Happy Birthday Wesley Kay!

This post will be extra long from all of the pictures I want to share.  I will also throw in some information that will be nice for us to review some day.  Please enjoy!  We sure are!!!

First, I would like to point out, we could not have had a better experience than our delivery at St. Vincent's Infirmary!  Our labor and delivery nurse set the precedence for our time spent in the hospital.  She was WONDERFUL!  It was like she was on team Hines!  She was so informative, genuine, comforting and very experienced! Thank you to her!  After we left L&D, we found all of our following nurses would be just as great!  I also couldn't say enough good things about the anesthesiologist and my doctor either!  We chose a pediatrician who was recommended by my sis-n-law and other friends who I think we are just as excited about!  She saw us and Wesley last Monday and guess what?!?  Wesley was already over her birth weight!  She weighed in at 8lbs 1oz.  Dr. Martin thought this was grand!  This week, we have spent much time adjusting and me recovering but so far we are all fabulous!  My hip feels much better already and I can walk with almost no pain!  God is good!!!!  We thank everyone for all of the prayers!  I believe they sure have helped us.  Now to share some pictures.....

Wesley Kay, you were born January 21, 2013 at 10:03 in the morning.  You weighed 8 lbs even and stretched 20.5 inches long.  You were just perfect!  The doctors and nurses thought so too!  Dr. Breniman did your c-section delivery and took great care of your Mommy.  So far you sleep good and eat good too!  Me, your Daddy and all of your family cannot get enough of you!  Everyone says you are so sweet!

Some of your pictures are blurry...especially the ones with your Daddy in them because he is the master photographer.  No one can catch your yawns and smiles like he can!

Here are the flowers and gifts you received while we stayed at the hospital.  There are many more of these at home!  You have no idea how many people love you!

Here are some of your favorite cousins!  CariAnne was so disappointed she didn't get to hear your lullaby when you were born.  That's right!  St. Vincent plays a lullaby over their sound system every time a new baby is born.  Problem is, it's not played right away.  Only when you leave labor and delivery and go upstairs to the ante-partum care and nursery. Your cousins were already gone when we made it upstairs.

And look at all of these good people!  That's your Nim, Papaw Gary, Poppa Wayne, Nanna, Unlce Bryan and Aunt Kelly, and your good friends Sandra, Katie and Leigh.  Sandra has made you some beautiful dresses.  I can't wait to see you in them soon!

And look at that pretty pink bow on the door!  Mommy's BFF Kelly had that sent to you at the hospital to put on your door!  Aunt Kelly was so sad she would miss your birthday, so she made sure she sent a wonderful reminder that she was thinking about you and saying prayers for you too!  Also that next picture was your first time in a car seat.  You look so little in it!  It makes Mommy and Daddy nervous!  When Daddy was driving home he would say, "I don't care how much they honk.  I'm not going over 12."  He was kind of kidding but kind of not;)

That's your first duck call!  It's pink and has your name on it.  Your Daddy thinks it's one of the best gifts you have received!

You love to sleep with your arms up!  We have lots of pictures like this!

And look who came to see you your first weekend home!  Mandy!  She thinks you're perfect too!  And Kelly drove all the way to Sheridan to see you too!!  She loves you that much!  I can't wait for you to meet her kids.  Baxley will get a big kick out of you!  These are not all of your visitors either!  We will have to upload more pictures to share later this week. 

 

I hope everyone enjoyed!  I have more pictures where these came from!! Can't wait to share all of our milestones to come!

1 week old today!!!

And we are doing wonderful! Had our first official outing today...to our first check up. Don't I look sweet?

 

I forgot to post this from Monday.  I am working on uploading lots of pictures to share now!

We're home!

We brought an angel home from the hospital! I'm serious! I will post more details and pictures soon when there is time to download some but I wanted to let all of our friends and family know how great we are all three doing! Thank you all for your prayers!!!! We are in love!

And we think we're busy now...

I know I have been slacking on the blog front so I am going to play catch up.  Pretty much we have been having some of the greatest baby showers ever, building a house, putting together swings and pack and plays, packing hospital bags, and making weekly doctor appointments.  We are doing great!  Wesley will be 24 hours old this time next week!! Wow!  And things will never be the same again!  Can't wait!  I have put together some pictures of the past 10 months of pregnancy to hopefully enjoy seeing again someday.  Enjoy!

Wesley went to Myrtle beach here.

And here is a great shower my co-workers gave for us! Wish we got a group picture:(

And here is Harper's baby bump

Here is the gender reveal cake. This was a fun party! Wasn't it Riley???

Here is another wonderful shower at First Landmark! Wesley is already very spoiled and loved!

Here she is at Disney World on the splash mountain ride! I think she loved it!

And last, a compilation of baby bump pics. This will have to do for all the friends asking to see my baby bump.

Wait, one more. That's right, we ran Warrior Dash when Wesley was just a teensy peanut!

Christmas 2012

We had a wonderful Christmas!   We were so busy with so much going on!  Every party, dinner, and gathering we kept saying how different next year will be..."Wesley might even be walking this time next year!!  or we'll be toting a baby everywhere next year!"  So much to look forward to!  What a Happy New Year we have coming soon!!

Merry Christmas from our family of 2!

Christmas eve with the Gillis family

Christmas breakfast at Aunt Jane's

Christmas eve with the Goins family.  Yes!  That is pink camo for Wesley!

 

 

Shirron/Hines/Herbie Christmas.  Zoe really racked up with the Nana Zoe gifts!  How cute is Miss Madison?!?!

 

Christmas Day at Poppa Wayne's

 

And here are my "Snowmageddon 2012" pictures. We got 6 inches of beautiful snow! Our house place is beautiful, I think! It is going to be so nice to live there eventually;)

Because of the ice in the first picture many trees were snapped and falling on power lines so we lost electricity Christmas afternoon, see picture 2.  We continued our festivities that night at the Shirron's where we got 6 inches of snow!  We spent the first night at home (burrrr) and the next night at Dad's, because he got lucky and had his power restored.  I know there are still many people without.  I feel for you!!!

 

Hopefully my next post will share some great New Year's eve pictures!  See you then!

 

By the way, Riley are Harper must have been good this year because Santa listened and brought them a puppy!  You might find her scattered in some of the pictures.  Her name is Ruby!  And she is cute!

Because of the ice shown in the first picture, we had no electricity shown in the second picture.  We had freezing rain before we got 6 inches of snow on Christmas night.  The snow was beautiful but we spent one night at home without electricity (burrrr) and then spent the next night with Dad.  We were lucky though!  There are many people still without.  I feel for you!!! 

Pregnancy, so far so good...kinda

Hello again!  This post is not a fun one but it is very unique to say the least!  Transient osteoporosis.  These two words have become bad words around here!  Just kidding!  Actually I was finally happy to hear them!  And it will hopefully be good therapy for me talk about my story.  Please note, I am no professor of medicine but I do work in the field of medicine so I will try to explain without too many inaccuracies.

For many weeks I have struggled with severe one sided hip pain.  It progressively got worse and worse.  I tried physical therapy for two weeks.  When that showed no sign of relief, my doctor suggested a referral to an orthopaedic physician.  Getting this appointment was difficult because many people along the way want to suggest....."she knows she's pregnant right?"  Ugh!!!  However, once I saw the Otho dr, he thought it could possibly be a stress fracture, arthritis, or transient osteoporosis.  Thinking the latter was nearly impossible because it is so rare.  He ordered an MRI to help with the diagnosis.  Now, skipping x-rays and going straight to a more elaborate imaging modality is not the proper course for insurance companies.  BUT when you're pregnant, you definitely don't want to expose the baby to unnecessary radiation.  So we got insurance approval and I had my scan.  At this point, I was using crutches to help me walk but I had no idea why I couldn't walk and I am completely exhausted and frustrated to say the least.   

 

This is a picture of an MRI I found on radpod.org.  I wasn't big on putting my own MRI on the Internet.  Anyway, this looks nearly identical to mine.  But the opposite hip is affected here and the female patient has a small joint effusion of which I thankfully do not have.  Many of you don't want to see this and maybe can't find what's wrong but you don't really need a medically trained eye to see one hip does not look like the other. I'm told this screen capture is part of a fluid sequence, so the bright white is fluid.  This is also known as bone marrow edema.   After a quick review, the radiologist came right out to see me.  He told me what it was and wanted to be sure I was using crutches or a walker and understood how serious it is.  Do what?!?!

 

So here is what I have learned.  Transient osteoporosis is a very rare and painful type of osteoporosis that is usually found in third trimester pregnancy and middle age men.  There is no known cause.  Pain gradually increases over a period of weeks or month and can be so intense that it is disabling.  But guess what?!?!  It resolves itself....with time.  How much time?  We don't know.  There is very little known about the condition. In fact, one of the maternal fetal medicine doctors I have consulted with since diagnosis tells me I am likely the only person in the state with this and that there is very little literature on the condition.  Ugh!  All we can really do for now is protect it from fracturing. 

And so, Wesley is off the hook!  She is not laying on any nerve that we know of.   And it's not that I am not strong enough to support this baby belly.  She is growing just fine.  This is a problem with me and not her.  So, I am busy Christmas shopping online or via wheelchair with Zoe and preparing for her arrival!  I know she is worth this pain I have endured!  Other than this hiccup, pregnancy has been good.  Not easy, but good!  We're just gonna keep on keepin' on!  This was your science lesson for the year.  I hope it wasn't too boring.  By the way, it could be worse.  It could be in both hips!    

 

Stay tuned for some very fun Christmas posts!  We are getting so excited!  We might even get some snow this week!!!  

      

It's a Baby Girl Shower

This past weekend our friend Lezleigh Robinette was so gracious to host a baby shower for me and invite some of my girlfriends.  She had lots of great help too!  A big thanks to her, Kelly, Mandy, Helen, and Hailey!!  I think all the girls had a good time and we received some wonderful goodies to help take care of Wesley Kay!  The food, punch and cake tasted just as good as it all looked!  Allow me to share some pictures of the goodness......

Me with Nim (Scott's grandmother) and Zoe...Wesley's name for Zoe is to be decided.

Sweet Baxley!  She already knows Wesley will have great fashion taste.  She brought her a pretty green smocked dress.

 

 

Here I am with Helen who is due with baby girl Shirron 10 weeks after Wesley!

 

 

 

 

 

 

These girls throw a great party!!!  Thank you so much!!!