'Tis The Season

December was very full for the Finns- here's what we've been doing!
Will, Auntie Erin, Grammy Lechowicz and I made way too many Christmas cookies this year, and we gave them away as gifts. It's been pretty cold lately, but baking them kept us very warm. The three of us (Will, Dan, and myself) made our way to CT for the holidays, which was spent with Mom and Dad Finn and then Mom and Dad Lechowicz (and the rest of the East Hampton crew- Great Grampa, Erin, Stephen, Aunt Linda, Uncle Alan, Jarad, Avery, Kristen, and everyone on Christmas Night). We had so much fun for Christmas and we miss CT so much that we have begun to look at houses in the area- a very exciting and scary process. We took TONS of pictures- to view them go to facebook- I put them in an album labeled Winter 09. This post will probably get longer later, but that's all for now.

What We're Thankful For

On Tuesday morning at about 3am, Will had a little spit up after his feeding that was flecked with blood. We thought it might just be a crack in mom's nipple or a cut in his mouth (we couldn't find anything, but either can be so small, they can be easily missed), so we put him back to sleep. Tuesday during the day, I hand expressed milk (I usually have a little more than he needs) a few times, and all of that milk was clean. At about 3pm he threw up a lot of blood, so we called the doctor and went in right away. While we were there he threw up a bit, but it was brown, so we thought whatever it was- it was now going away. It was theorized that it was a reaction to the vaccine he drank the day before, but he was in no pain, so it wasn't that. Dr Ting told us to go home and relax and to take him to the ER if he spit up bright red again. So we did. At seven pm he spit up blood again (see all our clothes), so we went to the ER. When we got there, the pedi and the nurses with her checked me out (found nothing) and checked him out and put a tube through his nose to his stomach to pump any blood out (it came out brown) and leave it in there to pump later. Then they had to take blood (it took them two tries, in either arm- he now has bruises) and put an IV in (another try in the hand, another bruise) , because I would not be able to breastfeed until they knew what it was. We also had to hold him up, and then down, for some x rays. Then, at about ten, we were sent by ambulance to the children's hospital in Boston- I was with Will, Dan followed in the car, but took a little longer because he had to go home and grab a few things, since we would be there at least overnight. The paramedics were wonderful and talked to me the whole trip, and Will fell asleep in the ambulance looking at me. When we got to the Children's hospital ER, we were brought into a room, where my cousin Kristen and Lydia found me and helped me wait for Dan while the nurses proceeded to poke and prod Will (again). By this time, Will had ripped out his IV, so they had to put in another one on his foot. The doctors decided to schedule him for a scope the next morning. Kristen and Lydia stayed until about one, and then the three of us were left to wait until they had processed our papers and could send us upstairs to a room. When we got there, at about 3am, yet another set of nurses and doctors checked us out, and still had no answers. By this time it had been ten hours since I nursed last, and since he had anything to eat (hence the IV for him) so they hooked me up to a breast pump. We were all very shocked when blood (not milk with blood in it, just blood) came out of both of my breasts. It was such an intense mix of relief (that it wasn't Will) and surprise and nervousness about me! We all went to sleep for about an hour, when one doctor came back and said I could feed Will, but that I might want to pump first and make sure it's clean. I pumped, and it was clean, so I started to feed will for a few moments and then took him off, and saw some blood on his mouth. So I pumped clean milk and Dan fed him (finally, after almost 12 hours of no food). They sent us home around ten with instructions to watch him and to make an appointment with my obgyn next week.
So we went home, packed up, and then went to CT to be with family. I am slowly healing, using some nipple ointment I got previously, and letting Dan do all the feedings with a bottle full of pumped breast milk. I have breast fed a few times and while I'm sore, there is no sign of blood!
We are so thankful for a healthy family.
In other news, Dan's grandmother got sick on Thursday and went to the hospital, so please pray for her! We visited her today and she is doing as well as a 92 year old can be expected.

William Paul Finn

September 23rd 2009 8:36am

William Paul Finn was born at 9lbs, 9oz
Even though Kaitlin was dilated 3cm since 37 weeks, Will didn't break through until the 22nd, and then show up on the next morning. Everyone is happy and healthy. William is close to a month old now, and growing steadily (already 11, 3!), even though Kaitlin suffered through Strep and Mastitis last week, and he had the saddest little cold ever. Daniel is already able to give him bottles of breast milk and is the best Daddy ever (like we had any doubt he would be). We love our baby boy and we are so happy!

August (and a bit of September)

Well, any day now we'll be heading to the hospital to have a baby. Until then, I'm finding things to do around our apartment (since I've been having contractions and have been dilated 3cm for two weeks- punk kid). So here I am updating our blog. These are two pictures from 38 (and a bit) weeks. Isn't my husband so cute?
August was great, and the only HOT month of the summer. I did a lot of work for AWC this month and my last day was the 26th. Eden stopped by for a weekend and we had a blast with her. We had a bit of a 'babymoon' on the cape for two days and spent most of them in the ocean (which was warm and wonderful). I also had a great babyshower in CT.
September so far has been awesome and awful. Kandyce and Jess came for Labor day and we had a blast. However, since before the 8th, I've been super uncomfortable, crampy and sick. Oh, and dilated! But this kid just wont come out! So that's a bit frustrating, but it's okay, he'll be out someday! We'll let you know when he makes his appearance.

July

Well, July was crazy busy. Every Monday night we had our baby classes where I watched Dan learn a lot about pregnancy, labor, delivery, and babies. It was fun! Plus, I got a back rub every Monday night. Yay, me! The only downside was that during our hospital tour, there were two babies int he nursery. One of them was normal. The other was 10lbs, 14 oz, delivered naturally with no meds. I will let you digest that info.
Other events included the 4th picnic in East Hampton, and then the Old Home's Day parade on the 11th. While we were in CT, my mom hemmed my dress for Leanne's wedding. The 17th was the Allen's rehearsal, and then their wedding the next day. It was so much fun.
Our big trip to Wisconsin for Leanne and Daniel's wedding was fantastic. I'm so happy for my roomie! She was so pretty and is so happy! I've posted full pictures of both weddings on Facebook, but here are a few. We also had fun at concerts at the park, when they weren't rained out. William is HUGE and continues to grow really really fast. The midwives always tell me that he will be quiet on some days and that I shouldn't expect him to be active all the time, but they really don't know him that well. William doesn't stop moving. Ever. At all. I don't usually go more than one minute without getting smacked around in there. I'm pretty sure that if you looked inside my belly, there would be lots of bruises! He is crazy strong. He also enjoys playing funny games in my belly, like guess which body part this is, and watch me move and hey, if I put my foot right here it looks like mom has three boobs. He's quite creative. I will try to get it on film, it's ridiculous watching my stomach morph!

June

June hasn't been super busy for us. We had a great time at Jonah Kreyling's first birthday, where Dan practiced his dad skills on the kids. This Friday officially marks the beginning of the third trimester for William, and he would also like everyone to know that he rather enjoys playing octopus (as he hits me from all sides all the time). Otherwise, we pretty much relaxed on the weekends in preparation for July. July is insane. Don't even try to plan something with us in July, there are no openings.

April/May

The last month has been mighty busy for us. William Paul is plugging along, getting bigger and more active every day. He also gave me Shingles. Well, I'm blaming it on him because when your preggers your immune system is down a bit and that's when it appears (that's right, you could have it right now, but it's just waiting until you least expect it to attack you!) We've spent a lot of time in CT with family for anniversary parties and birthday parties, and yesterday we went to Evan's law school graduation party, which was great fun. We are looking forward to having Memorial day weekend in MA and relaxing- a huge change in our current schedule. Here's a little picture of how Will and I are doing at 22 weeks (Dan will be in more pictures this summer, I promise!)

It's a BOY!!

And his name is William Paul. Pictures to follow, when we get our hands on a scanner.
Also, a funny little story. At the time of this ultrasound, we were exactly 17 weeks and 5 days along. William's body measured 17 weeks, 4 days. Just about perfect, right? Well, his HEAD measured at 20 weeks! OUCH!

SUPRISE!!

Just thought you blog stalkers should know......

We are, to quote "Good In Bed",
"Pregnant. With child. Expecting. In a delicate condition. Bun in the oven. PG. Knocked up."
FINALLY!

February

Well, we got someone to take one of the chairs, and doing a little jostling around, we made room for the other one (so Dan can keep his masculine chair). Valentine's came and went. We had a very romantic day of doing laundry at Gordon, with a brief and delightful visit to the Kreylings in the middle. Dan turned 25 and got lots of chocolate cake; one from his mom and one from me! This last Friday, the Roys came by for some chili and cake. That was very fun, especially because they are getting into Scrubs (one of our addictions). Jonnycakes sent us a card from Cairo, which is way cool. The coolest card ever, actually. That's all for now!

Chairs and Stuff

Okay all you blog stalkers. I know you are there. I do it. You friend of friend of friend, who reads our blog. WELL to all of you, and the people we know on a face to face, more than a few times a year, basis, please take our relax the back chairs! We have two of them. And I want them out of our apartment. It's been over a year, and we haven't sat in them at all. They are nice and everything, but I want them out.
In other news, Christmas was wonderful. We spent the holidays with my folks, and then with Dan's family on the Saturday following. Our anniversary was yesterday, and it was great. We've had a wonderful, amazing year, and our cake was even better than remembered when we ate it last night. Plus Dan bought me flowers. YAY!