Oops I forgot...Parker Quinn Thomas' birth story

Parker Quinn Thomas was born on (his due date) 4/30/2010 at 12:01am weighing in at 8lbs 4oz and 20 3/4 inches long.

On 4/29 I had a dr appt in the afternoon. I had my membranes scraped (ouch!!) and labor started at 8 pm that night. This being my 4th and probably last child I wanted to experience a natural birth. I labored at home until 10 pm with contractions coming every 6 minutes. At 10pm they were every 3 minutes. My friends drove me to the hospital while my husband stayed with our other kids. We walked around the waiting room for another hour bcs there were no rooms available. The contractions were 1 minute apart by the time they got me into a room. None of the birthing rooms were available so I was put into a recovery room. After changing into the fantabulous gowns they have I was finally able to get on the bed and get ready to push out the baby. After an hour of hard pushing, my water bag popping, coaching from my friends, and still no drugs Mr Parker decided he wanted to stay in. He wasn't making it down the birth canal fast enough and his heart rate dropped drastically. The Dr then decided on (another) emergency c-section. =/ I was knocked out this time (instead of having a spinal) and couldn't see my baby until the next day =( When Parker was born he wasn't breathing on his own. He had to have O2 and was hooked up to a CPAP. The hospital I was at wasn't equipped to handle him so he was transferred to the NICU at Naval Hospital Bethesda. He stayed in the NICU for 4 days. I had to stay at the other hospital for 2 days and was released early due to my baby being transferred. The hospital had given me a pump so I could stimulate my milk supply but I got nothing ... so he was formula fed on his 2nd day of life and didn't get boob juice until he was 3 days old =/ He is now a successfully breastfeeding 5 week old lil guy with no breathing problems =)

cloth diaper giveaway!

So I happened upon this site on Facebook and took a look around...very nice!! I saw they are having a giveaway and thought I would let everyone know and get another drawing and chance to win....I hope I do! They look like they would be awesome dipes for my kids! lol

Chubby Cherubs Cloth Diapers Dream Deluxe Package, I want one for both my kids!

http://www.chubbycherubsclothdiapernaturals.com/i_21/Dream-Deluxe-Package.htm

Baby Shower....

Even though this is baby number 4 my friends up here in MD decided to throw me a baby shower! Tavia hosted it at her house, made a cake & cupcakes and everyone else brought finger foods....chips and 7 layer dip yum!, bagels and this really yummy bagel dip, muffins to die for, chicken cordon bleu bites & popcorn chicken! We sat and chatted most of the time like women always do! lol and we played the toilet paper game (get as much as you think will fit around my belly), there was a 4 way tie so each of them had to construct a newborn penis (since I'm having a boy! lol) out of play doh in 1 minute and I had to pick the "best penis" lol; and we played the clothes pin game (everyone gets 2 and each time you say "baby" and someone catches it they take your clothes pin; winner is the one with the most pins at the end of the shower). I got lots of great gifts including baby clothes, a bath tub, 2 breast pumps!!, a Starbuck's gift card! woo hoo!!, a really soft and cute monkey blanket, some baby and breastfeeding essentials, a Walmart gift card (who doesn't like those?!!) and Tavia made me a diaper cake! I had a wonderful time with a great group of friends!

Let the nesting begin!!

So I have had the recent urge to purge my house of all unnecessary things and rearrange the furniture...my only problem is that I keep starting various tasks and not finishing them =( I have bags upon bags of children's clothes that I need to get rid of as well as some of my own that I know aren't going to fit after baby Parker arrives...I'm such a packrat though and think "one day it will fit" or "one of the other kids might be able to wear this" but I'm such a shopping whore that I know I will buy more and more clothes than necessary and see no need to keep it all....alas I am in a pickle bcs I refuse to get rid of some stuff but know that I need to...I wish someone would just come to my house and take everything I don't NEED and get rid of it for me...any takers?!!

My baby has pneumonia!!

So as some of you fellow Facebookers know...my baby girl, Natalie, was diagnosed with pneumonia Thursday. She had a very high fever (104.3F) and was lethargic and didn't want to eat. She is drinking now and has diarrhea and was put on antibiotics and Motrin. Her fever hasn't gone below 102F even with the Motrin. Her breathing and coughing are mucous-y. I'm letting you all know this in case any of your children come down with these symptoms so you will be aware and can take care of them. Oh and it all started out with a little cold (runny nose, coughing, congestion) the sudden fever is what alarmed me to something more serious.

We are on day 2 of antibiotics and Motrin and she isn't getting any better...my poor baby! She isn't eating at all and barely drinking...so alas I am nowhere to be found on here...(its so much easier to keep everyone updated on Facebook)...

My Charmed Life is expanding!

First of all, I am sorry for neglecting to update all of you that read this blog...I have been addicted to Facebook lately...lol... So on to the good news!

We are expecting baby #4 in April!! Yeah I know I have about 3 months left...but in my defense I didn't find out I was pregnant until I was almost 16 weeks along! And when I did find out I thought I was only a few weeks along...6 at the most! Boy was I wrong! Speaking of which...the U/S tech said its a boy!! His name so far is Parker...we have yet to decide on a middle name =)

The other kids are doing great as well! Hailey just turned 10 on Jan 1st; Wyatt is becoming a lil tank! lol He is in size 5/6 clothes and weighs in at 50lbs! Natalie is all over the place! Walking and talking (mostly babbles) and her fave word is "ball" lol We have about 1 yr 4 months left here in MD and hopefully we can get stationed back in Jax, FL...I miss my home state (and city!)!!

Well that's my lil update for now...I hope to be able to continue to write here...if my busy life (and FB) doesn't consume me first! lol