Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Birth of Lily Grace


Momma and her girl

Miss Lily Grace

Weighing my Cone Head Girl

Nice to meet you finally meet you

3 generations

Meemom cut the cord as proud Daddy looks on

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

A Busy Week

After going completely stir crazy we planned a pretty crazy week. Meemom, Daddy and I took the girls to the Children's Museum on Thursday. Grandmommy and AppleJack met us there so they could meet Lily. We had an amazing time! Elle loved pretty much everything at the museum. We can't wait to go back. Her Daddy let her climb that thing that goes from floor to second or third level ceiling. When I saw it, I almost passed out. Especially when I read no children under 5 and no crocs-AWESOME. Mine is 2 and wearing crocs. After one mishap we survived. A quick trip to Doodles and Ruggles and home.
The next day we headed to the beach as a fam. meemom joined us. Elle had a blast playing in the sand and water. It was such an unbelievable day that I felt like I was on vacation somewhere else. We came home and ate watermelon on the porch and then had a fabulous nap!
Saturday, we went to the Cookoff and had ourselves a good ole time. We are keeping busy, busy, busy and loving every moment of my time off with my family of 4!

Out and About

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Bed Head

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The Best

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Lily Grace

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Wild game cookoff

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Daddy

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No words

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A week Old

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Elle and her BFF

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Golden love

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The Best

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Big Sista

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Ready for the Royal Wedding

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LOVE

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Checking out my baby sister

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Sunbathing away bilirubin

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Lily Grace and Frances Isabelle

We are all adjusting pretty well. Things really are easier the second time around for the most part. You know what to expect and you feel more confident. Not to mention we kidnapped Meemom for a week. Lily was born on a Tuesday and we came home to a clean house on Thursday late afternoon (Thanks Nivea). After a pit stop to Meemom's house to pick up Big Sista Elle, we headed home as a family.
Lily had to go back to the doctor 4 days in a row for a heal stick to check bilirubin levels. Our little California girl is blonde, blue eyed and looked like she had spent the night in a tanning bed with self tanner on. Everyday her levels were too high and we had to go back again for the next day. David and i put her portacrib in the window and let her nap there for man hours. I set my alarm clock on the phone to wake up every two hours and force her to eat 2-3 ounces. Not cool but needed her to poop out all that bilirubin! Finally we got clearance!
Elle is super sweet and gentle with her baby but has her moments. She gets frustrated if she wants to be held and I am nursing the baby. She doesn't understand why I can't put the baby down and pick her up. She will figure it out. David and I couldn't be happier with our girls. So hard to believe we are a family of four now. So hard to imagine stopping here. I guess we will wait and see if our family will continue to grow..... Thanks for all of the well wishes and prayers!

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My Babies

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Monday, May 16, 2011

And Baby Makes 4

After my 36 week checkup, I was hospitalized overnight to pump me full of iv fluids so that my amniotic fluid would go back up. It was measured at a 5.4 which is too low. If I recall correctly, they have to deliver you at a 5. When I left the hospital my fluid was back up to a 10. I was put on bed rest and not allowed to return to work. So, I missed Punjab, lots of quality time with Catherinea and family and Easter prep. I was beginning to go crazy on day 2. It is very difficult to be on bedrest with a 2 year old, even with an amazing momma and hubby.
My next doc appointment was Monday after Easter. Thank God that I have an amazing doctor who is very thorough. After my exam which showed me dialated to a 1.5, she did another ultrasound to check the fluid and it was low again. Due to the fact that their was some calcification of my placenta and I was 37 weeks and some change (which is considered full term) She told me it was time to have a baby! Thank goodness baby daddy was there with me. We had packed bags just in case. I figured if we were prepared we would be sent home. I was overwhelmed with emotion. Scared, feeling not ready and really yearning to hug on my Elle. After we got checked in and settled I felt better. David went to get us some dinner and I got IV's etc and then the dreaded Cervadil.
All night I was in pain. I even took them up on the ambien and pain medicine that did nothing. I couldn't sleep at all. I listened to David's C Pap machine and clutched the arm rails of the bed. The plan was to take the cervadil out at 7, let me shower and start the pitocin. Then Dr. Blackwell would be there and mom would arrive around 10 am. Well, Lily had plans of her own. My water broke right before 6 am. I called for the nurses, who called my doc and david called mom. Cervadil came out When they checked me I was already at a 6. Five minutes later I was at an 8. Finally the epidural came. I thought I might die. Well Mom made it and Dr. Blackwell. They found out that Lily was facing backwards and her head was kind of bent. They had to get creative and I had to get strong. I had to get on all fours after the epidural and try to hope that Lily turned around. I had to stay like this for 45 minutes. Talk about letting go of your inhibition, wow. Then I had to sit up and let her "fall". When blackwell came back she said I could push. She said she saw tons of blond hair! I pushed for only about 10 minutes or 3 rounds of pushing and out came my baby girl. She had a side cone head from being in there funny. Nothing like Elle had. Her head was about half the size of Elle's. This pushing part was cake compared to the 3 hours I pushed with Elle.
Lily was born!! She is here. Meemom cut the umbilical cord and Daddy looked on proudly. Pics to follow. Can't believe we are a family of four. Amazing how much easier it seems the second time around!

Pics to follow....

Lily Graced us with her prescence





Lily Grace Buergler was born on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 11:10 am. She weighed 7 pounds and 9 ounces and was 20 inches long! We are all doing great!

Birth story to follow!

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About Me

I married the love of my life and high school sweetheart, David, on 6/12/04. I am the mother of baby Elle(born 11/18/08), Lily Grace, (4/26/11) , Grant( 5/14/14),3dogs (Lupe, Bruce and Nina ) . Blessed to have my dream job as a kindergarten teacher❤️