Mason's Story

So now that life has calmed down a little, I can share Mace's story. My due date was February 13, but I knew that I would not make it. Little did I know how anxious he was to get here. On January 4th, I went into the doctor's office because I was having labor signs, so to be on the safe side I went in. Of course my doctor was out so I had to see a different doctor and needless to say she is why we call some doctors "quacks". She put me on bed rest and you can imagine how successful that was with a 15th month old. So I did my best to take it easy enough so Mace would have some extra cooking time. A week later on January 11th I woke up feeling horrible, but I had an appointment to get my haircut which I wasn't going to miss because who knew how long it would be before I would get it cut after Mason came. So after I got my haircut, I picked Eeva up from Grandma's and went straight home for a nap. Eeva woke up at 2pm and as I stood up from the bed I started gushing blood. We'll I hurried up to get Eeva and called my mother-in-law to see if she could watch Eeva while I went into the doctors. Well, of course she had gone to an activity that afternoon and had her phone off. So I gathered Eeva up and went to the doctors. When I finally got there I realized that my contractions were fairly regular, up to this point I hadn't paid much attention to them because I had had Braxton Hick so regularly for the past two months. So I started timing them and they were two minutes apart. That didn't seem to worry anyone because I sat in the waiting room for an hour. At least that gave me time to get a hold of my mother-in-law to come and pick up Eeva. When the doctor walked in the room I was in the middle of a contraction with tears running down my face and he put his hand on my tummy and let me know I was in labor. Great!@!! Well, since that would make Mace five weeks early he sent my over to the hospital to put me on magnesium to stop my labor. Well, I was in my hospital room for approx 30sec when my water broke. So that meant no going back. My water broke at 4pm and Mace was here 3 hours and 2 pushes later. He came out perfectly healthy, but of course a little small. He was in the NICU for 4 days and I was getting ready to bring him home when he had a Brady ( which means his breathing slows so much that his heart rate drops) So hospital policy is that after a Brady they start a seven day count down. Well, four days into the count down he had another one and we started another seven day count down. So after 18 days of the worst roller coaster of my life I brought Mason home from the hospital and he daddy got home 12 hours later. So January was the best and worst month, but I am grateful to have my healthy baby boy home and growing like a weed. Life is good, and thanks especially to my mom because I don't think we would have made it through without her.

Mason Kolt

Our sweet baby boy is here, a little early but here safely and healthy. He is still in the hospital for a little bit, but as soon as we get him home I'll post some more.

Mommy has a Mummy

I was instructed by my mom that this event had to be documented even though I'm still a little scarred by it. I had decided that Trick or Treat Street was the perfect Halloween event for Eeva since she is only one and not quite understanding Halloween. So with most things I didn't think about her costume until the night before, and since I would be at work all day the next day and wasn't going to dish out $30-$50 for a costume that would be worn for 2 hours I needed to come up with something using what I had at home. White Sheet-check. Okay, a mummy it is. So my mom and I went to work gluing sheet strips to a onesie and a pair of pants. So one movie later we had a mummy costume. Advice: Make your costume twice the size of your child. Of course, I wait until I'm at work and ready to leave to put Eeva in her costume. So as we start with the onesie, I get a sinking in my stomach. IT'S NOT GOING TO FIT!!! Well, I was not about to give up. So for a half and hour of Eeva screaming and me crying about putting my poor child through this for a stupid costume, we got it on. Note: I had to cut all the way up the side into the armpit and sleeve to get it on, but in the end we had a mummy. So, now we could get some good pictures for Daddy who was the main reason I kept torching my child to get it on. In the end, she seems warm and comfortable and enjoyed her first trick or treating. Lesson Learned

It's been a year!! Give a few weeks.

Eeva Update:

11 Months: She finally decided that walking was more effecient. Crawling is a thing of the past.
11-1/2: We got one more boy cousin.
12 months: Learned to crawl down the stairs.
(She's been crawling up for 3 months, so I'm glad we finally have down figured out.)
Words: Mom, Dad, Bear, Baby, Hi, All Done
Teeth: 6 front teeth and 3 molars
Learning: to pick up her messes, not to hit, to use utensils

Eeva hard at work, at work. When we get to work she goes straight to her duties for the day.

Early morning with Daddy.

Um..All she did was poke at her cake, and daintly took little bits. I'd say Eeva Diva!!

And then we were four...

Well, it's probably time to post this on my blog. Eeva is going to be a big sister. We are welcoming a new baby boy into our family in early February. Yep, I'm six months pregnant and finally getting around to posting it. I'm certianly not going to get mother of the year this year. We are excited for this fun little suprise and a suprise he was. Note to self: It's only 99% effective; I guess that little 1% counts. Vernon is excited to get his namesake, and I'm excited to have a little Vernon.

Ode to my Sweetheart!

Happy Birthday Sweetheart!!

To the boy who stole my heart. He sacrifices more for his family than is even fair, but never complains and is also planning the next sacrifice to make life better for me and Eeva. He is a quite gaint who inspires me to be a better person. No one can make Eeva smile bigger or giggle harded. He is my perfect match. I love his faults and perfections, and I can't wait to spend my life building our lives together, and eternity enjoying it. Love you babe!

It's almost been a year! AAAUUGGHH!!!

Another quick update:

• 8 months-Not a lot happend, Eeva just kept practicing her new found crawling skills.
• 9 1/2 months -Eeva walked. First time she walked she walked across the room and then didn't have much use for it for a couple of weeks, but now she is really working on this mode of transportation even though crawling is still a lot more efficient for her.
• 10 months -First bee sting, and luckily not allergic.
• 10 1/2 months- Eeva cut her first molar. I was paying attention to her front tooth that she was in the process of cutting and totally missed the two molars trying to come in the back until the day it came in.