Hospital Bedrest

Well now.. hello from the hospital! I am on day 5 of hospital bedrest. Which sounds fun right? Staying in bed all day and letting people bring your food... watching trash tv all day.. well it was fun for about half a day. And then I just wanted to do things to get the house ready for the baby, I wanted to play with Ethan, I wanted to snuggle with the puppies, I wanted to eat dinner with my husband... nice! But at this point this is what we need to keep Tyler and myself as healthy as possible. At tihs point we are going to change the plans. Tylers due date is July 31st, we were going to take him out on July 24th, and now the plan is to take him no later than July 10th. We will take another look at him on Monday and see what is going on. At this point he is 5.6 pounds.. so we could get him to 6.5 if we wait till the 10th. Everyday they are monitoring my blood pressure and my swelling. I dont know if we will go home before he gets here- but either way I know I will be home with all 3 of my boys before too long. While I am stuck here- life goes on for my boys! Apparently the room is a little too cold for Bryan!!I am so glad that he comes to visit every day.

He has loved playing with Ms Julie and Big Boy friend Ty.

Ty read him the Hungry Hungry Caterpillar on the way to VBS.

I am so grateful that mom brought Ethan up to visit every afternoon. Its nice to get a few huge and giggles. The room is not very kid friendly- so he doesnt stay for long... but I love every second I can get.

He is wearing his tshirt from Uncle John and Aunt Jennie.When they got it a year ago in Canada it was HUGE- now it fits perfect!!

Bedrest

Greetings from the couch. I haven't been here for a whoping 16 months. I got put on bedrest at the beginning of March 2012 and ethan was born the 25th. I was put on house arrest 2 weeks ago and bow on solid bedrest. This go around it seems to be progressing faster. The one thing i do not like about Preeclampsia is that theres nothing we can do to stop it. At this point we can have T today or a month from now!

Before Preeclampsia I HAD to know the plan. Even vacations had to be micromanaged. The idea of Let Go and Let God was a ridiculously foreign idea for me. Even my "letting go" had steps i needed to follow. Having P taught me there are things that you simply CAN NOT control and things we have to surrender to. God wants us to rest in the knowledge that He has us- I can often here Him say "Sarah, I've got this!"

There is a peace that I have never known since I've been stuck on bedrest. Gods got us- if we just surrender snd relax.

the P word

This picture is from the day after Ethan was born. The effects of Preeclampsia are evedent in both of us. It made me hold a ridiculous amount of water, go into labor 8 weeks early and have Ethan in the NICU learning to breathe and swallow on his own for 5 weeks. We were told after E was born that there was no telling if it would happen again. Everything was a 50/50 chance. This go around though I was it better shape than I ever had been and feeling great. We thought we avoided the dreaded P when we reached the 32 week mark. But, IT'S BACK! My kidneys are deciding to not work as best as they could and my BP is slowly hiking. So, looks like Tyler will be making his way early like his brother- just not as early I am praying. Each day he stays in is one more day he doesnt have to stay in the NICU. Right now I am on "house arrest." The goal is to never have me on my feet more than 5 minutes at a time. This should be very interesting with a 15 month old. =) As much as this stinks however, I would rather be home snuggeling with my kiddo than on hospital bedrest. Send some prayers our way that we can keep sweet Tyler in as long as we can!

Sweet Triple Chin Love

We are so blessed to have 3 grandmothers for Ethan. My mom (moke) is 10 minutes away and has been a huge help, Bryans mom (Lele) is 40 minutes away and Ethan thinks she's simply the best, and our bonus grandmother Donna (GMD) has been a second mom to mom for over 16 years.

GMD has been a blessing to us since Ethans arrival and he simply adores her! This week we went to play at her house. Toys, puppies and swimming- nothing better for a little boy. GMD is also an amazing photographer and certainly has her work cut out for her with a moving target- here are some from our last visit!

Summer Stacation

Bryan finally had a whole week off (a rarity around here) and we were excited to have a week together. It was so very fun to see Ethan and Bryan have so much time together. Ethan had a "I want mommy" phase for about a week (sad for me) and is now certainly ALL BOY and wants ALL DADDY! He wants to be with daddy, wrestle, hold his hand, play at the park, share snowcones, and ride with him on the riding lawnmower. With this whole week it was day after day of daddy fun. Last week we had our 4th anniversary, and my mom volunteered to take Ethan for the day so that Bryan and I could have a free baby day. We actually go to see a movie and eat lunch SLOWLY at a "real restaurant". Then the rest of the week it was the three of us! We went to the pool or the park every day, spent a day at the zoo, went to dinner with my sister and brother in law, we got ice cream with Moke and Diesel, we visited Papi and Lele in the hospital, went to the arboretum... a FULL FUN WEEK!

This week has made me realize how very blessed we are and how excited I am to add another boy into the mix. God certainly knew what he was doing in giving us boys. I can't believe that Bryan's next vacation will be when Tyler is born.