Jumping Beans!

I remembered a funny story that I want to share. Around the time Mattix was born Greg and I switched rooms with the kids because the crib and toddler bed fit better in the room we were in. We decided to paint it. So we went to Home Depot and picked out a color we liked. The lady who was helping us was new and she kinda struggled with mixing the paint and stuff. So we go to the self checkout to pay for the paint. The barcode was on the lid of the paint, so Greg tilted it downwards so he could scan it, and sha boom!! The lid was not on all the way and over half of the gallon of paint was all over the self checkout! The people who were working were stunned and had no idea what to do. Eventually someone grabbed paper towels in attempt to clean up the paint, but all it did was smear the paint even more. Then someone came around and put of cation tape all around us and the checkout. It was hilarious!!! I used to have a picture of the mess on my phone, but I can't find it.

Good times, good times.

Mattix got a swallow study done last Friday because he wheezes after he eats solids. The study showed that he micro aspirates. Poor kid. He is coordinated when he eats so they can't figure out why he does that. They want to send him to Salt Lake to get more testing done, but I don't think I am going to go. This is the second swallow study they have done with him and they still haven't figured out why he does it. He has to drink barium for the test and I don't think it is worth getting another test done with the likelihood that we won't get anymore answers about what is causing him to do this. The doctor's said to only nurse him and don't feed him anything else for a while. So I guess I will be nursing longer than I originally thought! Fun Fun!

Sometimes I wonder if it is my fault that he has problems health-wise. I think if I would have been healthier when I was pregnant or researched Terbutaline before taking it or maybe even if I would have been more strict with being on bedrest. I just feel so bad for him and I wonder if I could have prevented his health problems by changing something I did. Maybe that is silly, but if I could take them from him for myself I totally would.

For those of you who haven't hear the Terbutaline story here it is. I went into preterm labor so my doctor prescribed me Terbutaline. It was the highest dose and it was every four hours or something like that. I was on that for the last four months of my pregnncy. After I had Mattix I was reading about it online and it has a black label and pregnant women are not supposed to take it for preterm labor anymore because it causes all sorts of health problems and birth defects. I did't question it before because I felt like my OBGYN knew what she was doing. I learned a big lesson there!

I got this from Drugs.com

WARNING: PROLONGED TOCOLYSISTerbutaline sulfate has not been approved and should not be used for prolonged tocolysis (beyond 48 to 72 hours). In particular, Terbutaline sulfate should not be used for maintenance tocolysis in the outpatient or home setting. Serious adverse reactions, including death, have been reported after administration of Terbutaline sulfate to pregnant women. In the mother, these adverse reactions include increased heart rate, transient hyperglycemia, hypokalemia, cardiac arrhythmias, pulmonary edema and myocardial ischemia. Increased fetal heart rate and neonatal hypoglycemia may occur as a result of maternal administration.

Anyways, that is crazy, right?

I Should Probably Be Sleeping...

I played a few rounds of Solitare and thought, "Hey I should blog!". I don't know why I have such a hard time sleeping sometimes. Oh well..
Greg is sleep talking right now. I can't really understand everything he is saying, but it sounds like he is doing math because he is saying a bunch of numbers, haha. The other day Greg and I were talking about our blog and how people perceive us. How quite a few people don't know us well and mostly know what they read on our blog. I don't mean to make Greg sound like a sleep talking freak, but he does talk in his sleep. A lot! I really enjoy it to be honest. It is pretty entertaining. Especially on nights like this when I can't sleep, which is a common occasion. Every fast Sunday we have dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Thompsons and someone will share their life story. Last fast Sunday was my turn. I wonder what the family thinks of me now. I have experienced a large variety of things and they aren't all pretty. I really appreciate and have grown from my experiences and I really believe they have made me a better person. Anyways, I have been thinking a lot lately about perception and how people perceive things differently. I wonder how people perceive me.
My computer is going to die and the charger is across the room. I don't want to move and wake up Mattix, so I will have to make this short. Greg got accepted into the Pharmacy Program at ISU. Woot woot!!! I am soooo excited for him! I knew he would get in because he is so dang smart. I am so happy for him. His sister Lindsay got in also, so they will be able to go through the program together :) Way to go guys!
Mattix is sitting up by himself and teething and V is talking and signing more. It is so fun being a mom. I am so blessed. My kids have changed my life for the better and I love them so much! They bring me so much joy.

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