Two Cute Kiddos!

I just love our adorable kiddos! Elizabeth is such a cute little nut, and Devin pulls the best faces and poses. Today we had a honorary St Patty's Day since we kinda missed the actual one and the kids had the cutest shirts so I put them in them today for some pictures and the cuteness just ooozed! Enjoy the pics!

RSV...again

Last Wednesday Devin had his two week check up, but the day before he started coughing so I'd been keeping an eye on his temp, it was consistently staying at 99.1, but when I took it that morning it was 100.6 so I called Tony and he got his mom coming our way then I called the pediatrician's office and they told me what I already knew that we'd have to take him to Primaries ER, which we did, they gave him some tylenol to bring the fever down then they proceeded to do test after test...they took blood(multiple times actually) they took a urine and stool sample, a nasal swab and the hardest part to watch was the spinal tap which they didn't get on the first poke, I was writhing with him, I wanted so very badly to spare him of that but he trooped through, I very nearly passed out though it probably didn't help I hadn't eaten. They put an IV in his tiny hand, which I think bothered me more than it did him. It didn't take long for his swab to turn up a positive RSV diagnosis, but they still wanted to be sure nothing more was going on. Then we spent a good amount of time waiting for our hospital room to be ready, Elizabeth thankfully was super good through it all. Once Devin and I were settled in the room Sandy took Liz with her and I stayed with little guy while they deep suctioned him again, and hooked him up to everything. They couldn't believe how much crap they suctioned out of such a little guy, they were also very impressed how well his lungs were handling it. The next day his lungs started to wear out a bit and they did have to put him on some oxygen. The nurse was thrilled when I told her I had a dr's appointment so she'd have to stay in the room with him and feed him...she held and rocked him the whole time I was gone! My appointment went well my incision is healing beautifully, then Tony and I went to Robentino's for lunch it was so yummy! This day was St, patty's day...Devin's first and he was two weeks old so I took a few pics of him awake, I'm going to get some pics of the kids in their shirts another day(Tony's mom was kind enough to get Elizabeth a very cute St. Patty's shirt) Friday they told me if I felt comfortable bulb suctioning Devin and taking oxygen home that we could go home, which I willingly accepted! Saturday we called the pediatrician's office and got a prescription to the suction clinic at IMC so we could get him deep suctioned as I just wasn't able to get everything with the bulb. Tony then took Elizabeth to our niece Caitlin's birthday party, when they got back we dropped the kids off at Taunja's house(she's the best Relief Society president ever!) she watched the kids for us while we went to look for Easter outfits. We found Elizabeth's dress, but didn't have any luck with Devin's outfit, then we went to dinner at Red Robin. Devin slept the entire time, didn't hardly move a muscle! Sunday Tony and Liz went to church then that night we took Devin to get deep suctioned again, I was hoping it would help him breathe better for his appointment Monday morning but no such luck, his oxygen levels were just as bad(off the help of the oxygen)as they were in the hospital, so we were told to keep him on the oxygen for another week. His cough just shatters my heart into pieces and when he gags, and struggles to breathe I just want to be able to make it all go away, but of course I can't. Hopefully he starts on the uphill of recovery soon!
Here are some pics from the last week and a half, enjoy!

Devin Anthony...our sweet little guy!!

Devin's birth story is so much simpler than Elizabeth's was. We went into Labor and Delivery at 6 am they got a vein to draw blood but it collapsed when they tried to use it for the IV so the anesthesiologist had to come in and even he had a hard time finding a good vein, but he got the first one he tried! Then the nurse just went over all the technicalities and prepped me. The assisting OB came in and talked with me, and before I knew it I was being taken into the OR. The Spinal wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be but I did have to direct him a bit by telling him when I felt pain and on which side, but he got it too on the first shot! The next thing I knew I could hear our son screaming. Such a wonderful sound..it was a good healthy scream. I was so very happy and so relieved to have him here. Tony went to document, and his stats are weight 7 lbs 15 oz height 20 1/2 inches, and everyone just kept telling me how adorable he was. Finally Tony brought him over to me and I had to agree with everyone he was absolutely adorable! And I was amazed at how much he looked like Elizabeth when she was born! I think they're going to look a lot a like. Between him and me nursing just wasn't working so he too is a formula baby, but at least he eats! They got worried about his jaundice Friday so they started him under all three lights 3 hours under lights 1 hour with us that night, and all through Saturday by that night he was down to only two lights and by Sunday he was looking good and his levels were out of the danger zone. Monday we were supposed to go home at 9am but they were worried about an infection they were treating me for so it kept getting pushed back but since I never developed a fever they let us go home around 4 pm. Elizabeth really loves being a big sister and just can't get enough of Devin, she's adjusting so much better than I thought she would! Devin is such a good baby I feel so blessed. I am doing well. I'm super sore and for some reason the swelling in my feet won't go down, but all things considered I'm doing very well. The nicest thing is being able to walk again without aid, oh how I've missed that! Well here's lots of pics to enjoy!















































The last five pics were taken today as he's one week old! We took him to the pediatrician yesterday and he was given a clean bill of health, she did have me get his jaundice levels checked again and they came back the same as the last time they were checked in the hospital so he's holding his own now and is good to go! We of course always forget to do a family picture when we're all together so that's my next project!