Easter eggs

The kids had a blast at Meme's decorating eggs and then having an easter egg hunt. My favorite part of Easter this year, was realizing that my kids KNOW what easter is all about. That without a doubt that they know that Jesus died and rose from the dead, to forgive us and make a way for us to spend eternity with Him. What an awesome priviledge it is to watch God's children learn about His love for us:-)

Rejoicing!!!
I Corinthians 15:4 He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.

Easter pics (FINALLY)

Goodness it seems as though lately I just can't keep up with this blog. Now that the warm weather is here we have been running what feels like all day every day. WE are so loving the sunshine and warm weather, I am starting to come out of the constant nausea stage with this pregnancy, so we are chomping at the bit to get out and enjoy the beautiful creation that God has given to us.
Easter this year was fun. My mom decided that it would be fun to have everyone dressed in purple. And so all of us (sadly minus DJ and Lyndsea though) wore purple. We actually got some family pics too:-)

New Bikes

The kiddos got new big kid

bikes and are so excited about them. Of course since we have gotten them it has mostly been rainy, but we are hoping for some more sunshine this week:-)
They both thought that attempting to ride up the steps was a good idea. I am okay with this, as long as they don't attempt to ride DOWN THE STAIRS:-)

Sophia ortho update and the DENTIST

Goodness just realized that I had forgotten to write about Sophia's appointment with the orthopedic doctor. Essentially it was an extremely frustrating appointment. He said that her hips turn in too much (which he said should resolve by age eight) and that the lower part of her legs turn out too much (again this SHOULD resolve by ag

e 4). He was not at all concerned about these issues. The only thing that he was concerned about was that she has been complaining of pain, and he said that that wasn't normal for a three year old. I had mentioned how she cries in the morning and has a lot of difficulty with the stairs and cries that her legs hurt, he said that this was behavioral, which REALLY REALLY bothered me!!! I have a 3 year old who has been a climber since before she could walk, who has never had an issue with stairs, who can skip and hop. Who is super active all the time, and then over the course of this winter has developed pain, difficulty with stairs, increased stumbling and it is BEHAVIORAL??? Really?!?!? Anyways a little annoyed. He essentially said that if she continues to complain then we should call him back and they will do an MRI and bone scan. But he thinks that a lot of it is behavorial in one sentence, and in the next he is really concerned about her pain....So we shall see...
In other news she had her first official trip to the dentist last week as well. She was very excited at first but then got anxious for a couple seconds until the girl actually started counting and checking her teeth, then she would randomly laugh while she was sitting there.:-)

I stink at this....

Officially pregnancy and I are not getting along. I have been feelingn like I was probably dehydrated for a couple of weeks, but nothing absolutely terrible and the OB's didn't seem at all concerned about it. Well after our marathon day in Boston on friday, I was feeling pretty terrible that night. I couldn'tkeep anything down. I contacted my doctor and she said she would meet me in the morning to give me IV fluids. They had a HORRIBLE time getting the IV in, it took them 9 attempts!!! They were going to send me up to the hospital but I begged them to just do it there. So thankfully they finally got the IV in. I needed 3 liters of fluid before I could even pee.
By their scale in the office I have lost 24 pounds in the last two months! By my scale at home I have lost 18lb. I just can't tolerate much in the way of food when I am pregnant. It makes me so mad. I get these crazy cravings for something that I know is going to taste absolutely fabulous. And then it comes right back up:-( YUCK!!! I am feeling like this time hasn't been as bas as with Sam and Sophia. I was doing IV fluids like every few days for weeks with them. Thankfully I am fifteen weeks now and this is hopefully coming to the end. With both Sam and Soph this severe nausea and vomiting stopped between 17 and 18 weeks. SO hopefully I am almost there.
I look like a bruised pin cushion! But thankfully I feel a little better and have some more energy today. I unfortunately didn't go to church as I am still feeling kind of crummy. But am hopeful that I can really recup some energy today.

Crazy friday

Tomorrow is certainly going to be an extra busy day. We need to be at the hospital for Sam's IVIG for 07:30. My friend Chris is taking Soph first thing in the morning so that she doesn't have to see them putting Sam's IV in. After his IVIG another friend will take Sam for me as Sophia and I have to go see an orthopedic doctor at Children's. IT certainly is going to be busy. I am anxious to hear what the doctors have to say about Sophia and to see what if anything they can do to help her. Please pray for a good complication free day.

"You hurt my feelings!!!"

So today Sophia was being very naughty. I turned around to her and said "Sophia Grace Weber you need to be quiet and stop your whining. There will be only indoor quiet voices in my van or you will have a time out when we get home."
She immediately starting crying. And continued to cry for a few minutes. She then said "Mommy you hurt my feelings so bad! God doesn't like it when you hurt peoples feelings." Ugghhh, I am so torn with this one, on the one hand she was naughty and does need to be reprimanded, however I also agree that God doesn't like us to be mean and hurt people. I am so thankful that my speaking to my children about our loving God is sticking with them. They have memorized a few bible verses which is so awesome to me. Their favorite right now is "Never stop praying" I Thessalonians 5:17

GI update

So our GI appointment went relatively well. He was pretty happy with Sam's weight although also concerned with the continued belly pain. He is now up to 38lbs!!! We increased his periactin dose, for two weeks, and at the end of the two weeks if he isn't better then I am to call his immunologist to see if we can stop the singulair. Apparently singulair has been linked to some belly pain in the past. And then after two weeks off the singulair then we will then move on to a new GI med to see if that helps resolve this crazy stomach pain.
I can't believe he will be five soon! I have been filling out all the paperwork to get him into kindergarden in the fall! My baby is growing up:-) He is such a joy and such an inspiration to me. With all his medical problems/challenges, with all the scares that we have had with him since pregnancy, I feel so blessed to be his mom. God has given us such a tremendous blessing in Sam (and Sophia as well). I feel like because we have had so much struggle with him that I have appreciated and enjoyed each and every moment with him moreso than if he was healthy. It is a reminder that we are never promised tomorrow, but more so than that is that our God is an awesome amazing all powerful God, and that His plan for us is greater than we can even imagine.
I am just in the place of thankfulness, thankful for the challenges we have had because htey have made me a better mom, and a better person. I have become more compassionate and understanding. I wouldn't have the sam compassion if I didn't have this chronically ill kiddo to love. Just thankful:-)

A new week

It is the middle of the night and I am at work wishing I was home in my nice warm bed:-( I am so incredibly tired. This pregnancy has seemed to really be exhausting for me. But such is life. I am thankful that God has chosen to bless us with number 3:-) Sam and I will be going into Boston today for a GI follow up. I think this appointment will go well as Sam has been doing well since we started that new med last month. He still has had some funky stools but he may just be a kiddo that does that. Oh well:-)
Have a wonderful day:-)

Sophia has an announcement to make!

She wants to tell everyone that she is going to be a big sister!:-)
WE ARE EXPECTING!!!! WE found out in January, things are going fairly well so far. We were starting to talk about getting pregnant again, but probably waiting until the summer or fall. We certainly didn't expect it to happen as fast as it did. We are thrilled, the kids are happy although I am not sure that they completely understand what is going on

We have been to high risk OB as well as the regular OB. High risk OB basically said, yeah I definitely have the risks for HELLP and pre-eclampsia again. But she said is that my only risk factor is that I have done it before. SO unfortunately there is nothing that I can do to decrease my chances of getting it again, but we are praying hard that it doesn't happen again. I certainly am praying for full term and healthy with no complications, and while I am at it, for a VBAC will you join me?
I am feeling ok although definitely tired, and quite often weak as I am vomiting a lot. The OB that I am seeing now doesn't typically do anything for the nausea so at this point I am just trying to deal with it.
We finally started telling people this week as we are 13 weeks tomorrow! Our due date is October 7th:-)

Would anyone like some water?

I don't often talk about them, but we have two cats that live at our house. Their names are Lewis and Clark. They are great. They put up with a lot at our house, and the kids love them. I always thought that cats didn't like water, that is until I met Lewis. He LOVES to be in the bathroom when the kids take a bath. He leans right over the side, and tries to drink the water, the kids splash him, and Sophia has even dumped water on his head and he still stays:-) Silly!!!

Well child check up

Sophia had her 3 year well child check up today! I still can't believe my little peanut is growing up. She is 28.7lbs and is 36inches tall, she is just about in the fiftieth percentile!!! Not bad for my little failure to thrive baby:-) She is above and beyond for her age as far as language skills, recognizing shapes/colors etc.
We did have some concerning issues though. I have noticed for a very long time that Sophia has a very strange gait when she is walking, and especially running. I have mentioned it in the past to the doctor, but it has never been thought to be any big deal. I again mentioned it to her while we were there and she had her running up and down the hall of the office. She then saw what has been so concerning to us, and seems to be concerned herself.
We origionally were going to be seen by the head of pediatric orthopedics at Children's on June 3rd but the doctor was adament that she be seen sooner and therefore we will be going to see his colleague April 15th. I am anxious about this appointment but praying that all will go well. I just don't want her to have the frequent stumbling, and more recently she has been complaining that her legs hurt. She is incredibly fast and I don't want whatever this is to hinder her. Please say some prayers for my little princess

Butterflies

We celebrated our little Sophia's third birthday today. It is still so hard to believe that my babies are growing up so fast. We have officially exited the baby stage right now. We had a wonderful day with a butterfly themed birthday party. She was thrilled with so many people coming to celebrate her, and she was tremendously blessed by some wonderful presents.
We had such a great day:-)

The blessing of Sophia Grace

Three years ago today my beautiful precious baby girl was born. It was the most amazing experience of my life. With Sam he didn't cry and had complications at birth, so when Sophia came out screaming it was absolutely incredible. I get so emotional thinking about it even now. Being nearly five weeks early I didn't know how she would be but she was amazing:-) Becoming a mother to a little girl is such a tremendous blessing

In her first year of life, she was this tiny petite little girl who was content to watch and smile at everything around her. She didn't ever really want to crawl, and most of the time scooted on her butt. She didn't have much hair, and therefore I got to put beautiful handmade bows and headbands on her from Auntie Tracy

We celebrated her first birthday at Cushing Academy. So many friends came to love on our precious baby girl. Unfortunately on her actual birthday she was sick and had a temperature of 104! Poor little princess!

Around the time she started walking we started to really notice how adventurous she is. She is absolutely fearless, and loves to try new things. She is fast, and so curious. Almost as soon as she started walking she was running. And there has been no looking back. She LOVES to run! People have said that she should be put in track. Her second birthday was a cupcake theme, although she didn't really eat any. Her two year pictures were so much fun to get. We were in the middle of a rain storm but you would never know...

Today Sophia and Mommy are going out for a birthday breakfast after we bring Sammy to school.:-) Sammy has IVIG today so she gets to go spend some time with Miss Meg, and then tomorrow we are having a butterfly birthday party for her. Wait until you see the AMAZING dress my friend made for her!!!
Happy birthday sweet Princess! I love you to the moon and back

3 years ago today....

I was 35weeks and 2 days pregnant and admitted to the hospital for complications of pre-eclampsia and HELLP Syndrome. I was scared, overwhelmed and very sad that I again was getting so sick. With Sam by the time I realized I was getting sick I was really too sick to understand how bad off I was. But with Sophia I carried that fear throughout the pregnancy that I would again become so deathly ill. I am praising God that I didn't! That I delivered a beautiful healthy baby girl. Do I wish that I could have made it full term? Absolutely! Do I wish that I could have been one of those people who went into labor on my own, when I was full term and have a picture perfect delivery? Definitely! But that was not God's plan for me, and my birth story with Sophia brings such joy and amazement! I am so thankful that this precious baby girl was sent to us. Reminiscing about my precious beauty:-)

My last pregnancy pic, with Sammy the big brother (only 20months old!) kissing my belly