Life as we know it

I have been meaning to do a blog for weeks, but something about moving and having two peanuts has distracted me ;) sheesh, where to start? So much new stuff is happening! Out family got moved and we are somewhat settled. I feel like living in a home is an ongoing project of "to do's." I think there are about 400 thinks I would love to do, but they can all wait. We love our new home. I have discovered having hard wood floors will leave your knees, feet, and back aching by the end of the day, but as long as Zoie can cruise in her walker I figure my pain is worth it. Maybe I need to invest in slippers :) Derik and I just celebrated four years of marriage together. Fastest four years I would say. I never thought we would be where we are four years ago, a few homes, two beautiful girls, and about 100 years more wise and mature here we stand! I love that man :) he makes me proud. Speaking of my handsome husband, he is part of an event or group this year for CF called Colorad...

I'm sure everyone thinks I am one of "those" people who share too much on Facebook, when we are in the hospital, when we have family pictures, Derik got a promotion! Okay at least I can make fun of myself ;) By me sharing, and letting people into our world, we have support, we have more love, and we have come across some very humble and caring people who will forever have an impact on our small little world. One gal I came across is Cheryl. Derik was actually connected to her family by mutual friends, I saw her post something about Cystic Fibrosis one day and decided to "friend" her. Through our Facebook friendship, I learned a pot about her. She too has grown to know the girls and sent Zoie a cute "65 roses" necklace. Today we got to meet Cheryl. Both girls and I went and spent some time with her and her mama, and I tell you, I have never met a "stranger" who opened up her heart, showed love for Zoie, and was so sweet. Cheryl had a daughte...

You really never know what a mom does until you are one. Derik and I are always having the conversation of, "I'm so glad you love to work," and "I'm so glad you like staying home." We balance each other in that way, he is career driven, and I'm family driven. It's a nice combo. His new job is going wonderfully! He even told me it was his favorite position thus far (it better be because I'm not moving out of state anytime soon) ;) And our home life, well it's just as wonderful, just crazy... By crazy I mean each day is so different and you don't know what you're going to get. I think we tend to create some of the craziness oursves, by filling up our weekends with friends and family, but that's how we create memories, so we will take the crazy. For some reason Mondays are always a bit more crazy. Maybe it's the "daddy went back to work" feeling, or the "we have so much to get done this week" feeling, but...

Someone posted this article on my Facebook page. As I sat and read it, I knew all too much what this family was talking about. As we work on getting Zoie on the waiting list for the medical marijuana minus the THC, all you can do is be patient, trust God and pray. Although this boy has a little more severe diagnosis, this is what we go through on a weekly basis believe it or not. I wouldn't be able to sit down and write this, so here is a snippet of what happens in the life of an epileptic. http://www.5280.com/healthandwellness/magazine/2014/04/tangled-web?page=full

Having two kiddos is a whole different ball game, so excuse my excuse for not blogging for a while ;) It's such a blessing to all be under the same roof, and we now have an almost three-year-old, in one month, and a one-month-old! Where the heck does time go??!! Ivie is such a good baby. I mean really really good! We are fortunate. Although that has some time to change. She is going to be a chunk here soon! Already out of her preemie clothes, newborn stuff is still a bit big, but that girl loves to eat! She weighed in at 6.3 lbs at her one month and is growing like a weed. I had a hard mommy moment, or week, really, last week when I made the decision to stop pumping. It makes me mad when people judge about breast milk/bottle fed babies. There is no right answer. It's what works for you. So I had pumped every three hours for 30 days straight for 20 min each time. Do the math. That's a lot of pumping. I didn't mind the pumping, but after 16 days and Ivie being home, I w...

Derik went back to work today... He was ready :) I was ready to get Zoie and I back on track as well. My body has healed well from surgery, although it's not used to being up every three hours at night pumping... I feel the affects when Zoie wakes us up at 6 am ready for the day! We had a busy day with a morning nap, a trip to Greeley to go meet sister for the first time and take her car seat to the nicu, a long walk to enjoy the beautiful weather, a second nap, now I get to "room in" with Ivie for the night! Back tracking a bit, Ivie is doing wonderful! The nurses are calling her a smarty pants :) she got her feeding tube pulled, and has taken all of her formula by bottles for 24 hours now! She is up to 4.14 lbs, and her umbilical cord fell off yesterday. The nurses wanted her car seat out there so they can put her in it periodically and make sure her stats stay up at a different angle. The reason I am "rooming in" with her is because we will be bringing her h...

This time last week I was anxiously sitting in my hospital room all alone, I wanted it that way, praying, watching Greys, and resting knowing we would be welcoming our second blessing the next morning. It's amazing how much can happen in a week! Ivie is back up and passing her birth weight @ 4.11, her IV is out, she is in "room air" so no more incubator, and her temp is staying up without the warmth. She now only has one tube; the feeding tube down her tiny nose, where she is getting 32cc's every 3 hours. She has attempted breast feeding twice and managed to succle out a few cc's then falls asleep. She is offered one bottle every 12 hours... And guess what she did today?! She guzzled down 34cc's in 20 min! The nurse was so excited to call and tell us. They said to not expect it every day, but now we know she can when she is awake enough, and hungry enough. She is a rock star! I have been spending about three hours with her everyday just snuggling her and gi...