I can't believe how long it's been since I posted anything. I thought for sure I'd be able to keep up with this, but failed miserably. Let's do some quick updates. Emma Alice Jayne was born October 10, 2012 and was a bit early due to high blood pressure yet again during my third trimester (same thing happened with Phoenix).
I decided to breastfeed her instead of bottles and formula like I did with Phoenix. I enjoyed it more than I let on. I would like to breastfeed all the babies of the world now if I could lol.
A few months later and Phoenix gets sick on her Christmas break. We took her to the doctor and they put her on penicillin antibiotics. Turns out she's allergic to that.
Cut to her not being able to walk on her right leg at all. An ER trip didn't find anything out. Luckily one of my attorneys suggested I call her bone & joint Doctor and sure enough he said we should take her straight away to a pediatric specialist he knew. Go in and not more than a few hours later she was having emergency surgery to remove fluid from the joint in her hip which was caused by part her infection breaking off into her bloodstream, traveling to her hip and settling there. If we had waited any longer it would've gotten infected and she might not have been able to walk on it without some sort of implant or support.
Her recovery was long and she missed a few months of Kindergarten because she was in a wheelchair and partial full body cast, but she was a trooper and by May she was partying it up at Pump It Up with all of her friends.
Then she graduated Kindergarten and I cried like a baby because I just didn't want her to grow so quickly. She's a smart, strong-willed pain in my rump, but I wouldn't change it for anything. She's gone through so much in the past 5 years of her life, but she's overcome all of those obstacles!
Emma of course has grown into a beautiful blond-haired cutie. Though Phoenix struggles to play with her, she still loves her to pieces.
And now Phoenix's 7th Birthday is coming up here next month. I can't believe how fast time has flown. I turned 30, Phoenix is finishing 1st grade, my niece has started puberty, I published my first book, my sister is pregnant with baby #3, my BFF Ronda is pregnant with #2 and much much more. Anyway that's probably overload for now. More to come soon!
