So it has been quite some time since I posted. Here is a brief catch up of everything that has gone on in the last 6 weeks......
March 17th- Alexandria Kara Brady was born via c-section in Provo Utah
March 18th- Kristen Nicole Brady's birthday
March 20th- leave hospital and immediately miss the remote control bed and limitless supply of cranberry juice. Not to mention the nurses that do just about everything for you. Also my mom came into town this day, just as good if not better than the nurses.
March 20th- 27th- Mom Asay cooks cleans and takes the baby at night while Tyler does school and work, and I try to fend off the feelings of panic and depression that no one bothered to tell me might accompany the dramatic hormonal changes that come with the birth of a baby.
March 30th- Tyler Jacob Brady's birthday
March 31st- Baby's 2 week check up. Everything looks great!
April 7th- precautionary ultrasound on Alexandria's hips- both dislocated
April 8thish- We unofficially move into the Brady's basement where Mom and Dad Brady help out with the baby and take her until 2:30 am the first adjusting days.
April 14th- Tyler starts training for Lone Peak hotshots as a wildland firefighter while trying to study for finals and finish the semester of school. Kristen tries to cope with never sleeping.
April 10th- Alexandria goes to primary children's hospital and gets fitted with her Pavlik Harness.
April 17th- We get accepted as patients at Shriners Hospital in SLC and get an ultrasound there that lets us know Alexandria's hips are in the sockets while she wears the harness and that it is the socket that is underdeveloped, not the leg.
April 26th- We officially move out of our apartment and into the Brady's basement, kicking Kara out of her room and taking over the entire house with baby things.
April 27th- Alexandria Kara Brady's baby blessing- lots of great friends and family come. Baby starts smiling and chattering.
May 1st- Tyler gets shipped off to Southern California to fight the Apache fire. I get my 6 week check up and get the ok to be a normal person again.
May 3rd- Alexandria and I accompany the Brady's to Kara's graduation. Alexandria somehow pees out the side of her diaper and makes a puddle on the bleacher in front of us while we are standing for the National Anthem.
May 4th- Alexandria is crying a lot more but smiling a lot too. She is best friends with the bears on her mobile and smiles and talks to them in the morning and at night.
May 5th- Kara and Devin leave for Bear lake. Tyler still in California. I go to dentist and find out that i actually do have wisdom teeth (i was told as a teenager i did not), 3 of them that need to come out as well as 3 cavities and 3 baby teeth.
So here we are. I was very hesitant to move because I was afraid that living at the Brady's would really make me feel like a knocked up teenager who has to return home and live in the parents basement. But it has been great here! The Brady's have been so nice to me and have really helped out so much with the baby. I am slowly getting used to this huge change and learning a lot! I still haven't gotten the courage to leave her alone while I shower, and if it were not for Susan and Loren I might be a lot smellier than I probably already am.
All in all I've decided that it is better to be a kid in the basement than a hermit in an apartment with cabin fever.
2 comments:
Thanks for that great update! It was fun reading it in that style. I'm glad you are finally feeling like a normal person again.
I'm so excited that we are going to be "roomies" for a few weeks! I used to stick nicholas in the car seat on the floor in the bathroom while I showered, he screamed the whole time because he hated the car seat, so it made for quick showers, but at least I was clean! Just wait until she is old enough to destroy things. That is when it is scary to leave them alone while you shower!
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