Heart Update.

We went last week for her heart appt to the Children's Hospital in Columbia. I could NEVER tell you how hard it was to walk in that Children's Hospital not knowing what was going to happen and if we would be spending a lot more time there. Ad i was tearing up riding the elevator all the way to the 6th floor I have NEVER been more scared. I really couldn't even tell you her name without bawling. So we got in the room and had the EKG and Heart Echo done and the lady ho did it was SO RUDE. I was on the phone with daddy the whole time and Makenzi was SCREAMING. So after it was done i was calming her down with my back turned toward the door looking towards the window to make Makenzi happy. Te DR walked in said she was fine and walked back out. I didn't even have enough time to turn around before he was out of the room. He had even left the WHOLE OFFICE. I went to the reception desk and was like what just happened. The reception lady went and found her nurse and came back and told me that Makenzi still has a heart Murmur but no hole in her heart. they will check it more often to see what it is doing but as of right now she is great with her heart. We go on the 11th for a follow up to her Pedi and then on the 12th to the Derm to find out about these things on her. I am so scared about that. anyway I had her 3month pictures taken! oh so cute!!!

3 Months.

Wow Oh wow! 3moths already! I swear this kid acts like shes 6! Kidding BUT she is doing a lot of fun stuff! She LOVES to stand up, she talks SO much, She plays with her feet, plays with her toys on her play mat, She knows her name. She is just growing like CRAZY. She is 11.4lbs 24 3/4inch long!!!! She LOVES to talk to her daddy I just love it. I have started her on cereal this is day 4 i want to say. She has been doing FANTASTIC! She since the 2nd time that i fed it to her we had no fits!!! She is finally back up to 5oz every 4 hours. I was getting really worried. Thats all for now.

2 months

Let me start out by saying that this past 2months has been the hardest best time of my life. Makenzi turned 2months old on April 25th. She had her 2month appt on the 29th. She weighed 10lbs 6oz 22 3/4 inch's long. Her DR is so proud at how well and long she is holding her head up while on her belly and she doesn't scream and cry when shes on her belly, of course cause the first 20 times we did and mommy worked with her. She is in the 25% for head, weight and height. Now on to the scary stuff. She had a heart murmur at birth it went away but is now back. On May 28th we are going to Columbia, MO. 2 hours away to the best hospital to get her little heart looked at. ALSO, When she was born she had a strawberry on the back of her head and neck (and on her arm and leg little ones) Well between 3-4 weeks after birth she developed this one on her back. The strawberry its self has not grown in size. But it is swollen and bruised looking. Her DR is very concerned about it and thinks that its linked to her heart murmur. We are waiting on the call from the hospital to make that appt with a Dermatologist. this is what it looks like:

then one on her neck, the strawberry is gone but the swelling and bruising is stil there:


Some random photos from her little life.






One morning she was so sleepy. She feel asleep like this while i was burping her..


Then she feel asleep in her bouncer after she was laughing and smiling and playing:


and the flash woke her up:


picked her up cause she was screaming and she feel asleep like this..after this i put her in her crib!


So excited about to see daddy on the TV:


and ready for bed.


Ill update after her Cardio appt!!!

Makenzi Leigh, Birth story.

WOW! 3 weeks has FLOWN by! Let me recap on the last 5weeks:

When I was 37 1/2 weeks pregnant I went in for my regualr OB appt. My P was pretty darn high but I told my DR that I would really not like to get MORE blood taken so he told me that is my choice and i dont need to go get it done. That next monday I went for my NST and my BP was VERY high so i ended up having to get the Pre E testing done anyway. Come to find out that I had eelvated levals of protine in my urin so i had Pre E. My DR decided that it was time. So my mom was alredy on her way up cause she had a feeling that she needed to be here with me. GOOD THING cause that next morning at 5:30 i was going in to the hospital! She was breech so I opted to have a c-section instead of trying to turn her cause I saw ALL the bad things that could happen, happeneing! So I got to the hospital took one last belly shot and got my IV did my paperwork and by 8am I was walking back to the OR. I wasnt really nervous actually my only thought was "Can we wait for a little bit longer so I can take a nap" lol I didnt sleep the night before and it was to be expected. So i get to the OR, get on the table and they start the spinal. I had the IV in my hand and the nurse was pushing my hands down for me to hold my self up and i couldnt plus I was shaking cause the meds and i was cold. SO it took about 4-5min to get the spinal and INSTANTLY i couldnt feel my feet. It was such an odd feeling. So i laied back and they got me all ready and started. My mom came back and at 8:19am Miss Makenzi Leigh Lemon made her entrance into the world. She weighed 7lbs 11 oz 19.5in long I heard her cry and I could not wrap my ind around the fact that, that was my daughters cry! I was bawling so just a few short minuets later I got to meet her. I feel in love with her. She was just so calm and content and staring at me. They took her back to our room to weight her and give her shots, while they stabled me up. They wheeled me down to recovery and I was there for EXACTLY 36min. Yes i was counting the minuets I was there. I got to my rooom and they got me back in my bed and i FINALLY got to hold my daughter. The little amazing girl Canon and I had created. I breastfeed her as soon as i stoped staring. She did great. She latched on perfect and had no problems. That night was great she woke up every 4hours to eat. The next morning i got up to walk. It was kinda hard cause my butt was still numb from laying there for over 24hours. She continued to eat every 4 hours and i was up and walking. We left at noon the next day. The first night home was great she woke up once. The day after we got home we got a TON of snow! it was crazy!!! We were susposed to go to the hospital to get her some blood work but we were snowed in! So we went on monday. The DR never called so that meant that she was perfect! The next week just went on and she was sleeping great through the night a few times she didnt wake up at all but the other times she only woke up once.

and now today! as of Monday March 10, 2009 Makenzi weighed 8lbs 2 oz 20in long! I was so proud of her!!! She is still sleeping great and eating every 4 hours. She has grown SO much. Its sad but I love how awake she is becoming. She stays awake for a good part of the day. She will be 3 weeks tomorrow and she has a DR appt net week. Daddy will be home for R&R in April to meet her and he is SO excited. So now we just wait!

Her room is done!

So i had my baby shower this past weekend and got basically everything that i needed for her and her room! I was so excited to get home and get everything done!!! Here are the pictures!

Looking in her door:


Her closet:


her dresser with the Lamp Mimi got her!


Rocking chair. I am getting the curtains put up tomorrow and im sure the room will look really dif.


Crib and Bedding:




Changing table. On the final picture i didnt get her name on the wall in the picture so im showing you a picture before i started working on her room when it was messy! Not like that anymore!





and her Bouncer, Swing and Diaper bag

32 weeks and OB appt

Well I am 32 weeks and 1 day according to March 3rd due date if you go by March 8th I am 31 weeks and 3days. My uterus and Makenzi are measuring 32weeks but the DRs have not changed it but in my head I have. Today I had a DR appt. I have gained 2lbs this month, so that puts me at a total of 12LBS. I am happy about that! Makenzi's hear rate was in the 120s. My blood pressure was once again HIGH, 139/83 so I will have to be induced. We do not have a date yet, We will schedule it at my next OB appt. But until then I have to go in 2 times a week to be monitored. They will monitor her heart beat and monitor me to see if I am having Contractions. Also once a week I will have an ultrasound to check my amniotic fluid levels and check her growth. Feb 3rd I have a ultrasound down in radiology to check her size, weight and position. I am looking at Feb 17th or 20th to be induced. I am scared and happy. Scared of all the things that could go wrong and happy that my mom and my sister will defiantly be here for the birth. and that Canon will be able to HOPEFULLY be on the phone with me while his little girl comes into the world and hear her first cry. 5-6 more weeks till she is here I can NOT believe it! I am so excited and ready for her to get here!

29weeks

10 weeks and 6days to go! Boy o boy has this pregnancy just flew by! I am sitting here in shock. I just amazes me how much she moves and kicks. She has the hiccups ALL the time. I love it. She has started to get them for longer now. Last Wednesday (12/10/08) her heart beat was 135-137 i was kinda worried cause that is really low for her but the DR said it was normal. So I will take his word for it. My BP was high again, NO SHOCK TO ME! I am really worried about it but the DRs not..which makes me mad because in the beginning they made SUCH a huge deal about it. So at my next appt on Jan 7, 2009 if it is high again they will do a ultrasound to make sure that she is growing the way she is susposed to and what not. So i am hoping that it is high just so they will check her but I dont want anything to be wrong. We go THIS WEDNESDAY (12/17/08) to get a 3D/4D ultrasound and i can barly stand the wait!!! I am very excited to see what she is going to look like.

Other news: the not hapy kind,
Canon leaves the first few days of Jan for 10months. It has hit me very hard the last week. I am trying not to get all sad and stressed for the babys sake but im still worried. Still upset that he wont be here for the birth but we were told that he will get R&R so he will get to see her as a baby still. Sarah will be up here Feb 15th so I have that and my baby shower on Jan 24th to look forward to. Ive got to find something to occupy my time untill Sarah gets up here to entertain me! Well thats all for now! Ill make sure to update with pics on Wed!

so here is my 28/29 weeks shot

26 almost 27 weeks...

This has been a VERY eventful week! For the pat 3months I have been having HORRIBLE headaches. It does not matter what i do or what i take they just do not stop or go away. I was worried about Pre-Eclamsia. I had high blood pressure in my first trimester and once in my 2nd. Also my hands went from not really swollen to WAY swollen in a matter of a week so i was very worried. I called my DR and the next day went in for Blood Work and a urin sample. I also went and seen my nurse who checked my blood pressure. It turned out to be 109/71, really great. So they wernt really worried but didnt want to say for sure until they got the test results back. Later that week after having bad headaches daily, i got a HORRIBLE one. I just couldnt take it any more. Canon and I went into Labor and Delivery. I was hooked up to make sure I was not having contractions, checked Makenzis heartbeat and my Blood pressure. I also took a urin sample. My blood pressure was low while i was there 106/65-108/70. They had also checked my blood test from earlier in the week. So about an hour later the nurse came back in and told me that all my test were great and that my urin test came back that i was dehydrated. I was hooked up to an IV and got 1 liter of fluids and more tyenol. Well 4 days later STILL having HORRIBLE headaches. It is really annoying that no one is listening to me and only checking my freakin PEE!!!! So this Friday at 1:30 I have an Ultrasound and my GD test and I am also going to talk to me DR that day. I am not going to sit here for another 12 weeks with horrible headaches.
Makenzi is great. she has had the hiccups alot in the past almost 2weeks. She moves like crazy and has such a weird schedual.

26weeks: