January is almost over!! I have GOT to send out our Christmas cards! :) I mean, I think that we may get a bye this year, but we'd like to send one just the same! It's alright, we take pride in prolonging the holidays for our friends and loved ones! My goal was to have them mailed by January 31, but that is Sunday, and they aren't ready to go yet, so maybe by Valentine's Day!
Thursday marked the official end of our "ordeal". I saw my OB for my follow-up exam and got the all clear to resume normal life...whatever that is! I am feeling stronger every day, but still require a nap most days, and Motrin is never far! I caught a virus from somewhere (probably the urgent care last weekend!) and have a wicked sore throat, which I seem to have shared with Landon and quite possibly, the baby, who has been uncharacteristically fussy today. Ugh! So we are laying low and keeping the Motrin/Tylenol handy. Mathis also has thrush, which can be quite painful when they are eating, so I am treating him with nystatin and I am taking an antibiotic and hopefully those two things together will get us both squared away!
We are looking forward to wonderful weather on Sunday...and some time romping about in the yard. It seems that there is also a possibility that we could be frolicking in the snow come Tuesday, but we'll have to wait and see...it is amazing that it can be 62 one day and two days later cold enough to snow! I think the boys would enjoy it, they still talk of our snow storm last January and the snowman we built...but truth be told, we are a warm weather family and are counting the days til we leave for Siesta Key in March! Greg used to encourage me by saying, "you've already been here (the hospital) longer than we have left til the beach" He certainly knows how to motivate me!
Hope 2009 has started out well for ya'll!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
And just like that...
...we're into our new normal! It is amazing to think that just 6 weeks ago we were anxiously awaiting P3's arrival...now we have a wonderfully sweet little Mathis and have trouble remembering life before he got here! The boys still love him so sweetly and although I am exhausted...I am happily so...and we are really starting to find our rhythm! God is so good!This weekend was yet another glimpse at what life was like before my "incarceration" (what I affectionately call my 5 months of bed rest!). After a fun dinner out as a family at our neighbor's new restaurant on Friday, I got to meet my dear friends Rebecca, and birthday girl Lila for breakfast and toes Saturday morning! Our first time in 6 months and I think we all enjoyed it! Happy Birthday sweet friend! When I got home I went straight to the ball fields where Landon was having his skills assessment for this season of baseball! I can't believe it is already starting again! He did awesome, hitting both pitches thrown to him...complete with a little "waggle" before he took his swing, and sending 2 line drives down the 3rd base line! He also has improved with his fielding...instead of playing in the dirt, he actually chased down both grounders and made great, accurate throws to first! We're so proud!
When they got up from naps, things had dried up from all the rain we had gotten Friday night and they had a fun time riding bikes and playing basketball on the drive, and we had a ball watching them have fun together!
And, today, yet another return to "normal". Tanner awoke very congested and with two pretty red, goopy (sp?) eyes, so instead of church, off we went to support Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (we like to make routine "contributions" at the urgent care center on Mansell...it's pretty bad when they recognize you and your kids!) Anywhoo, I took Mathis too since he has been congested since Tanner's first "cold" last weekend. Poor Tanner had sinusitis, bronchiolitis, and two eyes full of conjunctivitis...that is what we call a hat trick! He was prescribed an antibiotic and also an abeuterol nebulizer (yeah, I have NO idea how to spell that) to help with his wheezing. Thankfully, he has seen his super star older cousins use their "puffers" from time to time so he felt like quite the big boy using his and doesn't seem to mind it. He was already acting like he felt 100% better tonight and should be totally back to normal by tomorrow late!
Mathis, on the other hand, got a clean bill of health. He does have a cold, though it is only in his nose and not in his lungs and the doctor felt we could hasten his recovery with saline drops and lots of feedings to increase his fluid intake. They tested him for RSV, which thankfully, was negative. Here's the amazing part. Remember that he weighed 7lbs 14oz at birth, and at 3 days old had dropped to 7lbs 3oz. Today, at 6 weeks 2 days of age, he weighed 11lbs 12oz! That is basically 4 pounds in 6 weeks! Yup, we make 'em chunky here in the Powell house! My sister joked that Mathis would lap Bennett, who is 4 months and 14 pounds within the next 2 months! It would only be fitting because Tanner outweighed her daughter Mary Claire when he was only 6 months and she was 18 months!
We are having fun and feeling more like old times...with an extra little cutie in the mix. He is starting to really pay attention to the world around him and has even teased with a smile or two lately! It really is amazing to see how much he has changed so quickly!
I promise to try to be better with updates...for some reason, I feel a little more pressed for time these days! :) Hope you all are well and enjoying this new year!!
And, today, yet another return to "normal". Tanner awoke very congested and with two pretty red, goopy (sp?) eyes, so instead of church, off we went to support Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (we like to make routine "contributions" at the urgent care center on Mansell...it's pretty bad when they recognize you and your kids!) Anywhoo, I took Mathis too since he has been congested since Tanner's first "cold" last weekend. Poor Tanner had sinusitis, bronchiolitis, and two eyes full of conjunctivitis...that is what we call a hat trick! He was prescribed an antibiotic and also an abeuterol nebulizer (yeah, I have NO idea how to spell that) to help with his wheezing. Thankfully, he has seen his super star older cousins use their "puffers" from time to time so he felt like quite the big boy using his and doesn't seem to mind it. He was already acting like he felt 100% better tonight and should be totally back to normal by tomorrow late!
Mathis, on the other hand, got a clean bill of health. He does have a cold, though it is only in his nose and not in his lungs and the doctor felt we could hasten his recovery with saline drops and lots of feedings to increase his fluid intake. They tested him for RSV, which thankfully, was negative. Here's the amazing part. Remember that he weighed 7lbs 14oz at birth, and at 3 days old had dropped to 7lbs 3oz. Today, at 6 weeks 2 days of age, he weighed 11lbs 12oz! That is basically 4 pounds in 6 weeks! Yup, we make 'em chunky here in the Powell house! My sister joked that Mathis would lap Bennett, who is 4 months and 14 pounds within the next 2 months! It would only be fitting because Tanner outweighed her daughter Mary Claire when he was only 6 months and she was 18 months!
We are having fun and feeling more like old times...with an extra little cutie in the mix. He is starting to really pay attention to the world around him and has even teased with a smile or two lately! It really is amazing to see how much he has changed so quickly!
I promise to try to be better with updates...for some reason, I feel a little more pressed for time these days! :) Hope you all are well and enjoying this new year!!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Making up for lost time
Hope this finds you all well! We have been busy lately! It is so fun to see the boys love on their little "Mathis Cooper Powell" (Tanner always calls him by all three of his names!). He turned 1 month old the 12th...so hard to believe. I am going to try and do monthly photos of him, like I did with Landon...Tanner was no so lucky and I only have about 6 of his monthly photos...such is the life of a middle child...poor thing!
Last Saturday, Tanner awakened with quite an impressive cold, so after a quick visit to the doctor who assured us that it was just a cold, we had a fun family day! Sunday, we didn't want to be "those parents", you know, the ones that bring their kids to school/church with snotty noses and germs to share, but since he was much better than he had been on Sat, we headed out to the Aquarium. It was really fun to watch the boys reactions, and it was so fun to be doing something fun as a family instead of hearing about it and experiencing it through photos after the fact!
Monday, the my sister's boys had the MLK holiday off, so we met them over in Marietta at a gymnastics/competitive cheerleading gym and let them go crazy on the trampolines, swinging on the bars, swinging on a rope and jumping into the huge foam pit! Grandmommy and Grandy stopped by to watch the madness...and Grandmommy even donated one of her socks to the foam pit collection while taking Tanner for a ride/jump on the rope! It was super fun...we'll definitely do it again the next time the boys' have a day off!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Happy New Year...we're back!
Hello all...right, so apparently it isn't going as easy to keep up this blog as I originally thought! :) I really think that this is going to be the best way to share photos and updates, so I am going to give it my best shot!
We are having the most fun being a family of five...although sometimes it feels like a family of two and a family of three sharing a house! By the end of the day, I am worn out and the boys (Greg included) really need to run around and burn off energy...so they usually play kickball in the basement or work on throwing or race around our first floor and Mathis and I hang out in the family room. He is a super eater now and still very easy...he cluster feeds from around 5:30 til midnight and then sleeps through til between 5 and 6am. It is wonderful. Very similar to how Landon used to schedule his days even though he was so much bigger at this same age. I always attributed his sleeping through so young to his enormous size, but I guess it may be more than that!
Today the boys and I took Mathis to the doctor for his 1 month check up (a few days early). He did great...even when he got his shot. I had warned the boys that he may be getting a shot and they were so worried and wanted to comfort him, but he only cried for a second. So at 3 weeks 5 days he weighed 9lbs 3.5oz and was 21 inches long. 75% for weight, 25% for height...yup, definitely one of our kids! :) The doctor was totally pleased with his skin tone (no more jaundice) and development (moving both sides the same, holding head up when placed on his belly, following sound and movement, etc.). His really has surprised us with how steady he is holding himself up...not just his head, but if you lay him on your chest while you are laying flat, he will actually push himself up on his forearms and look you in the eye...what a little stud!
Our big boys continue to surprise us with how gentle, tender and loving they are with their new brother! They both love to hug and kiss him and Tanner will tell anyone who will listen that "I a big brother now!" it is precious...as is Landon explaining to him how to be a big brother. We are truly blessed.
Hope you all are enjoying 2009 so far, and don't worry, we Powells take our job prolonging the holidays very seriously...you will receive your Christmas cards sometime around Feb. 1...but don't hold me to that date! :) May God richly bless you this year!
We are having the most fun being a family of five...although sometimes it feels like a family of two and a family of three sharing a house! By the end of the day, I am worn out and the boys (Greg included) really need to run around and burn off energy...so they usually play kickball in the basement or work on throwing or race around our first floor and Mathis and I hang out in the family room. He is a super eater now and still very easy...he cluster feeds from around 5:30 til midnight and then sleeps through til between 5 and 6am. It is wonderful. Very similar to how Landon used to schedule his days even though he was so much bigger at this same age. I always attributed his sleeping through so young to his enormous size, but I guess it may be more than that!
Today the boys and I took Mathis to the doctor for his 1 month check up (a few days early). He did great...even when he got his shot. I had warned the boys that he may be getting a shot and they were so worried and wanted to comfort him, but he only cried for a second. So at 3 weeks 5 days he weighed 9lbs 3.5oz and was 21 inches long. 75% for weight, 25% for height...yup, definitely one of our kids! :) The doctor was totally pleased with his skin tone (no more jaundice) and development (moving both sides the same, holding head up when placed on his belly, following sound and movement, etc.). His really has surprised us with how steady he is holding himself up...not just his head, but if you lay him on your chest while you are laying flat, he will actually push himself up on his forearms and look you in the eye...what a little stud!
Our big boys continue to surprise us with how gentle, tender and loving they are with their new brother! They both love to hug and kiss him and Tanner will tell anyone who will listen that "I a big brother now!" it is precious...as is Landon explaining to him how to be a big brother. We are truly blessed.
Hope you all are enjoying 2009 so far, and don't worry, we Powells take our job prolonging the holidays very seriously...you will receive your Christmas cards sometime around Feb. 1...but don't hold me to that date! :) May God richly bless you this year!
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