Alot has happened since my last post.......but the most exciting thing was welcoming a brand new baby into the Bolinder family!
Introducing.....TeeLie Steven Bolinder.....
This precious little angel weighed in at a whopping 8lb. 3oz. and was 20 in. long! He is sooo cute! Congratulations to Shane and Abbie!! Him and Kaizen are going to be the best of friends......I just know it!
As for Kaizen...........
well........
.......He's doing pretty darn good!
We have an appointment for an EEG next Thursday and an MRI on Friday. You see when we left the Hospital in Great Falls, they told us that the tiny bit of blood in his brain was MOSTLY absorbed so the neurologist just wants to make sure that it all has in fact absorbed. And for the EEG......the neurologist just wants to make sure he isn't having any seizures because every once in a while Kaizen has these little jolt/spasm things. We are hoping to get a lot of questions answered.
He is doing great though.....he is on his tummy a lot and he is really holding his head up good now! He isn't sitting up by himself yet or really rolling over that much but we know that will come with time. Right now he is just laughing at anything and everything..........and that alone makes us happy!
He is developing great and it is so exciting for me to be able to witness all of the marvelous milestones he is achieving!
On his 5 month birthday a little over a week ago, we tried putting him in his crib in his room for the first time, HE did great............but as for me.........well I didn't do so great! I got up to check on him a few times and then I had the monitor right next to my ear...............I could hear his every breath!
When he woke me up with his lip smacking around 7:30 the next morning (I know........I have it rough) he was so happy to see my face peek up from the crib........that smile melted my heart! The next night I thought we would try it again and maybe I will get better with time! Well the next night was even worse for me.......why?........I really don't know but I got up even more times to check on him and I hardly got any sleep that night! Once again he slept perfectly fine and again my heart was melted by that smile the next morning!
I decided I am going to let him continue to sleep in the bassinet in our room, right next to my side of the bed.....he still fits in it so why not! But unfortunately......he won't be able to be in it for too much longer.......he is just about too long for it :( Let's just say we may be moving the crib into our room for a while!
I just have to mention this thing that happened to me the other day.......
Let's just say I was having a bad morning........Kaizen woke up earlier than usual and dumb me didn't go to bed until about 1:00a.m.! I was very very tired.....but I needed to fullfill my duties as a mother and feed this precious little baby looking at me with hungry eyes! When he was done eating we both went back to bed.......when we woke up a few hours later my husband could see I was tired......when I told him I woke up sooo early he put things in a different perspective.......he told me one day Kaizen will be able to hold his bottle all by himself......that he wouldn't need me for that anymore, and that I should enjoy this time I am able to feed him while I still can. This is so true! One day he won't need me and he will be this little tiny being with his own agenda! Thank goodness for my husband and knowing the right things to say to make me feel so very greatful for the gift of motherhood! It reminds me of the song by Darius Rucker, "It won't be like this for long" If you haven't heard this song......I suggest you do so!
Gettin ready to go for a walk!
Bringing daddy some lunch......he was working hard!
I made this for Abbie to celebrate the little cutie!
just hangin out!
Cheesy chicken, bacon, avacodo quesadillas! Soooo good.
collage I made!
Another wonderful thing that happened was the 182nd LDS General Conference!
I love watching General Conference! I was especially prompted by the Holy Ghost to make sure.....no matter what to watch it this year! I just felt like something was going to be directed towards me somehow......and I am so so very glad I watched and listened! Our great Heavenly Father sure knows what he is doing!
All of the speakers were truly wonderful but I would have to say that the one I loved.......the one I felt was directed towards me.......for me because God knew I needed it........was the talk (please read) by Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the seventy. This helped me in so many ways......"Though we will face trials, adversities, disabilities, heartaches, and all manner of afflictions, our caring, loving Savior will always be there for us. He has promised: “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. …
“My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”"
Tears fell......quite a bit actually......but yet I was so happy! I am so thankful for the closeness I have with my Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost that he would bless me with all that he has.
And lastly.........yay for Easter! Yay for celebrating our kind and gracious savior. I am so thankful for his birth and for his atoning sacrafice for me and each and every one of us!
Happy Easter!
From: The Bolinders
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