Oxygen Free!

Big news! Laurie came off her oxygen today! It caught me by complete surprise. I took her to her pediatrician today and asked if it would be OK for me to take her off of her monitor during the day. It's just been so hard to have her tethered to a cord. He asked how her saturation levels were and how she did off of oxygen at home for small periods of time. Since she was only on 1/32 of a liter of oxygen, he took her off for 20 minutes at his office to see how she did. Her levels stayed at in the high 90s the entire time. So off came her oxygen for good! She already seems happier and she took a 2 hour nap when we got home. She's either been intubated or had a nasal canula for 7 1/2 months! We're excited for her to be done. I could hardly put her down all day - it was so much fun to just walk around the house and hold her! Going to doctor visits won't be nearly as much work now that I don't have to take her oxygen tank and monitor in addition to all the normal baby stuff! Wahoo!

A Promise is a Promise!

OK, so I promised one of my bed rest buddies that I would post an update today... so here it is! I have been absolutely horrible at posting since we got home from the hospital back in September. However, I do have some good reasons:

1. I made a goal to write in my journal everyday - which I have been doing... that's 25 days in a row now! It may be hard to believe, but from the time I was 13 years old until I was 21, I think I only missed maybe 5 or 6 days total in my stellar journal keeping. Then I went on my mission, got married, had children... when all the really important things started happening, I have had a harder time keeping up. But now I hope to be back on track!

2. Kevin and I are losing weight! We are REALLY doing it this time. I'm not going to tell you how much we've lost so far because I want to save it for when we reach our target weight... but I think many of you will be shocked! It takes A LOT more time to cook when you're trying to eat right. So I spend a lot of time in the kitchen, but I don't mind it because we really feel great and we're saving money by not buying junk food or going out to eat. I've also been getting to bed around 9 or 9:30 so that I can have the energy to go work out at 6 am at the gym.

3. Haili has started school! Well, OK, so it's actually home school and I'm the teacher. She's only 2 years old and since we're home bound until the Spring, we had to figure out something to do so we both didn't go crazy! We have school everyday and Haili absolutely loves it. Her favorite school activities are: reading books, painting, puzzles, writing (she can draw the letter "O" all by herself!), drawing, acting, singing time, and orchestra! Her orchestra class consists of her sitting on my lap as we "play" the cello. She loves it.

As I haven't updated this blog for quite some time, here are some of our fun January pictures. Enjoy!

Haili loves to hold baby Laurie! She asks to hold her at least 5 -6 times per day.

Sweet Little Laurie!

This is Haili's standard princess outfit... she loves anything fluffly and frilly!

Laurie just learned how to roll over onto her side! She also has figured out how to push herself off of her play mat. She's going to be a handful when she starts to crawl!