Yum yums.

Well I am about to go home now, bein discharged from the hospital! yay for me but boo too. Evie is doing very well, she did good breastfeeding this morning, but seemed too tired to give it much of a try later throughout the day, but thats ok shes already got a leg up since she has tried it.

At least i get to go play with tony and elijah tonight! Evie will get her rest.

Evelyn Sharon Koens

that is the name that she is tied to from now on!

Sorry the pics arent that good they are just from my phone since we dont have the stuff to upload from the camera yet

She is doing very well! they have her in an incubator to keep her temp stable and she is on a little antibiotic, but they are giving her breastmilk through a tube so yay! mommys milk.

happy baby day!

she is here! no name yet, but little baby koens was born about 730 weighing 4lbs 12oz and around 17 inches long. she is doing very well i will give more detail later i am tired tired tired.

Clean hair

Thats about all the good news i have. They let me get up for a few minutes and the nurse helped me wash my hair. My contractions have kicked back into gear so its kind of just up to nature now. They cant put me back on the medication i was on before because that can be a no-no for extended periods. They gave me a few pills to try and stave off some activity, we will see how long that helps.

So what im sayin here people is that there is probably going to be a little baby koens here in the next few days! It will be scary she will have to stay in the NICU for a few short weeks since she is early but other than that a good healthy baby is to be expected. Dont really know how big she is or anything but in general around 33-34 weeks a baby can be around 4-5 lbs? lets hope for more like five.

Well, heres to sitting and waiting. aaaannnnddd go

L'hopitale vacay

So there I was, 7am, tony getting ready for work and i cant get comfortable enough to get back to sleep. I say nonchalantly to tony, it feels like im having some contractions. After a little while longer i just get up and settle on the couch and wait for elijah to wake up. Ok, ill wait until noon to call the doctor if these keep up... 8am...9am...hmm ill wait until 11 to call...10am elijah gets up.. 1030 on the phone and the doctor sends me in to get evaluated since these arent just practice contractions, they are bordering on painful.

Thanks mike, he takes elijah for the afternoon.

I go in and i am 2cm and 80% (most ladies will know what this means) its not bad, but it is not ideal. They get the contractions stopped and send me home after a few hours.

I get home around 2 and mike brings elijah back around 4 and he goes straight down for a nap, which is good because, hmm i think that was a contraction i felt again. Sure 'nuf by five i have called tony to come home early and five thirty i call the doctor again. She calls in an RX for the same meds they gave me at the hospital to stop that contractions earlier. By this time I am basically in full on labor writhing around on a yoga ball telling tony to call the walgreens to see if its ready yet. we hop in the car and i take the pills as soon as they hand it to me.

An hour and a half later i am still huffing and puffing on the couch slurring high pitched undecipherable words and phrases to poor tony.

i make tony call the doctor this time and she sends us back to the hospital where they find i am now 4 1/2 cm dialated and 90%. whoops. here comes the medicine.

It is now two days later and i am still here, probably will be here for at least a few more days, could be til I deliver. Luckily, as we speak they have turned off the medicine and i am doing well without it. If contractions dont kick back in, i will be moved to a postpartum room where i am told the beds are more comfortable (yay) and i am hoping i can shower because as nice as the nurses are, im pretty sure i am bordering on stinky.

Its not so bad though, everyone in our ward has been amazing. I have had calls to see how i am and how they can help and lists are being organized of people who can take elijah for us when tony has to work or wants to visit and elijah cant due to age restriction (though sometimes if it isnt busy, they will let him sneak by). Very very grateful for our neighbors.

Also there is pretty room service whenever i want and super nurses that refill my juice and water even after the fiftieth time i finish the gallon they brought me five minutes ago. its nice.

but i miss tony and lijah baby. he is probably confused about being passed around to all these people but at least tony can be with him most of the time too.

I suppose I will have quite a bit of free time for the next few days so i will keep everyone posted on progress!

In virginia

So we have been on vacay with my family in virginia for the past week and a half because my oldest sister has gotten married! The last of us six kids to tie the knot.

At the bridal shower, we had some delicious treats including tiny fruit tarts, which were a big hit with elijah.

While we were here, elijah got his first episode of the croup. We spent a few of the nights sitting on the front porch so he could breathe in the cool air to help his breathing and coughing. He has had some pretty grumpy moments but for teh most part he has been good.
This is the tired face of poor baby elijah after a long week away from home with the croup.

Now he is feeling better and his cousins taught him how to tickle people. although, he still prefers the headbutt.

Here is a glimpse of how advanced his vocabulary is getting.

Playing with Papa Mickey

Anyways it has been fun dragging myself around with my preggy belly (two more months). Im glad my family has mostly been taking on the load of carrying elijah and I have even been able to squeeze a few diaper changes out of people, namely grandma debbie.

Sorry It's been too long

Hello Everyone, upon multiple requests from my grandparents and my aunts here are some new videos and pics all of which are brought to you by Amy's old camera, Thanks.
We are leaving for Virginia tomorrow so I'm sure we will have many more pics and videos soon

Ok so I had a low wireless connection and you'll have to make due with just one video for now.

Debby's painting, don't worry Tam I'm starting on your's next.