Being the fourth child, Zella has probably been ignored the most in her first four short months here on earth out of all our kids. She takes it all in stride, however, and really enjoys watching and listening to her older siblings fight play.On Monday, May 4th, three days before I turned 30, I took Zella to her 4 month well check at her pediatrician's office. I had a couple of questions to ask about some strange things we had seen and Jake was kind enough to email me a list, so I wouldn't space out and forget. Naturally it was shorthand doctor-speak...errr...awesome. So when the doctor came in, I rattled off the list and handed Zella over, fully expecting her to say "nah, no worries here." Much to my surprise, our pediatrician was also slightly alarmed at some ... [Read More]
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The (Long) Story of Zella’s Dramatic Entrance
Miss Zella Celeste wasn't due to be born until 2015, but when I headed in to my doctor's office on the morning of December 22nd for my 37 week check up, we found that she would be making her arrival sooner rather than later. Without being graphic, essentially the doctor found that I was at risk of her falling out of me (perhaps that *is* graphic...I tried.) Because of my "spontaneous-water-breaking-prior-to-contractions" history, the doctor was slightly concerned about the possibility of cord prolapse. This had never been a real fear with the other kids, but the fourth kid's positioning was different and thus it made us stop and consider all possibilities and outcomes.Our amazing doctor gave me her cell and told me to talk it over with Jake. If we wanted to we could ... [Read More]
The Fourth Pregnancy – Blah. Over it. (Warning: Lots of Complaining Ahead)
This fourth pregnancy started out like all the rest...filled with copious amounts of morning sickness and some seriously awesome weight gain. Then three weeks ago tomorrow I started coming down with what I thought was a common cold...only what I didn't realize was that it would last forever at least three weeks (and counting). In that length of time I have been to countless doctors and nurse practitioners, who of course all agree: this is just a virus, it will pass.That's cool. But I'm still waiting. And not waiting patiently. I am on my second week of having zero physical activity as I literally can't even walk from the parking lot to my barre studio (lame, I know). And because I needed to spice up our sleepy (ha) schedule, I decided to fall on my ... [Read More]
Back in the Saddle…Maybe
Moving back to Nashville has certainly been an adventure...one full of lots of nausea and morning sickness (thank you baby E #4), floors that sink down in the middle of rooms (I think our foundation could use a lift), some intense infant self rescue swim lessons for all three kids, a never-ending stream of boxes to open, and the awesome knowledge that I am the world's worst about getting rid of our "extra" stuff laying around. We may have moved from 2800sqft to 2800sqft but our house does NOT look like that at the moment! Nothing seems to fit anywhere, probably because the home was built in the 1930s and there are very few cabinets and not so much closet space (very unlike our rental in Evans).We had the brilliant idea to "cut the cord" on the cable company and strictly go with ... [Read More]
