Thursday, June 12, 2014
Upcoming appointment
Nine months has passed in the blink of an eye . Blaise will be going to see dr danford his cardiologist for the first time since last September . These are the hardest appointments any parent should ever do. It's like waiting for the ball to drop it seems . We have no reason to believe as his parents that this appointment shouldn't go great. We pray for great news, that his heart looks as good as last time . We ask everyone to join in our prayers.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
May pictures
Two new May posts! I couldn't save it all in one!
Helping dad now
Third Mother's Day with mom!
Zoo with mom and dad
Butterfly at zoo
May
Chores got my bucket hat and boots
Easter bunny
Blaise digs constantly in the dirt and also mows the yard lots. He likes stroller rides and being on the go. Always ready to get in the car and go somewhere. He knows what building or store is what in town. He got to ride in dad's semi and go out to the truck shed quite a bit lately and loves it. He is great at doing cow chores and not afraid at all . He finally came up with a name for his grandmas- maw-naw. Bath time is a favorite too. He has officially wrapped up his swim lessons and did so good. He blows bubbles in the bath now, and in the pool would stand on his own, kick his legs and float on tummy and back. He is obsessed with the farm, riding in tractors, the pigs, feeding hay from the barn to the horses and more. He now has his own horse named moonlight. He can say all the horses names.
Lately he has spent some time at the farm, did some shopping with mom and aunt Jenna and grandma. Easter was lots of fun and he liked the Easter bunny. He sat on his lap for pictures at the mall. He did the treynor Easter egg hunt and insisted on using his tractor loader to pick up and dump each egg into the bucket. At grandma pegs he likes to cling in her bull flower planter and ride it and get bucked off. He knows that monkeys are at the zoo and we made our second trip there this weekend for Mother's Day. He loved all of it.
I passed my glucose test for baby two, but have low hemoglobin so am on iron pills and low platelets so will have blood drawn again at 36 weeks. Hoping this all goes away or gets better. The countdown is on- we better start thinking about getting stuff ready!
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Blaise is two!!
Blaise had an awesome second birthday party! How in the world is he two already?! I think he is our entire world! We love every single second with him. He had a wonderful birthday party. The theme was John Deere tractors and farms. He loved his cake and kept pointing to it and saying "mine. Mom accidentally stuck my hand in the front of it and kind of ruined it before the party. He also loved when we sang Happy Birthday to him, and sat on the table smiling big. He did great opening presents and ripped into every single one of them. His favorite present of the night ended up being a drill and tool set. He also got a bubble mower, picnic table, sleeping bag and red flyer trike. He did so great all day long. The weather was great and we grilled out on the deck and ate outside. We went in to open presents and have cake and ice cream and it started getting cold out. The next day it snowed! We are so thankful to get to celebrate these wonderful milestones with Blaise. We couldn't have imagined how amazing of a child he was going to be at two years old!! He absolutely melts the hearts of everyone that his ever met him. He is widely known throughout our community and I'm pretty sure everyone loves him.
At his two year old check up appointment he was pretty miserable. Who blames him, as he has gotten shots at the doctors office every month and every time he has been there for the past six months. He started sobbing about five blocks before we got there and didn't stop for the whole hour appointment. He got two shots that day. He weighed 25 lbs 3 oz. He was pretty much in the 20-30% for all categories. Once they turn two, they put them on the big boy scale instead of the baby one and leave all their clothes on. I'm guessing he is a little bit under 25 lbs. He was also 34 inches tall. The doctors were impressed with how he is doing.
We had a fetal echo done at Children's on Baby H #2. Dr. Danford gave the report of this one having no heart disease! We are moving right along and around ten weeks til this baby arrives. Lots to do before then! Funny how little you think about your pregnancy once you already have one.
Blaise loves to be outside, loves the neighbor kids Brady and Maycie. He would go outside every second of the day if he could. His favorites are digging in the dirt and dumping it into buckets. Anything to get dirty. He has been taking swimming lessons every Saturday morning at the YMCA in Fremont. The first lesson he wouldn't let go of Mom, was clinging and not so sure. Each week he has done great and loves swimming now. He stands on his own on the stand thing, kicks his feet and floats on back and tummy. He is in love with the bath tub now too. He thinks he needs a bath every second of the day. His vocabulary is totally taking off. I DO still seems to be his favorite saying and answer for everything. I DO need Milk. I DO need a bath etc etc. He is very polite and says please and thank you and bless you a lot. He has been doing good on the potty and goes once or twice a day on it. He calls it poopy instead of potty every time though! He has been doing great going to bed and sleeps through the night until about 6 in the morning. We are putting off switching to a big boy bed, but really need to. The Friday before his birthday I took his pacifier away from him. He is doing pretty good and going on two plus weeks without it. I'm so proud of our big boy!!!!
I wish I could bottle up every memory and never forget them. I know how much I'll miss them someday. We try to just tell ourselves to enjoy each day and each second and minute with him as much as possible. All the time we think how great it is to be this incredible little boy's parents.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Picture post
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Baby h
Snacks on deck
St Patricks day
Cow chores w dad
Hauling hay
Chalk
With cousin cooper
Tractor w uncle Adam
Ranger with great grandpa and grandpa Sudmann
Zoo time
Hugging Elmo
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Deep Breaths
So much has been happening around the Hartwell House! I'm sure I'll miss quite a few things when doing this blog update, but I'll for sure get the highlights. Of course I want to put down some of the cutest things Blaise is currently doing just so I don't forget! His vobaculary has just totally taken off! He repeats almost anything these days and is saying so many things! My favorite words of his are noodle and cookie, basically because he has a hard time saying either of them. Noodle is more like nononono and cookie is co co co cookie. If there is a chance it's barely warm enough to go outside, by gosh we better be outside because he LOVES it! He can go down our stairs now just holding onto your hand and has moved past the sit and scoot down the steps. We've almost got all of his teeth in, but are still working on some. He is totally obsessed with trains right now. Everything is choo-choo. Now on to some more happenings.
A few weeks back, our babysitter on Monday text me about 3 to say Blaise had a temp. I headed home from work and indeed he did. I gave him some Tylenol and it seemed to get a bit better. He fell asleep and about 6:30 woke up crying OWIE and all of a sudden started breathing really weird (almost like he was panting couldn't catch his breath) and was shaking. Of course, I totally freaked out calling his dad who was out at the truck shed and Grandma Peg saying that something was definitely wrong with him. By the time Mike flew in the driveway I was headed out with a blanket over Blaise's head for warmth yelling we needed to get to Omaha. After talking some sense into me, we decided to just head to Oakland's ER. When we got there they took his temperature right away and it registered at 105. They explained his breathing/shaking symptoms were from a high temperature. I was already on the phone with Children's Cardiology because of course the first thing I think when he breathes weird is that something is wrong with his heart. After much reassuring and some more Tylenol his temp went down and we headed home. They said he was having early signs of a high-temperature seizure. Thanks to all who said prayers while I was freaking out. He had a temp for the next few days, and his pediatriciation thought maybe it was a virus the next day. Well, come to find out Hand Foot and Mouth was going around and he had been exposed to it. A few days later the infamous spots showed up and he refused to eat or drink anything due to the ones in his mouth and throat. After a few more worrisome days of thinking he might be dehydrated he started to turn the corner. After a good almost ten days the spots finally went away. Let's just say I HATE that virus!
Mike and I got away to a wedding in Kearney for a weekend since he was a groomsmen. It was fun to do something just the two of us and Blaise spent almost three days at Grandpa and Grandma Sudmann's. I'm sure he got in plenty of horse petting, tractor rides etc.
Blaise recently had his last RSV/Synagis shot. He weighted in at 23 lbs 5 oz. I was really hoping that he could get to 24 lbs before his 2nd birthday. He still has about two weeks to go, so hopefully he packs on the pounds. Mike got to go with to this last shot and witness how miserable they are. Blaise cries the WHOLE time since he knows what is coming, and this time was yelling OWIE before they even gave the shot. So glad these are over for awhile!
Our other exciting news is that we had our ultrasound for Baby H Two. Right away, before the ulstrasound tech said it, Mike and I could tell this baby has a four chambered heart! So much relief and such a different experience than with Blaise. According to the ultrasound this baby is measuring ahead of schedule AGAIN and is estimated due around July 14th now. They aren't changing the due date but going early would be fine since my sister Jenna is due July 24th. The further apart we can get them the better! They also said the baby weighted 17 oz making it in the 87%!! What in the world? I"ve never heard a number that big before! Even when pregnant with Blaise they estimated him small and I went on a high protein diet to help the baby gain weight. I have a feeling we are in for a totally different experience this time round.
As exciting as a healthy baby is, of course a part of me can't help but be extremely sad for Blaise. How hard it will be fore him to see a healthy brother or sister that never has to worry about what tomorrow brings, the unknowns of their future and the repeated doctors appointments open heart surgeries and having half a heart. It weighs very heavy on this mom's heart. I'm sad that our pregnancy with him was full of stress and anxiety. I'm sad that soon I"ll have to start explaining to him that he is different that everyone else. Phew. Pregnant hormones are crazy!
I'll update pictures soon!
A few weeks back, our babysitter on Monday text me about 3 to say Blaise had a temp. I headed home from work and indeed he did. I gave him some Tylenol and it seemed to get a bit better. He fell asleep and about 6:30 woke up crying OWIE and all of a sudden started breathing really weird (almost like he was panting couldn't catch his breath) and was shaking. Of course, I totally freaked out calling his dad who was out at the truck shed and Grandma Peg saying that something was definitely wrong with him. By the time Mike flew in the driveway I was headed out with a blanket over Blaise's head for warmth yelling we needed to get to Omaha. After talking some sense into me, we decided to just head to Oakland's ER. When we got there they took his temperature right away and it registered at 105. They explained his breathing/shaking symptoms were from a high temperature. I was already on the phone with Children's Cardiology because of course the first thing I think when he breathes weird is that something is wrong with his heart. After much reassuring and some more Tylenol his temp went down and we headed home. They said he was having early signs of a high-temperature seizure. Thanks to all who said prayers while I was freaking out. He had a temp for the next few days, and his pediatriciation thought maybe it was a virus the next day. Well, come to find out Hand Foot and Mouth was going around and he had been exposed to it. A few days later the infamous spots showed up and he refused to eat or drink anything due to the ones in his mouth and throat. After a few more worrisome days of thinking he might be dehydrated he started to turn the corner. After a good almost ten days the spots finally went away. Let's just say I HATE that virus!
Mike and I got away to a wedding in Kearney for a weekend since he was a groomsmen. It was fun to do something just the two of us and Blaise spent almost three days at Grandpa and Grandma Sudmann's. I'm sure he got in plenty of horse petting, tractor rides etc.
Blaise recently had his last RSV/Synagis shot. He weighted in at 23 lbs 5 oz. I was really hoping that he could get to 24 lbs before his 2nd birthday. He still has about two weeks to go, so hopefully he packs on the pounds. Mike got to go with to this last shot and witness how miserable they are. Blaise cries the WHOLE time since he knows what is coming, and this time was yelling OWIE before they even gave the shot. So glad these are over for awhile!
Our other exciting news is that we had our ultrasound for Baby H Two. Right away, before the ulstrasound tech said it, Mike and I could tell this baby has a four chambered heart! So much relief and such a different experience than with Blaise. According to the ultrasound this baby is measuring ahead of schedule AGAIN and is estimated due around July 14th now. They aren't changing the due date but going early would be fine since my sister Jenna is due July 24th. The further apart we can get them the better! They also said the baby weighted 17 oz making it in the 87%!! What in the world? I"ve never heard a number that big before! Even when pregnant with Blaise they estimated him small and I went on a high protein diet to help the baby gain weight. I have a feeling we are in for a totally different experience this time round.
As exciting as a healthy baby is, of course a part of me can't help but be extremely sad for Blaise. How hard it will be fore him to see a healthy brother or sister that never has to worry about what tomorrow brings, the unknowns of their future and the repeated doctors appointments open heart surgeries and having half a heart. It weighs very heavy on this mom's heart. I'm sad that our pregnancy with him was full of stress and anxiety. I'm sad that soon I"ll have to start explaining to him that he is different that everyone else. Phew. Pregnant hormones are crazy!
I'll update pictures soon!
Friday, February 28, 2014
These are a few of his favorite things!
What's new with Mr. B Man- Blaise Hartwell? He is so much fun- the light of our lives! Recently, his vocabulary is becoming larger. A lot of things sound the same and many probably wouldn't catch what he was saying unless you are around him a lot. Some new things are blue, bowl, hat, get out (when he is yelling and wants out of the crib in the morning) baby, "I'm gonna get you" and so on. He loves trying to tickle you yelling I'm going to get you. He is very obsessed with his dad, and is devastated when Mike leaves to go to work.
He is very much a monkey-see, monkey-do kid, especially when he see's his dad. The other day, we went out to play in the snow and got his "boo" boots on, snow pants and everything. When we came in and took everything off on the porch, I turned and looked and he had grabbed his boots and was headed for the door to the basement. Mike always sets his boots at the top of the steps to go downstairs to stay warm, and Blaise must have wanted to put his there too. Also the other day, I caught Blaise lifting the lid of the trash can in the kitchen and spitting into it. Again- must have gotten that from dad!
He is very into his potty chair these days. He's yet to actually "go" on the potty, but loves to strip down and sit on it and the big potty. His word for potty is actually "poopy" but we are working on it. I was getting breakfast ready one morning and looked over and Blaise's diaper that he had been wearing was laying on the kitchen floor next to me. I went to look for him and he had climbed up stairs by himself and was sitting with no clothes on the potty in his room. The potty is now downstairs for easier access.
Blaise knows there is a baby in mommy's tummy and points to it and says baby a lot. Tonight, we told him to give the baby a kiss and he leaned over to kiss mommy's tummy. He is a very, very sweet and loveable little boy.
Thanks for all the support during heart month. It's always a hard month to get through (maybe harder when you have raging pregnant hormones). We love hearing stories from our heart friends, but sometimes they can be a very tough reminder of the difficulties and futures for these kiddos.
Baby Hartwell Round 2 Update: We are now at the 20 week mark. How in the world are we half way done? This one has gone lots faster and for obvious reasons is just a fleeting thought during the day. I'm sure we will remember to get a few diapers and necessities before it gets here! HA Our big prayer request is for March 12th. We will be having our 20 week ultrasound, which is where they discovered Blaise's heart condition. We pretty much could care less if it's a boy a girl and see only one purpose for this ultrasound which is to determine the health of our baby. We pray for a totally healthy baby!
Thanks for keepin' up with our growing family!!
He is very much a monkey-see, monkey-do kid, especially when he see's his dad. The other day, we went out to play in the snow and got his "boo" boots on, snow pants and everything. When we came in and took everything off on the porch, I turned and looked and he had grabbed his boots and was headed for the door to the basement. Mike always sets his boots at the top of the steps to go downstairs to stay warm, and Blaise must have wanted to put his there too. Also the other day, I caught Blaise lifting the lid of the trash can in the kitchen and spitting into it. Again- must have gotten that from dad!
He is very into his potty chair these days. He's yet to actually "go" on the potty, but loves to strip down and sit on it and the big potty. His word for potty is actually "poopy" but we are working on it. I was getting breakfast ready one morning and looked over and Blaise's diaper that he had been wearing was laying on the kitchen floor next to me. I went to look for him and he had climbed up stairs by himself and was sitting with no clothes on the potty in his room. The potty is now downstairs for easier access.
Blaise knows there is a baby in mommy's tummy and points to it and says baby a lot. Tonight, we told him to give the baby a kiss and he leaned over to kiss mommy's tummy. He is a very, very sweet and loveable little boy.
Thanks for all the support during heart month. It's always a hard month to get through (maybe harder when you have raging pregnant hormones). We love hearing stories from our heart friends, but sometimes they can be a very tough reminder of the difficulties and futures for these kiddos.
Baby Hartwell Round 2 Update: We are now at the 20 week mark. How in the world are we half way done? This one has gone lots faster and for obvious reasons is just a fleeting thought during the day. I'm sure we will remember to get a few diapers and necessities before it gets here! HA Our big prayer request is for March 12th. We will be having our 20 week ultrasound, which is where they discovered Blaise's heart condition. We pretty much could care less if it's a boy a girl and see only one purpose for this ultrasound which is to determine the health of our baby. We pray for a totally healthy baby!
Thanks for keepin' up with our growing family!!
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