My best friend had her baby shower July 18th! Her mom and sister-in-law threw it, I was just in charge of the cakes! It was a lot of fun and she got the loot! Earlier this year Abby and I went with Britta and her mom, Terri, to Britta's 3-D ultra sound. I've never seen one done and it was amazing! The detail the 3-D gives is remarkable! I will have to look into it with my next one! In the pictures from top left to bottom right: Abby & Braxton, Britta, Britta's mom, Terri & her grandchild, Madison, Britta & her sis-in-law Mary Sue, the cakes, Mary Sue & Madison, and one of Britta's crazy aunts, Tina!
For the past couple of years, Brent and I would go floating with a bunch of friends on July 4th! We leave in the morning and usually get back just in time for late evening BBQs and fireworks at the golf course!
Happy 4th of July! Love you all-Brent, Tory and Abby!!!!!!!!!
Brent is an amazing dad! I am so lucky to have such a supportive and caring father to our child! He works so hard so I can go to school and be home with Abby! But his day is never over when he gets off work. He is always so excited when Abby greets him at the door! For being such a hard working daddy, Abby got Brent 3 tickets to a Royals game, for a guys night out!Brent, Payden and Landon! July 3rd 2009.
While Brent was with his buddies, Abby, Christy, Curtis, Stef, Mom and myself went to Ken and Angels anual 4th of July party! (July 3rd this year!) Abby was so fasinated with the fireworks! She would point and shreek at them all!
Abby loves going to Grandma and Grandpa Abreu's house! There is always so much to explore! But on this particular day her biggest interest was Grandpa's shiny black boots! So we put her in them and she danced away. She thought these boots were the greatest thing!
Abby is such a water baby! She loved the pool and all the kids in it! She had no fear of the water and would take off and go as deep as she could and then some! She loved the slide and jumping into the water and splashing!
Ahh I have a lot of catching up to do but first I wanted to share this video about Extended Rear Facing.
By law a child can be turned Forward Facing at one year AND 20 lbs, but AAP(American Academy of Pediatrics) released this statement and information on Extended Rear Facing on April 4th 2009. http://aapnews.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/30/4/12-a
What to consider when positioning carseats for toddlers.
Lori O’Keefe Correspondent
New research indicates that toddlers are more than five timessafer riding rear-facing in a car safety seat upto their second birthday. Following are some safety tips forcar seat use:
All infants should ride rear-facing in either an infant carseat or convertible seat.
If an infant car seat is used, the infant should be switchedto a rear-facing convertible car seat once the maximumheight (when the infant’s head is within 1 inch of the top of the seat) and weight (usually 22 pounds to32 pounds) have been reached for that infant seatas suggested by the car seat manufacturer.
Toddlers should remain rear-facing in a convertible car seatuntil they have reached the maximum height and weightrecommended for the model, or at least the age of 2.
To see if your car seat is installed properly and to find acertified passenger safety technician in your area,visit www.seatcheck.org or www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cps/cpsfitting/index.cfm.You also can call 866-SEATCHECK (866-732-8243) or888-327-4236.
We celebrated Abby's birthday last Saturday at mom's and it was so much fun! It was great having all the people that love and care about Abby at the same place on such a special day! We had an awesome cook out! (Thanks Nana M. and Grandma S. for doing all the cooking!) I just stuck with the baking.
Abby's birthday cake, smash cake and cookie favors I made!
Late Friday night May 2, 2008 (35 wk) I had a lot of bright red bleeding so I went to the hospital. They immediately hooked me up to the monitors and did an ultrasound. Come to find out part of my placenta has torn and separated. They kept me in the hospital for the next five days and was released May 8 on modified bed rest. May 14 I start to lightly spot again so I went back to the hospital. May 15 I had another ultrasound done to look for a safe amniotic sac for the amniotesis. But no luck finding a amniotic sac. But I had to stay in the hospital until the spotting stopped, which it never did. My doctor talked to me about inducing me around 38 wks since that was a safe point at my pregnancy to deliver. So on May 22 around 6:30pm they inserted the cervidil so hopefully begin to thin me out and get my body ready for the pitocin the next morning. The cervidil was definitely doing something because I was cramping and contracting all through the night and the pain meds they were giving me just made me extremely sleepy and sick, very sick! The next morning, May 23 they started the pitocin around 6:30 and was only dilated at about 1/2 cm. But by about 10am I was at a 4 and able to get my epi. Getting the epi wasn't bad at all, but the effects the epi had on my body was horrible! I got so so sick! I slept the entire time and had absolutely no energy. By 3pm I was fully dilated and ready to push, though I was not ready to push! The epi had worn me out and I felt as if I had weights tied to every limb of my body. It was a yucky feeling. I pushed for about an hour and a half then the doctor tried to suction out the baby. He tried it 3 times with no luck, and the baby's heart rate dropped I was sent for an emergency c-section, but I was ready for it. I had nothing in me to push anymore. Ugh, my delivery nurse did not handle this emergency situation very well at all! She panicked! As they were rolling me down to OR my IVs were pulling everywhere and the bottom half of the bed was falling off and hitting me right in the crotch, OUCH! Then Brent was waiting in the hall as the got me ready for surgery and he almost missed the delivery because the nurse forgot to go get him! In the end all the chaos and craziness was worth it because at 5:00pm we welcomed our beautiful and healthy baby girl into this world!
My best friend had her baby shower July 18th! Her mom and sister-in-law threw it, I was just in charge of the cakes! It was a lot of fun and she got the loot! Earlier this year Abby and I went with Britta and her mom, Terri, to Britta's 3-D ultra sound. I've never seen one done and it was amazing! The detail the 3-D gives is remarkable! I will have to look into it with my next one!
