Week in Review and Tucker's Happenings

I don't know how people with more than one kid have time to blog. We've only been home for a week and I feel like my head has been spinning the whole time.

Friday, Nan drove us to Ada for a check-up for Miss Adde. She was having lots of issues spitting up in the hospital, so it was a follow-up to check on that. She weighed 5 lbs. 9 oz. at her appointment. It ended up being quite the doctor's visit though. The dr. was a little concerned after she spit up yellow film 3 times in the few minutes we were in his office, so he ordered an ultrasound to be done that day. Adde was also on medicine for reflux as well as had blood drawn to check for Jaundice. We were told to start adding a bit of rice cereal to her bottles to see if that would help.

On Saturday, we ventured to Edmond for birthday party madness. We celebrated Jack's 1st birthday that morning with Stephen and Sam's party that afternoon. Tuck had a blast and Adde slept through most of the parties. Adde decided that night that sleep wasn't fun, so we were up with her most of the night.

Sunday, Nan and Pa took Tucker to church in Edmond for Jack's baby dedication while Matt, Adde, and I got some much needed rest.

On Monday, Matt took us back to Ada for another check-up where we found that Miss Adde had gained a little over an ounce and grew .4 of an inch. The doctor was so pleased with her growth!

Tuesday morning, Adde and I took Tucker back to school. He was so excited to see his friends again and had a blast while Adde and I came home to clean house. We then went on our first girl's shopping trip to Target before picking up big brother.

Today, Adde had her newborn pics taken with a few with Tuck. She slept like a champ through them. I can't wait to see how they turned out!

Now onto Tucker:
-4: Tuck puts everything in intervals of 4...I'll take a bath in 4 days, I'll be back in 4 minutes, etc. Cracks me up!
-Sand Table...Tuck loves his sand table. It was the best $20 I ever spent. He spends countless hours driving his trucks around in the sand while Adde and I rock on the porch.

I Be Back

Tucker left earlier for an evening out with Nan to celebrate Stephen's birthday. Whenever he leaves he always tells us "I be back!" Tonight before leaving, he kissed his baby sister goodbye before telling her "I be back!" Melt my heart! Then Matt and I enjoyed about 20 minutes of awake time with Adde in her room.

Adde is here!

We had been given the date for Adde's induction a couple of weeks ago, and the day has finally came and gone. On Monday, March 1st, I went for my doctor's appointment to find that Adde had turned breach. Our OB wanted to schedule an inversion the very next day in order to turn her before she got any bigger. So Matt took off work and drove down with all of our hospital gear since the chances for having to go in for an emergency c-section were possible.

That Tuesday morning, our OB very painfully and successfully turned Adde heads down. We were told that there was a 5% chance she would turn back breach, so we weren't too concerned. I was sore for a few days, but was pleased that she was going to get to bake inside me for a bit longer.

The next Monday (March 8th) we went back to the doctor to find that she had turned back breach. I laughed so I wouldn't cry and asked what now. Our doctor scheduled Adde to make her big arrival on Monday, March 22nd, either vaginally or by c-section.

So we began to prepare for her big arrival for the next 2 weeks. The weather turned beautiful the week before so we did lots of fun things as a family of 3. Tuck and I went on a date to Sesame Street Live. We went to the Thunder basketball game. We just enjoyed spoiling our little guy before his world would be turned upside down.

On Saturday, March 20th, we began to get a highly overrated winter storm, but we didn't want to risk getting stuck in OKC so we headed to Ada. We spent time with both of our families getting ready for Adde's big arrival.

On Monday morning, Matt and I left for the hospital at 7 am. Our families arrived shortly after we had checked in. Then the doctor came by to see where we were at. I was dilated 1-2 cm and Adde had turned back heads down. Praise the Lord I did not have to go through another inversion or a c-section!

Around 8:30 they started me on Pitocin and I began to feel contractions. The doctor came in around 10 and broke my water and said we'd have a baby by afternoon so I needed to either get my epidural or miss it. Soon after the epidural man (my new best friend) arrived and everything went off without a hitch. They came back around 1 and checked me and I was at a 7 but Adde's heart rate was dropping during contractions, so I began having to be turned from side to side. A bit later I was an 8 then the nurse came in and said my contractions weren't as strong as they would have liked them. So the next two rated around 124-127. That moved me straight to a 10, so they ran to get the doctor and began preparing the room. Mom started texting for Ashley and Wendy to come so they could capture it on camera, and they barely made it in time. I started pushing around 2:15 and at 2:24 Addeline Faith Eidson was born!

She is a tiny thing with very long fingers and very long toes! She weighed 5 lbs. 14 oz. and was 18.3 inches long.

I'll post more later about Tuck's reaction as well as our hospital stay and life at home with 2 kiddos.

Valentine's Day

We are finally getting settled into our new routine in Oklahoma City. Tuck goes to a new school on Tuesdays now. He loves it! Wednesdays are now our storytime days.

We began last week in Ada for my check-up. We are 34 weeks today which seems crazy today. It seems just like yesterday that I took the pregnancy test and scared the snot out of Tucker with my screaming! I'm big and uncomfortable, but other than that I'm doing much better. This pregnancy has been completely different. I'm carrying her really low which has been very different from Tuck.

We came home Monday night in the snow so that Tuck could go to school Tuesday morning for his class pictures. He informed us that night that he smiled with one eye open! He's such a ham!

We went to storytime on Wednesday and Tuck got to go back to school on Thursday for his class Valentine's party. He came home all hopped up on sugar but also pretty sleepy. Then on Friday we spent the day at Affair of the Heart with Joni and Lane. Tuck loved hanging out and giving "nucks" to Lane.

Saturday, we went back to Affair of the Heart with Nan and Aunt Ash before coming home and relaxing for the evening. We continued our church hunt Sunday. We liked the church but were a little bothered by a couple of things. They have a wonderful children's program, so we'll go back another week to try it again. That afternoon, I snuck away to get my hair cut before picking up the guys for a Valentine's Day treat for Tucker...a trip to Build-a-Bear. He is obsessed with his "Bobbys" these days, so we had to add to the collection. He made a dog that he creatively named "Dog, Dog" that is dressed in a hooded shirt complete with a guitar. We finished off the evening with a dinner out as a family. It was such a fun, busy week with my little family!

The things he says...

We have found a church that we are very interested in and Tucker loves it. We were a little worried that the church search was going to continue though this morning when we picked up Tucker from his class.

We asked him if he had fun and he said yes. We then asked him what they learned about and he said they played with tits and it was so much fun!

Um...

I then looked over his papers to find out they learned about Moses building a tent church so they built a tent in his class.

I guess we don't have to find a new church after all!

What I Love About You

What I love about TuckMan:

• Slobbery kisses followed by "Uv You, Mama!"
• The way he politely answers "No, Tank You!" when asked if he needs to potty or wants to go to bed.
• The way he wants me to sit in the rocking chair so I can throw the football to him.
• His singing while strumming on his guitar (and sometimes while he pounds on his drums).
• His prayers. Today we went to McDonald's and this was his prayer: "Dear Jesus, Tank you for my cheeseburber, juice-some-more, and my french fries. They're hot! Amen."
• The way a kiss and telling him "all better" can heal many hurts. He even paused to kiss my tummy yesterday when I told him I was feeling well.
• The bottomless pit that he is! That kid can consume some major food!
• His happiness! There are very few instances throughout the day where Tucker is not grinning ear to ear!

I love that kid!

Will be around more

Yesterday, Miss Addeline gave us a little scare. I woke up with a lot of pressure and began to have contractions later in the morning, so off to the hospital we went. Praise God she is still inside baking. It turns out I'm carrying her really low putting lots of pressure on my lower muscles. I also got a lecture from the doctor that I was doint too much. So now I have to wear a stomach belt for support and stay off my feet as much as possible for the next 10 weeks. So I will be blogging a lot more!

Here is a rundown of our latest activities:

• Tucker started his new school yesterday and loved it. He kept telling his teacher throughout the day that he was going to tell his mama that he had fun. Sometimes I wish he'd shed a tear when I leave him!
• Monday we went to watch Uncle Zack coach his basketball team with Gigi, Gramps, and Pa. Tuck had a blast being spoiled by all!
• Last Thursday, we met Hudson and his parents for a playdate at an indoor playplace called The PlayZone. It was so neat, and it really wore the little guys out.

We are pottytraining and it's going pretty well. Tucker still wears a diaper when we leave the house, but he does really well while we're home. I guess we'll master it while we're spending all this time at home!