but luckily Tessa is waking up at night to eat and that does wake me up. I have been fighting a cold for a week and had a blocked milk duct over the weekend that was beyond painful. I was about ready to give up after that. I just don't have time to heal from anything. Eric told me on Sunday he wanted more babies. All I could do was laugh! (The past 6 weeks haven't been quite so hard on him.) Even though things have been hard, we have been very blessed and realize that things could have been a lot worse. I am so grateful to be a mommy!
She is still my snuggle bug!
As for the rest of us...Adam is such a blessing!! He was glad to be home and sleep in his big boy bed after being with Grandma's and Grandpa's for a week and a half. (I couldn't have done any of this without them!) He is talking so much and so clearly. He sings all of the time and is such a good helper. He is really good with Tessa although I think he freaks her out. He is in love with trains, dinosaurs and the Magic School Bus. We watch The Land Before Time almost every day. His cousin Mya surprised him with lots and lots of cars and he has been in heaven with those. Having new toys has been a wonderful distraction which has helped when I need to give my attention to Tessa. Thank you Courtney!Eric is doing well and still enjoying his job. His boss has been so great to give him time off when i have needed help at home. That would have never happened in St George!
I am still on survival mode. I am still only getting 4-5 hours of sleep a night. A really great night is 6 hours!! I have been sleeping through my alarm for about 2 weeks now, but luckily Tessa is waking up at night to eat and that does wake me up. I have been fighting a cold for a week and had a blocked milk duct over the weekend that was beyond painful. I was about ready to give up after that. I just don't have time to heal from anything. Eric told me on Sunday he wanted more babies. All I could do was laugh! (The past 6 weeks haven't been quite so hard on him.) Even though things have been hard, we have been very blessed and realize that things could have been a lot worse. I am so grateful to be a mommy!
Monday, September 8, 2008
Update
It has been a difficult week and a half, but I think we are finally on the mend. I took Tessa back to the doctor the end of last month for another weight check, only to find that she had lost another ounce. I was devastated and felt so guilty!! Luckily we had decided to go home for Labor Day weekend to see our families and while we were there I was able to get the help I needed from my sis-in-law, Angel. (I love having doctors in the family!!!) She put Tessa and I on a feeding schedule which we have been doing now for over a week. I am pumping instead of breastfeeding because I lost most of my milk supply. So, I am pumping and feeding Tessa every hour and every two hours at night. Between the two I have like 10-15 free minutes an hour! It has been beyond exhausting, but worth it! After being down to 5 lbs 9 oz she is back up to 6 lbs 7 1/2 oz!! On top of all the stress of getting Tessa to eat (getting her to wake up has been a daily battle) we all got the stomach flu this last week. My poor body has had about all it can take... a surgery in the last month, no sleep, the stress of a starving baby, and then the flu-I am amazed I am functioning! I only get about 4 1/2 hours of sleep a night. I know it is bad when I get a cold sore and I have had 10 in the last 3 weeks!!
Our families have been so wonderful to help us out during all of this! I couldn't have done any of this without them. Our moms saved my life and kept Adam down with them for the last week and a half. We get to pick him up on Wednesday and we can't wait to see him. Not having him home with us has been like a form of torture for mommy and daddy. We miss our bug-a-boo!!
So things are finally looking up, although we are not out of the woods yet. Tessa is still throwing up every now and then which is frustrating but she is more alert and looking a lot better. I am anxious to get our life back to normal and to have our little family back together again.
Our families have been so wonderful to help us out during all of this! I couldn't have done any of this without them. Our moms saved my life and kept Adam down with them for the last week and a half. We get to pick him up on Wednesday and we can't wait to see him. Not having him home with us has been like a form of torture for mommy and daddy. We miss our bug-a-boo!!
So things are finally looking up, although we are not out of the woods yet. Tessa is still throwing up every now and then which is frustrating but she is more alert and looking a lot better. I am anxious to get our life back to normal and to have our little family back together again.
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