Long time no post...

I'm sorry. I just have a newborn at home.

Since I last wrote, Tyler and I were released on the same day- Friday. We were really praying hard that he'd come home too. I got released about 11am, and we had to wait until 12:30 to know if he would also. We got word he could go home, so we went to our house and I changed into clean clothes, and dropped off my prescription for pain meds.

The nurse called us about 2:00, so we grabbed my medicine and rushed off to the hospital. We had to sit through a CPR video then a stack of discharge instructions from the nurse... and FINALLY she said we could get him dressed. THEN Cody had to go pull the car up to the front, THEN come back upstairs. ARGH. It seemed like forever, but really it was only about 45 minutes.

Colton called us (he had stayed with Aunt Katie) when we were about a block from the hospital to see if we were coming YET? He was waiting by the front door for us to pull up. He cried Wednesday and Thursday, begging to see his brother, but they wouldn't let little kids into the NICU. That was so hard to explain to him. He was such a good boy.

I came in with the baby and sat on the couch and he just glued himself to his brother. All day long since then, we see him peering over the side of the pack 'n play, or he asks for the boppy pillow to hold Tyler. He just sits there and talks to him and Tyler just stares and listens. They're going to be best of friends.

We came home with a 4lb 14oz baby, and as of Monday at the first pediatrician appointment, he had gained weight and was coming in at 5lbs 5oz!! I was so happy to hear that news.

We were sent home with instructions to make sure he gets 1.5 oz per feeding every 3 hours, and by our 2nd night home he started downing all but two sucks of 2oz every 3-3.5 hours!

I also had an appointment Monday. Sunday I had an awful headache, and Monday my BP was still pretty high. Doctor upped my medicine to three times a day, and I didn't have a headache or feel completely drained today. I had my staples removed then too, and am now in ALOT less pain.

My section was a little more complex than a routine repeat. From the outside in, including my uterus, was nothing but scar tissue. I'm so glad I didn't try for a VBAC like I originally had my heart set on. I was told Monday that my uterus was "a big, big mess" So my doctor had to perform plastic surgery and cut out a bunch of scar tissue and mend muscle and everything else, which has left me with some pretty nasty bruising all over my pelvic region.

I was also told Monday I shouldn't have any more pregnancies. Cody and I had talked about it because of the PIH/Toxemia...but to actually have it medically reccomended just made it sting, or slap me in the face. It broke my heart and I cried all the way home. We always have wanted three babies, but the PIH and growth restriction is bad enough, let alone the risk of even having a viable pregnancy due to my scarring. Tyler was born at 37 weeks, but experienced IUGR (intra uterine growth restriction) because of the hypertension, and newborn tests placed him at the status of a 34/35 weeker. I did not know any of this in the hospital (surprise surprise), but read all the documents we were sent home with.

So we're looking into permanent birth control options for next spring (snip-snip if you get what I mean- I told Cody it was his turn!). I still dream of having that third baby, so if we decide to, we'll take that long journey of adoption. But even that, to me, will be a heavy decision because I know it can take forever and/or involve alot of heartbreak and pain as well.

Until then, I plan to make itty-bitty Tyler's baby-hood last. I already discussed with him that he does NOT have to be walking by his first birthday or anything like that. I plan on to take just as many pictures of him as I have Colton, and to sniff his head a million times a day.

We WILL be okay. And I have two boys that will have their senior and freshman years of high school together. And if we never have that little girl? WOO HOO! I'm the princess of the HOUSE!! Three gentlemen to do things for me? NICE who wouldn't love it?

That's the update, long, I know. Next post I plan to have some pictures for all you baby-holics out there. I can finally walk around more than from the bed to the sofa, so I plan on breaking out my dear DSLR. To think I haven't even touched it in over a week! ACK! (I've also got to update my blog layout) Cody's off until September 26th, and we've gotta get prepared for the influx of visitors for the month, that starts this weekend with my inlaws coming! We may shoot for a trip to Knippa/Uvalde during that time, but we aren't sure just yet.