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the drum down under the drum down under sunday september 21 2014 our little man even the best laid plans can happen different than you expected i find this is especially true for having a baby you try to make plans adjust your plans make new plans readjust etc my two girls were born naturally on their due date so i figured within a few days of my due date clyde would show up we even arranged for my parents to take my girls for that weekend so we were ready we waited and waited some more i can t express how frustrating it is to have so many expectations on something you don t have much control over i went running at 4 am ate spicy food ate pineapple did lots of lunges nothing worked plenty of contractions were happening but i wouldn t go into labor because i had been having so much false labor i didn t know when the real thing was happening i was six days past my due date when my contractions started to pick up but by that time i had resolved that my large belly was just a permanent fixture i ve always thought that child birth depicted in the movies is so fake however having clyde kind of felt like i was in a movie i woke eric up about 2 am telling him to get dressed because we needed to go to the hospital right away thank goodness my mother in law was already staying with us the rest of my labor was a nice soothing bath in my hospital room interspersed with lots of screaming my water breaking nurses frantically trying to get me out of the tub i do recall one nurse worriedly asking do you feel like you need to push and through my tears i said no but he s coming out anyway because the delivery nurse saw meconium when my water broke she called in nicu nurses clyde was born about 5 40 am he was cleaned up evaluated and whisked away to the nicu i was pretty bummed that i had waited so long done all that work and didn t really get to hold my baby normally i think i would ve been freaking out but i wasn t he looked like a strong healthy boy to me turns out during the birth process clyde swallowed some meconium and developed an air pocket on his lung the next 3 nights and 4 days i spent in the nicu while clyde was recieving oxygen treatments and being constantly evaluated also thank goodness for good insurance x rays showed the air pocket was almost completely gone by the second day but because clyde s condition could result in a collapsed lung and or pulmonary infection he had to stay in the hospital a little longer thankfully he is a healthy boy and his condition improved quickly we were released on the fourth day i was very happy to finally leave the hospital the girls and grandma visiting clyde in the nicu at the hospital right after they took off all the iv lines and oxygen holding him for the first time without stuff attached to him my face is not in the picture but i was smiling too finally home everyone wants a turn holding the new baby his first sunday i m pretty sure maryanne was trying to squish his head we are so happy to have little clyde in our family ava has been asking me for a baby brother since last summer so i am glad that her wish came true often i hear her talking and confiding in her baby brother maryanne is not as jealous as i thought she would be however i often find that her loving the baby is really just squishing him as a seven week old baby he is already starting to recoil when his sisters come near taking our three kids hiking at mt rainier this is what eric looked like half the time my girls are starting to grow up so fast this was a picture of the first day of preschool maryanne is obsessed with carrying clothing everywhere just in case you were wondering about that shirt in her hand my little man is already 13lbs fattening up nicely playing princesses in the woods posted by eric at 10 14 pm no comments thursday july 24 2014 a couple of cute girls much has happened for our family in recent months life has been wonderful and busy i figured i should do a little catch up because in the next few days you will likely see a blog post announcing the arrival of our baby boy so far nothing to report as far as that s concerned but i do have plenty of cute little girl pictures in march we visited family in hawaii it was the perfect vacation thanks to the marcum family eric riding a monster wave laie temple in april we finally closed on the most complicated short sale ever it was worth it we have a beautiful house in a great neighborhood and a gorgeous back yard we have been working very hard to clean paint repair and make it our own finding frogs in our new backyard our neighborhood hosts a few kids activities every year below is the easter parade and egg hunt held on the saturday before easter and my girls on easter sunday i took my girls to the tulip fields to get some nice pictures every year on mother s day my extended family has a gathering at kayak point visiting the farm holding a baby bunny baby chicken baby pigs it wouldn t be summer without wild waves i have been seeking refuge from the heat there often lately at the end of may ava had her dance recital she was an ice skater from the production frozen enjoying a backyard campfire posted by eric at 10 28 pm no comments sunday february 9 2014 holidays birthday and snow it s been two months since i last blogged but there has been plenty to blog about here are some fun things we have done this winter below is ava right before seeing disney on ice very excited as you can tell she dressed up as a fairy mermaid by the end of the performance i was dressed up as a lemonade soaked popcorn mess these ones are from thanksgiving which we had at my grandma s home ava maryanne and cousin bella playing in the tree house i love mae s face in this one on the rope swing then on black friday we went into downtown seattle for the macy s day parade with family macy s day parade with cousins eric used some of his marriott points for a fun weekend in the city just the two of us below are a few pictures of what we did seattle science center pike place market lots of walking around the city the great wheel what we didn t get pictures of were two seals in the water and a porpoise jumping next to a ferry boat it was pretty awesome playing at a skate park gearing up for the christmas rush a race we run every year eric pushed the girls in the stroller and i actually placed sixth in my division snowflake lane parade they do this parade every evening in the month of december yet we chose the last saturday before christmas to go i would not recommend going on that day it was madness but the kids had a great time christmas eve nativity pageant christmas day wearing some new dress up clothes princess dress a couple days after christmas we drove to utah to visit family we had a great time playing with cousins and snow snacking on the road family photos grandma made all the girls new dresses my girls call it their brave dress playing in the snow eating it too carousel at the hogle zoo christmas jammies sledding right after the new years we celebrate ava s birthday we went to granny s house in chehalis to celebrate with family and friends this year i did a rapunzel theme and i invited flynn rider maryanne found all the suckers ava was pretty shy it s hard meeting your first celebrity crush birthday girl all the kids at the party had to go on a quest to find the floating lights this morning we woke up to a pleasant surprise snow our first real snow in a couple years church was cancelled so we played and played i m glad we got the chance because it s warming up outside and the snow will likely be gone by noon posted by cheryl at 11 32 am no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom blog archive 2014 3 september 1 our little man july 1 february 1 2013 11 november 1 october 1 september 1 august 1 may 2 april 1 march 2 february 1 january 1 2012 18 december 1 november 2 october 1 september 3 august 2 june 1 may 2 april 1 march 2 february 2 january 1 2011 14 december 1 november 2 october 2 september 1 august 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