Summer 09

Aleyse's first swim

A week ago we decided to take Aleyse swimming for the first time. About three minutes she was fine then you would have thought her brother was biting her. She screamed bloody murder till we got her out. That is why we do not have any pics of her in the water. We will one of these days take her again and she will get used to it. Maybe the weekend we can take her cousins and we can get some good pics!

Kellen Emily Burger 6-21-08

This is our good friends Ryan and Carly. She was due 2 months after I was. She went into labor this weekend a month early. Everyone is doing fine and the baby is very precious. Hard to believe that Aleyse was once that tiny. She is huge compared to Kellen. I was a little bummed cause we were not home to help them celebrate the birth of their beautiful daughter. We did get a text(pic) message from Ryan mins after she gave birth. I was happy to be woke up in the middle of the night to find out everyone was healthy and happy. I guess you never know when to be prepared for a baby. They can come anytime!!

T.P. time

Summer is here well almost. That means tractor pulling time. If you all know me well you know that we love tractor pulling!! Our first pull of the season was on Sat. It was in Wilmington OH. There were 11 tractors there and we got 5th place. Denny drove the tractor that was the first time in a year and 8 months since his chemo and surgery. We were all a little nervous and antsy for him, but he got the boost up and went. This also meant that this was Aleyse's first pull and long trip on the road. She weathered very well and even slept through papa's pull. She fell asleep at 10 and slept till 4:30. Considering it was a late night since the pull did not get over with till 12:00a.m. My family even came down to watch us pull. The kids had so much fun together. Now we will be gearin up for the big pull this weekend. It is in Tomah WS. Yes I will be taking both kiddos. When I go back to work I will not be going pullin. That means I will go to all I can since I'm still on maternity leave. Watch for the next post I will post a pic of Devin and Aleyse their first time pulling.

The picture of Devin(sitting by himself in the green chair) was how he was all day and night rooting on all the pullers. I think that picture is priceless.

Update on Aleyse

I know what you all are thinking enough with the pics of Devin and the Semi. So I enjoyed taking some of Aleyse the other day. I managed a couple of good one. You be the judge!! I think she is pretty cute myself. I love all the pink! She weighs around 9 lbs and sleeps anywhere from 4-6 hours a night. I can't complain about that. Although Devin has been sick the last day and a half. He woke me up before she did last night. So needless to say I was up about 3 hours in the middle of the night last night. Well better get something else done while the kids are sleeping.

Fun with Aleyse

Pictures of us enjoying our time with baby Aleyse!

Update on Aleyse

Everyone is doing fine and enjoying our time with Aleyse. She is such a joy to have around. Sleeps great at night unlike Devin did. It's so nice to have a baby that sleeps 4 hours at a time. Makes for a less grumpy mommy.

Mother's day is this weekend. We have a busy weekend. My sister graduates from college, Darren's birthday is today, Chels's birthday is may 9, and mother's day on top of that. My mom is hosting a party for everyone. So I will get to show Aleyse off. Can't wait hope the weather is nice.

Pics are of the family just enjoying Aleyse!!

What a week!

You all may think we have had a little time to adjust. Today is actually the first full day I have not been in the hospital(we did have to go over this morning). I got home Sun afternoon around 1:00 had vistitors all day. Actually had a decent nights sleep. Then Monday came around figured it was time to adjust starting off a fresh week. We had to go to the hospital Mon morning for a repeat billi check. That is for Jaundice babies. She was slight jaundice(12.2) when we left the hospital. Normally happens to babies that are born early. She was three weeks early.

Off we went the first trip with a family of four in the mini van. We got there and they poked her heel and checked her blood. By the time we got home we had a few more visitors. I was waiting for the hospital to call with her levels. The head nurse called and said her levels had went from 12.2 too 17.2. That is considerably a high jump. So they had to order a billi blanket for us to use on her at home. The doc called back around 5:45 that evening and said we had to come back to the hospital to have her checked again. I said tom morning right. He said NO NOW! I got all frantic and started crying. Of course the emotional roller coaster a woman is put throught is enough. Then the doc to call and say I had to come back ticked me off. David came home and off we left for the hospital. We got there and the nurse said she was considered a dirty baby so she could not go in the nursery cause she had been outside of the hospital. As the nurse was taking her to put her under the billi lights. I asked her how long this would take. She looked at me and said a couple of days. My eyes got huge and full of tears. All I wanted was to go home and stay at home. So David and I pondered our thoughts awhile and called our parents to bring us stuff to the hospital. My mom kept Devin for the night at our house. The poor little guy has had a big change just like all of us. Then David's parents brought our night stuff over to the hospital. I needed David to stay since I was a emotional basketcase. I cry easily anyways. The hospital only checks her blood once in the morning @ 5am. so after that we would know if she could come home. It had went from a 17.2 to a 15.7 the next day. So Aleyse and I were their another night. I had to stay cause I am breastfeeding. Which is the best for a jaundice baby. I had stay on a strict schedule so she would eat and poop. I had to breastfeed every two hours. The nurses had to moniter her temp and check her every two hours. I had to chart every poo and pee diaper and log my breastfeeding also. Still am sticking to that schedule right now till her levels elevate a little better. So I am going on little to no sleep right now. I should be sleeping instead of blogging. This actually makes me feel good.

I was considered a guest at the hospital but got every meal catered to me. Good thing the food is awesome and I get to pick out what I want on the menu for the day. I did get bored sitting in that room nonstop. I could not leave cause Aleyse would have been left alone. I did get stir crazy and bored with a sore butt from sitting. The next morning she went from a 15.7 to a 10.3. The doc shook my hand and I new I was able to take Aleyse home. My eyes filled with tears again. So I called David and told him to take his time coming over. The doc had a point and told me to leave her under the lights as long as possible that day. We had already been charged for the day. So I might as well stay and eat their free food. The one good thing about being over their I was able to take care of myself and not over do it. All in all I am glad to be home and sleep in peace with no nurses waking us up every two hours except my alarm clock till I can breastfeed on a different schedule. I 'm sure my next blog will be upbeat with better pics. By the way her levels are now 9.9 the doc just called with her check from today. So that means no more hospital. Now I can take her to her family doc to get checked. I think I surely met my deductible for the year. HAHA!! Enjoy the beautiful sunshine.

Aleyse Lynn Siefert

We had a beautiful baby girl Friday at 10:01 am. She weighed 6lbs 8oz and was 19 inches long. What a roller coaster the last week has been. I was scheduled to be induced at 5am on Fri because of low amniotic fluid. We got to the hospital and I was not even a bit nervous. Till they stuck me with the IV twice. My veins are normally good but I had a student nurse doing the IV. Everything was going well. Was not even feeling the contractions David and the nurse had to tell me when I was having them. All I wanted was to have another natural child birth. I did just that and a short while later I had my beautiful baby girl.

Aleyse (A-lease) Lynn Siefert!

Baby update

Went to the Doc's again today. Yes it has been two weeks already. Time is just flying away with this pregnancy. Went well but the doc ordered another ultra sound for two weeks again. I'm just not gaining the weight with this pregnancy like I did with Devin. I gained 1 lb in 2 weeks. Not so bad but the baby does need a little fat on its bones. I am now 34 weeks and measuring at 30 weeks. He said could be just the way the baby is positioned. Let's hope everything is good for my next doc visit.

Bedroom ready!

I have been harping on David to get the room ready for both kids, since we only have two bedrooms. They will have to share a room till we get a bigger house someday. So for now somebody gave us a set of bunkbeds. The bottom is a full size bed and the top a twin. We already had a full mattress so we just need to get the twin. I took pictures of the final results. I think it looks pretty nice. My mom was so nice to order a bed set to match the room for the bunks. We changed the curtains and added curtains on my closet and rearranged. Chels, Dan and my mom helped me. I am thankful they were able to help. Now we will try the real test and put Devin in the bed at night. I will keep you updated on he sleeps at night!

I will also update this week on my doc appt. I start going every two weeks now. The Doc figured we would do a ultrasound cause I was measuring small. Hopefully the baby is just a petite little thing and everything is just fine. I am starting to get tired alot easier than before when I was pregnant. Now I have Devin to chase after too. Time does seem to be flying by.

Ultrasound Pics

These may not be the clearest, but I think you get the picture. The first one is of the head and chest. The others were of a hand and a foot. Now everyone can take a guess at what we are having. Somedays Devin wants a brother and others he wants a sister. Guess we will find out in about 3 short months. The doc said everything looks good and it will probably be a small baby.

Devin had his toddler check-up today with Dr Nieset. He said he is very tall for his age 33 1\2 inches tall and 26lbs. Everything checked out good. Could not believe how well he could talk. Somedays I can't believe it either.