Bathtime/Halloween/Veterans Day & Misc

Not too much to write about. Actually, it's more like not much time to write : ) Just thought I'd update the blog with some pictures of what we have been up to.

Sleeping, of course!

She LOVE LOVE LOVES stickers!


Bathtime


My little Lady Bug



She was OVER having her picture taken. Lakai is my Little Bunny. It was a little too warm to keep him in it though all night.

We went to Papago Park for a picnic and so that the Greenhalgh boys could do some climbing.

Watching Daddy climb


Lounging on Grandpa Scott. This is at the very end of the day, hence the fact that she's actually laying STILL :)

My little guy. He's finally getting chunky (as chunky as my kids get at least)! I love it!

Lakai Epic Greenhalgh

Well everyone, our little mister is finally here! I didn't think it was possible but he came all by himself : ) My water broke at 1:30 am. Although this may be TMI I think it's worth mentioning that it broke while I was on the toilet right after I had gone pee! No mess for me to clean up, PERFECT!! At this point, I decide that taking a shower, doing my hair and putting on makeup is a super idea. Let me tell you I wont be making this mistake again. We get to the hospital at about 3 and are finally admitted into a delivery room at about 330 am. 2 hours have now elapsed since my water broke and contractions have really started coming stronger and faster. I can't get an epidural until they get me on an IV and I have at least a litter of fluid pumped through my veins. Well it took 6 tries, 3 blown veins and 3 rolled veins before they were able to get the IV started. OUCH! I now look like a battered wife, these bruises are gonna take a bit to go away. Anyway, the epidural was FINALLY given and the contractions were starting to ebb away to nothing when the "urge" to push started to over. It was very uncomfortable and was only getting more and more intense with each contraction (at least I couldn't feel those contractions). After complaining about how uncomfortable it was to breath through this "urge" numerous time,s even though the nurse kept telling me it was just the babies head causing pressure and that she had just checked me 20 minutes ago, the nurse rolled her eyes and agreed to check me again. This was just 20 minutes after I'd gotten the epidural and I was a 6 at that point. She then states "Oh! You're ready to go! Let me call the doctor". WELL DUHHHHHH!! Let me tell you it is REALLY hard not to push and to "breath through it" when you get that "urge", in fact I would say it's miserable. So the doctor runs into the run, gloves up and tells me I can push at will. And push I did :) Lakai was born at 5:47 am, just 4 hours and 27 minutes after my water broke! Phew, I feel like we almost didn't make it, how silly of me to take a shower and get all ready. Here are some photos for your viewing pleasure :)

Sharing the cuteness!

I just thought these pictures were too cute not to post. One is an oldie and one is recent. She's my most favorite little Reagan : )

Uncle Devin just took this the other day but I can't stop looking at it. I just think it's too cute!

My mom emailed me this one the other day, she found it with some other old "favorites". I love the face she's making at her Papa Jimmy, so funny!

Benefits of having a Photographer Husband

I get to do fun stuff like THIS!!

Car Seat + Moving Car = Adorable Photo Ops

I'm obsessed with taking pictures of Reagan when she's fallen asleep in the car. I think it is one of the CUTEST things in the world. I've realized that I've collected a few good ones over the last 2 years and I thought it'd be fun to put them up. They are in chronological order but I'm not exactly sure of the dates (remember these are all on my phone).

ER 101 - Our First Class

Well for anyone that wasn't abreast of the event while it was happening Reagan experienced her first emergency last night. While waiting to be seated at Native New Yorker Reagan was climbing down off the seat that she was sitting on and Eric had a hold of her hand so that she wouldn't fall/get away. She started to make a run for it so Eric lifted her back up onto the chair by her hand. That's when the arm went limp and the crying started. Unfortunately it wasn't just her disappointment of being caught that kept the tears coming. She couldn't move her arm without screaming. This is the first time we've ever been faced with this sort of thing so we didn't know what to do at first. We were in Tempe, at a restaurant, and there didn't appear to be any swelling, bruising or discoloration at all. Based on the screaming that persisted at the slightest touch or movement we decided to take her to Cardon's Children's ER at Banner Desert. It was a BUSY BUSY BUSY night! Of course, we expected it though. There were a LOT of children in front of us. Some that seemed more serious others that seemed like they should just go back home and take some childrens tylenol. Luckily, the nurses took pity on our poor little monster and got her some pain medication pretty quickly : ) Thank goodness for having a sister in law that new one of the nurses working that night (you ROCK Natalie)!!


Just after checking in. Waiting now to be seen by a nurse for our "diagnosis".


She'd been diagnosed and given some pain meds and was starting to fade pretty quickly. I can't imagine this position being comfortable but it was the only one that she wanted to be in. She'd whimper and cry if we tried to adjust her : (


We finally got her adjusted so that there was less pressure on her right arm. Still waiting to be seen by a Dr though.


The PA diagnosed Reagan as having a partial dislocation in her right elbow. She had to adjust it back into place which was NO FUN and yes there were tears involved!! BUT as soon as she was done she got a popsicle and it was like nothing had ever been wrong. She was able to use the "wounded" arm again and was chatting up a storm!


Here she's just lounging while we wait to be discharged. She's already using her right arm again to play with Daddy's phone :) Back to normal!



Right before they discharged us they took her vitals again. This involved putting something on her finger that made it glow. She liked this a lot and thought it was very neat that her finger was glowing, ha!

So all in all, it turned out to be ok. For our first emergency visit I'm glad that it was only a partial dislocation. There were some other children in there that had it WAY worse. Like the little boy that had pneumonia and was going to have to have a chest tube :( Or the kid who couldn't stop crying while he was doubled over himself in his chair. Eeeck! Special thanks to everyone for all of your caring thoughts and prayers. Reagan is like new today and acting like her arm never hurt. Gotta love 22 month olds :)

~~California and Camping Wedding~~

Keeping up with all our summer adventures! We got to go visit my grandparents for a week. We had a blast, it was a new adventure every day. We went to parks, The Sacramento Zoo, the pool and had a lot of fun just running around "gwama and papa's" house. We spent 2 days at home before heading back out for Brittany and Ricky's (Ricky is one of Eric's 2nd cousins) wedding up in Nutrioso, AZ. The wedding was in the woods so we camped out :) It was a ton of fun. And Brittany looked fabulous, of course!! So much fun so far this summer, so much more to be had!!