HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

Georgia had to call daddy on her cell phone this morning to wish him a happy fathers day since Tom had to work. hehe isnt she sweet?

Beach Bums

So we just got back from a few days at the beach. My aunt and uncle have a house at the beach. Topsail Island to be exact. My grandfather has been having some health issues so we made the last minute decision to go down there. I mean, what a hard decision that was. haha

So we left early friday morning and came home today (tuesday). It was great spending time with family. Georgia had a great time running around the house calling everyone and playing with Gangy (my grandfather) and Aunt Karen. Then aunt "Minnie" (my cousin Mindi) flew in on Sat and Gigi loved playing with her too. Georgia had a great time swimming in their pool (how nice would it be to have a pool in your back yard!?). Gigi has one of those swim suits with the floaties in it which is awesome. The arm floaties dont work for her cause she is so freaking skinny (doesnt get THAT from her MAMA. haha). But this suit gave her such confidence too. By the end of the vacation she was doggie paddling around the pool on her own (with her dad right behind her). She did this for almost an hour yesterday and when she got out of the pool she threw up her goldfish. She just swam her little butt off. She chased her Nanny around the pool! it was so great seeing Nanny and Gangy with her. She would run through the house yelling "GANGY GANGY GANGY" the second she woke up in the morning, which I just know he loved.

My aunt works for a high school in the area so we went to the Graduation there on Sat and met all her friends and kids and everyone that saw us walk in jumped right at Gigi and said "oh you must be Georgia! I know you from your pictures". it was so cute. Gigi got to run through the hallways and take pictures with the big girls. it was a good time. HOTTER THEN HELL but fun. haha

Here is Gigi with the big girls! One is the Valadictorian (is that how you spell it? haha you can tell I wasnt my highschools Valadictorian! haha).

This is my fave picture of Georgia! how sweet is this picture. she loved the Ocean this day. two days later she freaked out and hated the water. :(

This picture below was actually before the one above. She loved the water so much that she got her shorts wet so I just stripped her down.

This is her loungin by the pool. Her "unkie Wabbie" got this chair for her. Good thing he knew to get the one with the umbrella. My little pale baby.

Georgia and her dad swimming in the pool (if mindi is reading this blog, LOOK I just spelling "swimming" and I didnt choke on a lolly pop! hhaha)

The funny thing is, my family will all be up next weekend for Lorelei's Baptism and then that following wed we will be back in NC for more time down there. LOVING LIFE!

Prayers have been answered!

So our little Lorelei Rose had physical therpy today for her Torticollis only to be told she doesnt have it! FINALLY! just the break we were hoping for. Our babies have been through so much in their little lives that its nice to finally get a break. We took her today to see a Torticollis PT specialist. She sees no less then 8 Torticollis babies every monday. She talked to us, got a full history, and evaluated Lorelei, while answering a million questions I had. I learned the hard way with Gigi to ask all questions so that I dont have to go home and look stuff up online.

She decided that Lorelei does not have Torticollis but just prefers to be in a certain position which is her face to the right. This is prob the reason that the week before I delievered her head was not down all the way but off to the right a bit. this is also the reason her left cheek is a little smaller then the other. The doctor said it was prob laying against my pelvic bone. yuck i know. haha

But its a huge relief to know she doesnt have this condition but we will still do stretches with her to keep her from getting stiff or tight since she does have a preference for her one side we need to make sure she also spends time on her other side. And also encourage her to look to the other side as well.

This is very good news and a great day in the Lillis household!

Tom, the girls and I will be traveling to NC this weekend to visit family and enjoy some time at the beach. Im excited for my side of the family to meet Lorelei and for my cousin (who is basically my sister) to see Georgia again. I dont think she has seen her since our wedding a year ago. So some good pool time and beach time with my family! cant wait!

New pics of the girls! Gigi with her backpack that aunt Mindi sent her!

Lorelei at the moonbounce place. (shes bouncing in her dreams. :)

Big sis feeding lil sis her bottle. :)

Georgia always wants to hold her. its so sweet.

my high maintance children.

So today Georgia had a follow up appt at Childrens to check on her feet. For those that dont know or remember, Gigi was born with clubbed feet. She is past most of the therpy but wears boots and a bar at night until she is 4 years old. Sounds like a lot but its really nothing and we are all so used to it at this point. Ok so moving on. She also has hip dysplasia. Apparently it runs in families and toms sister had it and so did one of his cousins so its really no surprise. When Gigi's feetie doctor saw that I was pregnant she mentioned wanting to see Lorelei when she was born. So we took Lorelei with us today so that she could be checked out for hip dysplasia.

First of all let me start off by saying I LOVE Dr. Tosi, Georgia's feetie doctor. she is one of those "out there" people, VERY into her work. She wears crocks and barely looks at you when you are in the office cause she is so focused on the child and the feet. She doesnt have a lot of bedside manor due to what she sees everyday. Clubbed feet and hip dysplasia is the least of what she sees everyday. When Gigi was a baby and had to get casts 3 times a week I would just cry and cry as Gigi would cry and scream and Dr. Tosi wouldnt be bothered by any of it. she reminded me that it wasnt painful for her but when your baby is crying nothing helps. So anyways, long story short, Gigis feet look great! THEN she asked to see Lorelei, so I placed her on the table and waited for her to start looking at her hips. But she started messing with her head and neck and said that she noticed the second she walked in that her neck was stiff. It amazes me sometimes that Dr. do that. I had been holding Lorelei the entire time she was checking out Gigis feet but little did I know that the Dr. was watching Lorelei too.

So after a few minutes she informed us that Lorelei has something calling Torticollis. Apparently its from her sitting very low in my pelvis during pregnancy and finding a head position that she liked and basically stayed that way. Well the problem is is that this causes one side of the neck muscles to become very tight while the other is nice and stretched out. This causes her head to turn to one side and her chin up high. We noticed it when she was born and actually asked her Ped. about it but he assured us there was no prob. that she was a little tight but that she would move her head to the other side so he wasnt worried. Tom also noticed that one of her cheeks was bigger/fatter then the other when she was born and apparently its due to that one side being up against something in utero. So our fear was confirmed, she does have this condition but the good news is we caught it early. This means she shouldnt have any head formation issues. Some children end up in the helmets b.c they have favored one side for so long that their poor little head is flatter on one side then the other. So Lorelei will be in physical therepy next week and will hopefully only have ONE visit there since Tom and I have the stretches to do to her neck at home. I will be spending most of my days this week stretching her little neck. that way when we go in they will say she is all better. thats my goal. :)

Another interesting fact about this is that apparently 15% of all children with this condition will also have hip dysplasia and since Gigi has it and two people on Toms side has it, Loreleis chances of having HD is higher. So she will have an ultrasound to check for that at the end of the month. Georgia didnt show signs of this until she was 6 months old so that will prob be the case with Lorelei too.

So we have a lot of doctors appt in the next few months but hey, Im used to it. I did it with Gigi and really this is nothing compared to that. My maternity leave is never calm. haha

I love my girls but man they are high maintance. haha

Here is a good picture of her doing what Im talking about. See how her head turns oddly to the one side.

Blogs.

Honestly I think my blogs are a tad boring. haha they are really more updates on our lives. oh well. im sure one day something will catch my attention enough during the day and I will think "oh i should blog about that" haha maybe. (Tom just suggested that maybe he should be a guest blogger on here, but said he was gonna blog about random stuff which I think will be a nice change. so if you see him on here then thats what we have decided to do. hope you enjoy! he is pretty damn funny so Im thinking it will be very entertaining!)
Update on the girls.
Georgia is doing great as a Big sister! Im so happy. she loves her little sister and loves to kiss her or hold her bottle (with help to keep it up right) and must see her every morning before going downstairs. Its really very sweet. Havent seen any jealousy at all. The only issues we have had are a few meltdowns b/c one parent was alone with the girls and both of them needed attention at the same time. For example, I had both girls and Gigi needed a nap and Lorelei needed to eat (and as we all know with newborns they want to eat RIGHT THEN ) well all was well until gigi wanted to be carried up the stairs. I was holding Lorelei and balancing a bottle on my arm while carrying Gigis "night night" (her blankie) and her two toys that she wanted in bed with her. So this was a meltdown waiting to happen. and it did! Gigi cried and i just sat there not knowing how i should handle this. So i asked gigi to hold my hand up the stairs and that seemed ok with her. thank god.
Tom and I are getting used to two kids and less alone time. Its def going to take some adjustment and work at making time for ourselves, but we are determined to do it. Mommy and Daddy need adult time too and its just a matter of adjusting and finding the time. :)
We had a great time this weekend at Tom's best friend Dannys wedding. Tom has been friends with Danny since they were about 12 years old and we have known his finacee Nichole for many years. We always have a great time with them and wish them the best of luck in their marriage. I will post pics later as I get them. My camera died so Im waiting on toms sister to send them. :)

Lorelei Rose

Our new little angel is here. FINALLY! Only 3 days past her due date.

Lorelei Rose Lillis was born May 11th at 6:49 pm. 7 lbs 6 oz and 21 1/4.

So I had an appt the day before my due date and I thought for sure I should have been dialated more then the last time. Nope! I was so upset. Gigi was born the day before her due date and everyone always told me that second babies comes sooner and quicker then first babies. So where was my baby!? So we left with an appt for the following monday (4 days away) and a schuduled induction for wednesday night into thursday morning. sigh. I was terrified of being induced since I heard it hurts and can take forever and more then likely ends in a c section. :(

Her delievery was pretty amazing. I woke up (monday morning, the morning of my next appt.) to go to the bathroom at about 630 am and when I sat up my water broke! I have always heard about those woman who are asleep and hear a pop when their water breaks but since its so rare for your water to actually break on its own I didnt think mine ever would. But it did. and it was cool but gross and scary. Cause I knew contractions were next and that when there is no water they hurt like hell. So I got Tom up and we started scrambling around trying to get our last minute items packed. I woke my mom and let her know we were heading out cause she would be there when Georgia got up.

Off we went to the hospital! When we got there we were put in the triage room. This is where they check you and decide whether to keep you or not. Apparently there is this test they can do to tell if your water really broke. Well the nurse did the test and NEGATIVE for amniotic fluid. HOLY CRAP! you mean it didnt break??? so what was it? She said what could have happened was when I sat up to get out of bed, the baby could have been sitting right on my bladder and I might have just peed myself. EXCUSE ME! I could not believe that. How disgusting and horribly embarrassing. We had called all the family on the way to the hospital cause thats how sure I was it was my water breaking. I was so embarrassed.

We left the hospital, I think I cried. maybe not, maybe I just laughed. I cant remember. We still had our appt to go to at 1030 that morning. I was hoping the doctor could "help it along". We called off family, who laughed a little but also felt bad for me. We stopped at Redbox so that I could get a bunch of movies and stay in bed all day and feel sorry for myself. haha I got a package of twizzlers and mint tums (i was slightly addicted to them at the end) and 3 movies. We went home and got Gigi ready to go to Nanas. She was going to the dog park while we went to my appt. I went about my business like I do everyday. I noticed I was ummm, losing fluid through out the morning (sorry to those weak stomached people reading this haha).

Tom and I got to the doctors office and told her the story and even she said that it sounded like my water broke. she also said she doesnt always believe the nurses at the hospital. They cant do a good test that checks for sure. She said she was going to check me and then check the fluid under a microscope. when she came back she said it tested positive as amniotic fluid and that what I had was prob just a very small slow leak. So she said she was going to send us off to the hospital. YAY!!! we were finally going to have a baby AND I didnt pee on myself!

So we called the family again and let them know that it wasnt a false alarm and Lorelei was finally coming.

We came home and got all our stuff, again, plus the movies I just got since distraction is key to labor for me. haha

So we got to the hospital, they got me hooked up to all my stuff. Since I wasnt having any contractions they put me on pitocin. My nurse said she would up it every 30 min and that in about 2-3 hours i should start REALLY feeling them and they should be close and strong. well she was wrong. prob an hour later it was like all hell broke loose and they were coming every 2-3 min. At one point she stopped the pitocin (i think this was when I was getting my epidural) and they were still coming, which meant my body had taken over and was doing the contractions on their own. So I got my epidural and TOmmy and I went back to watching Benjamin Button (which i didnt like by the way, and not b/c I was having bad bad contractions but b.c its basically Forest Gump with Brad Pitt.). Well about 15 min later I realized that I could still feel all the contractions on my left side. So we called the nurse back in, and she called the epi dr. doctor back in (ok it was a different lady cause my first lady was in a c section with twins.) So they gave me a shot of something that was supposed to help but it didnt so back in they came and they decided the only thing to do was take the one OUT and start over. FSFNRDGNRITHWERJAASKD! holy hell this was gonna hurt. The contractions had obviously gotten worse over time so I was in a ton of pain (at least on one side) and now they were going to do the entire epidural over again. waaaa

But once she got it in, I was in HEAVEN! it was a beautiful thing. So all this happened at around 530ish. They had checked me at 515ish (right before I got the second epidural) and the nurse said I was still only 4 cent.

At about 630 I noticed the heart monitor wasnt picking up anything. So I called the nurse and she came in, she wasnt really worried, said that the baby prob just moved. So she tried for a few min to find it. While she was doing that, my other nurse and Doctor came in. The doctor thought maybe she would check me real quick. Well she did and said "OH WELL, UM there's a baby! right there" She told the nurse to get stuff ready and they both started scrambling around getting all the stuff ready. I started getting nervous cause Im always afriad of the pushing part of labor. Like I wont be able to do it or it will hurt too much. haha

Well the doctor told me to push on the next contraction, so I did and everyone started yelling, Tommy said "oh my god there she is!" the doctor said something like "ok stop pushing" the nurse said "megan look down at your baby". and there she was! Both the nurse and doctor started laughing cause it was literally less the half a contraction before she was completely out. The nurse kept saying "I cant believe it, one minute you were 10 cent. the next minute your baby was here".

Lorelei had to be handed over right away to the baby nurse that was there b/c there was meconium when she came out. So they suctioned her. and I couldnt even breathe. Toms cousin had meconium and was rushed to another hospital and it was very dangerous and scary. Apparently baptized in the hospital cause they were that worried. So I waited and waited for them to say she was ok. Tom was standing with her. they finally said she was ok and thats when i asked tom about her lip and feet which were both perfect!

Here are some pics of her.

Enjoy and I will add more later.

Update.

Well, Im here. At my due date. and noooooo baby. I never thought this would happen. People kept telling me "second babies come early and faster then first babies". THEY LIED. LIED I TELL YOU. I had my last official day of work on wed and ended up leaving early cause I was having a very strange feeling (down under) haha. And I mentioned it to a friend and she was like "you need to call Tom ASAP to come get you cause that sounds like your water might break soon". so I got a little freaked out at the thought of it breaking AT work. I mean it would have been my fault since I decided to work that close to my due date. but still I got a little freaked. So I left, and feel REALLY bad cause apparently they were having a cake for me. opps. Sorry Karen! So I came home and a big fat NOTHING happened.
So then comes my doctors appt early thursday morning. As she is "checking" me she says "hmmm?" I said "well thats never good when the doctors says HMMM" she said she couldnt feel her head right away and that it seems she has moved to the side a little. Nothing to worry about just yet but they will check on her again on monday morning. Also they schduled me to be induced. I go in Wed night at 730 for cerifile (sp?) and then staying the night in the hospital (shit loads of fun! for me AND tom since he will sleep on this little tiny pull out chair. nothing like a 6'5 man sleeping on something a toddler wouldnt feel comfortable on). then they will start pitocin early Thursday morning. This is of course if she doesnt come on her own before then. Im soooo crossing my fingers that she does cause I heard it hurts ALOT to be induced. and it can sometimes take forever!
Tomorrow is a full moon so im praying that helps. I went into labor with gigi on a full moon. so Im still holding out a little hope. And Im ok with it since I actually have an end in sight. It cant be longer then Thursday right. haha
So while its not what i expected, it is what it is. Im just hoping she stays this lazy when she gets here. sleep sleep and more sleep. haha
Stay tuned and I will update either monday with more news from the doctor OR post new pics of the baby. :)