Update on our family,
Connor is loving Kindergarten. He has the sweetest teacher. She is a single woman probably in her mid 30's and she devotes her life to her kindergarten kids. I can't believe how much this boy is learning every day and how much he remembers! I was concerned he would have a hard time staying in his chair and stayin on task but he has blown me away with how awesome he does. I had a parent teacher conference this week and the first thing his teacher said to me was "so, he's a pretty laid back kid, huh?" I never would describe connor as laid back but I guess at school he is extremely serious, shy and "laid back". She said he does his work when he's supposed to be working and plays when it's time to play. What more could we ask for? He's such a sweet, awesome kid.
Kamree, oh my Kamree... where do I start? She just turned 4 last month. I don't know anyone who could spend time with this girl and not fall in love with her. She is a firecracker for sure. She is independent when she wants to be and is very opinionated. she goes to school 4 days a week and rides the bus there and back. She loves school. It's her favorite activity. She is writing letters and trying to read 3 letter words. She has been struggling more with eye contact, keeping attention when being talked to; and therefore struggles following through with tasks because she's not committing them to memory. I think it's exhausting for her and me everyday to deal with this. It took us 2 hours for her to clean her room on monday (with very minimal toys to pick up) and yesterday it took us at least that long but it never got done because it was time for bed (totally impossible to work with her when she's tired) and so we continued first this morning. This girl will do great things in life and I'm looking forward to see what she accomplishes. The obstacles she faces seem unfair and are hard to adjust but we just do our best with what we know.
Allyson, (7 months) is our little sweetheart. I could not have asked for a better baby. She is very attached to me and that gets hard at times since I rarely have time away. When i leave her, it's not a short crying spell, it's hours. I hate to put her or Tyler through that when it's not necessary. As long as i'm home she is content and happy. She rolls all around the room and is starting to get up on her hands and knees. Both my other kids were crawling by now and I'm loving that she's not! Connor and Kamree always seemed like they were in a hurry to get somewhere and grow up but she seems content to be a baby and is not in any hurry to grow up. I am fine with that. :)
Love these little people. They keep me going everyday.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
Birth Story: Allyson Elizabeth Rasor
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My doctor had me come in for a second appointment on February 22nd. He first wanted to make sure that my blood pressure and vision issues weren't getting worse but also hoped that if he was able to check me enough times my body would finally put itself into labor since I had been contracting and dilating for weeks.
The night before my appointment I had a major anxiety attack an hour or two after I went to sleep. Tyler was still awake and I told him I couldn't tell if I was panicking or if something serious was happening. I just knew my heart was racing and I did not feel ok. Tyler was able to help me calm down and the next morning I was still alive so I figured it was an anxiety attack. Looking back I don't know why I wouldn't have had a panic attack after 9 months of "morning sickness", having an infection for 5 months that only having the baby would cure, dropping platelets, high blood pressure, spots in my vision, trying to get our car back from the auto body shop before delivering.--It all makes sense to me now. So, Friday afternoon my sweet sister called me to see if she could come watch my kids so Tyler could go to my appointment with me. She came over that afternoon and off we went to the doctor. when the doctor checked me he said I was 4 cm and 50% effaced. I talked with him about my anxiety attack the night before and he said he wanted to call and see if we could get approval to deliver. (The hospital is ridiculously strict about not inducing before 39 weeks) Dr. Joseph went and got a second opinion from his colleague and then called us to his office while he called the hospital. They approved our induction request and we were told to come in on Saturday at 7:30 am. My mom, dad and sister came and spent the night at our house to be here for the delivery because a big winter storm was supposed to come in over night.
On Saturday we went to the hospital and got checked in and found out I had a UTI and my platelets had dropped to 115 (normal is 140)---It was time for this baby to get out! They started my antibiotic (for GBS) and) my IV at 8:00, then started the pitocin at about 8:30.
We were
waiting for the doctor to come check me but he was taking a while so the
nurse decided she would check me. If I had known that her checking me
would mean without any gel and with dagger fingernails I would have
waited for my doctor. She said I was still 4 cm but I question that
since I don't think she could check me well with my screaming and
tensing up. (seriously--dagger fingernails!) My doctor came in about a
half an hour later and checked me and I was 6cm. He broke my water at
that point. probably around 9:40. After that the contractions got really
strong. I've never had pitocin or my water broken before an epidural
before and I wasn't prepared for how quick the pain would intensify.
Around 10:30 the nurse anesthetist came to do my epidural. I was
screaming at this point and ready for some pain relief. After having to
put the needle in twice the epidural was done and I was feeling a bit
better. I refused to let the nurse check me again until the epidural was
in full effect. She came in to check me around 11:00 and I was 9 cm.
she went to get the doctor and after 2 sets of 3 pushes little Allyson
Elizabeth was born at 11:13 am weighing 6 lbs 11 ounces and 20 inches
long.
My doctor had me come in for a second appointment on February 22nd. He first wanted to make sure that my blood pressure and vision issues weren't getting worse but also hoped that if he was able to check me enough times my body would finally put itself into labor since I had been contracting and dilating for weeks.
The night before my appointment I had a major anxiety attack an hour or two after I went to sleep. Tyler was still awake and I told him I couldn't tell if I was panicking or if something serious was happening. I just knew my heart was racing and I did not feel ok. Tyler was able to help me calm down and the next morning I was still alive so I figured it was an anxiety attack. Looking back I don't know why I wouldn't have had a panic attack after 9 months of "morning sickness", having an infection for 5 months that only having the baby would cure, dropping platelets, high blood pressure, spots in my vision, trying to get our car back from the auto body shop before delivering.--It all makes sense to me now. So, Friday afternoon my sweet sister called me to see if she could come watch my kids so Tyler could go to my appointment with me. She came over that afternoon and off we went to the doctor. when the doctor checked me he said I was 4 cm and 50% effaced. I talked with him about my anxiety attack the night before and he said he wanted to call and see if we could get approval to deliver. (The hospital is ridiculously strict about not inducing before 39 weeks) Dr. Joseph went and got a second opinion from his colleague and then called us to his office while he called the hospital. They approved our induction request and we were told to come in on Saturday at 7:30 am. My mom, dad and sister came and spent the night at our house to be here for the delivery because a big winter storm was supposed to come in over night.
On Saturday we went to the hospital and got checked in and found out I had a UTI and my platelets had dropped to 115 (normal is 140)---It was time for this baby to get out! They started my antibiotic (for GBS) and) my IV at 8:00, then started the pitocin at about 8:30.
Allyson with grandma
Allyson and Grandpa
Meeting big brother Connor for the first time--he was so shy.
Meeting big sister---I fear the things big sister will teach her. :)
Meeting uncle Matt
We are so grateful for this healthy baby girl and also to all our family and friends who have helped us and checked in to see how we've been doing the last few weeks!
Thursday, February 21, 2013
update
I figured it was time I updated our life on here.
We are all settled in our new home of Layton, Utah. We are loving our new area. Minus the Winter of course---but hopefully that is almost over.
Connor is going to preschool with his cousin and he loves it. I asked him a few weeks ago if we should go back to our old house and go back to his old preschool. His answer: "No, the other kids can go there."
Connor is growing up so much. He's going to start Kindergarten in the Fall and he's super excited about it. Although I think he looks forward to the social part of it. He's not very interested in the ABC and 123 business. Things come easy to him, which is good but in some ways but makes him a little lazy at times. :) He is really such a sweet little boy. He is always asking how he can help with something and is becoming very independent.
Kamree is in preschool at the school district preschool program. It's taken a few months and a meeting or two with her teacher but i feel like she is finally progressing and doing really well there. Her preschool back in Salt Lake was not a good fit for her so I feel like we had a set back this year but now things are going well.
she knows all her ABC's, can count to 30, knows all the sounds to each letter, and can Spell and write her own name. She's different from Connor in that she really enjoys learning and has more patience to sit and figure something out (definitely got that from her dad!), but unlike Connor she struggles a little more with social boundaries---like personal space. :) Another accomplishment is she's fully potty trained!---day and night! wahoo!! We started in December and it took her about a month and we haven't had an accident since.
Baby #3 is trying her best to stay in as long as possible despite all opinions from the doctor (and me!) that it's time for her to come out. Once tomorrow rolls around, this will be the most pregnant I've ever been. At last week and this week's appointment I was 3 cm and 75% effaced. The doctor thought I would for sure have her last weekend, but here we are a week later and she's still in there. The way I have been feeling changed dramatically from last thursday to this past tuesday. I got a constant dull headache and started seeing flashing spots in my vision. I didn't think much of the spots because my vision has been getting worse and worse for weeks. I didn't think that it could be my blood pressure. I went in on Tuesday and sure enough I was 140/ 80-something. The doctor checked my already slightly low platelets with the plan that if they went down any lower that we would induce but my platelets ended up going up by one point so we're waiting some more. The doctor wants to see me again tomorrow to make sure things are ok. I'm sure all will be well and we'll make it to my 39 week induction--but if this little one decided she wants to come sooner, say like this weekend, we'll fully support that. :)
Next Post---hopefully a baby announcement! :)
We are all settled in our new home of Layton, Utah. We are loving our new area. Minus the Winter of course---but hopefully that is almost over.
Connor is going to preschool with his cousin and he loves it. I asked him a few weeks ago if we should go back to our old house and go back to his old preschool. His answer: "No, the other kids can go there."
Connor is growing up so much. He's going to start Kindergarten in the Fall and he's super excited about it. Although I think he looks forward to the social part of it. He's not very interested in the ABC and 123 business. Things come easy to him, which is good but in some ways but makes him a little lazy at times. :) He is really such a sweet little boy. He is always asking how he can help with something and is becoming very independent.
Kamree is in preschool at the school district preschool program. It's taken a few months and a meeting or two with her teacher but i feel like she is finally progressing and doing really well there. Her preschool back in Salt Lake was not a good fit for her so I feel like we had a set back this year but now things are going well.
she knows all her ABC's, can count to 30, knows all the sounds to each letter, and can Spell and write her own name. She's different from Connor in that she really enjoys learning and has more patience to sit and figure something out (definitely got that from her dad!), but unlike Connor she struggles a little more with social boundaries---like personal space. :) Another accomplishment is she's fully potty trained!---day and night! wahoo!! We started in December and it took her about a month and we haven't had an accident since.
Baby #3 is trying her best to stay in as long as possible despite all opinions from the doctor (and me!) that it's time for her to come out. Once tomorrow rolls around, this will be the most pregnant I've ever been. At last week and this week's appointment I was 3 cm and 75% effaced. The doctor thought I would for sure have her last weekend, but here we are a week later and she's still in there. The way I have been feeling changed dramatically from last thursday to this past tuesday. I got a constant dull headache and started seeing flashing spots in my vision. I didn't think much of the spots because my vision has been getting worse and worse for weeks. I didn't think that it could be my blood pressure. I went in on Tuesday and sure enough I was 140/ 80-something. The doctor checked my already slightly low platelets with the plan that if they went down any lower that we would induce but my platelets ended up going up by one point so we're waiting some more. The doctor wants to see me again tomorrow to make sure things are ok. I'm sure all will be well and we'll make it to my 39 week induction--but if this little one decided she wants to come sooner, say like this weekend, we'll fully support that. :)
Next Post---hopefully a baby announcement! :)
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
changes...
This post is mostly for me to remember, if others make it through I will be impressed. :)
We have a lot of changes going on at our house. Kami started preschool at the elementary school, Connor is in Pre-K, We have baby #3 on the way and now we are changing jobs and moving from our home that we've known for the last 6 years. The timing couldn't work out better, everything is falling into place.
When Tyler got news in July that his well deserved and promised raise was getting rejected because of a company policy change, we started looking for new employment. We applied at a few places, had an interview and decided it wasn't what we were looking for. We applied at a few other places and didn't hear anything. We gave ourselves until October to keep looking and decided that if we didn't find something by October that we were going to need to stay put so we didn't have insurance problems with delivering a baby at the beginning of the year since many companies won't insure you for 90 days. We got to the middle of September and decided to stay where we were and we were ok with it. We thought we would start looking again after the baby was born.
A few days later my sister called me asking if Tyler would be interested in applying for a job in Logan or in Riverdale. We decided against Logan because of us still being in a lease and jumped at the job in Riverdale! Funny thing is Tyler had already applied for that company but got an email saying they already filled the position. Apparently Tyler's resume was never seen by the person doing interviews when we applied the first time and they called Tyler within the week to schedule an interview. Tyler went and was really excited about the job and hoped it would come through. They sent him an offer the following day and we accepted the same week.
We have been blessed to have many things that could be a problem just work out. Just a few:
* Our lease isn't up for 6 more months, but we've worked it out that we will be able to transfer to another one of this apartment's complexes to finish out our lease so tyler will only have to commute for 2-3 weeks intstead of 6 months.
*Our current insurance will cover us to October 31st and our new insurance will kick in Nov. 1st.
* We have a moving truck ready, thanks to some great friends.
* I am finally showing improvement from my horrible morning sickness so I can actually get things done.
We have been so blessed and the Lord's time has been much less stressful than our time would have been had things worked out when we thought they should of.
Leaving of course brings saddness as well. There are too many people that we and our kiddos are going to miss. However we know this is where we are supposed to go and we are excited for the journey ahead.
We have a lot of changes going on at our house. Kami started preschool at the elementary school, Connor is in Pre-K, We have baby #3 on the way and now we are changing jobs and moving from our home that we've known for the last 6 years. The timing couldn't work out better, everything is falling into place.
When Tyler got news in July that his well deserved and promised raise was getting rejected because of a company policy change, we started looking for new employment. We applied at a few places, had an interview and decided it wasn't what we were looking for. We applied at a few other places and didn't hear anything. We gave ourselves until October to keep looking and decided that if we didn't find something by October that we were going to need to stay put so we didn't have insurance problems with delivering a baby at the beginning of the year since many companies won't insure you for 90 days. We got to the middle of September and decided to stay where we were and we were ok with it. We thought we would start looking again after the baby was born.
A few days later my sister called me asking if Tyler would be interested in applying for a job in Logan or in Riverdale. We decided against Logan because of us still being in a lease and jumped at the job in Riverdale! Funny thing is Tyler had already applied for that company but got an email saying they already filled the position. Apparently Tyler's resume was never seen by the person doing interviews when we applied the first time and they called Tyler within the week to schedule an interview. Tyler went and was really excited about the job and hoped it would come through. They sent him an offer the following day and we accepted the same week.
We have been blessed to have many things that could be a problem just work out. Just a few:
* Our lease isn't up for 6 more months, but we've worked it out that we will be able to transfer to another one of this apartment's complexes to finish out our lease so tyler will only have to commute for 2-3 weeks intstead of 6 months.
*Our current insurance will cover us to October 31st and our new insurance will kick in Nov. 1st.
* We have a moving truck ready, thanks to some great friends.
* I am finally showing improvement from my horrible morning sickness so I can actually get things done.
We have been so blessed and the Lord's time has been much less stressful than our time would have been had things worked out when we thought they should of.
Leaving of course brings saddness as well. There are too many people that we and our kiddos are going to miss. However we know this is where we are supposed to go and we are excited for the journey ahead.
DDI Graduation
Turning 3 for Kamree meant graduating from DDI Vantage Early Intervention Program. She made amazing progress. I don't know what we would have done without these great people!
Left to Right: Annmarie (family support coordinator) Kamree, Dani (occupational Therapist) Gloria (behavior and speech)
Connor had to get in on the action too. :)
Kamree's next step has been entering the school district's preschool program. She has transitioned very well and loves school.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Kamree's last day of Play and Learn
Kamree has been in the early intervention program since she turned 2, working with the struggles that come with her Aspergers. We've been lucky enough to work with some great people to help our little girl. One of the best tools in her progress has been the Play and Learn program. It's basically a little preschool Kamree went to 2 days a week for an hour and a half. Unfortunately some poor decisions were made on the state level and Kamree's school lost funding and were given no choice but to discontinue all of their group classes. I can't say enough how good this program has been for her. Her speech more than doubled in a short time, her tantrums became more age appropriate, I could go on and on.----And believe me I have in letters I've sent in hopes of getting this program back for other kids. When Kamree turns 3 in about 6 weeks she would have to move on to another program anyway, but it's been such a help for our family I want other families to have it too even though there's no possibility of it coming back in time for Kamree to go back. If you ever hear anything at our city meetings about early intervention services, please support it!
Miss Judy was who got Kamree used to the routine when she first started class. Kamree had a very hard time with transitions and also with changes in routine. Once all the toys got put away and it was circle time Kamree started her tantrums and Miss Judy would hold her and help her very patiently. Even though Kamree was literally throwing punches at her. The first day Kamree got through a circle time without a tantrum Miss Judy was so happy and excited telling me all about it.
We love these people and can't thank them enough for all their love and support of Kamree!
Miss Karen & Kamree
Miss Judy & Kamree
Miss Karen worked so hard to try to get kamree to engage with her. Everyday when Kamree walked in she would throw her arms in the air and say "There's my Kamree!" and ask Kamree for a hug. Kamree always declined the hug of course but her last day as we were saying Goodbye Kamree gave Miss Karen a kiss unprompted. Miss Karen started crying and told Kamree how much she loved her and was going to miss her. What a great woman!
We love these people and can't thank them enough for all their love and support of Kamree!
Connor's preschool graduation!
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