Bryon, Tiffini, Madisyn & Eastyn: Hello World....

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Hello World....

On March 18, 2010 at 8:15 am Eastyn Grant joined our little family. He weighed in at 7 lbs 12 oz and 20 inches long. He was a little bit early but not nearly as big as we were expecting. In our Doctor's own words, genetically, Bryon and I make large babies..... We were expecting another almost 9 pound baby and were shocked to see how little this one was. I delivered at the new hospital and the help there was sub-par to say the least. One of Bryon's best friends wife delivered a week before I did at the same hospital and they went on and on about how great their nurses were and all the swag they picked up on the last day of their visit. I didn't even get a water bottle. Seriously??? I would hope we weren't so awful to take care of that they all hated us. I sincerely can't imagine that being the case. I mean look at us, we are both so easy going..... Ü We were told several times that we had the new nurses so I am sure that was the problem, but it still sucks to wait 30 minutes after you call for a nurse and miss out on free stuff when all this baby crap gets SO expensive!!! Have I complained enough yet? Well, unfortunately I am just getting started. My pregnancy this time around was pretty easy if I do say so myself. I never had morning sickness, I didn't start swelling up until the last month or so. The delivery itself was fine.

We were at the hospital at 6:00 am for my C-section and all went smooth. However, I have had more complications with this one that I thought were possible. I have had an embedded and twisted staple that had to be removed by my doctor, susequently a re-opened incision, an infection in said open incision and a pinched nerve in my incision. Seriously? What wrong have I done in my life to jusify all of this? I seriously wish I knew.... It sucks! But, at the end of the day when all is said and done I have a beautiful baby boy to show for all of this!

He is such a little angel! We love him so much and get such a kick out of how much Madi loves him too.

She has been such a great helper with him and tells him how much she loves him all the time. We don't have a ton of pictures of him...yet. But I promise to get some good pictures and get the posted ASAP. Welcome to the world Little One!

1 comment:

Just the 2 of Us! said...: Congrats Tiff. He's a cutie!; May 9, 2010 at 3:50 PM

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5 New things you may not know about Madi

- She knows how to spell her name and has for a while now.
- She is incredibly smart! She picks up everything like a sponge! We have to watch what we say around her, she already has 2 swears in her vocab and knows how to use them.... Oops!
- She REFUSES to be potty trained! She knows what she is supposed to do, she just doesn't want to. She can be SO stubborn... definitely her momma's child!
- She loves to play with trains. Who woulda thought?
- She never really out-grew the security spoon thing. Her spoons have just grown in size along with her. She now plays AND sleeps with my big wooden cooking spoons.

5 ThInGs you may NoT KnOw about BrYoN

* Bryon is a movie junkie! He has a massive collection and loves to go see any and all movies in the theater
* Bryon doesn't like to watch sports on TV. He LoVeS to play baseball and football and even watch them in person, but he can't sit through a game to save his life. One of the reasons I love him so much! Ü
* Bryon's jaw PoPs! I mean, it POPS! He had broken his jaw years back and it now makes a really loud PoPiNg noise. Just listen......
* Bryon is a CoWbOy! He is a true, blue, RoPiN', RiDiN' CoWbOy! Who would have thought!?
* Bryon is an AmAzInG father and husband! He treats us both better than we deserve and works day in and day out to make sure we have everything we could ever want! WE LOVE YOU HONEY!

....But Oxygen is good for you.

....But Oxygen is good for you.

Not long after Madi was born we noticed that she would gasp for air when she slept. We asked her Doctor about it and at first he checked her throat and didn't find anything, so he told us that all babies do that and not to worry. The problem was, she never stopped and I couldn't stop worrying. At her next appointment I again asked him about it and he said that as a precaution we would have her hooked up to a monitor for a couple of days and test her to see where her levels were. He said that the alarm might go off but not to worry. Well the alarm NEVER quit! Now we have an appointment with a specialist on October 1st. Wish us luck that everything is ok and that she will be better soon!

Georgie was SO sick!

Georgie was SO sick!

Not long after we bought George he got really sick. We were really worried about him and didn't know what we were going to do. After about a week with the vet it was discovered that he had very severe ulcers (apparently his cushy life was just too much to handle!) When he came home he had an IV line sewn into his neck and we had to give him lots of meds! He laid in his stall all day and it was so sad to watch! But he pulled through like a champ and he is back to rockin and rollin! We love this guy!

Buddy Boy

Buddy Boy

This is Buddy. Bryon bought buddy when we started dating. He was looking for a dog and I found him on the internet. Bryon just had to have him! He was such a cute puppy. It took some adjusting to get used to being at our house. When he was about 6 months old he was trampled by one of our horses. We had to take him to the vet to get all fixed up. Buddy hasn't quite learned his lesson yet though. He is always having close calls. I guess we'll just wait for his next emergency. In the mean time he has become an excellent bird dog and Bryon LOVES to take him duck hunting!

Sparky Park

Sparky Park

This is Sparky. He started out as a barn cat but has since turned into one of the dogs! Sparky was born in a storage box at the feed store, Saddle Up. When he and his litter mates were old enough to leave mom he didn't know how to walk. Because he was raised in a box he never had to walk. I took him home and kept him in a crate in the barn and I had to bottle feed him milk. It just so happened that at the same time, Molly was going through a false pregnancy and had milk but no babies. She felt that it was her duty to raise Sparky. She took him in an nursed him and cared for him. To this day they still love each other and Sparky eats and sleeps with the dogs. Now if he could just figure out that he is a cat and start eating the mice in the hay we would be in business!

Stormy the half faced wonder!