Jack update...

It's time for a quick update on Mr. Jack...for the most part he's doing great!  He's continuing to walk everywhere, and is able to go straight from the floor to standing without trouble anymore.  He can crawl up and down the stairs now, with us watching closely and is trying to figure the climbing thing out.  He's able to put 2-3 shapes into a puzzle and can stack things (his mega blocks).  We are continuing to work on the straw cup - I completely put the sippy cups away, I think a straw is going to be perfect for him.  He has enjoyed being outside for those couple of nice days we had recently and hopefully we can get outside much more often here soon!

We found out that he is going to be finished with Occupational Therapy here soon and he's pretty much caught up with everything.  Of course, we will continue to work with him on all his motor skills but we are so thankful as to how wonderful he has done overall.  We are still trying to get/keep weight on him...hopefully he'll get these darn molars in soon and will start eating like crazy again!

Early, early morning...

It's going to be one long day today.  Jack woke us up at 4:15 or so and wouldn't go back to sleep.  He felt very warm, so I checked his temp - 99.5...though otherwise he was fine...maybe his molars?  We gave him some motrin and brought him into our room...he didn't fall asleep.  So...we were all up...5:15ish...oh goodness.  Thankfully the motrin has brought his small fever down but not sure what brought it on...oh well.  We'll keep a close eye on him today and it's likely going to be an early bed night for me...darn the fact I can't handle caffiene at all!!

Pregnancy update...

24 weeks and 5 days...made it this far.  I'm very happy to say that so far things are going great!  I've been going to weekly doctor appointments, checking my blood pressure daily and generally watching my sodium.  Overall, things are looking good.  No swelling in my ankles so far, I can still wear my wedding rings, and outside of this nasty stuffy nose, I'm feeling great.  I finally had Dustin take a belly picture tonight, I wanted to compare it to my last belly picture we took before I had Jack...I'm about a week further along than the picture with him but it'll be a decent comparision. 

                           



October 2009 - Jack



February 2011 - Baby #2

I am definitely looking forward to this pregnancy going on as long as possible and definitely want to make it full term this time!  Likely we'll have another ultrasound after 28 weeks to make sure he's still growing well in there and it will definitely be nice to have another peek at him!





Scary morning...

So...nothing dull around the Albright household!  I had a little episode this morning of low blood pressure...not fun at all!  I went about my normal morning routine and felt fine except for when I checked my blood pressure.  I had 3 strange readings, can't remember the first one, 103/83 second one, 90/81 third one - the other strange thing was my heart rate was really high - over 100.  I thought it was reading wrong so Dustin suggested having me take out the batteries, right as I finished, I started feeling strange - like I was going to pass out.  Dustin helped me down to the floor and I felt clammy and miserable, had some twitching at my wrist.  The feeling passed and I started to feel more normal, my blood pressure returned to a normal reading but I still called the doctor - he felt it was an episode of hypoglycemia, my blood sugar got too low.  He wanted me to take it easy this morning and if I still had unstable blood pressure, he'd see me in his office but if it stabilized then likely I would be able to go to work this afternoon.  Thankfully, so far it has stabilized and I am feeling fine.  I plan on going in to see my afternoon patients. 

23 week ultrasound...

Yesterday we went in for a 23 week ultrasound.  We had one 6 weeks ago at 17 weeks because of the higher risk for down's syndrome which came up on a blood test I had at 15 weeks.  This one was more to check size due to how small Jack was when he was born.  The doctors wanted to make sure this baby was growing well and not showing any signs of growth restriction.  Well, thankfully so far, so good. 

Baby boy at 23 weeks

Based on all his measurements, he's weighing in at 1lb 5oz as of right now and growing wonderfully.  The risks of down's decreases as he continues to grow with no abnormalities.  Thankfully, this little man isn't showing any of the signs associated with a baby who has down's.  The also wanted to check my blood pressure while I was there, 114/72 - wow!  It's not normally that low for me...guess I was definitely relaxed after such a good report!

As for my body, no swelling yet.  This is a big difference from Jack, I was having major ankle swelling by this time and couldn't wear my wedding rings either.  I haven't taken a belly picture yet, but I think I'm bigger now than what I was at this time with Jack...I'll have to take one this week to compare.  We continue to hope for a long, healthy pregnancy!!

Feb. 3 2010, 1 year ago...

One year ago, we were preparing to bring Jack home from the NICU.  It was scary for a few moments and we almost didn't get to bring him home.  That morning, they found that his other injuinal hernia had popped out, this was after he had surgery to repair one of them.  Thankfully, the NP from general surgery taught us how to reduce it and said they would quickly set up a surgery time for him.  Thank heavens!  Once they decided that, Brooke got us out of there as quickly as possible.  It is amazing how quickly we could get out of there. 

On our way home - 2/3/2010

Of course, you all know how much he's grown in this last year!  He had his 15 month check up on Tuesday - 19.5lbs; 29.75inches!  He moved up to 13% in height on the growth chart and is still holding steady at 1% (but closing in on 3%) on the weight chart!