Some new Weekly pics

Ok I took these two pics last week so they are pretty freshy fresh! Here we see kaiya chillin as her daddy is making dinner. Yeah thats right shes thinking "not only does my daddy bring home the bacon but he fries it up too!" She loves her bumbo seat and I gotta give a shout out to Jason Otoski (a co-worker of mine) for insisting I buy this for kaiya. She loves sitting in it and just feels so grown up when she does.


Speaking of looking grown up check out our little miss thing as she sports her first pair of denim. Sure their not D&G but that comes later. ^_^ Now whats cool is that not only is her outfit super duper chic but check out her accesories...Yes thats right in her front left pocket shes sporting her daddies mobile. Ok so I put her jeans on and I was like WOW these are huge pockets. Whats a baby need huge pockets for??? SO then I thought " huh I wonder if my RAZR would fit in her pocket" and it did!
Well I hope you all enjoyed some new happy pics of kaiya.

Cheers!

My Poor (Little) Baby

I took Kaiya for her 4 month check up today. The good news is she is recovering very well from the RSV. She had one oral vaccine and three shots. Poor thing cried and cried!

The sad news is that Kaiya only weighs 11 lbs. 1.0 oz. That's not even a pound more than she weighed at her 2 month check up (10 lbs. 2.2 oz.) and only about 1.5 oz. more than she was a month ago when she first got sick. So, she has dropped from the 50th percentile for her weight to just below the 10th. Had she maintained her growth rate, she would be about 13.5 lbs. The doctor said it can take up to two months for babies to recover their weight. So, Lord willing, if she doesn't get sick again, she will be caught back up by her 6 month appointment.

As for her height, she is now 24" long. So, she had a small dip on the growth chart - just over the 50th percentile to just below it.

Cute pic

I don't like to dwell on negative things, but I just had to share this photo. I hadn't downloaded this photo off my phone until this weekend. Chris and Kaiya were watching TV at the hospital. Aren't they cute?

Before She Got Sick

Life has been a little crazy since Kaiya got sick. BUT, here is the weekly pick we took before she went to the hospital. This is her new tummy time toy. She can spin herself around to play with the different areas on the mat. And her stacker plays music and lights up - much cooler than when we were growing up!





Thank you all for your prayers for Kaiya. It was pretty scary, and we know we couldn't have done it without the strength of our Lord! God willing, we will have lots more happy posts with cute photos :-)

Things are getting better

Im at work so I dont have a whole lot of time to post but have gotten some inquires as to how Kaiya is doing so heres a quick update.

We were in the hospital for 4 days total and then took Kaiya home. The following week was pretty rough. she was still not eating well from the congestion and what not. Her eating schedule totally changed after being in the hospital. She went from eating every 3 hours to every 1.5 to 2 hours which is a pretty dramatic increase but she was taking in less. Lisa got probably the sickest I have seen her in the last 10 years or so and that was really wearing on her as well. Friday of last week we really started to get concerned about kaiya. Her cry was changing. It sounded like she was in pain and she kept tugging at her left ear. SO on friday evening I took a trip to urgent care and we were right she had an ear infection. JOY! SO she has been on amoxcycilin (sp?) since last Friday and will be on that for 10 days. Sunday was the first pretty good day with her. She really started to perk up and be herself and has gotten progressivly better since then. She is still eating ever 1.5 to 2 hours but she is eating a lot more. I think shes making up for lost time! But thats really good she lost over half a pound from all this and when you barely weigh 11 pounds thats pretty huge. SO we hope that she is gaining again. She sure feels heavier! Lisa is feeling better as well I would say they are both in the 85-90% better range and have gotten back into their weekly schedules. Lisa is back at work and kaiya back at the sitter. Thanks so much to everyone for all their prayers and help. We really needed it and its so nice to have so many friends and family willing to help out.

Thanks again!