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lucy had her little pink party....saturday, february 5

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lucy had her 1 year check-up today with dr. surka. other than the fact that it took two hours and was during naptime, all went well.

lucy stats are...

weight: 20lbs. 15oz. 50%

height: 29.75 in. 75%

head: 18.5 in. 90%

this little girl is definitely growing.

we discussed the fact that she is not liking milk at all. no problem though, because she is such a great eater, dr. surka says she will actually be fine without milk but she will probably learn to like it.

the majority of our convo was discussing the fact that lucy does not stand up, pull up, or is anywhere near walking. probably no big deal but he was a little concerned (as am I) that she doesn't want to put weight on her feet sometimes.

he examined the folds on her legs and did notice that she has an additional fold on the back of her right leg that she doesn't have on the back of her left leg. that discovery plus the observations that I have made about not pulling up led him to believe that lucy needs an ultrasound of her hips. just to be on the safe side.

hopefully, nothing is abnormal, but I will feel better knowing. Since lucy is a girl, born c-section because she was breech, it makes sense. I mean look at the picture of her birth...they had to pull her out by her legs...wouldn't be surprised if something gotta a little loose in there!

I will definitely post about the outcome of our ultrasound. for now...happy scootin luce!

happy birthday

it's official. lucy is one. wow.

lucy enjoyed a birthday pancake this morning with some delicious blueberries. don't you love the crossed feet...everytime!!

off to school she went decked out in her party dress (pics to come).

of course she chose Taco Dog for her birthday lunch and was surprised when she got a birthday cupcake from Publix. patrick was very proud of himself for sharing HER cupcake with her!

she loved the cupcake.

after swimming lessons and a nap, lucy had a quick visit with her granny-great (and Papa). she was quite enthralled with her musical card.

birthday dinner. wades. the birthday tradition begins for lucy.

joe, katie, and crew met us (in keeping with the tradition) for dinner.

lucy had a feast...mac and cheese, hashbrown casserole, sweet potatoes, fried okra, crackers, yeast rolls, and an ice cream sundae to top it all off!

she was quite serious during the singing of the birthday song...not sure she knew it was her birthday (even though Will did ask her but she gave no response).

a quick stop by Lib and Teve's on the way home

overall...the best birthday she's ever had...her "golden" birthday at that!

One Year

Wow! ONE whole year...I really can't believe this one. When Patrick turned one, it seemed like he had grown so fast but Lucy has really caught me off guard...I mean, seriously, I JUST brought her home from the hospital. Thought I would go down memory lane and remember OUR special day...

February 1, 2010

Woohoo! We woke up to some snow and ice and that meant a two-hour delay!! Always love a delay. Therefore I did not go to school until 10am. Quick work day for me seeing as how I leave at 11:30. As usual, I left and picked Patrick up from WDS and out to lunch with Dad we went. Seeing as how much Patrick LOVES Taco Dog, that is where we eventually ended up.

After lunch, Patrick and I went home for his nap. Maggie McCraw arrived shortly after to babysit while I went to my 1:00 appointment. This would be my 38 week check-up.

A little back story...the Thursday prior, I went to the hospital for a scheduled inversion (sp?) to try and turn this babe. We found out officially at 35 weeks that Baby Delaney was breech. I had a feeling for a while...sure did think that bottom was awfully hard...of course, it was a head!! So, on Thursday, Dr. Pereyo attempted to turn baby. This took nearly an hour of pushing on my belly...needless to say this did NOT work! A c-section was then scheduled for February 9, and baby Delaney would be delivered by Dr. Pereyo (or so we thought).

So, back to Feb.1...I go to the Women's Clinic for my 38 week checkup. As I am sitting in the waiting room, Dr. Pereyo spies me and comes over to ask if the baby had, by chance, turned on it's own. I told him no and he said, "She would NOT move!"

I just nodded and he went on his way. I never told him that he just spoiled the news...we were having a GIRL!! We had opted to not find out, but I guess after staring at her on the ultra-sound for an entire hour while trying to turn her, he forgot to keep it a secret. Too funny!!

It didn't bother me to much because it wasn't official...you know, he could of just said "she" as a reference (yeah right!).

Finally, I am called back to be seen by Dr. Hardin. We do the standard weight, blood pressure, etc. Then she asks if I have been checked (for dialation) at all. I hadn't simply because we knew baby was breech and if I was dialated, it would just piss me off because I wasn't going to be able to deliver this baby vaginally. Well, Dr. Hardin decided she should check me really just to make sure I wasn't some crazy 8cm and the baby was about to fall out!!

So, I went in the room and she shortly followed to check...this is where is got kinda CRAZY! So, she checks me and informs me I am about 3cm (about like I was with Patrick at the same point in the pregnancy) but then she says, "What the hell is that?" Now, that is not what you want to hear from your doctor as she has her hand inside of you checking your baby!!

I said, "What?" She then preceded to tell me that she felt something that should be a foot but was too small to be a foot. Then she told me to lie real still (like I was doing a lot of moving). She felt again and this time told me that "whatever she is feeling is pulsating...NOT GOOD!! The only thing in there that pulsates is the cord...NOT GOOD!" She then explained to me that cord was sitting right on my cervix and if I were to go into labor the first thing coming out is the cord...BAD! Bad because when the cord comes out, my cervix will contract and all oxygen and blood flow would be cut off to the baby and essentially the baby could die! Ok...SCARY!!

An immediate decision was made to go straight to the hospital and as Dr. Hardin said, "you are having this baby today!"

I then completed my paperwork, discussed this option with Dr. Pereyo, and was told I could go home and get my bag and then go straight to the hospital.

Luckily, I had a sitter at home that could stay a little longer...long enough for me to go have a baby! Ha!

So, I got my bag together...not nearly as much stuff as I took with Patrick...just my PJ's, and I really don't remember what else...same bag though!

As I was driving myself to the hospital, I called Brendan to tell him what was going on. He was in court in Greenville and could NOT get home right away. No big deal though...I knew they wouldn't do the c-section right away, seeing as how I ate Taco Dog for lunch (Last meal before I had Patrick too!).

So here I go...to the hospital to have a baby...by myself! I remember passing Katie on the way (in front of Pine Street School) and just waving like all was good! I like the element of surprise...so didn't want to call her and inform her of what was going on...wanted to just surprise her with a text when Baby Delaney entered the world!

So, I get to the hospital and luckily my sister, Liza, was able to come sit with me while I waited the six hours for my food to digest. What a long wait!!

The anethesiologist(sp??) came in and gave her whole spill...which, by the way, got me very upset. Really I was just nervous and felt so unprepared seeing as how I was NOT planning on having a baby that day.

Got over that. Then Dr. Goodlett came in! Yay Dr. Goodlett! What fun this would be...he delivered Patrick nearly two years ago and now he would get to deliver my next baby. I mean what are the chances, since there are about six doctors in the practice. Anyway, he came in around 5:00 to tell me he was ready to go ahead but since Daddy wasn't there yet, he figured he should wait...good thinking!!

Dr. Goodlett decided to go on home and eat dinner with his kids and then he would come back at 8:00pm for the procedure. He went through it all reassuring me that it was so quick and easy. He would be back at 8:00, they would prep me and take me into the OR, baby would be out about 8:15 and then I would be in recovery by 8:30! Wow...fast!

Brendan finally arrived and our time together before Baby Delaney arrived was spent going over what all I had been told, discussing possible girl names (since Dr. Pereyo had clearly told me it was a girl) and then talking to Dr. Goodlett to make sure this was the right thing to do since I was two weeks early.

Dr. Goodlett told Brendan that if he took me home and I went into labor, it would be a situation where Brendan would have to lie me down flat in the car and drive about 100mph to the hospital..."Do you really want to do that?"...to which Brendan agreed...NO!!

8:00pm came and off we went...c-section underway.

Just remembered my favorite part of the whole delivery...so, Brendan arrives and I say, "Wouldn't that be great if Amanda Edwards was here tonight to help deliver our baby?" So, Brendan called Tucker and we were thrilled to learn that he just dropped her off for her 7:00pm-7:00am shift. I was SOOOOO glad to see her! She was gonna be my nurse and be with me through everything...seriously, this made ALL the difference.

Back to the c-section...8:00 came and off we went. When we got to the O.R., Brendan had to wait outside until the spinal was put in...this was kinda hard and made me a little scared not having him with me. Luckily Amanda was there and was as close to a "fill in" as I could have gotten.

Weird part was...I actually walked in the O.R. and put myself on the table! The prepping began and I was so nervous that medicine wasn't going to work and I would feel it all! Well, the medicine did work and I felt NOTHING...no pressure, no tugging, nothing!

Brendan was back in the room now and Dr. Goodlett made the incision. Before I could blink, Brendan (who is peering over the sheet watching the whole thing) says, "It's a girl!"

I said, "what?? she's out??" to which he replies, "No, but it's a girl!"

The next thing I hear is, "And her nose is crooked!" Not what a mother wants to hear, especially when she has a baby girl!

Needless to say, our baby girl was finally here (and she was all squished up, probably because we had been squishing her trying to get her to flip!).

I honestly couldn't believe that we had a DAUGHTER!! I truly thought we would have another boy...guess having one boy put me in the boy mode. But, man was I sure happy to have a sweet baby girl!

They took her to the side to do all the things they do...Amanda announced her weight, 6 pounds 14 ounces...a tiny little thing compared to Patrick (nearly 9 pounds).

It sure did take a while and I asked what was going on...Amanda informed me that they were sucking all the gook out of her and that c-section babies have a lot of gook since they don't pass through the birth canal...as Amanda said, "She sure is juicy!"

All the nurses kept asking the name which I in turn kept asking Brendan ("the baby name whisperer")...all Brendan said was, "Juicy Lucy"

And that was it. Lucy had arrived. February 1, 2011 at 8:16pm. All 6 pounds 14 ounces of her. All 19.5 inches of her. We were in love all over again.

While all is being done with Lucy, Dr. Goodlett is closing me up and Brendan is getting an anatomy lesson as I hear Dr. Goodlett say, "This is her intestines...here is her ovary..." I couldn't believe that Brendan was watching all that!

Finally everything is finished and off we go to recovery. Luckily, because we know special people at the hospital...Amanda...our family was able to come to recovery to meet the newest addition. Of course, I wouldn't tell them the sex and made them guess...then they (Mom, Liza, and Toby) took a quick peek at our baby girl and quickly snuck out.

I nursed Lucy for the first time and she was a pro! After her feeding, she was taken to the nursery for her bath and I was moved up to my room.

While Lucy was in the nursery, my mom, Liza, Toby, and my dad all watched her get her first bath...well, my dad couldn't watch because he thought the nurses were WAY to rough and were hurting her. So, the whole time she is getting a bath, Liza is texting me, "Lucy does not like her bath, Lucy is a screamer, Lucy this and Lucy that!" Funny thing is, we hadn't officially named her yet and certaintly hadn't told anybody. So now we joke that Liza and my mom just went off and named her Lucy...guess it was meant to be!!

Of course, we had to come up with a full name for our girl...so, we gave our tiny girl a big name...Louise McDaniel Delaney.

After I was settled in and Lucy was bundled up after her bath, we all snuggled into our room for the night. Liza and my parents visited for a while but needed to go relieve Tols (the second babysitter) and were gonna bring Patrick back in the morning.

I remember not sleeping at all that night! Lots of texting..."She's here"...which gave everybody a shock!

So even though Lucy didn't have the surprise of a natural birth, her unplanned c-section was quite a surprise to many!!

Two

I can't believe my baby is TWO!! I am a little late in posting this, but it was worth the wait!

Enjoy!

Louise McDaniel Delaney

Figured I should do some updating...June 2, 2010...we have a beautiful 4 month old little Lucy...Louise McDaniel Delaney was born February 1, 2o10. She had quite the entrance into this world seeing how she was breech and was delivered 2 weeks early by c-section...wouldn't have been my first choice but none the less, the end result was well worth it.

Miss Lucy is a GREAT baby. She pretty much slept the first two months of her life and is just now coming to life!! She eats every four hours and sleeps from 9pm until 7am...woohoo!! Just yesterday she had her 4 month check-up. She weighed 12lbs. 15oz. and she is 24.25inches tall!! She is in the 35% for weight, 40% for head, and 50% for height. She continues to be a tiny little girl (especially compared to big brother Patrick). Lucy is talking ALL the time, rolling over, and even has a tooth trying to come in!!

Maybe I will be better about blogging...having two children should make it easier, right?!

Happy Easter

Patrick had a GREAT Easter!!  We went to the early church service and Patrick was perfect! Then we went to Mo and Papa's (my grandparents) for lunch.  We had a Easter Egg Hunt! Patrick won!! (of course he was the only hunter!)  He is also doing very well with his walking along as we hold his hand.  However, he did take several steps today while playing at Mo's (3-4 steps, which is HUGE for him!)  

He is now 13 months old!!  I can't believe it.  He has eight teeth with more on the way!  These teeth are really helping him eat...he eats more than you can imagine!  Liza doesn't think he has the sensor that tells you you are full!  His favorite foods are probably cheese, crackers, yogurt, and fruit.  We aren't real big on veggies...but who is!!  

The weather is finally warmer and Patrick loves being outdoors!  Hopefully we will get our yard in order soon and he will be able to run around and play!  For now, wagon rides seem to do the trick!

Patrick is ONE!

Patrick had his FIRST birthday on March 4!!  We celebrated by having lunch at Groucho's and dinner at Wade's...his two favorite places!!  Then we had a birthday party on Saturday, March 7.  Patrick was a little under the weather but he rallied through and actually enjoyed his cake.  The weather was perfect and he was able to enjoy his new gift...a red wagon which he adores!

I can't believe that he is already a year old...time flies!!  Here are is stats:

Currently weighing in at 24.0lbs (75% weight)

Height is 31" (80%)

Head Circumference is 18.75" (80%)

Patrick now eats EVERYTHING and ANYTHING!!  He is really enjoying eating all the foods we "big" people eat.  We no longer have bottles (except for one in the morning but it should be gone next week)!  Patrick is also now drinking real milk rather than formula...yay!!  This makes life alot more afordable!  We also threw away all his pacifiers...I am all about cold turkey...and the earlier you do it, the better.  It really wasn't a big deal for him at all!  

Patrick is such a big kid now! We are just working on that walking thing.  He is able to cruise the house by holding on to furniture or walls and he will stand all by himself.  Hopefully (or maybe not) he will take those first steps real soon!!

I hope to keep this blog updated more frequently now...I finally got a new computer which is making everything faster and easier to do!

just a few more

had to put a pic of sarah!!

oh yeah, patrick did NOT like santa...

still not a fan!!

just having a snack...

isn't he too cute...

some more

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10 Months

sorry it has been a while since i last posted...crazy busy with the holidays. patrick is 10 MONTHS old today...i can't believe it. so much has happened and it seems that it all happened about a month ago. nine months was HUGE for patrick. he learned to crawl, got 4 teeth (all on bottom and all came in at once!!), learned to pull up, and he is now eating people food...with his own hands, which really makes quite a mess but he loves it!!

only one negative thing appeared around the 9 month mark...patrick is a "breath holder." When he gets REALLY upset (the four times it has happened, he has been scared), he screams so hard that he holds his breath until he basically passes out. his face is beet red and then it turns blue/white and his head falls over and he becomes very limp. before we talked to the doc, i would just shake him until he started crying again. but the doc assured us that this is fairly common (1 in 20 kids). when it happens, we need to just let it happen and not make a big deal. the doc said that they always breath again...it is just scary. the more of a deal we make, the more he will do it. the doc also gave some comforting news...this "breath holding" will peak around age two and then go away by agae five. in other words, the terrible twos will be TERRIBLE. patrick will pass out if he doesn't get what he wants...boy, we are in for it...payback i guess!!

christmas was great. bonfire christmas eve, my family came over to our house christmas day for lunch, then we went to brendan's brother's house for dinner. patrick got lots of push toys so he can learn to walk!! we went to alabama to visit brendan's mom and sister day after christmas. longest drive ever...10 hours with baby!! had fun but came back for new years. went to joe and katie delaney's NYE but came home early to ring in the new year at our house. first time patrick has ever woken up in the night. woke up at 10:30 and went back to sleep at 12:30. guess he knew it was new years eve!!

Patrick weighs in at almost 23lbs!! He is 30 inches long!! We are now in 18month clothes and wearing real shoes...keds, my favorite!!

so, this is patrick's schedule which started at 9 months:

7am - BREAKFAST wake, eat 6oz. formula, eat baby cereal mixed with fruit

9:30/10am - nap for hopefully an hour (sometimes just 30 min)

11:15am - LUNCH eat 6oz. formula, fruit and vegetable (these are finger foods now and he feeds himself) and juice (1/2 apple, 1/2 water)

1:30pm - nap

3:30pm - snack (crackers, cheese, juice)

6pm - DINNER eat 6oz. forumla, two veggies and fruit

7pm - bed

Food-we have been eating lots of finger foods...cut up fruits, cut up, steamed veggies, "Yo Baby" yogurt, cheese, rice cakes, ham, turkey. the doc said to give him anything we would eat, seasoned just the way we would...but avoid eggs, cow's milk, peanuts. we still do three bottles a day but we will probably cut out the lunch bottle soon.

Bath-patrick has had some dry patches on his legs, so doc told us to lather him is aquaphor (best stuff ever...check spelling) and to NOT bath him every night, so we try to bath him every other night and sometimes even every three nights...he doesn't get too dirty! we were using aveeno wash but doc said to switch to dove sensitive...WORKS GREAT!!!

Bedtime - patrick goes to his crib at 7pm. he does cry for about 20 minutes, then falls to sleep. this is the way we want it...i refuse to hold him until he falls asleep...used to, but now i want him to fall asleep on his own

Passie - still using pacifier, but i want to get rid of it...i don't know, we'll see!

8 Months Old

Patrick is now 8 months old, as of November 4!! He is growing so much. He now weighs almost 21 lbs. He has two bottom teeth, a new forward-facing car seat, is trying to crawl (and he is soooo close), starting to pull up, and eating all kinds of new foods (he tried his first french fry, grits, etc.)

Trick or Treat!!

I am finally posting our Halloween pictures. We went to several different Halloween events...the Piedmont Club Spooktacular, a Halloween party at the Taylor's house, and then trick or treating at different family and friend's houses. Patrick visited with his cousins, Lillian (the Cinderella princess) and Virginia (the other monkey). He enjoyed Halloween and really wanted to try the candy, as you can see from one of the pictures. He LOVED his monkey costume, especially his banana trick or treat bag!!