Hill Family Blog: Update

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Update

There are a few pictures of Kaitlyn on my mom's blog. Kaitlyn is doing pretty well, she is eating on her own (though she does still have an IV) and is on room air (no oxygen) and no longer needs heat lamps to keep her temperature stable. They started her on a medication that will help fight some of the side effects of the virus. We still do not know how long she will have to stay in the hospital, it will be at least a couple of weeks. When I get home I will write a more detailed post about the end of my pregnancy and the delivery. We will also be setting up a website or blog dedicated to updates on Kaitlyn.

As for the rest of the family...

I (Kim) am doing pretty good. Kaitlyn was born via c-section and the recovery hasn't been as bad as I heard it would be. I should go home from the hospital tomorrow afternoon. It is hard to be seperated from my girls but at least I am getting a lot of rest.

Jason has been such a trooper through this whole ordeal. He is taking such good care of me. He does not do well with blood or needles but he made it through the surgery suprizing well. He also has made sure that Kisney is cared for and happy and last night he stayed up way too late holding Kaitlyn in the NICU because he didn't want her to be alone. I also failed to mention that Jason got a job a few weeks back. He is supposed to start tomorrow of all days. He will probably go in later in the week. He got a job in Raleigh working as a bi-lingual therapist. More about that later...

Kinsey is finally a big sister! She is excited about this even though she has not been able to see her little sister. She wont be able to see her until she is out of the NICU. Kinsey's life has been a little crazy these past few days as she has been transfered from place to place but she has done so well. She is such a good two year old and will be such a sweet and loving big sister.

My mom flew in on Friday night. She has Kinsey which makes life much easier for us. We are so grateful for her help. She bought a one-way ticket so she can stay as long as needed. We might never let her go home. :) Thank you Dad for lending us your wife!

So, this is our new life. We never would have choosen this trial but already I can see the blessings that are coming out of it. Our ward has been great and so many people have already offered to help. A social worker came to talk to me the other day and asked what kind of support system we had in place. I was so grateful that I was able to tell her that we had wonderful friends and a wonderful church. We really are so blessed.

The hospital has been great. We have had so many kind and talented doctors/nurses/midwives/ect. What a blessing to live just miles away from one of the top hospitals in the country! I am grateful that all of Kaitlyn's needs can be met right here. She is in really good hands.

I meant for this to be short post but I guess I have a lot of say. Thank you again to all who have helped.

10 comments:

Metta said...: Thanks Kim, for the updates! So sweet to have a new little one for us to love and cuddle. We love you!; July 26, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Abbey said...: Kim and Jason! Congrats! We are so happy for you guys but so sorry to hear that Kaitlyn is sick! Having a baby in the NICU is the absolute most draining and emotional roller coaster! It sounds similar to Myas situation.. she was born via c-section too. My recovery wasn't bad at all and I'm glad to hear yours isn't too bad either Kim! We'll keep you in our prayers!

Congrats on getting a new job too! That's wonderful!; July 26, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Lacey said...: Congrats to you guys! I was so surprised to hear that you've had your baby already! I'm sorry she's in the NICU but am glad to hear that she, as well as the rest of you, are doing so well. We'll keep Kaitlyn in our prayers. Congrats again! Can't wait for all of the coming updates!; July 27, 2009 at 1:18 AM
bobandhaley said...: How exciting to have a new little addition to the family. I hope everything gets better and you can take your Kaitlyn home soon. I am glad to hear your c-section was not to bad. We are having the twins c-section and I have been a little worried about it. Congratulations on the job Jason!; July 27, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Big Daddy said...: I am glad you guys are ok and that Jason has the new job. Im sorry to hear about all the trials but you know what they say, what doesn't kill you will make you stronger. By the way I love the name. I have a niece with that name. Tell your mom hi for me.; July 27, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Big Daddy said...: Oh, I just love the little sayings you post of Kinsey. Kids are funny.; July 27, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Jon. Jamie. Ethan. Lynsi. Katie. said...: Congrats on the new baby girl! I hope things are going better for you and your family. I will say a little prayer for you guys!!! Hang in there!
I am scheduled next week for my second c-section with my little girl and i hope all goes well. It's always hard to figure out who can take good care of your other child while you are dealing with recovery from a c-section, a new baby, and knowing your other child is wondering, "WHerre is Mommy?"; July 27, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Tim and Jen said...: Thanks for all the updates! I wish so bad that we could be there to help you out! So glad that you have your mom there. We saw the pics on your mom's blog and I have to say that I have some of the most beautiful neices and nephews ever! Congratulations to all of you! We love you! Rest up now so you'll be ready to bring that little sweetie home with you.; July 27, 2009 at 2:43 PM
nicole said...: You're always in our prayers. Congratulations, we can't wait to meet her! Let us know if you need anything.; July 27, 2009 at 4:12 PM
val said...: Congratulations on your new sweet little one. We will keep your family in our prayers and hope for a speedy recovery for both you and the baby. I bet it's so nice to have your mom there, what a blessing.
Congrats to Jason for finishing school and on his new job. Glad we can keep in touch this way.; July 27, 2009 at 6:20 PM

Moments...

December 13, 2010
Kinsey: "Mom, do you like being a human?"
Me: "Yes."
Kinsey: "I don't."
Me: "What would you rather be instead?"
Kinsey: "A ballerina."
October 26, 2010
Kinsey told me: "I think right now Jesus is saying 'Halloween is in 5 days! I will make it NOT rain that day.'"
June 18, 2010
Kinsey's band-aid fell off in the middle of the night. Kinsey decided, "I think Heavenly Father took it off."
June 18, 2010
Kinsey's explanation of teething: "When I was a little girl, you put some things in my mouth, and they hurted, and then they turned into teeth so I could chew! And that's what will happen to Kaitlyn."
June 3, 1010
Kinsey asked me today, "Mom, why do parents not listen?"
May 3, 2010
I braided Kinsey's hair today. When I took it out, Kinsey looked at all the waves in her hair and said, "I look like an old, old lady!"
April 29, 2010
Kinsey drew me a picture today and said, "This is for my two grown-ups; you and daddy."
January 15, 2010
I gave Kinsey a cookie tonight after dinner. She finished it and asked for another. I told her that I had already put them away and she said, "Well, can you put them un-away?"
January 15, 2010
Today was an unusually nice day (in the 50's) and Kinsey told me, "The sun dried up all that winter!"
December 10, 2009
A classic Kinsey sentence, "Mom, last morning your daughter named me and you dad named Grandpa forgot to weprise (surprise) yours mom!"
November 25, 2009
Kaitlyn woke up from a long nap and Kinsey told her, "Welcome."
November 25, 2009
Kinsey told me, "Mom, I have been holding my pee for one hours! I need to go potty." The other day she told us that she had been in rest time for "30 hours."
November 13, 2009
After her bath tonight Kinsey said, "I look as nice as a daisy!"
November 12, 2009
Kinsey said, "Kaitlyn can hear me in her left ear but not her black ear!"
November 10, 2009
Someone asked Kinsey how old I am, she said, "I don't know what letter Mommy is."
November 7, 2009
We are working on knock knock jokes but Kinsey doesn't really get them. The other day she told me this joke..."Knock knock, who's there? The missionaries! Ola!"
October 30, 2009
Jason is teaching Kinsey some Spanish. The other day she was practicing her counting and started out with "One-o."
October 26, 2009
I was doing Kinsey's hair in the morning and it was tangled. She said, "My hair is all rectangled!"
October 26, 2009
The other day I told Kinsey that we were going to go to a Halloween party at the church. She told me, "Nephi goes to our church."
October 24, 2009
Jason took Kinsey to Wendy's to eat and she told me, "I had a kids meal and Daddy had a big guys meal."
October 22, 2009
During prayer tonight..."Help Kaitlyn to be happy when her binky is in, when it falls out then she not be happy."
October 22, 2009
Kinsey told me, "Kaitlyn is hearing me! In her listening ear." She knows that one ear "doesn't work very well."
October 12, 2009
The other day I was hurrying Kinsey to get out the door and she looked at me and said, "Chill Mom."
October 9, 2009
Kinsey told me that Kaitlyn has "ABCDEFG" (referring to her CMV).
October 7, 2009
Kinsey asked me the other day if we could take a "talking picture" (video).
September 9, 2009
Kinsey told me, "I love Kaitlyn. She is such a good cleaner!"
September 9, 2009
Kinsey: "Why does that doggy have a handle?" (the dog was on a leash)
August 30, 2009
My brother came over for dinner today. After he left Kinsey said, "I just love that man."
July 19, 2009
The missionaries came over today. After they left, Kinsey said, "Them missionaries are so lovely and cute."
July 18, 2009
Kinsey noticed some guys moving furniture outside of our apartment. Some had taken their shirts off and she asked me why. I told her that they were probably hot and explained that sometimes guys take their shirts off outside but that girls shouldn't and figured that would be the end of the conversation. But a little while later she saw the guys outside again and said, "Them boys took off their shirts. They're HOT!"
July 5, 2009
The other day Kinsey told me that when she gets older, she will be angry. I later asked her what she thought the word angry means. She said, "It means I be soooo tall!" I don't know how that one got so mixed up...
June 25, 2009
The other day I started to hiccup and said to Kinsey, "I have the hiccups." A little bit later she yawned and told me, "I have the yawns."
April 22, 2009
Kinsey told me today..."Daddy mine family and you mine family. All both of you mine family!"
April 21, 2009
Kinsey noticed Jason taking a nap one afternoon and asked me what he was doing. I said, "What is Daddy doing Kinsey?" She thought for a moment and then said, "Homework."
April 1, 2009
Kinsey and I took a walk to take some things to the recycling bins. She usually brings her stroller and a doll or two but didn't ask to this time. When we were halfway to the recycling bins, she stopped in her tracks and said, "Oh my! We forgot mine stroller!"
April 1, 2009
I asked Kinsey is the eggs she was eating for breakfast were good. She thought about it for awhile and then said, "kind of."
March 2009
-I was trying to explain that we didn't need the lights on because it was sunny outside. Kinsey finally kind of caught on and said, "We don't need the lights, the sun is on!"
-That transpired into this...
I was getting ready in the bathroom, a room with no windows, and Kinsey told me, "Mommy, we don't need lights, the sun is on!"
-And finally into this:
Me: Kinsey, you don't need the light on, the sun is on.
Kinsey: No, the moon is on.
(She's two, so she argues everything of course)
February 27, 2009
Kinsey tells me that everything costs "three nine dollars."
February 17, 2009
Kinsey's newest counting method: one, two, three, four, nine, two, three.
February 1, 2009
When Kinsey finds something she is looking for she says, "This it is!"
January 26, 2009
Kinsey has a little basketball that needs aired up. She brought it to me the other day and told me that "It needs batteries."
January 15, 2009
If I don't pay attention to Kinsey when she is trying to get my attention she will start to call me "Kimmie." She will repeat it over and over again until I focus my attention on her.
December 10, 2008
Kinsey and I left this morning and I said, "Bye Hun" to Jason. Kinsey then repeated "Bye Hun" and then started laughing and said, "Kinsey say bye hun."
December 7, 2008
Kinsey has been telling me that our stockings are "Santa's Socks."
December 3, 2008
Whenever Kinsey notices that there is more than one of something, she counts like this..."one two free, one two free--a lot!"
November 24, 2008
Today Kinsey told me that the eggs I was cooking were "cute."
November 16, 2008
After Jason strapped Kinsey in her car seat the other day, she said loudly, "It's too tight Mom!"
November 14, 2008
Today Kinsey told me, "I loo Shampoo." Interpretation: I love Winne the Pooh.
November 11, 2008
I threw some clothes onto the bed and heard Kinsey say, "Oh Mama. No no throw. No no." as she shook her head in disappointment.
October 23, 2008
I put a bow in Kinsey's hair the other day and when she saw herself in the mirror she said, "Oh! Cute!"
October 8, 2008
Kinsey poked herself in the eye today and kept crying about it. Apparently I didn't comfort her good enough because she kept saying "See Cole!" (our friend Nicole). I kept telling her that we couldn't go see Nicole right now and she finally said, "Get in car and see Cole!"
October 7, 2208
We were walking around the neighborhood this evening and Kinsey spotted a dog and wanted to say hi. The dog lay down and Kinsey said "Upside woof-woof down!" (upside down dog)
October 5, 2008
Jason made pancakes this morning. Kinsey really enjoyed them and kept saying "I loo pan pans!"
October 3, 2008
Today I was getting Kinsey ready for bed and she looked up at me and said, "I loo (love) mama. A lot." So sweet!
October 3, 2008
Kinsey was walking up the stairs on her own and I said "Be careful Kinsey!" She said, "I know!" Guess I say that a lot!
September 30, 2008
Kinsey now calls ice cream "abilene" and Winnie the Pooh "shampoo."
August 30, 2008
After a day at the zoo, we were talking to Kinsey about what we had done. We asked if she had fun at the zoo, she said, "Uh huh." We then asked her what she saw at the zoo. She answered, "More and more and more animals!"
August 14, 2008
I was telling Jason how well Kinsey was doing learning her colors. I mentioned that she knows the color white. Jason said, "She knows white?" Kinsey, very confidently, broke into the conversation and said "I know white." We just looked at each other. It was her first "real" sentence that she thought up all on her own. She's growing up too fast.
June 20, 2008
Kinsey and I were taking a walk around the neighborhood when she spotted a dog, or a "woof woof" as she calls it. We went over to say hi and the dog touched her hand with his nose. Kinsey looked at her hand then said "eww" and wiped her hand on her shorts.
April 22, 2008
The other day Kinsey and I were looking at a picture of President Monson. I asked her if she knew who it was. She got really excited, pointed to the picture and yelled, "Bampa!" (Grandpa)