She's Almost Here

Tomorrow morning is the amnio to check her lungs, but I am dilating and thinning out more (4cm 80% effaced) so who knows if we will make it to our induction Wednesday or not. We get the amnio results Tuesday and I go in first thing Wednesday morning to get this girlie outta here! I can't wait to meet her, to caress her teeny little head. I cannot believe I am going to be a momma for the 6th time, its such an amazing feeling. The entire family is counting down to her arrival.....hoping she enjoys being born into such a big fam! Can't wait to see what she weighs either. If you wanna guess her weight, by all means, leave a comment. I am guessing low 6's. Here are the other kid's birthweights.

Kayla 7,7....3 days overdue
Wyatt 5,8 on his due date
Everett 6,3...2.5 weeks early
Tanner 6,15.....9 days early
Kenna 7,1.....1 month early

We're Home

And we have great news! Kenna does NOT have Diabetes Insipidus. There are still a few tests out that can take a few weeks to come back and those are to see why she is so thirsty that she would even want to consume 90+ ounces a day. For now, they said basically the lab work is all bad from her flushing her body too much and having too much protein in her milk so we were told no more than 20 ounces a day of milk(and nursies whenever of course) and water only. Last night went way better than expected, she only drank 9 ounces of water vs her normal 4 bottles of milk. She did nurse once as well, but not for long so I think she may just have a severe milk addiction lol. I hope thats all it is. 7 more days til baby gets here and thats one thing we can knock off the list of things to worry about now thats great news.

Kenna

I noticed Kenna drinking WAY too much over the past few months and then peeing through cloth diapers to an unmanageable degree so we switched to Huggies Supreme. Well, to my astonishment, she wets THROUGH those in 1.5 hours all day long and night too. I decided to track how much she is drinking. I came up with an average of 80+ ounces a day ON TOP of nursing(not sure how many ounces) so I called the dr just to check and they had me bring her in for a check up. Unfortunately the check up revealed some scary information, her BUN levels were too high, her urine is spilling protein and not concentrating properly and a few other labs came back not so hot. They are now planning to admit her Sunday or Monday to the childrens hospital for 48 hours to diagnose her. He believes she likely has Diabetes insipidus. I did have Gestational Diabetes during her pregnancy so we suspect this is what she has, but in either case, it must be diagnosed quickly so she doesnt end up in an emergency situation. I appreciate everyones thoughts and concerns. We are hoping somehow its nothing, but either way, just getting diagnosed it important. We just hope to know what it is and get it under control before the arrival of Madelynn. Just wanted to update you all. Thanks:)

Update on Baby/Induction

Well I went to the dr this am. I got steroids for Maddy's lungs and go back again tomorrow for one more shot....man, my poor butt lol! I lost 2 pounds last week and another 1/2 pound this week, but she is measuring a tad big still. Anyways, he scheduled the induction for 1 day earlier because of his schedule so looks like March 25th will be her bday! So 2 weeks and 2 days left. I am so excited and happy to be popping soon. I just hope she is healthy and ready to enter the world.

The boys....it was 80 degrees.
My baby girl is getting so big

Me and Kenna, oh and Sandy

The whole gang

Wyatt reeling in a big one!

Oh yeah

Grandpa and Tanner

Ebbers and Tanner on their "log canoe"

Here fishy fishy


It was a nice day, 80 degrees, so we decided it would be fun to go fishing and take advantage of the weather. The kids had lots of fun and we caught a lot of fish. It was almost a mile hike in and a mile out though and the mile out was literally all steep uphill so I was pretty beat by the end of it. Next time I won't go to the gym beforehand....haha, I thought I might end up in L&D last night, but luckily I didnt! The good news is that we all have nice tans now:0)

Midieval Times!!

hehe, Daddy and Kenna
The boys chopping up Uncle Tyler

Grandpa, Aunt Heather, Kayla, Kenna, Daddy and Ebbers
Birthday boy Everett and Wyatt man

Us girls

All the kids

The whole gang! Coisin Joie, Nana, Grandpa, Aunt Heather, Uncle Tyler, Wyatt, me, Everett, Nate, Kenna, Tanner and Kayla



This is a really fun place. Everett is turning 6 today and he wanted to go to Midieval Times in celebration of his birthday. We weren't sure if the kids would be able to sit through the 2 hour dinner/show, not to mention the 1.5 hours we spent in the lobby beforehand hanging out. They did PERFECT though. There were so many adults that it made it easy to keep track of everyone. Nate and Everett cheered so loud for our blue guy that they both have almost lost their voices haha. Oh and the best part, tickets for the whole family were 130 bucks because this month they had a buy one, get one free on every ticket for us so it ended up half price total.

32.5 weeks, 28 days left

32.5 weeks
32.5 weeks

I am officially less than 30 days from delivery, 2 days from my delivery "month" of March and I couldn't be anymore ready. I am so done, over it! C'mon baby

Hard Life Lessons

This Valentines day we didnt go out and get Valentine's cards, we instead got sympathy cards for both my mom and Nate's Dad and step mom. My mother is experiencing a miscarriage, which she is very devastated about. The kids understand the pain miscarriage causes and wanted to show their grandma they care. As for my in-laws, their dog, Sammy had to be put to sleep yesterday and my mother in law is absolutely devastated and is extemely sick to boot so we brought some cards and candles to each to show we care. This is such an important lesson for our kids and I am glad to be able to show them how we can be compassionate to those who are hurting.

Baby Preparation

We went out and and got some things to prep for Madelynn's arrival finally. I haven't been too worried about it since we have so much left from Kenna, but they are actually born in two different seasons so clothes are a bit more of a challenge and we needed another single stroller so that I can sling/moby Maddy while pushing Kenna in something lightweight for quick trips with all the kiddos. I have found tons of clothes at a thrift shop over the last few months, but even still, I felt like she deserved her own little wardrobe with some new things in it. I shopped some great sales at Carters and Children's place and finally I feel we are ready for this baby. I of course, still need to do all the washing, but beyond that, we are ready! Its so exciting to have all the preparation done and just sit back and wait.

Kenna in her new Jeep All Weather stroller
Some goodies for Maddy

Maddy's coming home from the hospital outfit

A few more things

Building Family

We are a family that loves to make and create and build things. Playing legos isnt too childish for Nate and I. Just check out the lego/block world Nate and the kids created together!

A Family Hike

One of the hottest pics ever of Nate....It melts me to see him with our babies
The kids hiking on the trail

It was a beautiful day with such a nice view where we were hiking

A few miles later:0)

You just can't beat the weather in SoCal. This has been the mildest winter and we have enjoyed taking full advantage of outdoor things that it will soon be too hot to do.