Home Again Home Again Jiggity Jig...

As Dorothy once said..."There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home!" I would have to agree with her. I busted out of the hospital on Monday and boy was I ever grateful! My own bed never felt so good. One of the high risk doctors came in on Monday and said he didn't really see a reason to keep me, so I was to go home and resume my bed resting at home. So for now that is what I will be doing. I went to my regular doctor yesterday and she said that everything still looked ok. I am currently dialated to a 1+ and have been so for a few weeks now. I just need to keep taking it easy and staying down as much as possible to keep gravity at bay. I think that gravity is my sad, short, untoned, cervix' kryptonite. hee hee. But hopefully with more rest and anti-gravity positions Lem Lem will stay put for a while longer!

On a little side note.. Sunday my parents came in and I went down to the lobby to visit Little GB. Oh how I had missed my little man. I was so happy to have just a few minutes with him. I'm not sure how he felt about the whole thing, but I was sure happy. My dad brought me up an envelope and in it were letters from my first grade class. It was so cute. My teacher, Mrs. C had the class do interactive writing and write a class letter and then each student wrote one on their own. It was the cutest thing ever. They made a list of some girl names that I could use. Some from memory: Cutie, Mariposa, Lulu, Sarah. They were amazing. I miss my cute little first graders!

I really appreciate everyone's well wishes and concerns. Words can't say enough how loved me (and my little family) feel. I have been blessed beyond words.

Keeping It Interesting...

So..quick post. I am posting this post from my hospital bed at Intermountain Medical Center. No worries, Lem Lem is still where she needs to be. A quick little recap. I had an appointment with my preterm doctors on Fri. He did his exam and found what my regular doctor had found but wanted to do a Non Stress Test on the baby and start a 2 shot regime of steroid's just in case and to help little Lem Lem's lungs develop faster. So he sent me over to the NST and they found I was having contractions, although they were oblivious to me. But I was having them about 1-2 minutes apart but they were small and to me non-existent. So I was sent down to Labor and Delivery to be put on monitors and medication to stop the contractions. After being in L & D for a day they were able to subside the contractions enough to take me off the monitors and send me up the post-partem wing where I am just doing the bed rest thing and missing my little man. The plan (hopefully)will be to go home either tomorrow, but more than likely on Monday after the hospital docs confer with my high risk doc and regular doc. Due to the h1-n1 ordeal no one under 14 is allowed to come into the hospital :( So when I found out I was being admitted, needless to say the tears came. Not so much because I was worried about Lem Lem, I knew she was okay, but I just left Little GB thinking I'd see him in about 45-hour. But I know that he's in good hands with his Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Jedders and family. Again my family is such a huge blessing and to me they are the greatest family in the world. Jed and my Dad came in today and gave me a very comforting and reassuring blessing. So that is my current scoop. I'll post more details when I get them. But just one question, why do they bring hosptial dinner at 4:30? I mean yes, I'm old but that does seem a bit earlier does it not? Oh well...all is well!

Halloween+Candy=VERY happy Little GB

I think we might have to buy some stock in Crest or Colgate for a very long time! Little GB scored enough candy during his Trunk or Treating and regular Trick or Treating to keep our little family stocked with candy for a few years!! I don't think he's complaining though. I was unable to actually participate in the Trick or Treating, but my family and of course Pfieffer stepped up to help my little man get lots of treats!! Little GB LOVED his costume, getting his blisters (that is how he said whiskers) painted on, carving pumpkins (his is the ghost), and saying Trick or Treat. Pfieffer told me that after he received candy and said his thank you's, his reponse would be, "Alright! That's my favorite candy!." Hopefully next year he will still be as polite and excited to recieve such yumminess!!

And then...He was 3!

Well it happened…Little GB has hit the big 3 and boy does he ever feel BIG! We celebrated his birthday yesterday, October 21 and he had quite the day!! From the moment he woke up he knew it was his birthday and was eager to open up all of his presents. I told him we had to wait for his little party that we were going to have later, but he managed to sneak in a few presents throughout the day. He felt special the whole day and pretty much grinned from ear to ear. He kept on telling me that it was his birthday and that he was now 3 years old. We just had a little family party and had dinner at McDonald’s and he was in heaven. After eating and playing we all came back to my house and had cake and ice cream and opened up presents. His cousin, Camden’s, birthday is the day after so we split a cake…I think Pfeiffer was excited to see what Little GB picked. I personally think it was more for the color than what it actually was. I just can’t believe that he’s three years old already. For a little recap of our Little GB:
He knows his birthday is October 21
He can spell his name
His favorite color is Red
He loves playing legos (or anything) with his Dad
Every time he sees a flag he says “Look there is a Grand Ol’ Flag” and then has to sing the song
He loves planes
He likes to read books
His favorite food (besides candy and chips) would probably be pizza
He LOVES to sing pretty much anything!!
So there is a little recap of my favorite little man!! Words can't even begin to state how much he is loved!!

Our first signs of pink....

Okay, so onto a much happier (and shorter) post. My new life of pink and girly items have begun. Thanks to my friends, M and J as well as my mom and sister, my collection of things girly, pink, and super cute have only just begun. My mom and Little GB bought us our first official pink item. It is a cute pink bib. My friend J (who is going to bring out every bit of girl in me) gave us these cute headbands that have attachable flowers. I love them, I can't wait to see little Lem Lem with these on her head! (Hopefully she will be blessed with as much hair as Little GB was) My friend M gave me this really cute and uber soft blanket that Lem Lem might just have to fight me for!! (Okay, I will totally share with her). My sister made us this cute hooded towel with the pink whales...I think I have the best friends and family in the whole world. My friend J-Dawg who lives quite far away has supplied me with almost daily little pick-me-ups. Thanks J-Dawg. Here are some picks of our new pink/girly items.



And I guess I will have to throw in some of little GB, just because I want too. :) Oh and also a little video of him showing off his cute self. :)

Never A Dull Moment

I think ol’ Murphy’s Law came into play last week here with our little family. All three of us were seen by someone in the medical profession. Here is a recap of our not so good week.
Wed: I went to my regular OB doctor. She had received word about my situation and wanted to check things out for herself. She agreed with doctor’s orders and seconded the notion of placing yours truly on bed rest. She told me I should take up needle point to kill some time. Ha ha. That doesn’t sound like me at all right? Upon arrival to pick up Little GB from my brother’s house I came home to find him crying and covered in vomit. He was getting down off of the trampoline and instead of using the chair that was there he wanted to get down the big-boy way. He somehow managed to lose his balance and fell. My brother said that he did not land hard so we didn’t really think anything of it. When Little GB gets hurt, he sort of gets mad. I wasn’t sure if he had vomited because he was so worked up or if it was more serious. So my mom got him cleaned up and I settled him down and just held him for awhile. He fell asleep and I just held him. When he woke up he was a little playful, but wanted to be held and kind of lethargic. For the rest of the day he just wanted to be held, until around 4:30 when he started to complain that his head hurt. My mom didn’t have any medicine so we went to the store to get some and while my mom was in the store Little GB threw up again. I (Pfeiffer had gone to Elko, NV on Monday for work and wasn’t supposed to be home until late Wed night.) decided that it was time to take him to the doctor. His doctor said that it looked like a concussion but didn’t have any equipment for x-rays and such so she sent us over to the ER. Little GB was such a trooper and big boy. The ER doc was nice and they took some pictures (a CT) of his head. My dad took him for the test, because me being prego couldn’t go back. All of the nurses were amazed; I guess they usually have to strap the little ones down, but not my big boy. By this time Little GB had medicine in him and was almost as good as new. The ER doc came back and said that he didn’t really look at children’s cat scans all that much and to him it looked like there was a little bit of bleeding on his brain and that it was to Primary Children’s Medical Center that we must go for a 2nd opinion, well no a 3rd opinion at this point. So an ambulance was called, a neck collar was worn and Little GB and mom went for a 40 minute drive into SLC to the children's hospital. Little GB was so brave; he thought it was cool when they sounded the sirens. After being there for a few hours the team of doctors agreed that Little GB did have a slight concussion, but there was no bleeding on the brain. Whew!! Pfeiffer arrived at the hospital shortly after we got a clean bill of health. Poor Pfeiffer had to drive nearly 200 miles to get to us and by the time he had gotten to us his mind was in over drive. By the time it was ready to go Little GB was ready to go home and was trying to get into everything. Thursday we took it easy and kept him medicated and he was pretty much as good as new by Friday. It was a long day to say the least!! But we had many prayers said in our behalf and for that we are thankful. My parents had driven in to the hospital and my brother Jed also came up. As I have said before, I have the best family ever!!
Pfeiffer did not escape the medical profession either. He hiked Lone Peak with his buddy Rich and on their decent he took a spill and ended up cutting his leg pretty bad. Stitches were in order and he came home with a whopping 7 stitches and his muscle stuck back into his leg. His leg looks pretty awesome with the stitches and the big bruise.
So all I can say is whew!! And thank goodness for medical insurance!! Here are a few pictures of our tumultuous week! (The pics were taken at a later date, as you can tell that they are taken at our house.) Little GB still likes to play with them. The one we refer to as darth vadar.

A Little Snafu

Well....we have encountered a little snafu in the our little game plan. As stated in my previous blog I am involved in a pre-term study to see if they can find reasons that might trigger preterm babies. With the study comes a little tighter observation than that of a standard pregnancy. Well, as of Friday afternoon I have been placed on bed rest. I guess things are progressing a little faster than they would like so for now I am being planted upon flat surfaces. My student teaching, which was going so well, has been placed on hold and we are checking with Utah State to see what my options are. I am keeping my fingers crossed that this might be only temporary. The dr. said that it could be if my numbers and my weeks of pregnancy catch up to each other. So we are keeping our fingers crossed that they do. But little Lem Lem seems to be doing just great, despite the fact that her termporary living situations are comparable to that of shanty (that is how Pfeiffer refers to my "house"). But she is active and looks great! I have another dr. appointment on Friday and hopefully I will be reporting better news. But for now..all is well. We are all healthy and happy!! :)