Better late than never!!
An update long over due.
Since I last posted we celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas. I took Eli to see Disney on Ice. He is really into Woody and Buzz right now. I am pretty sure he enjoyed it but not sure he enjoyed all the princesses!!
It was so much fun to decorate the tree with Eli this year and he loved looking at Christmas lights. And then there was the joy of seeing him come down the stairs on Christmas morning and see his new train table. He just kept saying wow all the time. He quickly learned how to open the presents and kept asking for more. He was a little spoiled this year.
We enjoyed a nice quiet day at home. It was really warm out so Eli got to take his new scooter outside to test it out. The next day we started to get the house ready for little Finley's arrival. I was determined to get all the Christmas decorations down before heading to the hospital. My aunt and cousin were supposed to arrive this day but because of storms in the south they were unable to get on a flight. This sent me into panic mode as I was now unsure of who would watch Eli the following day while I was having the c section. Luckily some great friends from church offered to watch him but I knew that my aunt and cousin had one last chance to make it out the following morning so they were going to attempt that. So we headed out to do some last minute errands and eat dinner out. Then we came home and got everything ready for the next day. The following morning we found out that my aunt and cousin were able to make it on a flight out and would get here just in time. Now I know that there was a reason for a 1230pm c section rather than one first thing in the morning. Simon went to pick them up at the airport and I drove myself to the hospital so that they could start the pre op work. I am not a fan of needles so I was not looking forward to having the IV put in. It took the nurses three tries of inserting the needles (me throwing up each time) before the anesthesiologist had a successful attempt. Then it was just the waiting game. At 12 30 we headed into the OR and they got everything ready. Finley Michael Mowat was born at 1:16 pm weighing 7lbs 13 oz. He headed into the recovery room with Daddy while they finished me up. Then I headed into the recovery room and got to hold him. He was so much like his brother, came out ready to eat lol. After a little while in recovery they moved me to my room ( a huge upgrade from the NHS!!! my very own room!!!). My aunt, cousin and Eli headed up to meet Finley that afternoon. Eli held Finley the next day and did really well. I was feeling pretty good, I was having a little trouble with food but eventually it got better. Everything else went well in the hospital and I was released three days later. It was such a different experience from that with Eli, much more enjoyable. The day we were released it was very cold and snowing. We went home and warmed up by the fire. Eli enjoyed going out and playing in the snow with Aunt Jenni and Daddy. We spent the next few days just doing nothing around the house. On New Years Day Eli started to look like he had pink eye, my thought was great he was holding Finley last night. I decided we would take him to Walgreens clinic the next day to see what it was. However that night I started feeling horrible with a really bad throat. I did not get any sleep that night. The next day we headed to the midwife so that she could take the staples out. She said I looked a little infected so she put me on antibiotics and took out the staples. She looked at my throat and said it was just a sore throat, I was worried it might have been strep. Then we went home and Simon took Eli to the clinic, turns out he had a double ear infection, poor baby. I however could not find anything to help soothe it. By the evening it got so bad I asked Simon to take me to urgent care as I knew I could not go another night like this. So we headed in and they looked me over and said they could not see anything that would be causing the amount of pain I was in so they took some xrays and saw a little inflammation so he called an ENT who wanted to see me at the local ER. So we packed up and headed to the ER where the doctor determined I had a bad throat infection and would need to be hospitalized (not great news because Simon was supposed to have started back to work the next day). I was not happy about this but they tried to get me placed back on the mother and baby ward but it did not work so we went the other hospital and they admitted me to the med surge ward. I was just hoping Finley would not catch anything while we were there. They luckily got the IV in the first time and got me started on some antibiotics and steroids. I started to feel a little better by the afternoon and that evening I was able to go home which was a huge relief. We had to miss Finley's weight check that day so we rescheduled it for the next day. When we went he had gained nearly a pound, he is a little piggy. I was starting to feel so much better and was finding that this recovery was going much better. I was excited to be able to drive after only two weeks, this was a huge relief. We went and had Finley's newborn pictures done and I am anxious to see how they turned out. We then had his two week check and he weighed 8lbs 14oz still slightly smaller than Eli was at this age but growing fast. I can believe how fast time is going by already. Eli has been coping pretty good he loves his brother and loves to hold him but is still showing some signs of jealousy as can be expected. He is having a hard time understanding that mommy still cannot carry him around. He is throwing some major temper tantrums recently. I am hoping that we can work through it. Today has been a much better day (knock on wood!!). So things are going very well. I am finding going out with two kids a little more stressful and am hoping that will subside soon as staying home cooped up in the house just seems to make things worse. We are still waiting on Simon to be offered a full time position at Apple and are hoping it wont be too much longer. I think that is all for now I will try to keep more up to date!!
