Lexington Atucky

  Oh she drives me crazy, and her love her so much at the same time.  I am so glad that she is part of our family no one makes me laugh like she does, or makes me as angry.  No one taught me as much about being a parent as she has, especially the lesson of choose your battles.  I am told that she is just like me... that can't be all bad can it?

  Tonight I was soaking my feet in the tub when she walked in and proceeded to have a poop.  Yes, it was on the toilet so that should make me somewhat happy, but boy it was stinky and I wanted some relaxation time.

This is how it went down:

Me:  Lexi, I was hoping to soak my feet without the odour of feces.

Lexi:  Fifis? What's fifis?

                                                         Oh she makes me laugh!

How we are doing

I realized that it had been too long in-between posts.  Was I really that busy once I returned to work?  Maybe. Anyway I hope that my children forgive me in the fact that I lost a year or two of records,  I will try to be better this year.

So after you have a baby people keep asking how you are doing?", so I am going to answer that question in the this post.

WE ARE DOING SIMPLY WONDERFUL!

Honestly life couldn't be much better, and here's why:

- I am off work for the next year with pay, this is great as I love being home with my family, and I also love having a little extra money.

- Ed finished his last course to have 6 years of education which will increase his monthly salary.  He has been working on this for the past 8 years, taking courses here and there when found time and now he is DONE!!!  I also have to brag and state that he received an A+ in his final course and a 97% on his final exam.  Great job Eddie!!! So no more courses unless something unforeseen arises in our life.

- Cali is going into grade two and turing eight in the spring so I busily planning her baptism.  I am so excited about it.  Just look at my pinterest boards and you can tell!

- Lexi is starting kindergarten full time in two weeks!  Hooray!  As much as I love her I think that our time apart and the discipline will do her some good.

- Connor is just the sweetest little boy I could hope for.  He is also blond and has green eyes and looks just like his Dad.  He is the "California Ed" as our neighbour Josh calls him.

- Bemme is just a sweet baby like his older sisters and brother before him.

- Mom is here to help for three more weeks.

What else could I want?

A New Yu

On August 11 at 6:26am we welcomed a new Yu into our little family weighing in at 7lbs 5oz and 20.5 inches long.  We love you Bemme!

My contractions were regular and strong so I had Ed take me to the hospital the night before to be checked.  Somewhere between home and the hospital the contractions slowed down and weakened, however the Doctor on call took pity on me being a mother of four herself and she kept me.

I was also really lucky that night that my friend Rachel was working and she assigned me the best nurse on shift.  Renee was an awesome nurse and good person to chat with during the night.

I didn't realize that I had become so swollen over the past few months, so I was shocked when it took six tries and four nurses to get my IV.  Once they got the antibiotics going I had to wait three hours then they tried breaking my water.  (That worked like a charm last time and got Won Ton out in 20 minutes!)  This time it wasn't enough, after two hours of nothing they started the oxytocin drip.  That did the trick this time and had baby Bemme in my arms a couple of hours later.

The only complication was that this little turkey had his cord wrapped around his ankle, his heart rate dropped to 50 while I was pushing.  However thanks to my excellent nurse Renee, Dr. Hudson, and my great pushing skills we had him out in no time with no ill effects.

Another great delivery thanks to nitrous oxide, my nurse told that I was the happiest labouring woman she had ever seen :) Also as an added bonus for not having an epidural I was allowed to shower in L&D.  Best push present ever!!!

This little boy is certainly adored by his big sisters and brother!