Sunday, January 22, 2012
It fits!!
After eating dinner tonight, I decided to have Syd try on her ladybug hat that I made for her before she was born. It FIT!!
Saturday, January 21, 2012
More Baby Boots
I just finished another pair of baby boots for Syd. The first pair I made were my testers. They are so cute, but I realized that after the first set, I need to change how they stay on Syd's feet. To help them stay on, I added elastic running through the two layers of fabric on both pairs. It made such a big difference in how they stay. YAY for me!
6 Month Check-Up
Took Syd to the doctor on Wednesday for her 6 month check-up. Syd has been gaining skills by the day. She can now roll over on to her belly and roll back both ways, reaches for items, can pass items from one hand to another, babbles uncontrollably, and working on sitting up on her own.
The doctor says she looks great. She is VERY aware of her surroundings and very social. So much so that she started crying with the doctor. This may not seem odd to most, but Syd has been crying more often with people she knows but doesn't see often, like the grandpa's. The doctor says that Syd being this aware of who she is with, or as we say stranger danger, is closer to a 9 month skill. I guess that is a good thing.
Syd also got her 6 month shots. They went fine and she did not get sick after, which was great! The entire appointment went well. We found out that Syd weighs 15.6 lbs. (45%) and is 26.7 inches long (80%). This means that she is extra long and average weight for her age. To us, this just means that all of her 6 month jammies are going to get too small very quickly : )
We did however get one bit of startling news about Syd...she has a heart murmur. Heart murmurs are very common in babies, but we were a little surprised because she was not born with one and with all the other appointments that we have gone in for, they have never found it before. Due to the deep sound it is sending out, they scheduled us for an Eco at River Bend on Monday. Hopefully we will learn more about what is going on and find out that everything will be ok. Wish us luck!
The doctor says she looks great. She is VERY aware of her surroundings and very social. So much so that she started crying with the doctor. This may not seem odd to most, but Syd has been crying more often with people she knows but doesn't see often, like the grandpa's. The doctor says that Syd being this aware of who she is with, or as we say stranger danger, is closer to a 9 month skill. I guess that is a good thing.
Syd also got her 6 month shots. They went fine and she did not get sick after, which was great! The entire appointment went well. We found out that Syd weighs 15.6 lbs. (45%) and is 26.7 inches long (80%). This means that she is extra long and average weight for her age. To us, this just means that all of her 6 month jammies are going to get too small very quickly : )
We did however get one bit of startling news about Syd...she has a heart murmur. Heart murmurs are very common in babies, but we were a little surprised because she was not born with one and with all the other appointments that we have gone in for, they have never found it before. Due to the deep sound it is sending out, they scheduled us for an Eco at River Bend on Monday. Hopefully we will learn more about what is going on and find out that everything will be ok. Wish us luck!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Baby Boots
I was inspired to try and make some shoes for Syd. I decided that I was going to try and make some boots. I looked online for some ideas and this is what I came up with. I am very happy with them and can't wait to make another couple pairs in plain brown and herringbone pattern.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Starting off the new year
As my new years resolution, I am going to go back to updating our blog. When this was first created it was for my pregnancy, but now that Sydney is here, we have decided to make it a family blog with fun updates for all to read about.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
SHE'S HERE!!!
The day has come to welcome Ms. Sydney Jo Larsen. She was born on Tuesday, July 19th at 9:28 am at RiverBend Hospital. She was 9lbs. .4oz and 21inches long. Our adventure started at home on Monday night. We walked around the neighborhood for almost an hour, had dinner and then Phil and I went back out for another few laps. Let's just say, that walking DOES work! When we came home after the first walk I used the ball which actually stopped my contractions. When we were doing our walks we were timing contractions, we ended up going to the hospital when mine where 2 min. apart.
We made our way to the hospital where they admitted me and immediately got me hooked up to drugs to help. I ended up with 2 epidurals. We started with one that only did half of my body, so they gave me two boosters of drugs that only lasted an hour each. After getting to 8cm and getting stuck and not being able to handle the pain because the boosters were not working, they decided to take out my other epidural and put in a brand new one...which worked wonders!
After I made in to 10cm I finally got to push, I pushed for 13 min. : ) and out she came. Let's just say her head was definitely not the biggest part of her; her tummy was. Though the pushing and delivery went quickly the next few hours were horrendous! After I had Syd I hemorrhaged very badly and lost 6 units of blood. They said that part of the hemorrhaging was from my placenta not breaking away correctly. I had to go to the OR to have a partial D and C. Because of all the blood loss I had a blood transfusion of 2 units and stayed in the hospital for an extra two days.
Now that we are out and home, things have been a little rough. I have no energy and my blood counts are very low that it has been very hard to take care of Syd. Thank goodness for my wonderful husband that has helped with Syd and taking care of me. As well as all the wonderful new grandparents that have stayed at our house to take care of Syd so I can recover. Still to this day, I am hour by hour of how I feel and how much I can do. I still get very light headed and have already gone back to urgent care because of blood levels. Though we have had some major issues over the last week, which has made it a little hard to bond with Syd...she is perfect! She is a great sleeper, eater, and all functions are a go. I could not ask for a better daughter or a better support then our wonderful family and my husband. If not for them, I don't know what I would do.
Thank you to everyone for your love and support and kind thoughts. I will update as much as I can, but please be patient about pictures and visits. Here are some pictures to hopefully hold you over for a little while.
We made our way to the hospital where they admitted me and immediately got me hooked up to drugs to help. I ended up with 2 epidurals. We started with one that only did half of my body, so they gave me two boosters of drugs that only lasted an hour each. After getting to 8cm and getting stuck and not being able to handle the pain because the boosters were not working, they decided to take out my other epidural and put in a brand new one...which worked wonders!
After I made in to 10cm I finally got to push, I pushed for 13 min. : ) and out she came. Let's just say her head was definitely not the biggest part of her; her tummy was. Though the pushing and delivery went quickly the next few hours were horrendous! After I had Syd I hemorrhaged very badly and lost 6 units of blood. They said that part of the hemorrhaging was from my placenta not breaking away correctly. I had to go to the OR to have a partial D and C. Because of all the blood loss I had a blood transfusion of 2 units and stayed in the hospital for an extra two days.
Now that we are out and home, things have been a little rough. I have no energy and my blood counts are very low that it has been very hard to take care of Syd. Thank goodness for my wonderful husband that has helped with Syd and taking care of me. As well as all the wonderful new grandparents that have stayed at our house to take care of Syd so I can recover. Still to this day, I am hour by hour of how I feel and how much I can do. I still get very light headed and have already gone back to urgent care because of blood levels. Though we have had some major issues over the last week, which has made it a little hard to bond with Syd...she is perfect! She is a great sleeper, eater, and all functions are a go. I could not ask for a better daughter or a better support then our wonderful family and my husband. If not for them, I don't know what I would do.
Thank you to everyone for your love and support and kind thoughts. I will update as much as I can, but please be patient about pictures and visits. Here are some pictures to hopefully hold you over for a little while.
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