Life Is Good: Diapers In Tubs

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Diapers In Tubs

This is somewhat old news, but I forgot to blog about it earlier.

The other night I gave Ryan a bath afterwhich I bundled him in a towel, dried him off, and diapered him. I hadn't put on his pajamas yet, but that was next in line. He had other ideas. Ryan...my sweet little angel...Momma's good little boy...took off running and plunged into the bathtub.

I took him out, dried him off, changed his diaper and before I knew it he took off running and yes...you guessed it...once *again* plunged into the bathtub.

Three diapers, a closed bathroom door, and a pair of clean pajamas and finally my sweet, innocent little boy was ready for bed. Man was I ready!

Never a dull moment...never a dull moment.

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Things are going well with the house. Today I signed all of the loan paperwork and called the utility companies (some for the second time this week!). The loan stuff is rolling and we should be locked in at a 5.62% interest which is great...our monthly payments (for the few months while we are waiting on the sale of this house) will be less than what we were initially quoted which is a blessing. Tomorrow I have to call the utility companies (some for the 3rd time this week!) to see about getting all the utilities temporarily turned on by next Tuesday so we can have a thorough inspection done on the house. After I get those things lined out we should just be in a waiting game...nothing left to do, but wait until all the details of the loan and contract get worked out. Our tentative closing date has been moved from Sept 19 to Sept 17, but there's a chance we might get to close a week or so earlier than that. That would be really cool! I'm just ready to be through with all this paperwork and political stuff and playing phone tag with various companies and get in there and do some work! Since I can't really do any work yet I've been scouting out for the best deals on some of the things I know we'll need like flooring. Not that I'm looking forward to shelling out the $$, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can actually buy some of the things I've been finding good deals on. It will come...it will come.

2 comments:

John and Kelly said...: I would really like to touch base with you by email. so many things kyle is going through that I would like to ask some questions about - ask you about ryan too. would you email me if you can - I bet you are busy! kellysherrill@ma.com. thanks! look forward to talking to you - and ryan is a doll - and that house will be fun!; August 5, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Hilary said...: Such a turkey :); August 6, 2009 at 1:48 PM

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Brandy Danielle

Brandy is our firstborn, our precious angel baby girl. Her entry into this world wasn't without excitement. At 26 weeks I started preterm labor with contractions 5 minutes apart. With 10 weeks of strict bedrest, most of which were in the hospital, she made it to 36 weeks.
Brandy was diagnosed with "possible/probable" heart defect around 28-30 weeks gestation. After her birth she was whisked away to the NICU for monitoring and after a few days her defect was formally diagnosed and labeled...atrial septal defect and a cleft mitral valve.
Brandy, upon indications of failure to thrive and pulmonary hypertension, underwent her first of 2 open-heart surgeries at 4 months of age. A week after her surgery on the day of her anticipated discharge home Brandy coded for 13 minutes...a stoke.
From that point on Brandy's life was full of doctor's visits, endless crying, pain and suffering. She underwent another heart surgery, fundoplication and g-tube surgery, treatment for infantile spasms, and a mountain of tests and procedures. Her brain damage was extensive.
Upon counseling of our wonderful, most amazing heart surgeon, Dr. Christopher Knott-Craig, and many hours of prayer, we finally called in hospice and called off all of the extensive medical interventions and surgery needs that would prolong her suffering while possibly prolonging her life. Brandy, our precious baby girl...our angel...passed out of our arms and into the arms of her Saviour, Jesus at the tender age of 17 months.

Ryan Andrew

Ryan, our micro-preemie miracle, is a ball of life. After nearly a year of trying to conceive imagine our delight when we finally knew he was on the way. My pregnancy with Ryan was uneventful at first. It seemed perfect and with all of the precautions for preterm labor being taken and monitored we entered this pregnancy with cautious anticipation covered over by a whole love of naive excitement.
At 20 weeks we discovered our "Baby Peanut" was going to be a little boy. We began to make plans and began dreaming about the day we would meet our son.
Almost 2 weeks later everything changed in our lives. It wa a whirlwind of fear and emtions as I began to bleed, was sent for monitoring in L&D and eventually had an appointment with my OB only to find out that it was serious. I had incompetent cervix with hourglassing membranes. The doctor admitted me to the hospital immediately and an emergency cerclage was placed. The statistics were grim, but the hope was to keep our son inside for at least 10 more weeks. We only made it 10 more days.
Early in the evening of February 11, 2007 our son, Ryan, came into this world in emergency fashion at only 23 weeks 5 days gestation. He weighed 1 pound 8 ounces and was 12 ½ inches long. He was so tiny. All I could think of was “oh my goodness is he really that tiny? And is there any way he could actually make it?” I tried to hold on to hope, but in all honesty I had never met anyone with a baby born that early and that small that ever made it.
Ryan did make it! It was a long, hard road, but in the end he spent 90 days in the NICU. He was on a ventilator for 2 months. Finally on one fine glorious day in May we bundled up our 4 pound 4 ounce baby boy and went home...May 11, 2007.
Ryan is now a spunky, lively, strong-willed little boy. His laughter is contagious and his spirit is compelling. He is our miracle. There are no words strong enough to share our delight and joy that God has blessed us with this little boy.

Evan Alexander