So my dad is on a golf retreat. And it's James' late week. So that means Kendall, Raegan and myself invaded mom's house. Let me tell you - there isn't much I like more than spending the night at my mom's. There is just something about hanging out in the floor with my girls while my mama and I laugh and joke (and laugh at Kendall doing crazy stuff like wearing my heels with her footy pajamas on). There was a time in my life when I never would have dreamed that I'd be this content on a Friday night to just hang out with those dear to my heart. Granted, we did eat Jason's Deli which kicks it up like 5 notches.
Kendall and I have our first birthday party tomorrow for a kid in her class. I'm a little nervous because I won't know anyone there, but I'm really excited for Kendall to be able to hang with some school friends. She has blossomed so much already this school year because she's going four days a week as opposed to last year when she went only 2 days. It absolutely amazes me to be driving down the road and have her point out letters or to hear what she learned in chapel or to hear about who stayed on green and who got on red.
Raegan's cold seems to have cleared up, which makes me really happy. It's pitiful to see your babies not feeling well, especially this little. She was talking up a storm earlier tonight. She likes playing patty cake with her feet...she sort of semi laughs when we "throw em in the pan". Children's laughter makes the world go round, I think.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
New obsession, snot, punkins
I have a new obsession. Facebook had this nifty idea of creating pages for each county for yard sales. Originally I thought this would just show where/when yard sales would be held in Durham. Nope - now I realize it's actually a yard sale ON Facebook. Sorta like Craig's List, but constantly updating in my little stream on the right.
I am OBSESSED with checking this page. Even though I've been to all of one yardsale in my entire life. I have to check it every time I check my Facebook (which is sadly way too many times a day).
This obsession wouldn't be so bad if there was actually something worthwhile posted. But, nope, Durham's page is the same postings "bumped" over and over and over again. Ever since I joined the group last week, one lady has been trying to sell a complete bedding set decorated with lighthouses, one lady has been trying to sell 4 pair of toddler shoes and 1 pair of adult shoes and one lady has been trying to sell a sectional sofa. I'm most intrigued by the sofa. Or, more specifically, by the exorbitant $800 price tag on this monstrosity. She originally wanted like $840 for it, but she's slashed to her rock bottom price of $800, with financing available. Because nothing reels in potential yard sale purchasers like financing options.
In other news, Raegan has her first little cold. She's sneezing, coughing and snotty. I've taken the blue bulb to her nose no less than 12 times in the last 2 days. She thoroughly enjoys it. Not.
We have also officially decorated with my very favorite harvest vegetable - pumpkins. I've got a truly beautiful blown glass one on my kitchen table (oh Pier One, how I love thee) and 5 on the porch with my mums (aka only plant besides a fern I can keep alive). Kendall and I are also going to the pumpkin patch on a field trip next week, so I'm hoping to score a couple more. I'm a stem girl when pumpkin picking. I love pumpkins with the stems still attached, perhaps with a little curve at the top.
Wonder if I could find any on the Facebook yard sale site?
I am OBSESSED with checking this page. Even though I've been to all of one yardsale in my entire life. I have to check it every time I check my Facebook (which is sadly way too many times a day).
This obsession wouldn't be so bad if there was actually something worthwhile posted. But, nope, Durham's page is the same postings "bumped" over and over and over again. Ever since I joined the group last week, one lady has been trying to sell a complete bedding set decorated with lighthouses, one lady has been trying to sell 4 pair of toddler shoes and 1 pair of adult shoes and one lady has been trying to sell a sectional sofa. I'm most intrigued by the sofa. Or, more specifically, by the exorbitant $800 price tag on this monstrosity. She originally wanted like $840 for it, but she's slashed to her rock bottom price of $800, with financing available. Because nothing reels in potential yard sale purchasers like financing options.
In other news, Raegan has her first little cold. She's sneezing, coughing and snotty. I've taken the blue bulb to her nose no less than 12 times in the last 2 days. She thoroughly enjoys it. Not.
We have also officially decorated with my very favorite harvest vegetable - pumpkins. I've got a truly beautiful blown glass one on my kitchen table (oh Pier One, how I love thee) and 5 on the porch with my mums (aka only plant besides a fern I can keep alive). Kendall and I are also going to the pumpkin patch on a field trip next week, so I'm hoping to score a couple more. I'm a stem girl when pumpkin picking. I love pumpkins with the stems still attached, perhaps with a little curve at the top.
Wonder if I could find any on the Facebook yard sale site?
Friday, October 7, 2011
Week in review
While I was on a maternity leave, I had a temp fill in for me. A very efficient temp. Named Ryan. He was super cool and we shared the exact same sense of humor, so working with him was a breeze. Especially since he was there for 4 weeks when I got back. And he kept doing my job during those 4 weeks. So this past week, he was gone and there was nothing to do. Usually this first week of the month is super busy for me. Not so much when Ryan the whiz kid does all of your work before his last day. So the week had been pretty laid back at work. I've enjoyed multiple Salted Caramel Mocha Fraps, made sure my NetFlix queue was exactly how I wanted it and ordered a 720 pack of wipes for 12 bucks.
James and I were supposed to have a super romantic date night yesterday at Sullivan's. We have a gift certificate and were going to go check them out while they are running their special menu for breast cancer awareness (because steak and breast cancer go hand in hand - duh). However, he didn't get off until 9. I was po'd. Until he redeemed himself with a sushi picnic and a semi frozen diet coke. My man knows me, that's for sure.
Tonight my girls and I have enjoyed a laid back evening at home. Kendall and I made homemade pizza. Well, homemade for the Mason family - a Pillsbury roll out crust, cheese and pepperoni. It was delish. Then we baked homemade (boxed) funfetti cupcakes and decorated them (and smashed them in each others faces...fun!) Now we're watching Beverly Hills Chiwawa (however you spell that). Raegan enjoyed a nice bottle, bath, rocking and singing and she's snoozing away.
Life is good.
James and I were supposed to have a super romantic date night yesterday at Sullivan's. We have a gift certificate and were going to go check them out while they are running their special menu for breast cancer awareness (because steak and breast cancer go hand in hand - duh). However, he didn't get off until 9. I was po'd. Until he redeemed himself with a sushi picnic and a semi frozen diet coke. My man knows me, that's for sure.
Tonight my girls and I have enjoyed a laid back evening at home. Kendall and I made homemade pizza. Well, homemade for the Mason family - a Pillsbury roll out crust, cheese and pepperoni. It was delish. Then we baked homemade (boxed) funfetti cupcakes and decorated them (and smashed them in each others faces...fun!) Now we're watching Beverly Hills Chiwawa (however you spell that). Raegan enjoyed a nice bottle, bath, rocking and singing and she's snoozing away.
Life is good.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
New commitment
So I really want to start blogging on a more consistent basis. Life is going by at warp speed and I can barely remember my name, much less what happened a week ago. I want a record of my family's life. I read on another blog that the mom prints out a copy of the blog each year so that in 10 years she can look back and read about this particular season of her life. So I think I'm going to have that as my goal.
I've been back at work for a month now. The first week was bad - I cried and missed my babies. Now, I'm back in a groove of sorts, but not sure I want to be a working mom. James and I are revisiting the idea of me being a stay at home mom in January. Why January? Because we've already booked a trip to Disney in December and we need mama's salary to help get us there. We would have one VERY disappointed little girl if that trip doesn't happen. Plus, for once in my life - I actually want to pray about something for longer than 10 minutes to see what God wants for us.
Sometimes it's hectic getting off work, picking up the babies and getting home - dinner, cleaning up, dishes, baths, play time, Hooked on Phonics, dirty diapers, spit up, hiccups, stealing smooches from my man. But I really love it. I love the chaos that having another baby has brought to our life. I love that we have a shoe basket on the stairs because we're too lazy to take them upstairs. I love that there is a tricycle and sidewalk chalk on my front porch. I love that there are pacifiers in the most random places. I love that there was a CandyLand game on my side table for a week. I love that Kendall was upset this morning because I had finally folded up the blanket that we used Saturday night for our downstairs sleepover. I love that at the end of the day, when the kids are in bed and the house is quiet I'm tired. It's a good tired. An accomplished tired.
Kendall's favorite new thing is for us to speak to her with a fake English accent and call her Princess Harriet. It's a game that I made up one morning when she didn't want to get out of bed and it's stuck. She likes to go outside and ring the doorbell and have me let her in like Princess Harriet is our guest.
I love being a mother.
I've been back at work for a month now. The first week was bad - I cried and missed my babies. Now, I'm back in a groove of sorts, but not sure I want to be a working mom. James and I are revisiting the idea of me being a stay at home mom in January. Why January? Because we've already booked a trip to Disney in December and we need mama's salary to help get us there. We would have one VERY disappointed little girl if that trip doesn't happen. Plus, for once in my life - I actually want to pray about something for longer than 10 minutes to see what God wants for us.
Sometimes it's hectic getting off work, picking up the babies and getting home - dinner, cleaning up, dishes, baths, play time, Hooked on Phonics, dirty diapers, spit up, hiccups, stealing smooches from my man. But I really love it. I love the chaos that having another baby has brought to our life. I love that we have a shoe basket on the stairs because we're too lazy to take them upstairs. I love that there is a tricycle and sidewalk chalk on my front porch. I love that there are pacifiers in the most random places. I love that there was a CandyLand game on my side table for a week. I love that Kendall was upset this morning because I had finally folded up the blanket that we used Saturday night for our downstairs sleepover. I love that at the end of the day, when the kids are in bed and the house is quiet I'm tired. It's a good tired. An accomplished tired.
Kendall's favorite new thing is for us to speak to her with a fake English accent and call her Princess Harriet. It's a game that I made up one morning when she didn't want to get out of bed and it's stuck. She likes to go outside and ring the doorbell and have me let her in like Princess Harriet is our guest.
I love being a mother.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Catching up
I really can't believe that I haven't posted since Raegan was born. Granted, I have been just a wee bit busy with a new baby, but that's no excuse. Because this blog is intended to remind me of stuff that I'm sure to forget, I need to get down some things about Baby Rae:
- She is an easy going, happy baby. I remember James and I thinking that Kendall was an easy baby. Now we know that she was actually NOT easy compared to Raegan. She cries when she needs something, she sleeps really well, she smiles and coos and loves to snuggle.
- We have had a bit of a struggle with reflux, which we dealt with when Kendall was born too. We're doing good now on Zantac and using GentiLease formula. She eats from 4-6 ounces every 4 hours or so. She has this lovely habit of letting you know that she's finished eating by taking in an entire mouthful of milk and then spitting it all out - it goes everywhere, including under her sweet, chubby neck where it curdles until her next bath. Lovely.
- She has beautiful blue eyes. I don't know if they'll stay blue, but they are truly striking with her complexion and dark hair.
- She is sleeping through the night. She wants to be in her crib at 8pm on the dot and she sleeps until around 5 or so and then eats and naps again until 8ish. James usually hears her first and gets up with her. Which I keep telling him not to do because I feel (somewhat) guilty, but he always reminds me that a) he does much better on less sleep than I do and b) once he hears her, he may as well get up because he can't go right back to sleep anyway.
- Her big sister absolutely adores her. She kisses her all the time (so much so that we have the one kiss and back away rule because Kendall likes to stay in her face way too long and it bothers Rae). She says she is part of our "team" and calls her "our baby". Every now and then she says "Raegan only belongs to our family, right? No one elses?". I pray that they grow up to be the best of friends.
- She has hair for days, but it's starting to fall out. Kendall's did the same thing and came back curly. We shall see.
I am so blessed to have these little girls.
- She is an easy going, happy baby. I remember James and I thinking that Kendall was an easy baby. Now we know that she was actually NOT easy compared to Raegan. She cries when she needs something, she sleeps really well, she smiles and coos and loves to snuggle.
- We have had a bit of a struggle with reflux, which we dealt with when Kendall was born too. We're doing good now on Zantac and using GentiLease formula. She eats from 4-6 ounces every 4 hours or so. She has this lovely habit of letting you know that she's finished eating by taking in an entire mouthful of milk and then spitting it all out - it goes everywhere, including under her sweet, chubby neck where it curdles until her next bath. Lovely.
- She has beautiful blue eyes. I don't know if they'll stay blue, but they are truly striking with her complexion and dark hair.
- She is sleeping through the night. She wants to be in her crib at 8pm on the dot and she sleeps until around 5 or so and then eats and naps again until 8ish. James usually hears her first and gets up with her. Which I keep telling him not to do because I feel (somewhat) guilty, but he always reminds me that a) he does much better on less sleep than I do and b) once he hears her, he may as well get up because he can't go right back to sleep anyway.
- Her big sister absolutely adores her. She kisses her all the time (so much so that we have the one kiss and back away rule because Kendall likes to stay in her face way too long and it bothers Rae). She says she is part of our "team" and calls her "our baby". Every now and then she says "Raegan only belongs to our family, right? No one elses?". I pray that they grow up to be the best of friends.
- She has hair for days, but it's starting to fall out. Kendall's did the same thing and came back curly. We shall see.
I am so blessed to have these little girls.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Raegan Hope
Raegan Hope Mason was born on Wednesday, July 6th at 8:37 a.m. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long. Here's how things went down:
We checked in to the hospital at 6 a.m. and I was taken to my "holding" room where they prepped me for the c-section. I had a great (male) nurse, Jason, who made me laugh a lot. Until he tried to do an IV and I almost passed out because he collapsed my vein and then he didn't seem so funny anymore. He called a Paula Deen lookalike to try again on the other arm. She was not successful either. At this point, I'm thinking they better get it right or I'm going to go home. So they called anesthesia up and the nurse anesthesist got the IV in on the first try. Her name was Misty Dawn, she was teeny tiny and absolutely PERFECT for my anxiety ridden self.
After the IV was in, I got to drink alka seltzer and then they wheeled me into the OR. It was FREEZING in there. Misty and a student inserted my spinal block - didn't hurt at all - and pretty soon I was numb from the chest down. Dr. Andrews came in and got things going. Misty talked to me the whole time - just idle chit chat - and really kept my mind off of what was going on. Which I loved because during Kendall's birth I had a huge panic attack and was scared to death. I felt the oddest pulling and tugging (not pain) while he was getting Rae out - truly the weirdest feeling. And then she was here!!
She only let out a teeny cry and I was immediately nervous. The showed her to me real quick and then all of the sudden there were like 5 people working around her. Turns out that she wasn't breathing very well. Her Apgar score was a 6 at 1 minute and a 8 at 5 minutes...off to the special care nursery she went. I was taken back to recovery and James went with Raegan. They got me settled and I started freaking out a little because no one was telling me what was going on.
Finally the doctor came out and explained to me that Raegan was having trouble breathing due to some extra fluid, that she'd been sunctioned and been on oxygen and would have to stay in the special care nursery for a while. I tried not to freak out and sent James back with her while they got me settled in my room.
I ended up having a visit from the doctor a little later and they had decided Raegan needed to be started on IV antibiotics because her respirations were too fast, which is a sign of infection in a newborn. Rather than wait around for the blood culture (which takes a while to show anything), they opt to go ahead and start babies on the antibiotics. This means a mandatory 48 hours stay in the special care nursery. I lost it at this point. I still hadn't held her because I wasn't walking yet. Luckily a few hours later, I was able to get out of bed and go meet my sweet girl. It was pitiful - her little IV and other monitors. But she was being a trooper.
The next day, I was able to get up and walk around, so I spent lots of time back with Raegan - feeding her and spending time with her. Friday we got the news that her culture came back normal (praise the Lord), her respirations were fine and she was released to our room! We are so relieved! We ended up being discharged on Saturday morning and we got settled in at home quickly. Kendall is a champ with Raegan - very loving, asking to hold her and help with diapers and bottles. It's very sweet.
We go to the doctor on Thursday for a weight check. Hopefully she'll have gained some weight.
We checked in to the hospital at 6 a.m. and I was taken to my "holding" room where they prepped me for the c-section. I had a great (male) nurse, Jason, who made me laugh a lot. Until he tried to do an IV and I almost passed out because he collapsed my vein and then he didn't seem so funny anymore. He called a Paula Deen lookalike to try again on the other arm. She was not successful either. At this point, I'm thinking they better get it right or I'm going to go home. So they called anesthesia up and the nurse anesthesist got the IV in on the first try. Her name was Misty Dawn, she was teeny tiny and absolutely PERFECT for my anxiety ridden self.
After the IV was in, I got to drink alka seltzer and then they wheeled me into the OR. It was FREEZING in there. Misty and a student inserted my spinal block - didn't hurt at all - and pretty soon I was numb from the chest down. Dr. Andrews came in and got things going. Misty talked to me the whole time - just idle chit chat - and really kept my mind off of what was going on. Which I loved because during Kendall's birth I had a huge panic attack and was scared to death. I felt the oddest pulling and tugging (not pain) while he was getting Rae out - truly the weirdest feeling. And then she was here!!
She only let out a teeny cry and I was immediately nervous. The showed her to me real quick and then all of the sudden there were like 5 people working around her. Turns out that she wasn't breathing very well. Her Apgar score was a 6 at 1 minute and a 8 at 5 minutes...off to the special care nursery she went. I was taken back to recovery and James went with Raegan. They got me settled and I started freaking out a little because no one was telling me what was going on.
Finally the doctor came out and explained to me that Raegan was having trouble breathing due to some extra fluid, that she'd been sunctioned and been on oxygen and would have to stay in the special care nursery for a while. I tried not to freak out and sent James back with her while they got me settled in my room.
I ended up having a visit from the doctor a little later and they had decided Raegan needed to be started on IV antibiotics because her respirations were too fast, which is a sign of infection in a newborn. Rather than wait around for the blood culture (which takes a while to show anything), they opt to go ahead and start babies on the antibiotics. This means a mandatory 48 hours stay in the special care nursery. I lost it at this point. I still hadn't held her because I wasn't walking yet. Luckily a few hours later, I was able to get out of bed and go meet my sweet girl. It was pitiful - her little IV and other monitors. But she was being a trooper.
The next day, I was able to get up and walk around, so I spent lots of time back with Raegan - feeding her and spending time with her. Friday we got the news that her culture came back normal (praise the Lord), her respirations were fine and she was released to our room! We are so relieved! We ended up being discharged on Saturday morning and we got settled in at home quickly. Kendall is a champ with Raegan - very loving, asking to hold her and help with diapers and bottles. It's very sweet.
We go to the doctor on Thursday for a weight check. Hopefully she'll have gained some weight.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Kendall words
Kendall has a truly fabulous vocabulary, but she still mispronounces some words and I absolutely refuse to correct her because it's precious:
- Bathing Soup for bathing suit ("let's go put our bathing soups on")
- Assert for dessert ("can I have some assert")
- Recide for decide ("I haven't recided yet")
- Sunscream for sunscreen
- Extra duper pretty please - when she is trying to be persuasive
- Posquito for mosquito, which she thinks suncream protects you from ("you need to put on some sunscream so you don't get a posquito bite")
- Extra duper pretty please (when regular ole please won't get the job done)
- See-curt for secret ("mommy that was supposed to be a seecurrrtt")
- Pa corn for popcorn - which is her all time favorite snack...she eats at least one mini bag of microwave popcorn every single day
- Pocket purse for pocketbook
- Macaroni for pepperoni
- Bathing Soup for bathing suit ("let's go put our bathing soups on")
- Assert for dessert ("can I have some assert")
- Recide for decide ("I haven't recided yet")
- Sunscream for sunscreen
- Extra duper pretty please - when she is trying to be persuasive
- Posquito for mosquito, which she thinks suncream protects you from ("you need to put on some sunscream so you don't get a posquito bite")
- Extra duper pretty please (when regular ole please won't get the job done)
- See-curt for secret ("mommy that was supposed to be a seecurrrtt")
- Pa corn for popcorn - which is her all time favorite snack...she eats at least one mini bag of microwave popcorn every single day
- Pocket purse for pocketbook
- Macaroni for pepperoni
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