12 Weeks Old!!!

I can't believe it!!!!

12 Weeks old!!!

She has been at daycare for 6 weeks now while I have gone back to work. I feel officially at 100% back without feeling lost without her. I had a rough few weeks the first 3 weeks back to work, but a lot of that was because of the stress of doing it all alone. Not that my dad hasn't been helping out, but I am still basically a single mom with Gary being in Fort Wayne.

I haven't been able to scrap in FOREVER! I can't wait to sit down at my table and play. We will see how that works!!

Here are some updated pictures though just so no one forgets what she looks like!

Gary shaved his head...so she definitely has more hair now:


Wrigs has cradle cap, so we have to grease monkey up her hair--this is the result:


The Easter Egg hunt at one of my hotels:



Tuckered out....mommy looks a bit tuckered out too:



as heather said, she looks like she is saying:
"neener, neener, I'm cuter than you are":




so, there are lots of other crazy things happening, but for now this is the quickie update.

xoxo
k

5 weeks later....

I can't believe Wrigley has already been here 5 weeks!!
I mean seriously it seems like just yesterday I was pregnant!
She is doing wonderfully, and growing like a little weed. I cannot believe how big she is already! Here is the most recent picture of her....


Grandbon came to visit and saw Wrigley for the first time Feb. 22nd...here is a quickie LO I did of their first picture....



So far she has quite a few miles on her butt with all of our traveling. She has already been to 3 states...MI, IL, and IN. We went to Fort Wayne on the 5th of March, picked up Gary from work and drove to Chicago to introduce her to the family. We spent the weekend in Chicago and on Sunday had a family gathering with the Hay clan. Here is a picture of 4 Generations of Hay Women together...


We came back to Fort Wayne late on Sunday and have been here all week spending the time with Gary. We will go back this coming Sunday and I have one final week with Wrigley before I go back to work. I am bummed about my return, but glad to get back to the real world.

okay...enough for now, it is 2am, and I should be sleeping!!
xoxo
K

Another 48...

well, at about 2pm, we got a call from the doctor, they found something in the blood culture.
The problem is, they don't know yet what it is, and they have to do more tests.
So, we had more blood drawn and now we cannot go home for another 48 hours.
I am so emotionally exhausted already that I don't know how much more I can handle.
I just want to take my baby home, but I am anxious to find out what is going on....
she still seems wonderful, no temp and no more fussiness, but it still worries me....
so, if you can keep the prayers coming, I would appreciate it...
xoxo
Korbyn

The last 48 hours.....

have been really rough.
Wrigley was running a temp on Saturday and was really fussy all day, so at about 3:30, the doctor came in and ordered some tests to be run, including a spinal tap. I was a mess. Just knowing that my little angel was going to go through any of the pain, and not knowing what the results were going to be.
They took her into NICU at about 4:30 and started the tests. at 5:30, we went in and I fed her before leaving to go home and freshen up. I think one of the hardest parts of that whole experience was the going home and her not being there with us. Gary wouldn't even go into the nursery without her there. We were both so upset and distraught. We got back to NICU at 8:30, and she had already been moved to the pediatric ward which was great.
We have been here since, but the good thing is that the results have all come back with good results, so we should be going home with her today at 4:30!!
she has been feeding very well, and hasn't had a tempurature since Saturday, so we are very hopefull that it was just something minor such as not getting enough food. She was dehydrated, so they gave her some fluids, and they have her on some antibiotics to get rid of any infection that may be there.

So, after everything and all of the scare, she is good, and we are blessed.
Thank you everyone for all of your prayers and good wishes the last two days, we appreciate all of them!

all our love,
Korbyn, Gary, and Wrigley

Wrigley Elizabeth May Has Arrived!!

After 13 hours of labor, she has arrived!!!



With a full head of hair!!!

We went into the hospital Thursday morning, 2/5/09 to be induced. We got into the room at 8:15 to start our day.

at 2:59, they broke my water to get things rolling....The contractions got a bit rough by about 3:30, and at 4:03 I was given an epidural.

At this point, I slept. It was wonderful!!
Gary's parents and my dad got into the room at about 7:30 or so, and we were all just hanging out until Dr. Walsh arrived at 8:45 to "check me out" and see where we were at....to my surprise, and hers, I was fully dialated and ready to go!! We started the delivery at 9:00pm, and at 9:29, Wrigley was born!!!

8lbs 3oz and 21 inches long!!!

Here is her first picture....



Thank goodness for the epidural because I felt great throughout everything once I was given it.

We are still in the hospital, but being discharged sometime tonight (have to wait for the 48 hour tests to come back). We are all doing wonderfully, she is the perfect baby!

I will update more as I can....
xoxo
Korbyn

Hello 2009!!!

WOW! Time flies when you are having fun!!!

So, lots has happened since October when I last checked in....
*I am officially overdue with baby...she was due on Jan. 29th!! We are inducing Thursday morning at 7:00 am! She will (hopefully if labor doesn't last forever) have a birthday of 2/5, G's B-day is 12/5, and mine is 6/5, so I think it is perfect!!

*Oh, and we have made a final decision on her name....I win... Wrigley Elizabeth May! Yippee!! I think he was just trying to raz me more than anything..LOL.

*We have furnished the apartment, and it looks great and very lived in..

*My dad moved in with us December 1st from Tennessee...I bit colder here, but he loves it.

*Gary was transfered to Fort Wayne, IN for work which kinda sucks, but we are making it work...he is home 4 nights a week thur-sun and then goes back and works Mon-Thurs...It is good financially, just kinda hard not having him here every night...but for now, it has to work..no other options..He will be home with me and Wrigley for 2 weeks starting tomorrow though, so that will be fabulous....

*I just bought a new car, so that I don't have to try and put a car seat in a two door sunfire! So, I am now a proud owner of a 2005 Jeep Cherokee!! The vehicle I have wanted forever, so that makes me happy!!!

I know there is so much more that I have to share, but I can't even remember it all right now!!!

I should probably be getting to bed anyway while I can still sleep at night huh?!?

love and hugs!
Ko2

ps. I will share pics and deets as soon as Ms. Wrigley gets here...:)

I need a nap....

I feel like I have been going on 6 cylinders for the last 3 weeks.
Work has been insane. We are currently in our busy reporting season, and I have had to do reports for 8 separate hotels. These reports typically take 2-3 weeks for 1 hotel, and I had to do 8 in that 2-3 week period! It was a bit nutty. I did get some help from some of the hotels, but overall it was all good. I do love doing them, it is just a matter of getting in over my head this year!

So, G and I got our apartment, but haven't moved into it yet because we have no furniture. Once we get a bed, we will move in and work from there, but that really needs to happen fast because I can't take much more of the hotel living! I swear I spend all of my time sitting in bed and working!

The baby belly is getting bigger, and I am gaining weight just fine now (almost too well, but the doctor isn't worried). I found a new doctor here in Michigan, and that has taken that off of my "to Do list".

I am hoping to get some creative juices flowing tonight, so hopefully I will have more layouts and fun stuff to share later this week. We shall see.

okay...back to work...xoxo ~K