Yesterday morning, Braylen wasn't feeling well and was having trouble breathing so we were advised by the after hours nurse to bring her to Children's so that they could check her. Allen and I seriously thought we wouldn't get past the triage nurse before she told us that nothing was wrong and sent us back home. Just overly anxious, very cautious first time parents.When they hooked Braylen up to the heart monitor and oxygen the doctor noticed that she was having "spells" where her heart rate would drop which would in turn cause her oxygen to drop.It was crazy how things changed after she had these "spells" At first, the nurse informed us we would just be admitted for observations and given a … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2010
Hospital Photos and Birth Announcements
Braylen's birth announcements and hospital photos came in the mail today. As I said before, we were really impressed at how well they turned out and decided to go ahead and order the birth announcements as well. Especially since she was so awake and alert in the pictures. I have no idea when I will mail these out, since I still haven't mailed the Thank-You Notes yet, but I will get that done as soon as possible. Until then, here is a sneak peek of the birth announcement and here are her photos... … [Read more...]
Show Us Your Life: How You Met Your Husband…
Kelly at Kelly's Korner host a weekly "Show Us Your Life," each week there is a different topic and I have been wanting to participate and finally have the time this week. This week's Show Us Your Life topic is how you meet your husband... I'll have to give the condensed version because Braylen will be waking up any minute now :)When I was in high school my parents bought a camper and thought it was a great idea to go camping all the time. Me, I'm not much for camping, but that's another story. So Spring Break of my junior year we went to Wind Creek (in Alexander City) and while we were there I met Allen. He was camping with some friends and I gave him my number. … [Read more...]