PJ Photo Shoot

I love my new PJs.

Standing up like a big girl is my favorite thing to do. (My Butt is against the couch but my back is not!) Look how tall I am!

Mommy loves this, when I want her to hold me I reach out for her.

Isabella's Game

Isabella has a new game, its called "Take My Toy (or paci) And Throw It As Far Away As I Can Then Cry Because I Cant Reach It". Hey, I didnt say it was a fun game!

Recent Pictures

This is the very first time Isabella ever fell asleep while playing. She was on he mat with her "friends" and rolled over and went to sleep. I was amazed!


Isabella fell asleep on he Daddy's lap at the hospital. Hey, why are they on MY bed?



Enjoying the nice weather outside.

I look good in hats!

4 Month Appointment

In all the chaos of the past few weeks I forgot to mention Isabella's well baby check up. On April 6, 2009 Isabella was 12lbs 2 oz and 24 1/4" long. Everything was perfect, and she is still being hailed as "The strongest baby he (her doctor) has ever seen". Here are some pictures of Isa right at 4 months and us when we had our famildayin Bury.

Playing With Daddy

Sleepy Much?

I just love these pictures and thought I would share. This is how sleepy a baby can get when they fight their sleep. She would not give in until eventually she feel asleep sitting up!

More Rolling

Tuesday, April 21, Isabella started rolling from her back to her belly. Way to go Isabella!

Assignment

I know these blogs are all out of order, sorry about that, just trying to get caught up!

On Monday, April 13, we finally got an assignment. As you all know we are going to....Minot, ND. It's the one place in the world I feared going the most. Well, Japan then Minot, but I knew we werent going to Japan. I was really upset about it at first but now Im trying to be more positive about it. I've actually done some research and it seems like it wont be nearly as bad as I had feared. I joined a yahoo group for people stationed at Minot and everyone loves it there. Every base is what you make it! Im still hoping we wont be there long, its 30 hours from home. Boo for that.

Nickie's Surgery

Monday afternoon Jonathan came home and told me about our assignment to Minot. I was devistated. I spent most of the afternoon/evening on the phone with my Nana crying and complaining. When it was time for dinner I didnt really want to eat and didnt eat much. Soon after dinner I began to feel very ill, it was horrible. Jonathan and I both agreeded that it was probably just my stomach upset from all the stress. I have had several bout of this kind of pain since Isabella has been born, but it has been a very stressful time. In the past I have always taken something for upset stomach and felt better in a few hours. Well I took some medicine and almost immediately began throwing up. When I was doing a little better Jonathan put me to bed. I couldnt sleep, I was dying from the pain. At 3:30 I got up to feed Isabella and I couldnt stand it anymore. I knew something was WRONG. I was puking again, my abdomen was swollen and tender, I felt confused and dizzy. Jonathan rushed me to the ER and MAGICALLY I was the only one there. I got in immediately, Thank God. I was there about 30 minutes and they had me hooked up to IV pain medication. That was the beggining of my first day of sedation. I found out later that I was going to be admitted to the hospital with severe acute pancreatitis. I had an ultrasound and they found a huge gallstone blocking my duct and gallbladder full of stones. When my labs came back my enzyme numbers were off the chart, so high in fact they sent my blood off to another facility because they thought there machine was broken. They even called a tech in to work on the machine and have it recalibrated. Turns out the machine wasnt broken, I was just that sick! My lipase reading was 79,000! (We later learned that this is a number commonly found when people are already dead or beyond repair). Later Tuesday afternoon jujst for fun I started my period, thanks for that cruel joke. Wednesday came and I was sedated again most of the day, again my Lipase was so high (21,000) that my blood had to be sent to another facility to be tested. Wednesday was when they made the decision for sure to take my gallbladder when I was well enough. Wednesday came and went, I dont remember much. Thursday morning my bloodwork was much better, my lipase was down to 500! But I didnt get surgery because I was on "supportive care" and a bunch of emergency surgeries kicked me off the schedule. Friday I FINALLY got my surgery and 1 pm. The surgery went well but they had a hard time getting me to wake up. I dont remember much from Friday night except Jonathan holding Isabella close to me so I could kiss be before he left to take her home, it was well past her bedtime. Friday night my oxygen sat was low so I had to be put back on oxygen all night which worried the nurses. Saturday morning I was working three different kind of pain meds and walking the halls because I wanted to come home. They had me doing breathing treatments and exercises before the doctor got there in hopes that I would be able to go home. The doctor came and I got the all clear and I couldnt get out of there fast enough! Being so sick sucked for a number of reasons, but the thing that was the hardest was being away from Isabella. I know that Jonathan is a wonderful competent father, but I hated not being there for her! I cried every day because I missed her so much. Nights were especially hard. It really had got me thinking about how important life is. I was really sick, way sicker than we originally thought, and it has scared the hell out of me. I'm not going to take another second for granted! This has had a lot to do with my big shift in attitude about our assignment to Minot. Im so glad to be home now and on the road to recovery. I can't wait until I can hold Isabella again and love her to death! YAY Hug your kids, you never know what tomorrow is going to bring.

Its been almost a week since my surgery and I am doing really well. I thought I would feel better than this by now, but Im not complaining. The doctor said they were inside of me twice as long as it should have taken so some lingering pain was to be expected. Im just happy to be alive and healthy. Some wonderful friends have been making us dinner every night and that was such a blessing. Tonight we're on our own and I think we are going to be just fine. =)

Easter 2009

This was our first year spending Easter as a family. Last year Isabella may or may not have been living in my belly on Easter. We got all dressed up in our new pretty clothes and went to church. After church we had a nice lunch and then played together and gave Isabella her Easter basket. It was very low key, but we had fun!

I Feel Lucky

As you all have noticed I am way behind on my blog. Last week I was in the hospital and had to have surgery, the week before that Jonathan and Isabella had the flu. Its been less than fun. But as I sit here in my quite house at 2 in the morning I think about my precious baby and my wonderful husband and I know I couldnt ask to be any more blessed than I already am. Sometimes I'm too busy living my life to blog about it, and thats fine by me. =)

** I do plan to try to update my blog tomorrow!

Even More...

BFF's

More Professional Pictures

My favorite picture ever!