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!

          

Five-osis... sigh

So I told Cali at 8:05 that she had to get dressed quick because we have to leave by 8:20.  In the meantime I get the wagon ready feed Connor and get Lexi breakfast.  When I check in on Cali at 8:15 she is still in her pajamas sitting on her bed!  So I had to quickly dress her, brush her teeth, wash her face and brush her hair (my brush broke in her hair it was that tangled!)  Then she got her coat on, while I packed the other two kids up.  I had to put her boots on for her and we made it out the door by 8:23.  Pretty good, huh?  

Then when we got to school I crouched down to talk to her about why I was frustrated and she was too busy flirting with some boys to take me seriously; little turkey.  I do love her and I know that her pokey-ness is most likely a curse given to me by my mother.

Seriously though!  Sigh... five and school stress me out!

Hope you had a better morning then I did.

Newborn Photos

Connor and I went to visit Sarah last week.  She just sent me a little preview; I can't wait to see the rest!

Cali just walked in the door and informed me that she not only has one loose tooth but two!  I cried... doesn't she know that she is NOT allowed to grow up so fast!

Cali's First Day of School

I know, I know... I didn't tell many people I was pregnant... I was so nervous just because of the statistics so I only told people on a need to know basis.

Anyway baby Connor decided to come on the most inconvenient day... the first day of school.  I was glad for him to come but sad that I missed Cali's first day of Kindergarten.  Luckily Mom and Dad were here and took over for me.  Here are some pictures of the day.  Cali was so excited to be a big sister again that she didn't even seem sad that I wasn't there for her big day.

Cali eating her breakfast before her big day.

Papa pulling Cali and Lexi to school.

Cali has arrived at school.

Cali sitting at her desk.

Cali already hard at work at school.

Cali absolutely loves kindergarten.  I had registered her in half days since I thought she would miss us at home with all the changes this year.  After two days of school she told me that she wanted to stay for the full day so I know that she is adjusting well!  I am so happy for her, it sounds like she is making new friends and really likes her teachers.

 

Another Yu

Connor in his giant carseat.

After two weeks of contractions and two false alarms (all which was incredibly annoying) baby Connor decided to enter the world on Thursday, August 30th 2012.

One week prior I was having contractions five minutes apart for 4 hours and Ed and I left for the hospital when we got halfway there they stopped so we turned around and went home. Four hours later they started again so I figured we should head again to the hospital... then once we got to Calgary they stopped again. Since we made it all that way I figured we should get checked... only 3 centimeters... not good enough. We headed home.

One week later I was having contractions again which started at 1am and were five minutes apart. So we waited until 6am and left for the hospital... then when we were about 15 minutes outside the city they stopped again, arg! Anyway close enough we decided to go in anyway. Once I got to triage they did start again but they were only seven minutes apart... I was sure they were going to send me home again. The triage nurse told me that third babies tend to cause this confusion, that made me feel better. I had never had this confusion before with the girls! The doctor that was on was really nice and even though I was only 4 centimeters she decided to keep me. I started to cry with this news since I was so exhausted from the random contractions from the previous two weeks. Needless to say I had not been sleeping well. She recommended that I walk for an hour and try to get the contractions going again. So I took her advice to extreme and ran the stairs.

I had the contractions really going by the time I got back to the delivery room. Again the doctor checked me and I was only 4 centimeters, no change. When she suggested breaking my water I was completely on board. I was willing to do whatever I could to get this baby out and fast, I was ready! So she broke my water at 11:15am and Connor was out by 11:43am with two pushes. It was quick just the way I wanted it. I have any kind of medication with the girls but I found the transition too fast this time and when Andrea our nurse offered the gas I took it! I was awesome! It's great because you can still feel everything, it's just that you don't care. I am so glad that I took it because the cord was wrapped around his neck so I had to stop pushing in order to give them time to unwrap it. I had the same experience with Lexi but at that time without any drugs I wasn't able to stop. Luckily she was okay but I was happy that this time I had no problem stopping when required.

Since he came so fast he had a lot of bruising on his face and both of his eyes were red... poor little monkey. He was just fine although he has out done both of his sisters. Cali had meconium and Lexi had the cord around her neck and Connor had both. His initial Apgar score was 9 so despite everything he was perfect. Connor weighed 7 lbs 1oz and was 20 inches long. He is such a great feeder that he only lost 6% of birth weight. Although it felt like a long wait until he arrived It feels like he has always been part of our family.

Connor with his big sister Cali.