Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Random kid post I never finished...

Elliot has been holding out on us I think. Today Libby got hurt and after she was all better, Elliot wanders over to me and says "Libby got hurt. Libby got owie". Pretty good sentences considering I've only heard him say most of those words a couple times and never together. Little stinker. He is really in to hugging these days which is so stinking adorable. He'll walk up to one of us with his arms wide open and say "hug" and then "aww" while he's hugging you. I love it when he hugs Libby. They've gotten to be pretty good friends lately and play really well together (most of the time).

Libby has reached one of the girl stages I really was dreading. The "I'm not gonna be your friend if you...." stage. I hate it so much. I knew she'd pick it up sooner or later b/c I've been around enough kids to hear it and she's told me a few times girls at preschool said they didn't want to be her friend for the silliest most trivial things. She told me if I peeked at her picture than she wouldn't let me have it and would give it to daddy. I've heard her say it once or twice to one of her friends and I'm hoping we are going to stop it before it gets worse. She can also be one of the sweetest girls and often tells me that I am the best mommy in the world and that she loves me, which is nice to hear and makes me feel good. I was proud of her today, I let one of her friends come over to play and Libby let her wear the fancy Cinderella dress from Grandma Olive and volunteered to be the prince. She is older than most of her friends and always gets to be the queen or princess, so it was kind of a big deal that she was being so considerate. She danced with Cinderella too which was kind of amusing for me!

{Started this before we moved... can't remember what else I was going to write about. Kids are doing great with the move. Libby of course has already made friends at church/neighborhood and Elliot is doing fine in nursery. Elliot is continuing to talk better and better. I wish he was eating better. He basically lives off apples, granola bars, animal crackers and dry cereal (and milk and apple juice too). He'll occasionally eat what I make (mac n cheese, ramen, rice & beans, and pancakes). He won't even eat any desserts--even m&ms. He is crazy. }

new doctor

So, I should probably write about our new place, but I don't have any pictures yet and want to wait till it's a little more decorated. Anyways, last week I met my new obgyn for this pregnancy and I am so happy! ISo much better than my rexburg drs! He actually takes my previous history of HELLP syndrome seriously! He seemed a bit surprised when he asked what tests they have been doing and I told him none because my Dr said I wasn't high risk. I am definitely high risk and he will be monitoring my pregnancy more closely. Next visit I get to have an ultrasound, glucose test (which i normally would do), extra blood tests and a 24hr urine test (not so excited about that last one, but if it helps...). He talked with me for a long time and made sure I knew how to get ahold of him/nurses at any time and when to go to the hospital. It was just nice to get some validation on my fears of complications and possible death(the mortality rate is up to 25% for HELLP! Yikes).
I am getting excited for another girl and have been planning the nursery decor already. I am planning on pink and "Tiffany" blue with maybe some other colors. I really should decorate the living room, but baby stuff is just so cute. I cut out a diaper bag last night and hopefully I'll get that finished soon and get use out of it before baby even gets here

If anyone is interested in learning about HELLP, here are some of the links I've gone to

http://www.preeclampsia.org/health-information/hellp-syndrome?gclid=CIONmoGcmr4CFQJqMgodBXsAgA

http://www.webmd.com/baby/tc/hellp-syndrome-and-preeclampsia-topic-overview