Dreyton Update

Dreyton has been growing so fast lately, he was 45 lbs and 3'9" on May 9th at his check-up.  He's 95% for height, and 90% for weight.

He is my sweet little boy, and such a morning person.   He wakes up extremely early (most mornings around 6ish)  and says good morning mommy, its a beautiful day! the sun is shining, the birds are singing.   Luckily for me he is very independent in the mornings and is more then content playing on the ipad or going to turn on cartoons and getting a little snack so I don't have to get up then as well.

He has an OBSESSION with video games right now, whether it be on the ipad/iphone/computer/leappad.   I have to continuously get him off of them, or hide them as he is sneaky and will pretend he's playing in the playroom with his toys but really be playing a video game.   He is really good at playing toys by himself, he loves playing cars and army men.
 
He just graduated preschool, and is registered to start kindergarten in the Fall.  I have him starting in Cranston school which will be a little hard for me for a few months driving 3x a day there (until our house is built), but I would rather that, then switching him halfway through the year from another school.

He has been playing soccer this year and been loving it.   He was a little scared of the ball at the beginning, and just wanted to guard the goal.  But now he is more assertive and will kick the ball away from someone.

He is my picky eater (like I was) and says he doesn't like a tonne of foods (even before he tries it) and he refuses to admit he actually likes it when I make him try it either.   His favourite foods right now are orange macaroni (kraft), french fries, and cooked carrots (and any dessert).

Dreyton on graduation day

Drew came to cheer him on.  

Dreytons Preschool Class

For some reason Dreyton won't look at the camera, he'll either face the camera but move his eyes somewhere else, or he'll look at the camera but with his chin down. 

Lee is a CA

I decided to throw Lee a surprise BBQ to celebrate his hard work and MANY hours that took him to become a chartered accountant.

I invited some close family and friends, which came out to be about 60 people.   It was SO fun and not that stressful for me as everyone who had come brought food.

I pretended to Lee I had a bad headache and couldn't come to church, so I stayed home with Tenley.   I then took him and the kids on a bit of a scavenger hunt which occupied him for an hour while people got here and I was able to prepare a bit.  

After church he went to my parents place as I had told him we were having a family dinner there (miraculously my headache had gone away).   He got there and there was a note on the door that told him and the kids to get dressed into some more casual clothes and to look in his pocket for his next clue.

He then was supposed to get his brother Greg who was in town, and there was a note that told him to take Greg to see the lot we just purchased.

He showed Greg the lot and there was a note there that told him to go to sobeys and pick up some ice.  He then was supposed to go to customer service to pick up another note.

The next note told him to go to Dayna's house.  When he got there, Dayna and I had blown up a bunch of balloons that had papers inside that said "home" in a bunch of different languages, and some that were empty.

He then came home and his friends/family surprised him.  (Most of the people parked in the splash park parking lot so he didn't think there were that many people there).

Lee was really surprised and I think he had a fun time visiting.   Everyone pitched in, and Erin's boyfriend James helped out huge by doing all the grilling so Lee could relax and enjoy himself.

I was a bit worried about the weather as it was supposed to rain, but LUCKILY it didn't and kids were able to go in the backyard and play.  I didn't even see Tenley the whole time, she was quite fond of her Great Grandma Sefcik and cuddled with her the majority of the time.

I was a little distracted and didn't take many pictures, but i'll post the ones I was able to quickly take.

Tenley's Baby Blessing

It was a nice day with family as we blessed Tenley today. We had her blessed in our ward, and then had family over for a lasagna dinner and cake.   She is growing so fast, its hard to believe she's almost 10 weeks old!  She is such a perfect baby.  

Our first family picture as 5



 

My cute baby girl

Zoë LOVES to get pictures of herself, and pose.  

Big cousin Tighe (he even changed her diaper and got her dressed after!)

 Gramma and Tenley

Great Grandpa Sefcik and Tenley

 

 

 

 

Thought it would be neat to put Zoë and Dreyton's blessing pictures on to see the similarities.




Dreyton on his blessing day



Zoë on her blessing day

Easter

Easter 2012

We spent Easter weekend at the cabin this year, it was nice to get away from everyday life and to relax.  

The Easter Bunny showed up at the cabin, bringing all sorts of fun toys for the kids to play. 

they had fun having a silly string fight with each other

then they turned on me...

having a campfire with s'mores

When we got home my mom had the grandkids in Calgary over for a Easter party

they painted eggs

Ate lots

Decorated Easter Egg Cookies

and had an Easter Egg hunt around the house that I wasn't able to get pictures of.

Tenley Elizabeth Stanford

Tenley Elizabeth Stanford
born February 21st, 2012
8 lbs 10 ounces

Pre-Birth
We had a long weekend just before having Tenley to get all ready.  It was nice to wait to get it all done, as it took my mind off the ceasarean.   It is very nerve wracking to know in a few days you are going to walk in the hospital just fine, then have to drink some REALLY nasty drink (kind of like a cup of strong vinegar) for anti-nausea, then get needles poked in my back of freezing and get cut open, layer by layer.....  At least its very rewarding!  
The night before surgery we decided to go out for wing night as I had to start fasting just afterwards, and wanted something somewhat filling.   BIG mistake as I had heartburn ALL night and I couldn't take any drink or any tums.      
Day of Birth
We had to arrive at the hospital at 6am to start prepping.   They get the IV in, get me in hospital gear, do a stress test on the baby to make sure everything is ok, and then we wait till 8am to go to the surgery room.  We waited about another 20 minutes as my dr. was late.
After I am numb and laying down they start cutting right away.   After a few minutes I start to hear a vacuum type thing and the suction all of a sudden popping off sound.   The surgeon kept telling people to bring in the other surgeon as the baby's head was stuck.   From what I gathered with listening to them talking, the baby got stuck in the scar tissue and they didn't want to cut me open more then needed.   Finally after a long wait she got out at 8:50am.   Normally they hand my baby to me right away to hold and then do all the measuring after surgery, but this time they took her and made sure she was alright from the foreceps and vacuum before handing her to me.   After a long wait they handed me my baby girl.

Most people when they first see her, are shocked with how much hair she has, especially for her not to have black hair as they usually see ethnic babies with that much hair, not so much caucasian.  I have a hard time figuring out who she looks like, maybe later on she'll have more similarities, but for now she's one of a kind in my eyes.
Post Birth
After a few days of nasty hospital food, awesome pain drugs (oxycodone), and enjoying my cute baby girl alone, I was able to go home Thursday morning.  Recovery has been pretty good, once the staples got out it felt much better.  Lee took a week off (goes back to work tomorrow) which has been a huge help.   The hardest part about recovery is not being able to drive for 3 weeks or pick up Tenley in her carseat for 6 weeks.   I am sure I will break the rules a little early, but for now my Mom or Lee have been able to help out.
Zoë and Dreyton have waited a LONG time for their baby sister, so they were super excited to meet her.   

Tenley had some complications from the vacuum and foreceps.   She got some bruising on her face and eye.   She also started to have an increase in jaundice just as we were getting released from the hospital.   We had to keep seeing the nurse for a few extra days and she had to get a vial of blood out of her poor foot each day until it went down.   Luckily Monday, her jaundice levels went way down and we no longer have to see the nurse daily.  
Before picture of bruising

 A week later picture, bruising has gone down.  

She also got a hematoma on her head.   When Lee was bathing her he found the soft bump on her head, and as soon as he did it was a flashback to when Dreyton had a skull fracture at 6 mos of age.   I knew she hadn't bumped her head at all so we called the early start line and gave them our information. They told us it was from the vacuum at birth and the swelling would go down in a week or so.  
She is such a good baby so far, and making this transition to having a newborn again easy.
 (note:  this is written before Lee has headed back to work yet)
How She Got Her Name
It has always been difficult to figure names out for our babies as Lee and I don't have the same taste.   I got the name Tenley from a girl on bachelorette and really liked it.   We were debating on two names, Brynnlee or Tenley.   The reason I chose Tenley was because I don't like names that can be shortened into a different name like Brynn.   Once I find a name that I like its hard for me to switch to anything else, so I had to convince Lee.   Lee doesn't ever say if he likes a name just to bug me, he knows when i've made up my mind and will try to get some kind of deal before he finally agrees.  
Elizabeth we had chosen for a long time as the middle name.  It's my Grandma Sefcik's first name, and my Granny Naylor's middle name.   So to get both my grandma's in one name was perfect.

Kind of funny, my family doctors birthday was on Feb 21, AND her middle name is Elizabeth too.

More Pictures
                              uh, she's screaming mommy                    maybe kisses will help

The girls

We got a really nice surprise baby girl package sent to us from Lee's work, had some really cute stuff, and even some BDO branded items.

you can kind of see the hematoma in the picture above, as it was just after bath time so her hair is flat.  on Tenley's left side in the back, on the top.  
 Tenley and Grandma Sefcik on her one week birthday.