Long couple weeks

As the title implies, we've been having a tough couple weeks at our house. Jett has been having a lot of tummy/gas issues--otherwise known as colic. Luckily it seems to be mostly during the day and into the evening, but not at night, which I really think is our saving grace. It's the worst in the evening, so at least Roman is home to help by then.

On top of the tummy problems, we just figured out last Friday that he has what's commonly known as a tongue-tie. When he was nursing he was causing me a lot of pain, which lead to crying (on my part) and a trip to visit the lactation consultant at Texas Children's Hospital. One of the consultants helped me make sure he was latched correctly and gave me some other tips to help. Well it didn't improve and actually got worse, resulting in me bleeding. I didn't realize that the blood was coming from me at first. I'd hit Jett's gums with my finger nail while I was trying to latch him and I thought maybe I'd made him bleed. The next time I fed him there was more blood and I figured out it was me. The blood he took in left him with several days of severe tummy upset.

We went back to see another lactation consultant last Friday who thought he may have had a tongue-tie. It basically means that the little piece of tissue under his tongue, that attaches it to the bottom of his mouth, is too short. When he nurses his tongue should come out and cover his bottom gum line, but because that piece was too short he couldn't get his tongue out that far to nurse properly. So in essence, he was sort of gnawing on me with is bottom gum line and causing the pain. For Jett the tongue tie wasn't very obvious because most babies who have the condition aren't getting much milk so they aren't growing. He's not having that problem as he's already 10 lbs. We went to a pedicatric dentist that same day and she was able to remove that piece of tissue rather easily. Now the problem is teaching him to suck the right way. We have a little exercise we have been doing with him to teach him, but it takes time, so we're still struggling.

Lila is still adjusting as well. Not only to not being an only child, but also to being two! We are working on not crying or whining when she wants something, and to listening when Mommy and Daddy tell her to do/not do something.

As far as fun things go. Since we never had a party for her, we had a small birthday playdate for Lila this weekend. We had pizza and cake and the kids played. I think Lila really liked having her friends/cousins over to celebrate.









I got a new carrier for Jett and it works great. The picture is really poor, but you get the idea

Her bday playdate

Getting a goodbye kiss from her friend Bentley

Lila's Bday and Easter

Fair warning: I'm really behind on posting photos, so there are a lot of them in this post.

Lila's birthday was pretty low-key. We went out to lunch with my and Roman's families to celebrate. I have started a tradition of making her her own little homemade birthday cake. Last year it was somewhat of a problem because I made sugar-cookie frosting instead of cake frosting--teach me to READ the recipe well before making it. This year I made the cake in a hurry, so it was a little crooked, but the cakes tasted good and that's all that matters right?

Lila got a bunch of great birthday gifts! Her big gift from us was a Radio Flyer Steer & Stroll Trike. She hasn't figured out how to pedal or steer yet, but there's a handle on the back that allows mom or dad to steer for her while you push. Pretty neat!

Easter was VERY uneventful. We went to church in the morning and then went to my mom's house and ate her leftover food. The Easter Bunny left Lila Easter baskets at home and at Grana Nana's house, and Jett even got one too!

Baby Jett is doing well, he was up to 9 lbs at two weeks old! There are a couple pictures of him in the mix. A friend of mine from my moms' group took some fantastic pictures of Jett when he was only 9 or 10 days old and I will post some of them when she gets done editing them.



My moms' group had an Easter egg hunt. Lila wasn't really sure what to do at first, but once she figured out there was candy in the eggs she caught on fast. Only problem was, she wanted to look inside each egg as she picked them up. Made for slow going!



Daddy pushing Lila on one of the trikes at the church where we had the Easter egg hunt



Lila and her friend Isabel. Isabel is in Lila's class on Thursdays at school.



We dyed some Easter eggs at home one afternoon







Baby Jett all warm and cozy

Daddy and Lila on her bday

Lila's homemade bday cake. Mommy baked it, Daddy decorated it. You can't tell from the photo, but the frosting decoration is little paisleys with her name in them. She loves "buggerflies" so Daddy found some to put on the cake.

Uncle Jett, Baby Jett, and Auntie Carolyn

Milk coma

Smile!

First bite of cake

On her new trike



Jett and Lila's Easter baskets made by Grana Nana....I mean the Easter Bunny

Lila and her Easter basket at home

Things from her basket

Lila turned two on Saturday

It seems crazy to me that it's been two years since Lila was born. It seems particularly strange to think about it having just had another baby. Below are photos of my baby from the last two years. I can't believe how big she is....sniff sniff.








23 months




22 months




21 months

21 months

Xmas 2008, 20 months

My little ladybug, 18 months

16 months

14 months

13 months

Her 1st bday party

My punky 10 month old



"Reading" at 8 months

My sweet pea in a pod, 6 months

Rice cereal mess, 4 months

Such a big girl, 4 months

First smiles, 6 weeks old

Newborn Lila

Baby Jett

Jett Roman Ayd Anguiano was born Friday, March 27th, 2009 at 9:08pm, weighing 8lbs 6oz. Quite a few people have asked about his name. Jett is my step-dad's brother's name, and I'd always liked it. Roman and I had talked about the name when we first found out we were pregnant. Then when after Hurricane Ike Jett and his wife Carolyn offered to let us all come to San Antonio to stay with them as they'd just moved back there and into a new house. Luckily for us, Jett is a wonderful guy as we were afraid we might not like him and then the name would be ruined--just kidding Jett!! We added Ayd, my maiden name, in honor of my dad who passed away a couple weeks before baby Jett was born. For those of you who are interested, here's the story of his birth. For the rest of you, or those who've heard this already, scroll down to the photo.

I went to the doctor Friday afternoon and she said I was four centimeters dilated. She did something OBs call "stripping your membranes", which can accelerate the onset of labor. I'll spare you the details, but needless to say, it worked. I started having contractions about 1pm and having REAL contractions around 4:30. All the while, Roman came home from work, my mom came to get Lila, and we had to pack for the hospital. The doula came over about 5:30 and by 6:00 we left for the hospital ride--a 45+ minute ride.....in rush hour traffic.....having contractions! It was NOT a good ride for me. We got to the hospital at 7pm and I was 7cm dilated.

Luckily were able to get a room with a jacuzzi tub. I spent some time in the tub, but when the midwife checked me I was still only 7cm. My doctor was at a big function downtown so she sent one of the midwives from her practice to check on me. Since I wanted to try to go through labor without getting any medication, I had specifically asked she send one of the midwives to deliver the baby if she couldn't be there. Our doula and the midwife thought if I were to get out of the tub and be more upright, perhaps my water would break and I'd continue to dilate. That's what we did, but it didn't help, so the midwife ended up breaking my water around 8:30. That did the trick and shortly thereafter I was ready to push. He came out really quickly, and thank God as I was starting to wear down and contemplate pain medication. Because of my bad back, I was feeling the contractions both in the front and back. It was actually my back that hurt the worst.

At 9:08pm Jett made his entrance. I was able to reach down and catch him. The midwife or doula (I can't remember which) asked if it was a boy or girl. Roman and I turned him over together and said "IT'S A BOY!".

Second births are definitely much easier than first births. The recovery is much better without pain medication as well. I didn't have to get any stitches and was able to go take a shower shortly after Jett was born. Even my body felt so much better in the following days. I felt like my whole body hurt for days after Lila was born. This time I just had aches and pains, mostly associated with my back because of the labor, but really nothing else to complain about.

Jett had some respiratory issues when he was born that landed him in the NICU shortly after we got to our room. They think because he came out so fast after my water broke he wasn't squeezed enough by the contractions to get all the fluid out of his lungs. His face was also pretty bruised up, which they also think was because he came out so quickly. The repiratory issue cleared up, but then he developed a bad case of jaundice because of the bruising, which kept him in the NICU until Monday night.

This past week has been an adjustment for us all. Roman has been tending to Lila's needs and I to Jett's. Lila LOVES her little brother though. She wants to be near him, hold his hand, touch, and kiss him all the time. She is pretty rough though, so we have to watch her very carefully around him. While we were in the hospital my mom brought Lila to see us several times, so we could spend time with her and she could see Jett. Lila was calling Jett "baby Jesus" the entire time. She has a book about baby Jesus and I guess the names sounded too much alike. Lila was saying, "Mommy, touch baby Jesus" or "Daddy kissing baby Jesus". Quite the character our daughter!

We are beyond grateful to have a healthy baby boy. Below are a mix of pictures, mostly from the days we were in the hospital.


Right after Jett was born





Roman, our doula Jami, me, Jett and the midwife Dawn

Lila and Grana Nana got us some flowers for the house, and Lila colored us a picture to welcome us home

Must have been dreaming about something nice