Sillies and their Shows

Our kiddos love watching "their shows" together...here's a few evenings ago...

And here's the other morning....they like to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in our bed :)

Rainbow Mobile

Here's a few pics of Alyssa in early April in her "Rainbow Mobile"...

My precious girl!

Hospital Stays and Scares

Last week, our pediatrician speculated that Alyssa is having "seizure like episodes" (they don't want to label her until they do testing...) He was very serious about being diligent about watching her until he could get her into a pediatric neurologist. He went over instructions which involved calling 911 and other scary details.

Obviously, we heeded his words but didn't anticipate any need to apply them.

Friday night, we had a nasty "April Fool's" trick played on us. Around midnight, Alyssa's Angel Monitor alarm starting going off. An Angel monitor is a sensor used in the baby's crib or playpen which monitors their breathing and movement activity. For the sensor to go off, meant that she had stopped breathing for at least 17 seconds.

I didn't listen to the dr and call 911 because she was fine and breathing again (we think the alarm sounding startled her back into breathing) but I did take her to the ER just after midnight.

After 5 hours in the ER, they admitted us to Providence where we stayed until Sunday evening. Here are some pics of our princess on Saturday morning. She is hooked up to have her heartbeat, respiration's and blood oxygen levels monitored continuously. They noticed mostly when she was sleeping but sometimes when she was awake too that her respiration rate would drop into the teens and her blood ox levels would drop into the upper 70's and 80's.

My sad and tired looking baby :(

Perking up for her Daddy and Big Brother...

Smiling for her Daddy!

Here is Sunday... she was happy with her Minnie Bobeet

Holding onto her wires... it was tough keeping her hands off of those. AND she had just figured out how to get her toes in her mouth so it was a tough time keeping the sensor wrapped on her toe out of her mouth, too!

So, we came home and on Tuesday, April 12th, she goes in for a 2 hour EEG with video with a pediatric neurologist in Temple. We'll go back on April 26th for the results. The pediatrician decided yesterday that she'll wear her monitor at home 24/7 for the next 2 months and strongly suggested that David and/or I take CPR and only leave her with someone who is CPR certified.

The fun and worrisome world of parenting!!!!!

Rolling Over

This is from last week (hard to believe but I'm caught up on blogging! Yay!) :)

Alyssa rolled from her back to her front and propped herself up. She had total access to her Minnie "bobeet"...

The 2 Sillies...

Love these kids!

Silly Shirt and a Silly Girl

Below are some pics of Ms. Alyssa in a onesie passed down from our friends, Kinsey, and her mommy, Sheri.

These pics were taken in order and I think it's funny since it looks like she is trying to hide the writing on her onesie...

Still playing coy...

Deer in Headlight look!

Enjoying the onesie and the verbiage... I think she takes after her Daddy....he likes shirts with funny sayings on them! :)

Nanann

Last Sunday, March 27th, Dianne & Ray came in from South Carolina to visit and say "see you later" before they leave for Saudi Arabia. Their move date moved up by about 8 months so they had a whirlwind visit as they leave out this next week.

Andrew has been extremely close to Nanann & Ray since he was just a few weeks old. They have been special friends to our family and I consider Dianne to be a "lifer" friend. We have been so Blessed to know them!

We have already missed them since they have been in the Carolina's and will miss them more once they are so far away. Thankfully there is the internet and Skype to keep us in touch!

Kickin' it in her Bumbo

This was her first official night in her Bumbo... she's still lacking some lower back strength to be able to stay in it long...but she's getting better! :)