growing!

michael had his 2-week checkup yesterday. the kid has grown almost 2 full inches in 2 weeks! i think he might be a tall kid!

routine and transportation

so, now that michael is 2-weeks old, we are starting to get into somewhat of a routine. as much as that is worth. he eats every 3-5.5 hours. when i can manage it, and the little girls cooperate, i take a nap in the afternoon. some days, i don't even get dressed. since i really don't have anywhere to be, or anything to do at the moment, i'm not worried about it. 

we lost our van. life has been extremely difficult, and the money that we have been getting has been going to living expenses (diapers, toilet paper, unexpected needs) instead of toward the van payment. as i have no vehicle, i have no need to go anywhere. 

what are we going to do about it? we're still trying to figure that out!

not enough time!

i have two sick little girls, and not enough time to take care of anything.

ashley has been sick for about 3 days or so. the other night she ran a fever of 103. she has croup, and what i think is a sinus infection. but, she's not getting better.
shannon this morning, started complaining her ear hurt. i called and got her into the ent to be looked at. she has another ear infection. we're going to try to get the fluid to clear up. if it doesn't, or does and comes back, she's getting another set of tubes.

last night, we took me up to the hospital. i'd had some burning most of the day, and when i finally told shaun, he decided that something needed to be done. turns out i have a uti.

with us being up half the night with me in the er, i didn't get around to calling into the dr for ashley. i called in for shannon instead. of course, shannon was screaming in pain, and ashley is just super cranky. i can handle cranky better than i can screaming.
here's to hoping i can get ashley in tomorrow.

michael thomas williams

now that life has slowed down a little bit, i figured i should give details on the newest member of our family.

michael thomas was born january 31, at 1:26 pm.
he weighed in at 7 lbs, 11 oz, and was 19 inches long

labor was VERY uneventful.
it was an induction, scheduled for 7:30 in the morning (AH! early morning!). we got there a tiny bit late, got checked in, and settled into the room by 8. by 10, they had started me on the pitocin, broke my water, and i had my epidural going. the nurse turned up the pitocin twice, and by 12:45, turned it off cause i no longer needed it. around 1, she checked me, and i was ready to go. (just a side note, i never did feel the urge to push. it was VERY strange.) the doctor walked in around 1 or 1:15, got all suited up, and said on the next contraction to push. contraction came, 3 good pushes and he was here.
when he arrived, we were still unsure of his name. we had toyed with thomas, and hyrum, but couldn't get any  further than that. just after they handed to me to feed, shaun came over to me and said, "michael thomas." i looked at the baby, and looked at shaun, and said that i thought he was right. we tried it out, thought about it for a bit, and decided that it fit. however we didn't come right out and say that was his name for sure. the following day, i called in to put him on the insurance and realized that we needed a definite name to put him on the insurance. since shaun had not made it back to the hospital after the night at home with the kids, i made the decision. michael thomas, he was.

shaun's mom watched the kids for us during the day. however, we have had some serious issues with the two little girls during the nights, so shaun went home at night to make sure we didn't completely overwhelm mom.this is not the best image of him, and i can't find the rest of the pictures that were taken. but, here he is!