Seth gets tubes!

We have been having problems with Seth's ears since he was 9 months old.  Every winter season he would get 6 or 7 double ear infections, or he would just constantly have them and never get rid of them. But then they would always clear up in the Summer time.  We changed doctors right before I had Wilson and he gave me a referral for an ENT.  I had been asking my old dr. about tubes and he kept putting me off!  So I called my ENT, Dr. Tagge and we had an appt for Seth when Wilson was only 3 days old :) I wanted to try and get it done over my maternity leave from work.  Dr. Tagge said that with the consistency of the infections he would do them no matter what. But what worried him the most was that Seth had fluid on his ears and that he had just gotten off of medicine and the fluid was still there.
    He had surgery on March 6th at 6:30 am.  He was tired and a little unsure, but he did great! The hardest thing for me was when they put him to sleep.  They put a mask on his face and he did NOT like it.  He had a panicked look in his eyes while I held him down.  Me and the nurses all sang Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and he was out within 10 seconds.  It was also hard to walk away and leave my little boy on the surgery table.  He was only away from us for about 25 minutes, but I was nervous the whole time.  Dr. Tagge said that when he went in the fluid was a lot worse than he had thought and that his right ear was especially bad.  He said that the fluid was the consistency of rubber cement.  He was shocked that Seth had even been talking before the surgery.  When there is fluid on the ears, everything is muffled and kids tend to get behind on their speech.  He also said that Seth's ears never would have cleared up on their own.  So needless to say, we are very grateful that we did the surgery.
     He was tired when he came out of it, but he still wanted a green popsicle.  He kept saying he wanted a green pickle, but he settled for the popsicle :) He started running around like his crazy self when we got home.  Sometimes he will cover his ears now when things are loud cause he is not used to hearing things so clearly.  He will also fold his ears down and then open them to see what he can hear :)

 Ready to go in!

 After the surgery.  Brave Boy!

Wilson is here!

Clifford Wilson Wood is finally here!!! Wilson is so sweet and perfect! He weighed 8 lbs and was 19.5 inches long. He was born at 12:12 pm and he came pretty quick.  Ruby and Seth love him! I hope Wilson survives all of the love that he is going to get from them.  We are so grateful that he got here safely and that he is a part of our family.  Crazy to think that we have 3 kids :)

Right before we headed to the hospital

            
             

First bath

 

First time Ruby and Seth saw him

 

 

  

Our first family picture

 

  

Ready to go home

  

 

   

 Nixon & Wilson- 6 months apart in age

 

 

Good Big Sister

 

Ruby took this picture

 

 

He has the Wood scowl

My sweet kids :)

Wilson's Birth Story:

We were scheduled to go into the hospital at 7, so I was up at 5:20 getting ready.  I couldn't sleep, I was so excited!  When we called at 6:30 to make sure it was ok to come, they told us to wait until 8 cause some ladies had come in last night. I was so anxious to have Wilson here.  They called me again and told me to be there at 8:45 instead.  So we headed to the hospital and they got me all hooked up.  At 9, the nurse got my IV in, on the 1st time!  With both Ruby and Seth, it took 7 tries!!! They started the pitocin at 9:40 and asked me what level I wanted my pain to get too.  I said maybe a 2 or 3, or they could just get me the epidural now if they wanted :) So at 10, I got my epidural. Dr. Merrill came and broke my water at 10:55.  At this point I was a 4 and 80% effaced.  The epidural was only working on 1 side so I pushed the button for more, but it wasn't doing anything. They decided to check me to see if I was moving fast and that was why I was still feeling contractions.  So at 11:30, the nurse checked me and I was now a 7 and 100% effaced.  They had the anethesiologist come in and give me another dose of the epidural.  So 1 leg was completely dead and the other was just right.  At 11:45, the nurse said that she would come and check me again at noon, but to let her know if I was feeling any pressure.  After about 5 minutes of waiting, I called the nurse cause I thought I might be feeling something.  And sure enough, Wilson's head was there!  So at 11:50, they called Dr. Merrill and told him to hurry over.  Well before they had checked me, we were all taking guesses of what time Wilson would come.  My mom guessed 12:10, I guessed 12:15 and my dad guessed 12:30.  Dr. Merrill got there at noon, and started to get everything ready.  I gave 3 small pushes and he was here!  He came at 12:12, right between my mom's time and mine :) We are so glad he's here and that he is a part of our family!!! 

Seth's 2nd Birthday

Seth turns 2 today, but we had his birthday party last week before I had the baby.  He loved having everyone come to our house, but I don't think he realized they were there for him.  He got tons of great presents and he loved his Mickey Mouse cake.  Thanks for all of our family and friends who were able to come and celebrate with us.  We love you Sethy boy!

                
             

       

Last Stretch

     We are on the last stretch until Wilson gets here.  I went to the hospital on February 3rd thinking I was in labor, but of course I wasn't!  My contractions were consistently 3 minutes apart, but they were not helping my labor along.  So we went home and went to my sister's for the Superbowl party. I continued to have contractions but when I went to the dr.  I was only dialated to a 3 and 80% effaced.  This is where I got stuck with both Ruby and Seth!  So I set up the date to be induced.  I am being induced on February 19th!!! 

Pregnant together :)

Me- 38 weeks, Audrey- 32 weeks, Kira- 28 weeks

39 weeks pregnant

One Saturday we decided that we were going to take the kids to a movie.  We knew Ruby could handle it, but we weren't sure about Seth.  We took them to the $1 show and saw Hotel Transylvania.  They loved getting popcorn and sitting in big chairs.  Ruby did awesome! Seth, not so much :( He made it about 30 minutes before I had to take him out.  When he finally fell asleep, I was able to go back in and see the last 20 minutes of the show.

 Ruby also got to put together valentines for her friends at dance and tumbling.  She was so excited to pick out My Little Pony valentines.  She helped put on the stickers and the suckers.  She was excited when it was finally time to pass them out.