The Coffey's: June 2013

Monday, June 17, 2013

Our June so far...

It's so hard to believe that June is almost over! We got Garrett's information for Kindergarten in the mail a few days ago :(

We have been having a pretty laid back summer. Last week we went to the Rome Braves game. It was Luke's first baseball game. It was hot, but we had a good time.

He has days were he is much more alert. I have no idea who he looks like. I guess I will just go with David's thoughts, he looks like himself.

Birth Announcement

Darrah's Designs on Etsy did the birth announcement for us and I loved how it turned out!

Luke turned one month old on June 7th! June 7th was my actual due date, he just decided to come exactly one month before his due date. He is still in Newborn diapers and clothes for the most part. 0-3 clothes are still pretty big on him. I have a feeling he is going to start catching up though.

His stats for one month are:

Height: 20.0 and 2.27% percentile

Weight: 7.38 pounds and 1.11% percentile

Head: 14.0 and 10.3% percentile

His likes are:

being held

eating

being swaddled

his soothie paci

His dislikes are:

having a dirty diaper

getting a diaper change

cold hands touching him

being startled

baths

not being picked up fast enough (cue deafening screaming)

hiccups

his swing (does not enjoy it)

It seems like he has been here forever. Garrett loves to hold him and Ty does for about 10 seconds. His first 2 newborn screenings came back abnormal due to human error and finally got the 3rd one done and everything came back perfect. His poor little heal has been stuck about 20 times from the NICU and newborn screenings. He also got the all clear from the eye doctor last week that his eyes were in perfect shape. There is definitely a lot more things to go through with a preemie than a full-term baby.

He is perfect and we are so glad that he has completed our family.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Life with 3

These are just so random pictures that I have taken since we have been home. Garrett is such a good helper. He constantly wants to Luke's diaper and hold him. Ty is good with him too, he just doesn't want to get too involved.

We have had a few visitors stop by. Here's a picture of the Coffey boys.

Last week of baseball and school

When Luke was still in the NICU, Garrett had his last week of baseball. I was able to go to all the game but one. Garrett ended up having a great year playing. He has really gotten into the sport. They had a great team and coach this year. We all had a great time. The War Eagles ended up being 4th in their league.

Right after baseball ended, so did school. These pictures were taken on the boys last day of school. It's so hard to believe that Garrett will be in the Kindergarten next year :(

They did an end of the year program too. It was American themed and they all did so good!

Luke Alexander

Luke decided to come a little bit earlier than anticipated. On May 7th, my water broke about 2:15 am and we decided to hurry to the hospital because my labor with Ty was so fast and I was Group Strep B positive. We made great time and got the boys ready and was at the hospital by 3 am. We got checked in and they determined my water had broken and started my iv and antibiotic.

We all just hung out and waited for my labor to pick up. I expected it to go fast but I guess my body wasn't really ready to have him. They ended up giving me Pitocin about 8:15 or 8:30 after I decided to get an epidural. I started pushing about 11:05 and he was born at 11:20 am. He came out crying, so we thought his lungs were okay, but later found out that they were not.

They decided to take him to the NICU for observation, but it ended up being a lot more than that. He was diagnosed with Respiratory Distress Syndrome and was on a CPAP machine for 4 days, then was switched to a Nasal Cannula.