Princess P

A year ago today I was admitted to the hospital and given medicine to put my body on rest from contractions. I got a full night of sleep and on the 22nd of May the Doc on call said if I made it to 4 he would break my water. I got to 3.5 and he put me on ANOTHER rest!! Monday the 23rd my WONDERFUL Dr. Lane cam in and I was very very close to a 4. We had to make a decision on if we went home and possibly not make it back to the hospital or go ahead and break my water. Rob and I discussed all of the pros and cons and decided it was in our best interest to go ahead and let Priscilla come. My labor was normal and typical for me! Princess P arrived at 4:10 pm and weighed in at 6lb 2oz 19.5 inches long. At the end she came very quickly and didn't get all the fluid out of her lungs so the NICU team that was in the delivery with us decided she needed to be up stairs. This begins our 2 week stay in the NICU.


Even though Priscilla was considered full term we quickly found out that in some ways she was a preemie. It was hard to watch her just lying in her bed BUT I am so thankful that I have a heavenly Father who was with me each step of the way. I had to fully trust Him. She lost weight and got down to 5lb 6oz when we brought her home on June 6th! When we came home she had to take medicine for acid reflux.

When Priscilla first started going to the doc she was not even on the growth chart! Within a week we figured out my milk was not enough for her so we put her on formula with rice cereal. Thankfully that did the trick and by the time she was 3 mths we no longer had to take the meds for acid reflux. In November, we started having other issues with her and in December we found out that Princess has asthma and was put on Albuterol and a Prednisolone to open up her airways. In January her ashtma flared up big time and we found out that she had RSV too. Another round of Prednisolone AND a daily steroid was added to her breathing treatments twice a day. In April, ALLERGY season flared up, and YEP, you guessed it we are not taking Loratidine daily for her allergies, but on a good note we have been taken off of the Pulmicort for her breathing. We have had MANY ear infections since she was born, and many medications also, BUT I know that God must have something special for my Princess P because He allowed her to come home from the hospital AND make it through EVERY trial that we have had in this first year! Princess P is now walking EVERYWHERE!!!

I want to take the time to THANK the Nurses and Doctors at Community North Hospital. With out their knowledge in the NICU my Princess may not have made it to her first birthday! I don't remember ALL of their names, but I remember the ones who allowed me to have my meltdowns and cry on their shoulder! Brenda, and Ashlyn are 2 that I remember specifically! Ashlyn was our night nurse and she was ALWAYS encouraging and sweet. Brenda was a day nurse and she had all 3 of my girls that went through the NICU. God knows exactly what we need when we need it and I am so very THANKFUL that I had both of these nurses when I needed them. I hope one day I will get to tell them how much they mean to me and my family!

Thank You Lord for adding Princess P to our family! I pray that she serves You her entire life!!

Princess P's 1st Birthday Party

First I want to thank everyone who was able to come on Saturday! You made the day special! I think the party went very well! It was so much fun, and I fretted so much over it and I should not have! Ladybugs were the theme for her party! My niece Breanna made the birthday sign and we used the ladybugs that were used for Cubbie Parent night at church! Priscilla's birthday is not until the 23rd of the month BUT we will be on a train heading to Chicago! (that is another post) I was taken off of bed rest a year ago today! Amazing what this last year has been like, but I would not change it for the world! Today I figured that in her first year of life I have seen the doctor more for her than all her sisters combined!! (1st years only) I am praying that year 2 is a WHOLE lot healthier for her!

Unexpected Events

Rob texted me on Tuesday asking if I minded him going out of town for 2 weeks. I thought about it for about 2 seconds and sent back GO!! Normally I will say go and NOTHING happens! Imagine my surprise when his phone rings last night while we were eating to be told he HAD to be in Mississippi by 1pm today!!!! We went to church and when we got home he ate a snack and went to bed. I stayed up and washed his clothes and folded them. While I was waiting for them to dry I wrote him a letter for each day he is gone! Hannah and Rachel stayed up with me and wrote him a letter too. I know I will miss him and can't wait for him to return home.


Next Saturday I have Princess P's 1st birthday party and depending on how the job goes he may or may not make it home. Her birthday is not until the 23rd so he will only miss her party which is fine because we will be celebrating it again on her birthday while in Chicago! I am so excited for our vacation coming up! My brother and his family will be here, and my Aunt and Uncle and their kids are coming too! There will be 19 of us in all! WOW!!