Praise the Lord!!!!!!

Here is our little angel sleeping tonight after his doctor appt; which turned out to have great news for us!!!


Today Zachary weighted 11 lbs and 5 ounces. He had his arm stuck and they drew about 5 cc's of blood. When the doc came in to see us, she was so excited to tell us that he was making his own red blood cells. He had not even gone down 1 point in 2 weeks and before he was making his own - he would drop at least 1 point a week, so he is improving significantly!!! They don't think that he will need anymore blood transfusions, so that was an answer to prayer. I give the Lord complete praise for this! The docs said that Zachary would start making his own red blood cells between 8 - 12 weeks and Zachary actually started making his own betwen 7 - 8 wks. They didn't want to do the 3rd transfusion, but he was just a little lower than they wanted.

Here is Zachary with his new toy from his cousins, the triplets!! He LOVES this toy and will really move his arms and legs around out of excitement. He loves the ball that is attached to it the most. I also clipped a frog onto it too and he loves that frog too. He'll always grab for it. :) Thank you, Craig and Amy, for giving me this new toy - I really am enjoying it.

Here is Zachary a few days ago just chilling out. He had been smiling, but I can't seem to catch him smiling on camera. He is smiling a ton the last few weeks and it is so much fun to see him smile. He just totally melts my heart!!!!

Here is a picture of him today just chilling out. He had been playing and I wanted to get a good picture of him. He had been looking at me right before I took the picture, but then he looked away at the last moment. I took about 4-5 pictures and he looked away almost every single picture...........hahahaha

Have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1st Boat Trip!

We took Zachary out on the boat for the 1st time this past Monday. We got him his very own lifejacket that is made for infants. He did GREAT on the boat!!!

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!



Here is daddy in the back of the boat fishing. We ended up with 3 catfish. :)

Here is Zachary resting, but right after this picture he wanted his bottle to finish his dinner.










































Here is Zachary after his bottle and he was OUT! He slept basically the whole time while we were out on the water; which was about 2 - 2 1/2 hours, I think.

Here is Zachary and I while he was finishing his bottle.

ABC's of ME!!!

A - Age: 29
B - Bed size: Full
C - Chore you HATE: I would probably say dusting & cleaning the dog cage.
D - Dog's name: Kodi (she's 9 wks old today) & Bear
E - Essential start your day item: I would say breakfast - it gets me energized and ready to go, but I eat after I have fed the dog; then fed Zachary.
F - Favorite Color: Purple
G- Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height: 5' 5" (almost 5'6")
I - Instrument: none, but I almost played the clarinet
J - Job Title: Mommy & Project Coordinator
K- Kids: 1 - he's 2 months old
L - Living Arrangements: Husband, baby, and 2 dogs
M - Mom's Name: Marsha
N - Nicknames: Kim, KK, etc
O - Overnight Stay at the Hospital other than when you where born: 6 nights when trying to have Zachary and after Zachary was born.
P- Pet Peeves: Many
Q- Quotes you like: I have several and can't think of either of them at the moment.....that's sad! hahaa
R- Right or Left handed: South-Paw
S- Siblings: 1 brother
T- Time you wake up for real: oh gosh, somewhere between 6:30 - 7 AM, but that's not including when Zachary wakes Les up for the EARLY morning feeding; which is usually around 4:30 AM or so. ;)
U- Underwear: comfy ones lol ( agree with you on that Beth!)
V- Vegetable you dislike: beets
W- Ways you run late: trying to feed Z, get him ready, get myself fed, and get me ready
X - X-rays you've had: Knee, shoulder, leg, ankle, etc. I'm sure there are others
Y- Yummy food you make: I think that I am a good cook!
Z- Zoo favorite: Tigers, Penguins

Excercise Anyone?!

Okay, so I totally want to do something similar to StrollerStrides, but I don't want to pay the $50 monthly rate. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in walking with me around different places around Allen. Allen is a growing city with alot of places to explore and I don't want to do it alone. Some places in Allen that we could walk is:
*Watters Creek (not sure of the name, but at Bethany/75)
*Allen Celebration Park (Malone/Angel)
*Historial dam near Exchange/75
*Various trails around Allen

Anyways, those are just a few suggestions, but I am hoping to find someone or many someone's (LOL) who would like to join me.

You can e-mail me or leave me a comment if you would like to do this with me!!! We can even try places in Plano & McKinney. I get bored with the same location over and over, so let's be creative and get fit!!! Also, anyone interested in going skating with me on Thursday mornings at Thunderbird Skating Rink in Plano - they have a stroller time for parents. It costs $4.00 from 9 - 12.

2 months old!!!

UPDATE:
Zachary received 3 shots today and is not in the best humor, but he's sleeping it off.
He weighed 10 1/2 lbs and is 22 inches long. My boy is getting so big!!!

I can't believe it - my baby is now 2 months old as of this morning at 12:03 AM. ;) Today he has his 2 month check-up at the doctor's office and I know that he is not going to be a very happy baby after he gets his shots. I'll update later with his stats, so stay tuned for an update.



Here are a few pictures of him:

This picture was taken just a few minutes ago, so here he is!!!

Here he is a few days ago having tummy time. He's doing great with holding his head up.

Zachary and I were playing on the floor; here he is just laying there after playing. :)

Here Zachary is smiling - you know, it's hard to get a snapshot of him smiling!!!! LOL

Here is daddy and Zachary with matching outfits - they're so cute!!!!

Twitter

hmmmmmmmmm.................okay, so I had to sign-up for twitter b/c I have heard so much about it and know NOTHING about it. There is even a commercial about it and how it talks about how 20% or something like that of people don't even know what twittering means, so I had to jump on the bandwagon and join. So, here I joined this afternoon and don't know a dern thing. I guess that I'll have to play with it for a while, but right now, nope, not going to play. I think that I'll take our puppy outside and play with her while my boys are napping. :)

Happy Mother's Day!!!

I cannot believe that I am a mother for this year's mother's day. I know this time last year we were just beginning to start trying to have a baby. Now, we have a baby who will be 2 months old tomorrow - WOW!!! I just love life with Zachary. Even though I don't have as much free time now; that's fine b/c he is totally worth it. Zachary is a good sport and will go along with whatever I want to do..........LOL I need to take advantage of that right now b/c when he's older he won't want to do as much. :)

Today we went to church and Sunday school; then we ate lunch with my side of the family and now we're home relaxing. Zachary and Kodi each got me a Mother's Day Card and had them "hidden" in their beds. It was very sweet of their daddy to help them each pick out a card. ;) I think that we're going to go and work on the shed later, so I am going to go and get off this computer and rest for a little while.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UPDATE from post below:

The doctor came in this morning and said that Zachary is beginning to make his own red blood cells, not much yet, but she could definitely see them in there. They are hoping that this will be the last transfusion, but maybe 1 more. Dr. Cavalier was SOOO happy to see the retics in there and they looked good. He hadn't broken down the red blood cells as quickly this round and his count was 7.3. Go Zachary Go!

Thank you, God, for taking care of my baby and helping his body to start making these red blood cells. We continue to place our baby in Your hands.

I will leave you with a video from him playing with his rattle the other day. :)

Prayers Needed Today

I have appreciated all the prayers that have been lifted up for Zachary and for us too. THANK YOU!!! Today is Zachary's 3rd blood transfusion and hopefully his last. He has done so well with the last 2 and I pray that today goes just as well. He's definitely been a little trooper through the whole ordeal and I hope that it will be over for him very soon. I think that he knows when he's about to get his blood drawn b/c he starts crying when they go to grab his arm.

I hope that today won't be as long as the others b/c it normally takes 6 hours for the transfusion to be done; which definitely makes for a long time!!

Good news on the homefront...........tomorrow we're getting our puppy. Here is a picture of her from 2 wks ago when we first saw her. We have decided to name her Kodi Marie. Our beloved Kodiak's daddy fathered another litter of puppies. The owners called me and told me that there was a large long-haired female and wondered if we would like to have her. I immediately called Les and begged him (well, it actually didn't take much begging ;) ). So, we went over there a few days later to see her and meet her. She was 5 wks old at that time and now she is around 7 wks old. She was born on March 17th (Zachary's due date according to how much he was measuring). So, we're about to be VERY busy with an 8 wk old baby boy and 7 wk old puppy.