We got a call Wednesday night that my Dad was admitted into the hospital for some chest pain. He had been having it on and off for a few days and when he called his doctor, he wanted him to do to the ER. So, he did and they decided to admit him.
Wednesday night he had several rounds of blood work done and a chest x-ray. They said the x-ray looked abnormal but weren't sure if it had always been that way (since they had nothing to compare it to).
Thursday they did a stress test on him...he had some dye injected in him then had to walk the treadmill. Immediately after they did some photos of his heart to see how the blood was circulating. After a few hours of rest, they repeated the photos to compare them. Apparently they didn't like what they saw. So he stayed overnight again to be able to see the doctor this morning and find out more.
This morning, they transferred him via ambulance to another hospital to do an angiogram on him to take a closer look at what was going on. I guess during the procedure, my Dad's heart went into v-fib and they had to shock him to get him back! He said he was watching the procedure one second and the next he felt like he was asleep and dreaming-said it was very calm and peaceful...then he felt like he got kicked by a donkey and heard them say "he's back!" Talk about scary! Anyways, they didn't find anything during the angiogram-so he got the "all clear" and is being discharged this afternoon. So that's good news, although they really don't have an explanation for the chest pain. Hopefully it'll just go away....
Friday, July 30, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Thirteen Months Old
Yesterday Avery turned 13 months old! We're out of official month stickers, but I decided to keep taking photos of her each month just because. It's fun to look at her each month and see how much she changes!
Like I said in my last post, Avery is a little sponge these days! She's so cute trying to copy things we do and say now! She is also walking very well now too-although she does still crawl a decent amount because she's still faster that way.
Avery is a very good eater! She LOVES her fruits and vegetables which I'm so thankful for! I just hope she stays that way. She'll eat them over anything else! She's having three solid meals a day-all "real" food now...jarred food has been done for awhile. She pretty much eats anything we give her so I think we are very lucky when it comes to her eating habits.
She is still nursing twice a day-first thing in the morning and at bedtime. We haven't switched to whole milk yet since I'm trying to use up my freezer stash of breastmilk first. Probably in the next month or so I'm guessing we'll start transitioning her over to whole milk.
She is still sleeping very well now. Still 11-12 hours overnight. She might wake up once or twice and fuss for a few minutes, but she puts herself back to sleep which is good. She is still mostly taking two naps a day. I thought she was dropping down to one nap, but most days she still needs to take two.
She has become obsessed with reading books! We read the same 4-5 books numerous times a day! She is really into the lift-the-flap books! She likes helping to lift the flaps and turn the pages.
Bath time is still not fun for us. She really dislikes the water still which is challenging-I would love for her to be swimming in this heat! It's gotten to where we've had to hold her down to bathe her-she just screams and tries to climb out of the tub-it's really no fun. I hope this phase goes away soon because it's been around for a few months now and is getting old!
Here are her photos we took this morning:
Giving kisses:
My favorites:
Nice teeth! (she's up to 7!)
Like I said in my last post, Avery is a little sponge these days! She's so cute trying to copy things we do and say now! She is also walking very well now too-although she does still crawl a decent amount because she's still faster that way.
Avery is a very good eater! She LOVES her fruits and vegetables which I'm so thankful for! I just hope she stays that way. She'll eat them over anything else! She's having three solid meals a day-all "real" food now...jarred food has been done for awhile. She pretty much eats anything we give her so I think we are very lucky when it comes to her eating habits.
She is still nursing twice a day-first thing in the morning and at bedtime. We haven't switched to whole milk yet since I'm trying to use up my freezer stash of breastmilk first. Probably in the next month or so I'm guessing we'll start transitioning her over to whole milk.
She is still sleeping very well now. Still 11-12 hours overnight. She might wake up once or twice and fuss for a few minutes, but she puts herself back to sleep which is good. She is still mostly taking two naps a day. I thought she was dropping down to one nap, but most days she still needs to take two.
She has become obsessed with reading books! We read the same 4-5 books numerous times a day! She is really into the lift-the-flap books! She likes helping to lift the flaps and turn the pages.
Bath time is still not fun for us. She really dislikes the water still which is challenging-I would love for her to be swimming in this heat! It's gotten to where we've had to hold her down to bathe her-she just screams and tries to climb out of the tub-it's really no fun. I hope this phase goes away soon because it's been around for a few months now and is getting old!
Here are her photos we took this morning:
Giving kisses:
My favorites:
Nice teeth! (she's up to 7!)
Sunday, July 25, 2010
She's A-Walkin' and A-Talkin'
I guess I can consider Avery a walker these days! She still crawls a lot, but she also is walking quite a bit. She still falls frequently, but she has gotten pretty good in a short amount of time! It's amazing how just a few weeks ago, she had no interest in walking and now it's what she mainly wants to do. It's funny how they change so fast like that! I have to get some new footage of her walking-it's so cute!
She also is saying quite a few words and sounds now. She definitely knows "mama" and "dada" and she says "pa" and "grandma". Lately anytime she drops something, she says "uh oh". She really tries to mimic anything we say "bird", "cheese", "waffle", etc.
She is also really starting to know her animal sounds. If we say an animal, she can make the sound they make-dog, cat, cow, horse, sheep, chicken, duck. Of course with all things we can decipher what she's saying, but an outsider might struggle understanding her. She is a little sponge lately!
She also is saying quite a few words and sounds now. She definitely knows "mama" and "dada" and she says "pa" and "grandma". Lately anytime she drops something, she says "uh oh". She really tries to mimic anything we say "bird", "cheese", "waffle", etc.
She is also really starting to know her animal sounds. If we say an animal, she can make the sound they make-dog, cat, cow, horse, sheep, chicken, duck. Of course with all things we can decipher what she's saying, but an outsider might struggle understanding her. She is a little sponge lately!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
The Return of the Lunch Walk
Stepping out into the fresh air...
My lungs being cleansed of stale air conditioned air....
The sun warming my skin....
Birds chirping, the sounds of crickets, the constant "hum" of the thruway traffic in the background....
The feel of the pavement under my feet....
My mind wandering as it pleases...
Can you feel it?!
Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.....it's time to walk!
This week I started walking during lunch again. Before I had Avery I tried walking a few times a week during my lunch break as my schedule allowed. Usually a coworker and I would go and "do a few laps" outside. Back in October, she was let go from our workplace. I was also pumping during my lunch break so my walk time just wasn't there.
I stopped pumping at work a few weeks ago so my lunch time is a little more "free" now. Our schedule doesn't always allow me the time to walk, but when it does, I've been trying to take advantage of it. This week we were slower than usual so I went out and walked every day I worked. It was fabulous. I went for roughly a half hour each day and just cleared my mind and got some exercise at the same time. I loved every second of it! When you're in an office with the flourescent lighting and AC pumping all day, it's refreshing to get outside and breathe fresh air and feel the warmth of the sun. Lord knows we don't get that kind of weather all year around these parts so you really have to take advantage and enjoy it when you can.
I've been taking advantage.
And I've really been enjoying it!
My lungs being cleansed of stale air conditioned air....
The sun warming my skin....
Birds chirping, the sounds of crickets, the constant "hum" of the thruway traffic in the background....
The feel of the pavement under my feet....
My mind wandering as it pleases...
Can you feel it?!
Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.....it's time to walk!
This week I started walking during lunch again. Before I had Avery I tried walking a few times a week during my lunch break as my schedule allowed. Usually a coworker and I would go and "do a few laps" outside. Back in October, she was let go from our workplace. I was also pumping during my lunch break so my walk time just wasn't there.
I stopped pumping at work a few weeks ago so my lunch time is a little more "free" now. Our schedule doesn't always allow me the time to walk, but when it does, I've been trying to take advantage of it. This week we were slower than usual so I went out and walked every day I worked. It was fabulous. I went for roughly a half hour each day and just cleared my mind and got some exercise at the same time. I loved every second of it! When you're in an office with the flourescent lighting and AC pumping all day, it's refreshing to get outside and breathe fresh air and feel the warmth of the sun. Lord knows we don't get that kind of weather all year around these parts so you really have to take advantage and enjoy it when you can.
I've been taking advantage.
And I've really been enjoying it!
Monday, July 19, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Date Night
Last night, Gabe and I had a date night to celebrate our wedding anniversary. My Mom came out to babysit Avery for us.
I surprised Gabe by ordering a cake that was a mimic of our wedding cake-same bakery, same cake flavor, same fillings, same colors of frosting. I think it turned out really cute! I hope it's just as yummy as it looks!
I surprised Gabe by ordering a cake that was a mimic of our wedding cake-same bakery, same cake flavor, same fillings, same colors of frosting. I think it turned out really cute! I hope it's just as yummy as it looks!
We started out going to dinner at Rooney's. We wanted to try somewhere new and dressy since we didn't have the little one with us. Gabe had been there awhile ago, but I had never been. It's a nice place and the food was really, really good (at least mine was!). I had an appetizer, salad, dinner and dessert because something from each category caught my eye. I was really happy with my selections, except for dessert-it was just ok. Gabe liked what he had but said his steak was just ok-not the best he has ever had. I would definitely go back though and it's one of those places where the menu changes daily so you would always have new things to try.
After dinner we decided to go to a movie. We haven't been to a movie theatre since before Avery was born so we thought we'd take advantage of our time. We went and saw "Inception" which was a new release. I read a review about it and it sounded really good, but sounded like it would be confusing too. I was pleased that it wasn't very confusing for me to follow.
I don't want to ruin anything about the movie but the basic idea is that the main character (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a master at extracting information from people's dreams. Some big shot hires him to do the opposite-to plant information in someone's mind by going in his dream (called inception). So most of the movie shows how he hires his team and they go about planning inception and then trying to carry out this task. It definitely was a film that kept you on your toes and paying attention every minute. And it was action packed right until the end! I definitely think it's worth seeing!
Overall, we had a great night. Avery did really well for my Mom and we enjoyed a baby-free evening!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
A Visit From Cousins!
Today we had some visitors!
My cousins Joe, Eileen and Giada were in town from Florida for vacation. They are spending most of their week in Buffalo, but Joe's Mom recently moved about 20min away from our house. So when they came out here to visit my Aunt, they decided to stop by and visit us as well which was nice! The last time we saw them was when we went to Florida back in March (right when Giada was born!). Now she's almost 4 months old already and she has changed quite a bit!
She enjoyed Avery's playmat:
I don't know what Avery thought about her. She kept pointing to her and saying "ba ba" for baby. It was cute. Of course she has no idea what being gentle means-she just wanted to grab at her and go to town! Gabe was holding Giada for awhile and Avery wanted to keep touching her! Here she is checking things out:
Gabe and Giada:
My Mom came out late in the afternoon for a visit as well and she got her before Joe headed out so she got to meet her new neice!
Avery was all about giving her kisses too...so sweet!
They stayed for a few hours and we enjoyed some Wegman's subs for lunch and relaxed and caught up a bit. It was a nice time and great to see them and their new addition! The little ones change so much the first year so it's nice to get and see them at different stages. I'm sure the next time we see them Giada will be about as big as Avery is now! That's crazy to think!
My cousins Joe, Eileen and Giada were in town from Florida for vacation. They are spending most of their week in Buffalo, but Joe's Mom recently moved about 20min away from our house. So when they came out here to visit my Aunt, they decided to stop by and visit us as well which was nice! The last time we saw them was when we went to Florida back in March (right when Giada was born!). Now she's almost 4 months old already and she has changed quite a bit!
She enjoyed Avery's playmat:
I don't know what Avery thought about her. She kept pointing to her and saying "ba ba" for baby. It was cute. Of course she has no idea what being gentle means-she just wanted to grab at her and go to town! Gabe was holding Giada for awhile and Avery wanted to keep touching her! Here she is checking things out:
Gabe and Giada:
My Mom came out late in the afternoon for a visit as well and she got her before Joe headed out so she got to meet her new neice!
Avery was all about giving her kisses too...so sweet!
They stayed for a few hours and we enjoyed some Wegman's subs for lunch and relaxed and caught up a bit. It was a nice time and great to see them and their new addition! The little ones change so much the first year so it's nice to get and see them at different stages. I'm sure the next time we see them Giada will be about as big as Avery is now! That's crazy to think!
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