Matalene and Elijah

Matalene and Elijah
Big Sister and Little Brother

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Mattie and Elijah were showered with wonderful gifts. Thanks to everyone! We were unable to make our normal Christmas destinations due to Elijah's health. We are sorry to those who have not met Elijah and were excited to meet him. Mattie was excited that Santa came to visit. Her favorite gift is a riding horse. A last minute addition to the presents thanks to Matt's friend at work. It is a pretty big horse that is upstairs. Mattie loves to climb and ride it throughout the day. Today she stood on it while holding the handles. She is a dare devil and scares MaMa! I told her she could bring a toy downstairs and she said "horseie". Sorry Mattie too big for MaMa to take down. Santa brought her a train table and we can't wait to set that up for her to enjoy soon! I think Daddy was more excited about this present than Mattie. Thanks again to everyone for making the Christmas special!





Thanks "Caroween" I mean "Ameeee" for visiting!
The past two weeks have been filled with more health issues for the Middleton children. Mattie ran 102-103 fever for three days, but we are just finishing an antibiotic that seems to be doing the trick. Her lingering cough of five weeks is absent at the moment! Her mood and behavior has greatly improved! Thank goodness for that because Elijah got very sick last week. The doctors office was closed so I made multiple phone calls to the nurse practitioner on call and we even went to the ER on Christmas Eve! Finally on Monday we were able to visit our Pediatrician to fix him up. As the pediatrician put it we have multiple things going on here. His symptoms have been a cough, congestion, wheezing, bad eczema, diarrhea and vomiting. We were sent home with an inhaler, steroid cream and s new very expensive hypoallergenic formula. The diarrhea has stopped and he has only vomited once since after the appointment on Monday. We can see that he is feeling better by his smiles. However, at times he is very fussy and clingy! Mattie was feeling much better on Christmas and had a wonderful time! Her smile lights up the room. We hope the new year brings us better health! Have a safe and happy New Year!




Friday, December 11, 2009

As I am writing Elijah is laying on my chest finally resting comfortably. He just had his two month vaccines. Mattie is in her bed trying to put herself to sleep. In the past I could rock her a little to sooth her if she was hyper, rarely would she fall asleep but it would help settle her down. Now she screams and kicks and would rather be in her bed. Anyway, I was very nervous about giving Elijah all of these vaccines at one time being that he is a boy and with Matties history of a strange reaction at 6months old. Matties vaccines were separated from 6 months on and she has to take bendryl with them. Anyway, we decided with our pediatricians advice to give him all of them at one time. I did not want to make multiple trips to the office with both children during the winter months. Our WONDERFUL pediatrician assured me today to go ahead with them. We hope he does not run any high fevers this weekend. I also got some measurements of Elijah. Elijah is a big boy and we have measurements to prove it! He weights 13lbs 6oz which is the 90th percentile and his length is 24 3/4 which is the 97th percentile. The percents mean that his weight is more than 90% of the boys his age. Elijah spits in great volumes and becomes uncomfortable after he eats so we were given Zantac. He has had a stuffy nose since we brought him home from the hospital. This can be due to reflux as well.We hope this helps him!
Elijah is smiling and cooing. He is pretty laid back, but can get our attention if his bottle is running late! Don't mess with his meal time!! He is so handsome and we can't wait for Mattie and Elijah to begin playing with each other!



Monday, December 7, 2009

We finally let Mattie hold Elijah today, his two month birthday! What were we thinking?!?!

Saturday, December 5, 2009






Mattie and her paper. She is just like Daddy!(Matt loves to read the paper daily. He is a little behind at the moment.)





Are you kidding me!!!
This is what I thought when I had to get my appendix out the Sunday before Thanksgiving! I also thought and said numerous times thank goodness for Morphine! The strange thing is that I had two similar attacks while I was pregnant. This is weird but one doctor told me some people can have chronic appendicitis. Anyway, this last one hit me harder than the first two. The first "attack" as I call them was when I was 32wks pregnant. Matt went to the beach with his friends and my sister came to help me out. Matt and I thought I had a virus. However, to me I thought I was going to die! The second time was a week before Elijah was born. I felt the same as before and finally I woke Matt up at 1am and we went to the hospital. I threw up in the ER on my way to LandD so of course the OB on call said I had a virus. I did not even see a doctor that night. The nurse said I was contracting too, but I did not feel them because I was so uncomfortable everywhere. Finally, I felt better and told the nurse oh yeah I feel a contraction now. They gave me fluids and zofran and sent me home. I thought this sure isn't a virus, but what do I know! I figured everything must be worse when you are pregnant! Then, the Saturday before Thanksgiving I woke up with a back ache and just not feeling right. Then, the feelings I had the previous two "attacks" as I call them began. I thought oh no! After talking to my sisters I decided to go to the ER. Once I got in my ER room I got very nausea and the pain got worse. The pain was not localized to any one are. I felt a constant discomfort everywhere. I could not sit still and asked Matt for them to just knock me out NOW. Finally, I saw a MD and upon exam the MD pushed where the appendix is and it did hurt. Then, 8 LONG hours later and some morphine they diagnosed me with an acute appendicitis. Are you kidding me!! Well, two weeks later I can write about this situation and can clearly see that things in our family will get better. I can find positives in this situation. We are thankful that the appendix not rupture while I was pregnant! We Ask our readers for continued prayers for our family! We are thankful for our faith in God because during our struggles he has helped us see that we will survive and persevere. I am thankful to have Matt in my life as he reminds me of this! For those of you who know Matt personally you know that he is a calm and positive person. I am sooo thankful he is my husband is there to support me through challenging situations! Anyway, here are some pictures of the kids! I will have an update on Elijah at the end of the week. He goes to his 2month check up and shots on Friday.
We put the tree up this week. (That's the only Christmas decoration we can manage this year.) Mattie enjoyed this activity. She found two shiny ornaments that I had to snatch out of her little hands and in the process I broke her little heart. You all know the age! I tried to beg and plead for her to give them to me, but nothing worked! Enjoy the pictures!