Baby Kash!

I thought I would record Kash's birth story before I forget all of the little details of the day! So don't feel that you must read this post! It is mostly for my own sake! I have tried to sit down a few times to write it down but each time I have one or the other of the kids needs me! Oh, the joys of motherhood, right?!

At my Dr. appt on monday Feb 27 Dr Hall said he would induce me on Feb 29th if I would like but i didnt want to pick Leap day as his Birthday! So we opted for Friday the 2nd!

Thursday my mom came from Boise so she could stay at the house and watch Maecie for us!

Friday we didn't have to be at the hostpial until 9am, I was glad I didn't have to get up super early! But I still got up early so I could have some time to get Maecie ready and play with her before I left. After all, she was getting kicked off the pedital I have had her on for two whole years! Taylor and I drove to the hospital feeling anxious, nervous, excited and many other emotions all in one! We got there and my nurse Yvette was THE BEST. She said she had been guarding my room for me because there were so many women coming in!
It was also payday for out drivers so Taylor dropped me off at the hospital and had to run the drivers paychecks to all the banks. So while the nurse was asking me the one million questions they have to ask, I looked like a big old unwed lady. She got to the question "So, do you have a support system for today?" I just laughed a little and told her Taylor would be back. (little did I know Taylor wouldn't come back for a LONG time!)
After all the questions Yvette put in my IV and around 10:30 they got my Pitocin started. Meanwhile, around 11 my grandma Bonnie and my sister Rachel came to hang out with me since my hubby was MIA.
My contractions were mostly in my lower back and tailbone. Dr hall was going to come around 12:30 to break my water, So around 12:15 Yvette said I could get my epidural so I wouldn't have to feel that "crochet hook" or whatever that thing is they break your water with. I didn't turn the offer down ! :) Thank you Heavenly Father for epidurals!
Dr Hall came around 1pm and broke my water, and I was so grateful that I had gotten my epidural before he came because as soon as he broke my water my contractions went from 2 min apart to only 30 seconds apart. They had to turn the pitocin way down because Kash's heartrate kept dropping too low durning each contraction. They changed epidurals since I had Maecie. With Maecie my legs were dead weight and I couldn't feel a thing. With Kash, I couldn't feel pain but i could move my legs quite a bit and during pushing I could feel what was going on but no pain. Weird expirience.
Taylor finally made is appearance back at the hospital around 2. By then I was dilated to an 8. My brother Jason came and brought Taylor a sandwich and chatted with us for a while. Around 3:15 I had Yvette come in and check me because I could feel an incredible amout of pressure. She checked me and I was 9 3/4 but she said I would never progress passed that because I had a lip on my cervix that was not going anywhere. And right about that time Dr. Hall got to the hospital. She informed him of my progress and he said he would go get ready so we could start pushing.
He came back a few minuets later and I pushed for four sets of three, but I felt like I had to push MUCH harder than I did with Maecie and I don't know if that was because I could feel more of what was going on or if it was because of the lip on my cervix.
Kash Taylor Morrow was born at 3:42 weighing 6lbs and 12oz and 19.5 inches long.
Maecie got to come see her little brother and when she kissed him it melted my heart. She hasn't stopped kissing him since.
We had a very hard time deciding on his name. So I finally just let Taylor pick his name!
Kash was a really good baby at the hospital but when we got home he couldn't figure out his days and nights for a while. He is definatly a MUCH more tempermental baby than Maecie EVER was. I was FAR to spoiled having her first! Reguardless I love him anyway.
I am very grateful for my sweet babies I have. I am truely blessed. As soon as I get my camera card put on the computer I will add some pictures.

Baby update

So our little guy is attempting to make his debut pretty early.
Tuesday all day I had terrible back pain and just didn't feel right. By about 10pm I was starting to contract regularly and then by 12:30 am Wednesday I was contracting about 4 min apart. My dr was out of town so I just called labor and delivery at the hospital and they said to come in and they would check me out. So I packed my bag and since it was the middle ofthe night and Taylor was sick and Maec was sleeping so I just went in by myself and got there at about 1 am. They hooked me up to the monitors and watched me for a few hours and my contractions slowed to 7 min apart and then finally to 10 min apart so they said in could go home if I wanted. Before I left she wanted to Check my cervix and she said "your cervix is open but not where the baby is at." which made no sense to me at all to me. I thought it was either open or closed!?!? So i finally got home about 5 am.
I called my Dr.s office when they opened at 8 to notify them I had been at the hospital and they said to come in at 1 when Stacy the PA got back. So I went in and she checked me and I am dilated to a 1 and 50% effaced and they gave me a steroid shot to help develop the babys lungs. They also gave me a prescription for a medicine that is suppose to relax my uterus and slow the contractions. I have to take it every 6 hours which is a pain to wake up at 4 am and take but I will do what I have to do to help him in anyway.
Today I went in and had to get another steroid shot for his lungs. We are hoping for him to stay in at least a few more weeks but if he doesnt we are hoping the shots helped his lungs.
For now I am on bed rest. I'm so grateful for our families bringing dinner and helping out with Maec!
So we are asking when you say your prayers to keep this little guy in your prayers!
We are finding out he is more and more like his dad and he isn't even here yet! That scary for me! Another Taylor??? What will I do with myself!
We have two names that we are thinking about...which do you like?
Kash or Garyson
Tell us what you think!!

Bed rest round two...

On Sunday I started bleeding again so back on bed rest I went and today is suppose to be my last day hopefully. I am just waiting for a call back from Dr. Hall. I have a few banks I need to run to later so hopefully I get the ok to be up and about.
I can already tell this boy is going to be trouble. He comes by it honestly. Have you met Taylor? :)
I am so grateful for my sweet girl, Maec. Today we were sitting on my bed after I finished doing her hair and she takes the brush and moves behind me and starts brushing my hair and peeks around and laughs. Then she grabs my neck from behind and gives me a big hug. Children are the most amazing blessing. I learn so much from Maecie. She can sure push my buttons but she can also melt my heart.
I'm so grateful to be a mother. To be a mother that gets to stay at home with my kids. Grateful that I can do my work at nap time and bedtime.
I have so much gratitude in my heart. Partly because it's The holiday season coming up and partly because of trials I see others going through. On October 19, my friend and I both had terrible days but fortunately my day wasn't the nightmare hers was. I pray her and her family have comfort in this trial. I'm grateful for her positive attitude and example she has been through this.

Come on little guy...stay in much longer!!

Scary days...

Yesterday after noon I started bleeding and passing large clots and so my Dr. sent me for an ultrasound. I couldn't help but be emotionally overwhelmed when I talked to my Dr. I had to wake Maecie up from her nap and take her to Taylor. I was so worried but I said a prayer as I walked in for the ultrasound and  I had a sense of peace come over me as soon as I saw him on the monitors.  Our little guy looks good. They are unable to determine where the bleeding is coming from. The whole ultrasound we could watch my contractions just one upon another. I had terrible contractions all night, but today they are not as intense thank goodness. So I am on bed rest for a few days and I go back tomorrow for a check up. Hopefully I won't be on bed rest too much longer. With a 20 month old bed rest isn't too easy! Thankfully Maec LOVES Mickey Mouse Club House. I can't lift her much so we are camped out on the couch watching TV and playing on the Ipad. Thank you modern technology!
I will try to get caught up on my blogging the next few days and load the pictures from our ultrasounds.Also, I have so many pictures from the last few months that I need to document.

It's a ...

BOY!
We had our ultrasound a few weeks ago. I was pretty shocked we are having a boy, I thought we were having a girl for sure. I was way off.
I haven't put on the blog yet but I am due March 5.
This pregnancy has been so much harder than with Maecie so far. I have been incredibly sick this time around. I'm glad Maecie has been so good band has made that partveasier on me. I'm feeling quite a bit better now. I still puke when I brush my teeth. The nausea has calmed down so much from what it was thankfully.
I am glad to have one of each just to have the pressure off.
Maecie is quite the little sassy pants lately. We are in for some years of fun with this girl! We have to make sure she has pants on at ALL times or she takes her diaper off and goes streaking and if you are not paying attention she pees on your foot. She still has the most hilarious laugh on earth. She makes life so joyous. Our house would be so boring without her. She LOVES babies. She will be such a great big sister.

Maecie Lyn...

Maecie Lyn was born Feb 20th @ 1:46pm
6lbs 6oz

This is mostly for my record....you don't need to read on if you don't want to...

Friday at my Dr appt Dr Hall agreed to induce me since I was two days over and almost dilated to a 3. He told us to be at the hospital by 7am the next morning.

Taylor and I got to the hosptial at 7. We filled out all the paper work and they got my IV, penicillin, and pit started by 8am. Dr hall came in at 8:30 and broke my water. That was not the most pleasant experience I have ever had. I didn't have hard contractions until about 11. They gave me staydol (not sure how to spell that) at about 11:30, that made me feel super wierd, I will never get that again. It didn't take any pain away. They checked me and i was at a 4 and 100% effaced so they called the anesthetist in and he place my epidural around 12:30. After the epidural was placed (took about 20 min) I was already an 8 when they checked me before they put the catheter in! I couldn't believe I had progressed that much in 20 min. My nurse went out to call Dr Hall and let him know and about 15 min later I felt and enormous amount of pressure and so I had them go get me the nurse. She came in and I was already a 10. and Dr Hall wasn't at the hospital yet. We waited about 15 min until her arrived and I only had to do about 8 sets of pushing and she was here. She was a serious screamer. She screamed for about 20 min.
Taylor always said he wanted her to be a boy, now that she is here he wouldn't trade her for anything. He is wrapped around her finger already. She is a beautiful little girl.
When she was born she had a heart murmur because her heart didn't close when she took her first breath. but by the time we left the hospital it had closed. She has to be seen my a pediatric orthopedic surgeon because her pinky toes turn into her other toes slightly. They think its all mucsle and not bone so hopefully she won't have to have any type of surgery. The orthopedic surgeon from Boise won't be here for 4-6 weeks. Hopefully that goes well.

Day 4 and day 5 of life slept through the night. She is a very content baby. But when she needs something she will definatly let you know! She loves to be talked to. She has to be on her side to sleep. She LOVES her bouncer.

Yesterday when we took her to the Dr they said everything looks good with her but she isn't gaining her weight back yet, so she has to go back in friday. She is down to 5lbs 15 oz.

I am sure i left out quite a few details but I do love her so much. Its amazing how much you love them. She has brought so much joy into our home. Life is different, but in a good way.

We are grateful for the support of our friends and family in welcoming little Maecie into the world. We are grateful for the cleaning and the meals and all the help we have and are continuing to recieve!

I just sit and stare at her in the miracle that she is. I know that her Grandpa Dean took good care of her in heaven and her is continuing to watch over her now. I wish he was here to share this new journey in life with Taylor and I, But I know that he is watching over us. And he sees this precious little spirit we brought into this world. Love you dad.

Christmas tree

Here is a picture of our awesome little Christmas Tree. I wish the lighting would have been better so you can see it better. It's much cuter in person, so feel free to stop by and see it! :)

On a side note, Dr. Hall called last night and said that they might push my due date back about 3 weeks because she is so small. My uterus measures right one but she measures behind. (I will probably cry if he changes it by that much that means I will be pregnant for almost 10 months, instead of just 9 ... sigh...) He looked at the ultrasound pictures and said all her parts are there but she is about 2-3 weeks behind on her measurments. I have a follow up ultrasound in 3-4 weeks to see if she is growing and to make sure the amniotic fluid stays where it needs to be. Poor little girl, I hope she's ok. I read somewhere that Celiac disease mothers have "low birth weight" babies and he said that could be a reason for her being so small as well. I guess we will take it one week at a time and see how she does.

For those of you wondering about my sister, Rachel, still no baby :( Her due date is 5 days away and she isn't quite dilated to a one yet. Poor girl is so miserable and ready to be done. I sure hope he comes soon. I'm ready to meet him! I will keep you all posted on when he gets here though!

More random Morrow happenings...

Saturday Tay and I celebrated our anniversary! I can't believe how fast time goes by! We went to dinner and went to the movie Couples Retreat. We had a good time. I got Taylor wheels and tires for his pick up. I don't know what he was planning on getting me but I ended up with a Tahoe! We found a good deal on it. I had been looking at GMC Acadia's, but we found this one and both really liked it and we both liked the price. So Happy Anniversary to me! :) I will try to take some pictures this week and post them for you all.

At my last Dr. appt I didn't pass the glucose test, it was too high. So yesterday I had to go and endure the 3 hour test. It was pretty boring but thank goodness I passed and I don't have Gestational Diabetes. For the record...I hate getting on the scale at the doctors office, enough said.

A few weeks ago I started with a rash on my bum and thighs (just in case you were wondering where it started! :) ) and it got worse and it spread and is now pretty much covering my entire body, all but my face. I had to go to a dermatologist Monday and he gave me some cream and some pills to take so hopefully it will subside soon because I am quite miserable. The Dermatologist said it is a rash from all the different hormones in me that my body isn't used to. When strangers look at my hands I am sure they get grossed out! I chose not to take pictures of this because I look quite disgusting. Yesterday Taylor said "Lynds, I am sorry to tell you this but this is really freaking me out!" If Taylor says that I am pretty sure I now look like and alien! :( On top of the hives I got a nasty cold.

Scott and Shellie are in Hawaii...I'm pretty jealous. So we have Tanner for the week. He's been good, I am sure he gets pretty bored because Taylor and I don't do too much. We might take him out to dinner tonight if Taylor gets off fairly early. (YAY!! NO COOKING AND NO DISHES!!)

The basement is coming along. I will try to take some pictures this weekend. we don't have any light fixtures up right now so there are no lights down there and I am only home at night lately. So when I am home there is no night at all down there to take any pictures. The things we have left to do downstairs are:
Paint
Light fixtures
Have cabinets put in
tile bathroom
Carpet
and...somehow save enough money to furnish the basement! We will just do a little at a time i am sure.

We go in for another ultrasound next wednesday. I love getting to see her. I bought her crib bedding last week and ordered her crib this week. I'm getting so excited! I am so curious to see who she will look more like! And I hope she doesn't have my ears! :) And Tay hopes she does!

This is probably my most random post so far since I have been blogging! I hope you are all doing great!

Randomness

We haven't been up to much lately. Taylor and Scott have been working on the basement. We hired some guys to hang the Sheetrock, tape and texture. They will finish hanging it today and then start taping tomorrow! I will be so excited to get it all done. So I can move all of the boxes and stuff out of the office and turn it into the baby's room. I can't wait to get started!

Taylor still talks in his sleep. He says the funniest things but doesn't believe me that he really does. The other night we had just gotten in bed and I was watching TV and Taylor had fallen to sleep and he wakes up and says,
Tay: "Give me the Panda Jack!"
Me: "What?!?"
Tay: "Never mind"

Then a few min later,
Tay: "Ruff, Ruff" (Barking like a dog)
Me: "Why did you bark?!?" (trying not to laugh hysterically)
Tay: "I didn't...it was Tate!" (with a HUGE smile on his face)

I just laughed and laughed. It took me a long time to finally go to sleep because I was laughing so hard. He never really checks the blog but I sure hope he doesn't read it this time because he will kill me if he knows this was posted. I just don't want to forget some of the funny things that he does. I told him I am going to put a video camera up in our room so I can prove to him that he says crazy things.

This is not a very good picture, but I have had requests to put up a "Belly picture". It was taken with Tay's camera on his phone so it's not the best quality. I am getting pretty large and I know it will only get worse. Taylor has a few names for me these days, Fatty Patty, Miss Piggy, Hippo (like the guy off of the movie Along Came Polly says it). Hopefully soon my sciatic nerve will stop acting up. It's been quite painful for a few weeks now. Sitting at work for 10 hours a day 4 days a week has been hard on it. I try to move around quite a bit.

5 more days and I will be in double digits to my due date. Time is flying. We can't wait until she gets here. We are so excited. Only 15 weeks left!

Moving belly...

I haven't blogged in quite a while. I still haven't gotten the ultrasound pictures downloaded to the computer. Mostly because I am feeling lazy. :) But I wanted to write this down so I don't forget...this weekend I was taking a bath and I got to watch my stomach move! I have been able to feel her for a few weeks now but it was awesome to watch her kick rather than just feeling it! Taylor is very anxious for her to get here! He just wants her here now. I tell him every day "but she is so much easier to take care of in my belly!" I really am very excited though!

Taylor and Scott have been working on the basement it's all framed and it is starting to get some character already! I can't wait to have that finished so I can move the office downstairs and work on the nursery. Tate ,our dog, hates the staple gun so he jumps on my lap everytime it goes off! If I am not sitting so he can jump on me he will go hide in the closet. It's quite comical. So much for a guard dog, huh!

This weekend we are heading to Utah with our friends, Coleman and Randi, to look for some cars and go to Frightmare's (Randi and i won't be going on many rides). It will be a nice little getaway for us. We went to dinner and mini golfing this weekend with them and had some fun. I am sure it will be just as fun this weekend.

My sister, Rachel, has 7 weeks left. well it might actually be 6 now, but we are so excited. Her pregnancy went be so fast (too me alteast, if you ask her it's been far too long). We are excited to finally meet her little boy!!

What are all your opinions on the swine flu shot? My Dr. is telling me to get one. There are so many risks of getting one and so many for not getting one as a pregnant woman. What are all of you doing? I am going through hand sanitizer like a mad woman and thanks to HOLLY I will be using the mini Lysol too!

Hope you all have a great week! When I get out of my laziness I will download the pictures from the ultrasounds.

Chubba Chubba...11 weeks

11 WEEKS

I had to take a picture myself because I couldn't get Taylor to do it! This picture doesn't do justice for how big i really am...You will just have to see in person!