Tatum Gets Tubes....

Tatum was scheduled to get tubes Friday morning. We had to be at LeBonheur by 6:15am, so that meant I had to get up at 4:30am to get Mateo fed and get myself ready. While this sounds bad, it was actually worse since Memphis Tigers played a late game the night before that I HAD to watch. My mom came into town to watch Mateo while we took Tatum. After getting everyone and everything ready, we were off.

When we got there, Tatum wanted Antonio to read her a book.

Since it was so early, we decided to just let Tatum wear her PJs.

For some reason, Tatum kept looking at this statue of this woman....she said it looked like her mommy??

Then she had to check everything out while we waited to be called back...

Once we went back, we had to change Tatum into her new gear. She got to keep on her PJ pants...

We got into a room and were waiting for Dr. Milburn to come by and see us.

After the dr. and a few nurses came by, Tatum got to go to the Bunny Tunnel and pick out a present. She picked out some pink cheerleading pom poms and a megaphone set. We gave her hugs and kisses in the Bunny Tunnel and then she went on with the nurse and we went back to wait in the room for the nurse to come and get us. She did great and didn't cry at all when we left her.

While we were waiting, we watched a little TV. Antonio decided to hook the remote to himself...

About 15 minutes of waiting and Dr. Milburn came and said her ears were a little worse than he had expected so he was glad we did the tubes. He said all went well. Then a nurse came and got us and said Tatum did GREAT! She didnt cry a single time when she was back in the surgery room. When we went back another nurse was holding her and led us into a room. I grabbed her and sat down. Here is a pic of us... We dressed up Amigo bear in some scrubs so he could go with her...

Tatum was talking a little 'crazy' when we first saw her. She told us she wanted her kitty cat...apparently she THOUGHT we had promised to get her one if she did good???? Antonio is allergic to cats, so this won't be happening.

The nurse said she could have clear drinks and I had packed some Gatorade for her. She CHUGGED it and the nurse was a little shocked and offered her some apple juice. She drank the whole thing very quickly too! She was doing great and wanted to watch Dora(?) So we turned on the TV and she sat in my lap. Eventually we got the okay to change her back into her clothes. The nurse came in and said we were free to go. Tatum wanted to walk out on her own, so the nurse held her hand and Tatum did a cheer for the nurses with her new pom poms.

Tatum has been doing great since we got home. Antonio headed to work around 9:30. My mom stayed with me all day to help out with the kids. I am sure glad she did cause I was TIRED!!! Tatum took a 3 hour nap, but I am guessing that is because she got up so early.

My dad stopped by to see the kids on his way home. My mom and dad left around 6 last night and Antonio had a men's conference to go to, so I was home with the kids by myself. We ordered pizza, watched some TV, colored, played with playdoh, played dressup, and FINALLY went to bed. Tatum was in bed asleep by 8:15, Mateo by 8:45, and me by 9:30!! Antonio is at the men's conference again today until 2pm. Things are going great. Tatum is playing and watching VeggieTales and I am blogging while I feed Mateo.

4 Month Check Up and More

Tatum went for her 4 month check up today and did great! She weighs 13 lbs 7 ounces. She is 24 and 1/4 inches long. Both are in the 50th percentile. She is growing fine and the dr told us we can start SLOWLY introducing rice cereal and fruits and vegetables when we are ready to. She did great with her shots too. Tatum got 3 shots and was done crying before the nurse could even put the bandaids on!

Feb 23rd will always be remembered by Antonio and me for two reasons...

1.) Feb 23, 2006 was the day that I found out for sure that I was 4 weeks pregnant. Antonio and I were both very excited!! At the time I couldn't imagine life with a baby, but now I can't imagine life without Tatum. Good thing I don't have to I guess!

2.) Feb 23, 2006 I came home and went to bed after working. About 10pm, Antonio came in the bedroom and woke me up to tell me that Lisa (our other chocolate lab) had gotten run over. Maggie and Lisa were outside in our fenced in back yard and managed to dig out. They apparently headed for a busy street which is where she was hit by a car.

Because of these 2 events, Feb 23rd with always be remembered as a bitter-sweet day in our lives!

Tatum goes back to the dr on April 20th (my birthday) for her 6 month check up. We are praying that she doesn't get sick or have to go back for any other reason until then!!

Until next time....

Back to work

Well the day has arrived when I must go back to work, so tomorrow morning I will be getting up early, dressing in my "professional dress clothes", and heading out the door to interact with adults all day. I think I went thru my sad phase last week, and now I am really getting excited. I figure I can't change it, so I better have a positive attitude and be ready to jump in with both feet, right? I will let you know how it goes after tomorrow though.

I also have been dealing with a bit of craziness this weekend. Everything went down Friday. First, I was headed to the movies with some other girls and their little babies and I got a phone call from the daycare that we have been on the waiting list for since Feb 23rd (that's right, the one that didn't have room for Tatum) and the director told me that she would have a spot for Tatum on the 26th. I told her I would have to get back to her. As soon as I hung up the phone I just kept thinking that I had JUST called my company to tell them that I was going to return back to work on the 19th. I didn't HAVE to return until the 26th, so if I had gotten this call just an hour earlier, I would have taken my last week of maternity leave. Next thing on my mind was what we were going to do. Should we move Tatum to the daycare or leave her where she is starting on the 19th with the lady at her house? Well, I called Antonio and we decided to talk about it at home. Long story, short, we decided to move her after she goes a week at the lady's house because the lady only keeps kids til they are 3 and the daycare is more structured and keeps them until they get ready to go to school. There were many other reasons, but I don't feel like typing them all out. If you really want to hear them, let me know.

Next, I went to the movies and Tatum did great!! We headed home after that and I wasn't feeling to great. Antonio got home from work about 6:30pm and I told him I was pretty sure I had a UTI. If you know what that is, or if you have had one, you know how uncomfortable they can be. Everytime I have thought I had one in the past, I just drank TONS of water and it went away, well not this time. I was up until about 3:30am in pain. I finally took some Tylenol PM and took a HOT bath and went to sleep. Saturday I woke up and I was just getting worse. I started running a fever and finally called the on call nurse for my OBGYN's office and she called me in a perscription. Once again when all of this was happening I kept thinking that maybe I should just go back to work on the 26th. I am glad to report, however, that I am feeling much better and I can go to work now tomorrow.

I am sure there is more that I should blog about, but I dont know what. Below are some pictures of Tatum. They are pretty random.

We thought that Tatum might like the big bathtub since she is getting older, so we tried it. She still can't sit up on her own yet, so I put her bumbo seat in the tub. This was a major failure and she hated it. We now give her baths in the big bathtub, but we put her little tub in the big tub and she loves it.


This next picture is after her bad bath in the big tub.


Here is a random pic of her getting in her carseat to go out somewhere.

The next pic is before we went to church one Sunday.

The next pics are of Tatum's new talent. She can sit up on her own for a few minutes, but she is almost folded in half because she leans so far forward right now. She is sure trying though and will be sitting on her own upright in no time.

I keep telling everyone how I have to change Tatum's sheets EVERYDAY because she sleeps so long that she wakes up and is soaked because her diaper won't hold enough, but here is a picture so you can see what I see every morning.

Tatum has another new trick. She was "napping" on the couch the other day and I was doing a little cleaning in the kitchen. Here is a picture of her napping.

About 5 minutes later I peaked around the corner to make sure she was okay and what did I see??? Tatum was watching TV. She wasn't crying or making any noise, so I think she was fake sleeping...lol. I am sure she wasn't, but it sure was funny.

I will try to blog tomorrow or Tuesday to let you all know how work is going. Tatum is also going for her 4 month check up on Friday!! I can't believe how much she has grown! She is also giggling more(out loud giggling) which is the funniest thing. She has also started blowing raspberries which is HILARIOUS!! Finally, she snores like her daddy! I will try to capture a video of her doing these soon and I will post them when I do. Until next time....