Sleeping through the night - For real this time...!!

Finally...our little angel is sleeping 10-12 hours each night!!! Hooray!!

A couple of weeks ago I started this new book called "Preparation for Parenting" which was recommended to me by my sister n law! I was a bit apprehensive about reading it since it's main points were scheduling. I kind of went back and forth between the idea of putting her on a set schedule since so many of the books I read advised against it.

Well I'm here to say that it works wonderfully for both her and I!! Right before we left to go to Dallas (fleeing from Hurricane Ike) I was working with her schedule. I figured that going to a new place out of her home would completely mess with her and we would have to start all over when we got back...but I was wrong! The first night we were there she slept 10 hours. In fact, when I woke up I darted over to her bassinet fearful that she may not be breathing since I hadn't heard from her and there she was just smiling and cooing! Its so great!

Once we got back we moved her to her own bedroom which I know is a little late. I'm just a very scared momma and wasn't ready for the transition. But she's doing so well and now all of us are finally getting some goooooood rest! With her in her pics is "Dina" her dinosaur. Whenever I first found out I was expecting Matt bought me this gift cause he thought we were going to have a boy. He wanted to take it back but I wouldn't let him and now you can see that Dina is her best friend!

My three month old!!

I remember a time when my dad sat me down and told me to enjoy life as much as possible because time flies by way too fast. I, a teenager at the time, just rolled my eyes and thought 'whatever'!

Here I am... a wife and a mother and oh, how my dad was right! It seemed like just yesterday we found out we were having a baby and now here she is, three and half months old already!

Her recent accomplishments are giggling out loud, rolling over and teething!!! Got to love the teething part! She also is loving this little indian game we play. Right when she starts to get fussy, I tap my hand over her mouth to make a kind of indian sound and sure enough she stops fussing and then just keeps making sounds to mimic the noise! It's sooo cute! She's also starting to tuck her knees underneath her when I put her down for tummy time and she'll kick her legs back and forth as if she's trying very hard to figure out how to crawl!

She weighs 13lbs 8oz now and is truly a chunk!! Despite whatever medical mess we're going through, my girl can eat!!!!! Speaking of which, no new news on the kidney thing. We're waiting for her to finish her antibiotics and then we can schedule her next testing thingy. I promise to keep everyone updated.

Hydronephrosis :(

Alright folks, it appears that my little princess does have hydronephrosis afterall.

**Hydronephrosis is distention (dilation) of the kidney with urine, caused by backward pressure on the kidney when the flow of urine is obstructed. **

So yada, yada, yada... the doctor told us that basically her left kidney appears to be dilated and that could be caused from either an obstruction in her ureter or the ureter is entering the bladder in the wrong area causing reflux. So when her kidney tries to pass urine through to the bladder it's coming back up and returning to her kidney.

The radiologist who read the report said that her case is mild to moderate which is good. She may be in slight pain but nothing like those who are moderate to severe. As far as treatment is concerned, we have to wait to see how exactly she's being affected. I will keep everyone updated as we continue on this journey. As you can see from the image below, she is still a healthy and happy baby! We are blessed!! Thank you again for your many prayers and words of encouragement. We love you all!

Kidney Update

Today was our visit with the specialist at Texas Childrens to determine if there was any need for concern with her kidneys. The specialist basically said that she is a healthy little girl and he doesn't see anything on the report that makes him concerned.
All he asks is that we bring her back when she's about 5 or 6 months old to do one more ultrasound just to make sure that everything looks the same!! I truly believe in the power of prayer and ask that everyone continue to pray for my little girl! I praise God everyday for her and am so thankful to have a beautiful and healthy little girl!! :)

This just in...
My baby now has a UTI which is something the specialist told us to look out for. So we're not quite out of the kidney scare just yet. So that everyone knows exactly what it is we're talking about...the condition is called hydronephrosis. There's a possibility that one of her kidney's is dilated because the fluid can't pass through properly. The doctors say that it could be reflux or it could be a blockage in one of her ureters. Either way, we're praying very hard that God will take care of her and heal this problem! She has an ultrasound on Monday morning to see if the kidney is enlarged at all...so once again I ask all of my brothers and sisters in Christ to be praying. There is no task to big for God as long as we all gather in prayer. I promise to keep everyone updated with her progress! Thank you and much love to all of you!! :-)

Just Beachy

So for our Labor Day weekend we decided to join my parents on a trip to Galveston. It was a very much needed trip as Matt and I haven't really had a chance to do anything since the baby's been born. She still went with us of course but my mom, Mimi, took care of her most of the time. Skylar didn't actually go out to the beach or to the pool but it was still her first trip all the same!!! I am still the ever-paranoid momma and was not quite ready for beach or pool time.

For the most part our trip was just spent lounging around and getting some rest! My parents are such a blessing and we're all looking forward to next years South Padre vacation which will include a lot of my dad's family!! I'm pretty sure by then I'll be okay with her getting her feet wet....but we shall see.... lol.