Claire's Birthday!

It has taken me so long to write our Claire's birth story that I do not think i can remember everything! So sad! Anyways, I was scheduled to be induced march 22, 5 days before my due date.  I was hoping that if i was induced early Claire would for sure be smaller than Preston. ;-P  (After I had Preston I was pretty sore for a long time and have had back problems because of the delivery/epidural.)  But of course when you make plans the baby makes other plans lol  On the morning of the 21st i started having contractions,  i just ignored them because the next morning i was to be induced.  Also the 21st was the day i had planned on cleaning so when i got home from the hospital everything would be clean and perfect.  I also really didn't want Davin to miss anymore school then was necessary.  But as the day wore on the contractions were getting more painful and more consistent.  At around noon I called my cousin Rachel to see if she could watch Preston if Davin took me to the hospital.  She said that she could until 330 because she had work.  I figured that would be plenty of time because i was pretty certain that the hospital staff would just give me a shot of morphine and send me home.  At the time i didn't think the contractions were doing much...but they were getting quite painful.
     Since Davin was at school (BYU)  and Rachel lived on campus Rachel was kind enough to pick Davin up on her way to our apartment so he didn't have to ride his bike.(and take forever lol)  Then Davin and I were off to the hospital.  I did bring my hospital bag but when we got to the hospital I told Davin that i wanted to leave it in the car so i didn't look dumb when they sent us home.  haha  Once we got put in the triage room and i was checked I was dilated to a 3 and the day before i had had an appointment and I was at a 2 so i had made some progress.  After that the nurse has you monitored for an hour and then they check you again and if you haven't dilated in that hour you are sent home (for the most part) because you aren't in "active" labor.  I figured after the hour i wouldn't be dilated more and so i would get a shot of morphine and sent home to sleep til my scheduled induction in the morning.  (with Preston I went to the hospital a few days early too and was sent home after i got a morphine shot...which helped me sleep and was great)  Anyways after the hour i was checked again and even the nurse was surprised when said that i was a 4 and congrats...i was staying!  The nurse told me that there were 3 other girls that had come in the past couple hours and everyone was sent home except for me.  yay!
    That is when I told Davin to get me my bags haha.  I also was kinda freaking out because it was about 2:30pm now and Rachel had to leave for work.  THANKFULLY my other cousin Sarah Oesterle was getting off of work around 3pm and was able to take over for Rachel.  (there is nothing like awesome family!!)  I was able to relax about Preston...well as much as I could and focus on me and the soon to be baby.  Once we were all settled in the Labor and Delivery room i asked the nurse around 3:30pm if/when the doctor would be in.  She told me that usually after clinic hours (5 pm) he would come by and break waters of the woman who are in labor (if they want) to help speed up the process.  Then it was getting closer to 4 and I was thinking I might as well get my epidural started if the doctor will be breaking my water soon.  (once your water is broken the cushion is gone and well the contractions get very painful!! )
    The epidural was the part of labor/delivery i was most scared of because my first epidural was terrible!!  I couldn't feel anything and couldn't even move!  Thankfully this epidural was AMAZING!  I could still move and feel the contractions but it just dulled the pain to the point where i could even sleep.  Loved it!!  Then there was a shift change (I got a new nurse) an older and more wiser nurse at around 6 who informed me that my doctor was not coming to break my water that the doctor would come when it was time to deliver the baby or if someone else has a baby then he would stop in and break my water.  (throughout the night I was rooting for the other woman in labor to have a baby...so he would come and break my water, but i was the furthest one along. sadly)  This made me angry because i wouldn't have gotten the epidural so early had i known that!  I was only at a 4+ when i got the epidural.  At around 6pm I was at a 5....then at 8pm I was at a 5+.....this labor was taking FOREVER.  I was just about ready to try to break my own water.  I also felt so bad for my cousin Sarah who was not planning on sleeping over was stuck at our apartment with our sleeping toddler.  What an awesome cousin....she kept reassuring me that it was fine.  My first induction from start to finish was only 9 hours....i figured i would have had Claire by 8 pm but of course not! lol  By 8pm Davin told me to just try to sleep and relax.
    I did get to sleep which was nice but the nurse came in every hour to check me and by 10pm I was at 6 and so I asked if she could come in every 2 hours so I could sleep.  At midnight I was still a 6...i wanted to cry!! I was a 6 until around 5:30am I woke up and thought my water may have broken but decided to just go back to sleep until the nurse came to check me (which was supposed to happen at 6am)  When the nurse came in she told me that my water had broken and that i was a 9!! Finally!! I knew once my water broke i would go quickly (happened the first time that way too) They checked me again at 7am and i was complete and ready to have the baby!  I told the nurses that they better call the doctor because I wanted to have the baby before my scheduled induction time of 8 am lol  The doctor came in at 735am and 4 pushes later Claire was here at 7:43am!!  She was facing the ground and was tangled in her cord which is why they thought my labor was so long this time.  I was glad the doctor was able to turn Claire so her face didn't get so scrapped up from being turned the wrong way.  Claire had a bunch of black hair on her head and all over her body.  She also had long black eyelashes...but no eye brows haha.  She was perfect and healthy!  I kept telling the doctor that she seemed so small!  He told me that she was smaller than Preston was but still a good sized baby being 5 days early.  Claire Elizabeth Jarvinen was 8lbs 2 oz and 20 1/2 inches long!  My beautiful baby girl!!

In labor...lets have this baby already! haha

When Davin took Claire back to have her bath I told him that she better come back in pink haha so she had a pink bow in her hair and a pink onesie. ;-P

Preston didn't want anything to do with Claire at first....or me for that matter...haha he was a little confused/nervous about everything

He was still sporting the scrapped up forehead from a couple days earlier

He kept looking at me holding the baby but wouldn't come over for a while.

The view of the mountains, from my room, was awesome!

Preston finally showed some interest in her haha

Preston hung out at my brother's place which is just blocks from the hospital.  This is Preston with Scarlett.

OUCH!

Just days before i was scheduled to be induced to have Claire, Preston fell and scrapped up his forehead pretty good.  We were walking to the car in the parking lot when Preston tripped, let go of my hand and caught himself with his forehead (not his hands).  Poor guy was screaming cause it hurt so bad.  I was just glad he didn't need stitches or anything.  After that we took him to get a happy meal to make him feel better...we maybe spoiling him...oh well lol

Art with Preston!

So i have been tying to get Preston more interested in art...as in finger painting, crayons, play doh and things of that nature.  Since those artsy things don't require a ton of physical effort he can do them for as long as he wants.  However, it hasn't been going so well haha  He really isn't a fan of finger painting but i keep trying.  I think i am going to get him some paint brushes and try that out.  He has never been a huge fan of coloring...he just likes to eat crayons ;-P  I keep at it though since they do a lot of coloring in nursery at church and i don't want him to always eat his pictures instead of coloring them.  He is getting better at coloring...as in he actually gets excited when i break out the crayons...and will color for about 5 mins. haha gotta start somewhere.  I recently hit the jackpot with play doh...he really likes it!  He also doesn't try to put it in his mouth as often as i thought he would.  I just break out the cookie cutters and different cooking things to cut and mold with and he is in hog heaven!  yay!  

Coloring with 1 crayon in his right hand ;-)  Good job Preston!

Eating the tip off of a crayon....no Preston no...

Coloring with a bunch of crayons in one hand is his fave...haha silly kid!

Pneumonia sure isn't fun!

Preston had had a cold for about a week and it seemed like it had finally gone away when Preston started coughing at night and got a fever.  I thought maybe he had gotten bronchitis or something and so i decided to take him to the after hours clinic in Orem on the Saturday before Valentines day.  I wanted him to be all better for his Valentines Party for the kids from church on Valentines Day.  ;-) So Davin and I took Preston to the clinic which we have never been to before.  The doctor said his lungs sounded fine and it was most likely a virus but then his fever went up to 102 from a 100 when we first got called back...he also fell asleep on my lap...poor kid! When we told the doctor about his strep infection back in September and that he has D.M.D.  she got a little nervous and wanted to put him in the hospital in Provo for an overnight observation and so they could do x-rays and blood work. 

 By this time it was about 8:30 pm and we are tired and hungry.  All i could think of is that i didn't want Preston back in the hospital and also i thought the doctor was over reacting...a little.  I told her that i didn't want him to go into the hospital and asked if maybe we could just go through the ER and see how sick he really was before admitting him to the hospital.  The doctor agreed and had us go to the Orem Hospital ER.  Of course we had to wait a while for the lab work and x-rays to get done and by this time...around 10 we were starving!  Thankfully Seth and Megan live right around the corner from the Orem Hospital so i called Megan and asked her if she could bring us some burgers or something...which she did...including a yummy frosty ;-)  Anyways around 11pm the doctor came in and said that Preston had Pneumonia but luckily it had been caught early!  The good news is that we could go home with antibiotics and not have to go stay at the hospital...yay!  Although the doctor ordered Preston get 2 shots 1 in each thigh with antibiotics before we left...ouch!  The nurse there was kinda horrible at drawing blood and giving shots.  It made me feel so bad for him cause she dug in his arm for like 5 mins for a vein and Preston usually doesn't even cry when he gets his blood drawn...so i knew this lady was dumb and couldn't find a vein for some reason.  After everything we got home around midnight...still better than having to stay at the hospital though ;-)

Worst of all...Preston was too sick still to go to his Valentines party ;-(  I guess we will have to wait til next year!  I am really glad we took him in though and that they caught the pneumonia early on.  ;-)

Poor guy needed all 3 of his puppies for moral support( I think)when he went to bed sick ;-(  I couldn't even get him to smile for the camera...he was pretty dang miserable!  We got him a frog humidifier which helped him sleep a bit better while he was sick...he loves it haha he thought it was a toy at first. ;-P

Good Bye to the Motorcycle

Well after about a year and a half of owning the motorcycle we decided it was time to sell it in order to pay some bills.  We were sad but I am sure it won't be our last motorcycle...haha.  Davin was able to sell it for a hundred more than what he paid for it...which is awesome!  He decided to buy a rode (pedal) bike to replace it as a way to get to school.  Davin seems to like the bike so far...just a lot more work since BYU campus is nothing but up hill. ;-P  

Preston loved the Moe Moe haha

 OK so i may have just added these pictures of Preston because i thought they were cute...so sue me lol  He looks like a mini Darth Vader wearing Davin's motorcycle helmet. 

Preston is a BIG BOY! ;-)

Poor Preston only days after he started wearing his night splints we put him into a twin bed.  I thought for sure that it was going to be a tough couple of nights but nope not for our Preston.  The first night Davin had to put him back in his bed twice and well that was that.  He LOVES his bed and the Cars themed bedding we got him.  He sleeps great in his bed and rarely gets out of it in the mornings when he wakes up or after a nap...he just waits for us to get him.  Seriously i think Preston was pre-trained when he was born lol  No problems taking the binkie away, driving cross country, going to a twin bed, or even night splints...who is this kid? lol I worry about potty training....there is no way i could be that lucky ;-P  Oh these pictures are from the second night in his twin bed...i was too afraid the camera would wake him up the first night. 

Some changes for Preston

Poor Preston has really been through a lot in the last 4 months as far as therapies and different doctors.  Preston now sees a physical therapist every couple weeks at the Pediatric Orem Rehab Center...he isn't a fan of the stretching but he likes the physical therapist/assistants and likes to play with them.  Everyone there knows Preston and loves him....what isn't there to love ;-).  Sadly through seeing the physical therapist we learned that Preston should only participate in active play (walking around, chasing other kids, getting down and up, playgrounds ) for more than 30 mins to an hour before he needs to just sit down and relax.  This has turned out to be more difficult than i had thought because when Preston gets around other kids he just wants to go go go.  We pretty much just have to leave since getting him to sit down with other kids around is impossible...he just thinks he is in trouble...sadly. 

Preston also met with a feeding specialist at the same rehab place to determine his drooling problems and biting/chewing issues.  We found out that he is chewing like a 9 to 8 month old and he doesn't use his molars.  Also that his mouth is hypo-sensitive meaning that he doesn't realize how much is in his mouth or where the food is in his mouth...he also doesn't even know/notice that he is drooling.  That is the reason why he puts so many things in his mouth and just drools all the time.  The feeding specialist lady was impressed with how hard he tried with the things she wanted him to do since she was just a random stranger. :-) He is amazing.  Anyways the home treatment plans for both physical therapy and the feeding therapy are pretty time consuming and hard to remember to do all the time.  I know that they will help him but it sure is hard sometimes, especially being pregnant with the physical therapy stuff. 

Preston got these splints to wear though the night when he sleeps to stretch his heel cord muscles.  This was the first day he wore them...he just wore them around the house.  We slowly introduced him to the splints for about 4 days before he wore them all night in a stretch.  He has done great with them so far and hasn't taken them off.    He actually likes them...he did get to pick the colors and the motorcycle design so that could be why. ;-)   They have really improved his flexibility in his ankles...now he can climb stairs slowly but without tripping.