This Week with the Lopez Fam

A LOT has happened this week, but most of it was just everyday busy. Ethan got sick. He caught a nasty little cold that I now have the privilege of having. It caused us to lose a whole night's sleep and then to visit the doctor the next day. He was having breathing problems and needed to have treatments. I was grateful that I have the nebulizer still from when Kyler had asthma problems. A week's worth of treatments and he is his old self again! Later in the week we decided to take a break as a family and go to Steak and Shake. The kids had a great time. It's been forever since we went out like that. The got hats and though that was the funniest thing, so I thought I would post their picture. Ethan happily ate crackers while we ate our dinners. He's such a big boy. Today I was playing a bit on the piano and Ethan crawled over and insisted (in his own special, unignorable way) that I pick him up. So I did and he banged on the keys for a while. I tried to play along with him, but apparently he didn't like my playing. He started taking my hand off the piano. Here's how it went.

Baby Tag!

Questions all about you and your first baby. Tag 5 people when you are finished - be sure to let them know they have been tagged!

1. Were you married at the time? yes

2. What were your reactions when you found out you were pregnant? I was VERY excited. I remember being relieved as I was worried it would take a while

3. How old were you? 20

4. How did you find out you were pregnant? home pregnancy test

5. Who did you tell first? We called my mom first.

6. Did you want to find out the sex? yes!

7: Due date? December 12, 2000

8.Did you deliver early or late? 6 weeks early. She was born October 31, 2000

9. Did you have morning sickness? Yes!! I threw up a lot, and a lot of things made me feel sick. A lot of smells bothered me

10. What did you crave? Cheeseburgers. Mexican food!! (REAL mexican food)

11. Who irritated you the most? MY HUSBAND!

12. What was your first child's sex? girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? 50

14.Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Yes, I had preeclampsia, developing to eclampsia at the end. It was a pretty big emergency when she was born and she spent 2 weeks in the NICU

15. Where did you give birth? Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, UT

16. How many hours were you in labor? 24 hours, ending in emergency c-section

17. Who drove you to the hospital? I was already there on hospital bedrest

18. Who watched? My husband

19. Was it natural or c-section? c-section

20. Did you take medicine to ease the pain? epidural - They made me to control my blood pressure

21. How much did your child weigh? 3 pounds, 12 ounces

22. Did your child have any complications? she didn't quite have the suck and swallow reflex, so she had to learn how to eat. Also, a little problem with high bilirubin

23. What did you name him/her? Constance Rebekah

24. How old is your first born today? 7 (and 1/2. She likes the 1/2)

25. First words when you saw the first ultrasound? There were none, it was such a miracle!

Ethan's First Big Boy Bath!! and other news

So the big news this past little while is all about Ethan. He just started crawling like a big boy. He also took his first bath in the bath tub in the big boy seat. I was bathing him in the kitchen, but I don't like it to take a bath so I had to change that! He obviously enjoyed that a lot.

I came home between bus routes the other day and discovered a few things about Ethan that were different. One was his unsteady crawl across the floor, the other was a brand new tooth. His third. He's so big now! :( Here's a little video of his crawl. Sorry the video goes black at the end. I dropped the camara to stop him from spilling the bowl's contents everywhere. Story of my life!

I just started Bus Driving again. I've forgotten how much I love it. Ethan goes to a friend's house for an hour in the morning and two in the afternoon so that I can do it and I think it's good for both of us. He was beginning to get a bit spoiled and I needed to have that thing that is all mine back. I think we are all happy about it. We prayed a lot about it and I just think that the Lord guided it. Shortly after praying about it, the babies I was sitting didn't need me anymore and then I found out that due to the timing, I could still be contracted. That means that I'm still eligible for benefits and get paid through the summer. Also, because I didn't wait until next year, I don't loose my seniority. Pay scale is judged by seniority and also field trips are decided that way. The Lord was looking out for us!

Well, I think that's all our news for this week. I wish I had taken more pictures this week and could post more. I'll leave with some pictures of Ethan with his little girlfriend. Emma came by to visit this week, which made us both so happy.