Luke's Blessing!!!

Luke was blessed on December 4th by his Dad. It was a very small blessing circle because of bad weather. Jesse, my dad, and the bishop stood in. I was glad that my family who could make it was there to support us. Annie came from Jesse's side and rode with my parent from Lyman. Jess gave a nice blessing. I was so happy to finally have it done. We had planned on doing it the week after Thanksgiving but we all got food posioning and had to cancel. At one time while he was so sick we thought made this day would never come and that we needed to bless him in the hospital. I am so grateful that he is now healthy and doing so much better! He is the easiest baby I have ever had! He smiles ALL the time and thinks anyone talking is talking to him. Thanks to all who came to share this special day with us!!!

Huey Turns 2!!!

Hugh had his second birthday! We planned a big party at our house, but no one came because of the roads. Luckily, we were in Lyman on his actual birthday and so we had a little party there. Every time he see something "Cars" he loves it! He has never seen the movie, but is still obsessed with it, so we had a Cars themed cake and decorations, and gifts. I think he liked it. I can't believe he is two already. He cracks us up daily with the things he says and how he says them. He is the most polite child I have ever met that says thank you for everything (such as changing his diaper and washing his face.) He is all boy, and loves anything "boy-ish"! He adores his dad and has him wrapped around his finger! He also love baby "Wucas" and is contastanly kissing the top of his head of smoothering him. Anya is his best friend and he asks for her first thing every morning when he wakes up. However, with that being said, he is the biggest tease to her!! He loves to get a rise out of her. (He learned very well from his Dad!!!) He just learned how to get out of his crib, which is amazing to me because he climbs up onto everything. He has been pretty good to stay in his crib after he gets put once and is reminded that he has to get back in.He is a little parot and repeats everything he hears. He has showed a little interest in potty training and loves to go on the potty. I am not sure I am ready to actually get rid of the diapers altogether quite yet. He is the most mellow out of control person you will ever meet. At times he is so laid back and quiet and others he is completely wild!! I absolutely adore this boy, and am so grateful that I get to be his Mom!!!!

The Madness Continues!!!

Our UW family pictures!!!

See how sick his little eyes are? Sad!!

His hospital room at Grandma Shelly's

I was so happy to finally take off those silly oxygen stickers!!!

Painting Pumpkins!!!The whole Family!!!Little Richie!!!Cute Costumes!!!She was a flamingo for Preschool!!!Getting so big!!!Headed Trick-or-Treating!!!Just when we though Luke was better....we were wrong! He started throwing up about a week after he got off oxygen. I took him in to the Dr. thinking he had the flu and sure enough he was sick...with PNEUMONIA again!!!! Back on oxygen for a few days and I took him back for a checkup. They said he was better and I could take him off of the oxygen. The other kids were sick too, so we decided to ship them off to Grandma's so they wouldn't pass it on to Luke. We went and got their prescriptions at Wal-Mart and as we were leaving I noticed the Luke didn't look right. He was gray! I shook his carseat and nothing! I picked up his arm he was cold and completely limp. I freaked out and asked my mom if he was dead. Then I really flung the carseat back and he finally woke up. I think he may have been passed out. At this point I really felt like I needed to take him back to the Dr. but I didn't know if I was over reacting from lack of sleep and having a little postpartum symptoms. Jess and my mom said it would be okay just to take him back and get his levels checked after I had repeatedly asked them if they thought I was nuts. Because once he woke up he looked better. Jess answered by saying, "Yeah, but just a little nuts." Thanks Jess! Anyway, I really just knew something was wrong paranoid, or not. We took him back and sure enough, his levels were at 77! Normal is 100! The immediately admitted him. I was so worried. The nurses were worried to see him back as well. We wanted answers! They ordered test to be done at Primary's the next day. Needless to say, it was a long stressful night for both Jesse and I not knowing what was wrong and not being able to do anything to help. We went to SLC the next morning and the tests gave us no answers. We brought him home on oxygen for the third time with no explanation. To make a long story shorter, I started doing research thinking maybe it was something in our home causing this. Well, we looked into it and found our humidity was double what it should be and we have no venting system. How are ones lungs supposed to dry out in that climate? They can't! I took him to mom's for the next week and he improved! Improved A LOT! I was slowly able to wean him off of the oxygen. I continually listened to his lung to know when they sounded dry. When they sounded good we came home. We have been home for about a week and a half now and he is doing great. Gaining weight, sleeping good, eating great, and his lungs are clear!!! Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!!! So, things seem to be getting back to normal at this house for the first time in 2 months. Halloween was fun and the weather was great! Hugh was so excited to go trick-or-treating. He was out of control all night. Everyone is healthy, minus Hugh's little 24 hour bug that he just got over. So, here is to hoping for a quite, calm, and healthy holiday season! HaHa!

One Month and Broken Bones!!!

As soon as Luke was released off of oxygen Anya broke her leg. I guess when it rains it pours. It has been a LONG (but really fast) month at the Willie house! Jess had Matt come down for a duck hunting trip and a guys weekend and I decided to go home home for the weekend. While Jess was lounging with Matt I was at my mom's resting. On Saturday morning the kids were playing on the tramp when I heard Anya scream. I ran out there and she rolled over to me bawling. For the rest of the weekend she couldn't walk. She wasn't in pain so we decided we could wait out the weekend and take her in on Monday if she still couldn't walk. By Sunday night she seemed to be getting worse. I took her in first thing Monday morning and sure enough, she had a buckle fracture at the top of her tibia. She picked out a pink cast she gets to sport around for the next 4 weeks. As you can see, she doesn't seem to mind it much and is getting around quite well. If it's not one thing it's another as a parent. Luke is happy and healthy and is waking up a bit more. He is a very easy baby. He whines when he is hungry and screams when he gets his diaper changed. Other than that he is mellow. Hugh on the other hand...out of control. I guess he has decided that is how he is going to get some attention around here. He has always been so laid back. Not anymore! He is into everything and constantly teasing! He loves to kiss "Baby Buke" and lay on him. He is so funny! This is just a side we have never seen from him until now. Last night we attempted some family pictures. I just set my timer and this is what we got. Not too bad. Not professional but we will take it. I think I am officially caught up on my journal/ blog from May until now. We hope that things slow down a bit for us this fall!

Little Lucas!!!

Here is the Lucas story! The last few days of August I started having some pretty regular contractions. I called my Dr. and they said that I should probably go to the hospital if they continued. They continued, so I called Jess from work and off to the hospital we went. We got there and I got all hooked up. My Dr. was out of town and so I had the on call Dr. after 4 hours of contractions and no more dilating ( I was at a 3 when we arrived) she decided to send me home, along with her parting comment of “Don’t have a baby on the side of the road!” I was furious! I couldn’t believe she said that. Well, I guess it wasn’t time for Luke to make his appearance because two weeks later contractions had stopped and he still wasn’t here. I was induced at 38 weeks the morning of the 7^th.I was expecting things to go very quickly because with Hugh it was four hours start to finish. Haha! After getting started and the epidural things were going as planned. I was dilated to a ten by noon and Dr. Hansen came into check me. I was not thinning at all from the time we got there. He said give it another 30 minutes and we should be good. The 30 minutes turned in to about 4 hours. By the end of the 3^rd hour the epidural started wearing off. I didn’t want to be dosed again knowing that surely he would be born soon. I started to get this terrible pain in my left side (that is still there a month later on and off) that wouldn’t go away. It wasn’t contraction pain it was just a terrible stabbing that was taking my breath away. Oh yeah I forgot to mention that before this pain started I started throwing up. I felt like I was just completely out of it. I was just dazed. Back to the pain, so this pain wouldn’t go away. I couldn’t take it any longer I was trying to be tough, but I remember just looking at Jess and I lost it. The nurse ran in and said let me check her. She checked and immediately called the Dr. he came in and I said get down there so I can push! I pushed a few times and Little Luke came. He was so mad! He screamed and screamed! Things went very well after that. Jess went with him to the nursery and my mom stayed with me. The kids came later that night. Hugh was just out of control wanting to hug him and kiss him and run everywhere. Anya was a bit more nervous. She didn’t want to come see me she just stood there and looked. She did warm up later and wanted to hold him. It was a long, hard, tiring day, but it was all worth it!

Things were going really well for the first two weeks Luke was home. My mom kept the kids for a few days and then brought them home for a week. Luke had a little cold but I didn’t think much of it because I had one too. I took him in for his 2 week appointment Dr. Ching became worried when he hadn’t gained any weight. They then took his O2 levels. He was at about 83. I immediately knew what that meant…. she was going to admit him to the hospital. She thought it was pneumonia. I once again lost it! Luckily, I had left the other two kids home with a babysitter. My mom immediately got in the car to come and be with me and Jess took off work to be with the kids. As soon as I got there, I asked if anyone could give him a blessing. There were two very nice men waiting in his room when we got there. They gave him a very nice blessing. Dr. Ching order a bunch of tests. First thing she wanted him on an IV. It took forever to get in and several pokes. They did finally get one in his head. Then off to X-ray. Next she wanted blood work, and lastly a LUMABR PUNCTURE! I was so sad! I didn’t want to do it if we didn’t have to. She came in and explained why she was doing it and the importance of it. She said because he was so little and young the infection spreads very quickly and the wanted to make sure it had reached his brain. There is only a limited amount of time you can get an accurate read for this and our window was almost gone. If we didn’t catch it now the results would be much worse. I then agreed to have it done. They said it could take anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour. They suggested I leave the room for this. I did and cried on my mom’s shoulder in the hall. Dr. Ching tried to distract me and showed me his X-rays. She said it was pneumonia. What we weren’t expecting to see was a broken right clavical. She said it is pretty common and happens during delivery. Poor guy! No wonder he cries every time he is messed with! Anyway, they came and got me about 20 minutes later and said he did great! All of the results came back and were good. She wanted to keep him on IV antibiotics for 3 days. That meant we were there until Saturday! AH! Jess came the next morning with the kids. It was a long day for everyone. The next day just my mom came and Jess stayed home with the kids. Luke was improving quickly and you could physically see changes in him. I was 3 of the longest days of my life! I was an emotional wreck and completely exhausted! Saturday morning came and we were released! He had to go home on oxygen because his levels were still a bit low. We got him home and for the next few days tried to keep Hugh from smothering him and ripping his oxygen out. On Wednesday we had another appointment. He had gained 6 ounces and was doing much better. She decided his levels were high enough to take him off of his oxygen! YEAH!!! He is a whole new baby now. He is so much better and not in any pain now that his little clavical is better. What a first month of life this little man has had. We love him to pieces (especially Hugh) and are so happy he is home and healthy!