Megan is here!!

Well, our little gal finally joined our eager family. Megan Anne Hardy was born on August 10 @ 2:52pm. She weighed 7 lbs. 14 oz. and was only 18 1/2 inches. She has blue eyes (and we think they will stay that way) and very unique hair. We are not exactly sure of the color. There is some blonde, red, and brown in it. We are anxious to see what color it turns.
Here are some other details surrounding Megan's arrival. I went into labor very early Sunday morning. When she came into the world she was not crying, or breathing well on her own. They put her on a pulse/ox. monitor and put her in an oxygen tent for the first 16 hours of her life. I was not allowed to hold or feed her during that time. Even after they took her out of the "bubble" she still had to be hooked up to the monitor.

She still does not cry much but she is healthy and home. She did have to stay until Wednesday, even though I was discharged on Tuesday. Her brothers are really enjoying her being home. Even (especially) Joshua, whom we worried would be jealous, loves his sister.



Amazingly, we all went to church with Megan only a week old. I loved putting her in her first Sunday dress. She is so beautiful!!

Well, I am really loving my baby girl. I was so scared to think about bringing another baby into our family, but I know the Lord has blessed us in a way I never could have imagined. He does know best!!

36 weeks along!

Time is growing short and I am hoping this is the last pic. I have to take of me preggo! =) I get to go to the Doctor today for my follow up from the hospital but I am hoping he will also find I am dialated a little. We shall see. Wish me luck. =)

Bell's Palsey

Well, I have had quite an adventure the last few days. It all started Sunday when I woke up and my tongue was numb. I can be a little bit of a hypocondriac so I let everyone in my family assure me that it was nothing to be concerned with. Well, Monday when I woke up the right-side of my face was numb. Now it was not a matter of me just making something out of nothing, something was really wrong. I called my OB/GYN and he told me to go to the ER. After two+ hours of waiting, one doctor up in the Labor and Delivery unit tells me that he is 99.9% sure I have Bell's Palsey, (facial paralysis) and it was nothing to worry about and it would probably go away after I have Megan. Just to be on the safe side, however, he wanted me to go back down to the ER and have a couple of tests run just to be 100% sure of his prognosis. I spent 6 hours in the ER on a hard bed in a room while they poked and prodded me. I even got a CT scan. Then another doctor tells me he is worried I have a blood clot near my brain or I have had a Brain-Stem stroke, so he wants me to see a neurologist and get an MRI just to be safe. Only one problem, there is no neurologist at the Hospital I was at and I would have to be transfered via ambulance to another hospital 45 minutes away. Oh the fun! By the time I get to the other hospital it is after 7pm and I can not get a MRI until the next morning. Did I think to bring an overnight bag, or even a toothbrush, NO! Luckily Wal-Mart is everywhere, and I have a wonderful hubby willing to be and errand-boy! =) Anyway, I would say "long story short" but I know it is way too late for that; but, according to the MRI, I do have a brain and there is nothing wrong with it, HOORAY!!

So now I get to look funny for the next few weeks, or possibly months. I have facial paralysis on the left-side of my face and I cannot close my left eye or move that side of my mouth. I am going to be brave and post so photos, but please don't laugh. I know it looks comical, but I am still not ready to make jokes yet, give me time.

My hubby kept teasing me in the ER saying "quit winking at me, I know I am sexy!" =P


Being the comidian he thinks he is, Paul says that if I still have this Palsey at Halloween, I can be the Hunchback or Eegore! ;)

I guess it is vanity that makes me self-concious of my appearance right now, but it will be hard for me to go out into public anytime soon. I did not take a pic yet, but I have to sleep with an eye-patch on since my eye won't close. It is quite a comical sight, but I do not think I am brave enough to take that pic. yet. =)

Just an update.

Well, we took the boys a couple of weeks ago to my last ultra-sound. Gregory was bored out of his mind and did not seem to care much, but Jarom and Joshua were fascinated by it all. Jarom even knew what body parts he was looking at. Unfortunately, my doctor is not good at taking pictures with the sonogram machine so I will not be posting any; they are awful!! Even Jarom said that they did not look anything like what he saw on the monitor. =( I think it was a very fun experience for us all. I am still counting down the days until she arrives. At first I was scared at how fast the numbers were declining, but no that the weather is so hot and I am so huge, they are not declining fast enough. =)

Jarom has gotten pretty good at taking pictures! =P

Hair today; gone tomorrow!!

YES, I chopped it all off. I was planning on waiting until right befor Megan was born, but I could not wait. Acutally, Paul's birthday was on June 2nd and he would not let me spend more than $20 on him; that meant our usual steak dinner was out of the question. This was all I could come up with.

He said this was so much better than a steak dinner. This is his favorite length on me. It feels so much better in this 90+ degree heat everyday. =)