~Stopping In~

Hi All... I know I've been promising an update so, I'm going to try to get this in while I can...

I know many of you are probably wondering about everything that happened with Zachary, and I promise, I do want to tell it... The fact is, it is a very long story and I want to be able to get it all down at one time and I'm finding it hard to find time to do it...

Actually, I had sat down on Friday to do it and had gotten half way through the story, when I accidently hit a wrong button on this lap top (darn thing!) and it totally erased the whole entry.  So, of course, I was ticked off and just gave up.  I will do the whole Zachary Hospital Story at some time really soon... I want to and I need to... I just gotta find the time :)

Okay, so, obviously, things here have been much better than previous.  I swear, I have a totally different baby on my hands.  He wants to be held all the time - which I don't blame him because he was in he hospital for many days without being held- and the little guy sleeps little and eats a whole LOT!!  He is so alert and moves around constantly.  He is actually holding his head up pretty well and coo's.  And I know many people might not believe this, because you may think he is too young, but he is smiling... Yep, he is!

Actually, he gave us his first real smile in the hospital.  I swear, it wasn't gas!  He actually smiled at one of his favorite nurses, Nancy (who also took a liking to him, bringing him a Bunny for Easter) a few days before we were to head home... Seeing that just brought tears to my eyes... But his hospital stay is for another story and another time...

Right now, Zachary is wanting to eat around every 2.5 to 3 hours.  And at every feeding he is eating anywhere from 3.5 oz to 5oz!!!  Can you believe this?  He is only going to be 6 weeks old on Tuesday and he is chowing down!  Yes, I did have to give up on breastfeeding, which I totally feel guilty about, but the Little Man wasn't getting enough!!

In fact, I had fed him for about 25 mins on the breast and then an hour later, he was so hungry that he downed 4oz of formula!  So, I new thatit was going to be hard and because he lost so much weight in the hospital, that it was probably better to get more calories via formula than me try to keep up and keep starving him :)

Miss Rowan is doing really well.  She really missed us and now doesn't want to be left alone.  She asks you where you are going, even if it is just to the bathroom or out the front door to take the trash out.

She was spoiled when we got home... Wednesday morning, Derek got up bright and early and went and bought her a H2 (Hummer) Power Wheels.  She loves it and calls it her "Zoom Zoom".  Of course on the first night home, she slept with us in the bed... But now she is back to sleeping on her couch... lol. 

Hopefully sometime by the end of next week she'll be in her own room.  We are getting both kids' bedrooms laid with hardwood (like the rest of our house) and then we'll work on her sleeping in there...

Also, as of April 9th, we'll have two new room mates.  Lol.  My parents just recently sold their home and the new house that they are buying hasn't been built yet, so, they'll be living with us for a few months.  They are using our den as their bedroom... It will be nice to have them here... It will make keeping an eye on Zachary a whole lot easier too...

We go Wednesday for his first Cardiologist (sp?) check up.  LOL.  We haven't even been out of the hospital for a week and are already having to go back to Sacramento for a check up... Oh well.  It is for the best... And we are seeing the best up there!

Speaking of going up there, we got Zachary's bill (hehe... his bill... lol) for his Mediflight (helicopter trip) from Modesto to Sacramento and it is close to $13,000!!!  All I can say is THANK GOODNESS FOR INSURANCE!!

Derek and I are surviving... Sleep is something that I'm taking for granted before I go back to work.  I'm planning on going back the first week of May instead of the second week... And Derek is going back April 9th.  He doesn't have anymore time off... And I'm just feeling the need of having to do something and get out!!  I think at first I'll be going back for 3 days a week and then slowly go back to my normal 4 days...

Oh yeah, we are putting Rowan on a waiting list for pre-school!  She can't wait to get in.  It is at a local Christian school and she'll be going 3 days a week, 4 hours at a time and it will cost us $246 a month.  I don't think that is too much, but I haven't done too much in the looking into prices thing... But really, you can't put a price on education... I mean, I guess you could, but you get the idea *hehe*

Well, I have plenty of journal reading to catch up on.  I hope that I'll be able to get to Zachary's story sometime in the next few days... I just gotta make sure my Hubby is here for about an hour so I can do it!!

Thank you to everyone again... All your kind words, thoughts and prayers truly means a lot to us...

HUGS and KISSES