is anyone still following?

Went sledidng the other day, Dylan is almost fearless! Eventually he flew so far past the landing, he landed on a hard packed flat spot. He wouldn't admit to being hurt but if we weren't watching he would quietly go over and try to scrape some height from the take off ramp. All in all a very good day!

been a while...

Ok so we have been a little distracted and have been falling behind on our blogs. But,alas we have returned to the blogs and hope to keep y'all better informed. Maya is smiling a lot and reaching for things. Control over the limbs is still tough. I am sure she will figure it out soon. She also pretty close to rolling over. She hates bottles which makes it hard for dad to feed her while mom is at work. She is still waking during the night and we have not figured out the reason or the cure.
Dylan is a typical 4 year old and very smart. Too smart most of the time. we are currently working on the sounds letters make and trying to show him how words work. He is very distracted and it is hard to get him to concentrate on anything. We were also trying to lean how to ride a bike without training wheels, but its been near 100 degrees lately and when its not its raining. So we have not been on the bike in awhile. Dylan did get a riding lesson the other day. Instructors were impressed on how well he did for his age. Here are a couple of pictures of the kiddos and hopefully we will be on here soon.

Cute Dylanism 2

Aj was asking Dylan to pick up his toys out of the living room and have him take them to his room. Dylan had picked up 2 toys, and AJ asked him to pick up the last toy on the floor. Dylan then said that he couldn't pick it up cause he does not have octopus arms.

Maya Update

Maya is 5 weeks old tomorrow.

Here's what we have discovered so far.

Feeds: every 3 hours pretty much around the clock
Diapers: about 10 a day
Bedtime: 8 PM
Wakes: 6 AM

For the first month of her life, she rarely cried. She has know discovered that a earsplitting cry gets Mommy's attention much faster. She still has a whole symphony of squeaks and grunts.

She is learning to lift her head up, but is only able to do it for a few seconds.

Everytime she is awake, she feels like she should have a boob in her mouth. This is just like Dylan :)

She luckily rarely spits up, which is the opposite of Dylan. I have to admit it is kind of nice to not have to change her clothes and my clothes multiple times in a day.

Her first smile came very early in her first week of life. Now we are just waiting for the smile when she sees one of us.

Dylan is madly in love with his sister, almost too much. Hugs and kisses are a little rough, and interactions have to be supervised at a close distance.

Maya is starting to chunk up a little. This is nice because her arms and legs had an odd deflated appearance when she was born. She also had no butt, literally. She now has some nice chunky legs and really chubby cheeks.

I am convinced Maya looks like me, but everyone tells us that she looks like Dylan.

More info as it comes.

Pacifier Check

I apologize for not posting, but I think a new baby is a pretty good excuse :)

AJ and I tried to explain all the new baby stuff and what its purpose was to Dylan. We explained to him about the crib and how it kept the baby safe from rolling out of bed. We explained about pacifiers and how they can help soothe a baby and stop them from crying. Dylan wanted all the baby things to be his. The morning after we brought Maya home from the hospital, Dylan came out of his room and told me that pacifiers worked on 4 years old too. I asked him to explain this to me. He told me that he was out of bed in the night and went around putting all the pacifiers he could find in his mouth. Dylan decided that pacifiers kept him from crying too.

Aj and I are so glad to hear that all of Maya's pacifiers have been tested and approved by Dylan.

Am'y Definition of Irony

Child #1: I had delusions of natural childbirth. I never went into labor, instead I had to be induced at 41 weeks. Dylan never dropped, and I never had many contractions before the induction. Fast forward 17 long hours, things were not going well. Dylan got stuck and his heart rate was slowing down. I get an emergnacy c section. I then find out how giant Dylan was (9 lbs 14oz, 14 3/4" head).

Child #2: I no longer have any delusions about anything remotely natural. Placenta previa guaranteed the repeat c section. I am trying to be positive that I never have to feel a contraction, and knowing exactly when I will go into the hospital. I was wrong, again. Wednesday night I had a couple of contractions while sitting on the couch resting from long day at work. I figured it was Braxton Hicks due to working too hard. The next day I had more contractions, but never more than 2 in a hour and non were really painful. I went about my day, dropping Dylan at day care, going to work for a couple of hours. I figured I would ask the OB at my visit that day at 1pm. I was fully expecting to hear that this is what Braxton Hicks feels like, and that I should expect to feel that way for the rest of my pregnancy. Apparently I had the look of a woman in labor, and the nurse immediately brought in the OB after seeing me. She immediately checked to see if I was dilating. I was once again fully expecting to hear nothing was happening. Wrong. I was 2 cm dilated. WHAT!?! I don't dilate. I don't go into labor on my own. The OB put me on the monitor which said that I was contracting regularly. Things were really quickly from there. The OB told me that I had to be at the hospital by 4:30 (it was 1:30). I had to call AJ and get him home from work, get Dylan from preschool to my Dad's house, and get to the hospital. We were not quite ready to go. AJ had not packed yet. I had only packed half of my hospital bag.

AJ and I made it just in time. Due to the previa, time was of the essence. I was immediately put me into pre-op. IV's, blood tests, etc. I was then taken to the OR. It took 2 spinals to get my belly numb (very fun). Aj was allowed in just in time to see Maya being born. Another 30 minutes and my tubes were tied and I was wheeled out.

IRONY: When I wanted to do a natural birth, I had a giant baby with a giant head and I never went into labor. When I could not have a natural birth, I go into labor on my own and have a peanut sized baby with a peanut head. FYI: pitocin contractions are 1000x more evil than regular ones.

Aj and I have our 2 beautiful, happy and healthy children. Our family is complete. No regrets about how we got here.