Dog Food, Lady Bugs & Bode is Born!

Week 51

Last Friday was pajama day for Ty and I.  We stayed in our pj's for the whole day and it was great.  Ty's fever finally hit the road and he was feeling more like himself - but still not eating well at all.  At least he was drinking but still wouldn't touch the Pedialyte with a ten-foot pole.  Well, there is one thing that he felt like eating.  I was in the kitchen, doing what else but loading the dishwasher - when I realized Ty was quiet in the family room.  That is always a bad sign.  I checked on him and he was sitting by the dog food drooling.  I knew right away - he had dog food in his mouth.  First time he has ever done that.  I was able to get it out of his mouth before he swallowed it or choked on it.  That was a close one!  Friday afternoon was a bummer because I dropped our baby monitor on our hardwood floor and it immediately stopped working and wouldn't turn on.  I checked the batteries because I thought that one popped out, but it didn't.  I still don't know what exactly is wrong but I got it working.. sort of.  But on Friday night it was not working and I always sleep with the monitor on my bedside table to hear if Ty makes a peep.  I woke up in the middle of the night with Ty in bed with us.  Another bad sign.  Heath sleeps through anything - if he heard Ty and I didn't... he was probably screaming for an hour.  I don't know how I didn't hear him - I must have been wicked tired.  I felt terrible.  He was happy as a clam to be in bed with us, though, of course.

Pajama Day!

Friday night with Daddy

On Saturday I worked and Ty and Daddy stayed home to make sure Ty was over his sickness.  They were supposed to go backpacking but Keith got bronchitis and Ty had his fever...so those plans went down the toilet.  But Ty and Dad had fun.  Heath made Ty a box out of his large, soft puzzle pieces with an open hole on one side and Ty started to put things in through the hole.  He is so smart!  Another highlight was that Ty took a 2 hour nap in the afternoon!  Of course it was in Daddy's arms in the recliner, but at least he got some good sleep!

The puzzle box that Daddy made Ty

This is what he put inside of the box!

On Sunday I worked again and Ty and Heath had a more productive day at home.  They were able to get some smaller projects done at home - gone are the days that Heath will say, "I couldn't do anything.  I had Tyson."  Thank goodness!  While at work on my lunch break, I ran to Rite Aid to make sure I could get the freebies before they sold out and I cleaned house.  I spent $13 cash and got $46 worth of items and got $30 of Rite Aid money back!  Everyone at work has been very interested in my couponing lately and they all wanted to see my loot when I got back.  They seemed pretty impressed and I gave a little mini-couponing lesson.  Let's see if I can get anyone else on the bandwagon!

Rare pic taken by Daddy - look at the tears - he wanted his bubba so bad!

On Monday Ty woke up coughing again, but the fever had stayed away all weekend.  But I called Shannon and we decided that we still couldn't get together because we didn't want the "Petri Dish" (Ty) to give Finley any germs.  We hadn't seen them in a full week!  But in the afternoon Ty and I went to the grocery store and ran into Sean, Shannon, & Finley anyway!  I felt like I hadn't seen them in forever!  On Monday night you wouldn't believe what happened.  Heath and Ty were hanging out in the family room and I went upstairs to get Ty's pj's and a bedtime story and ran downstairs to get Ty.  But then I noticed that the dogs needed to be fed, so I filled their bowls and came back into the family room to get Ty.  But I didn't see him anywhere.  I asked Heath, "Where's Ty?"  Heath got a confused, panicked look on his face and then I saw it.  The shadow in the entrance way.  Ty was half-way up the stairs!!!!  I am obsessive about closing the baby gate, but I had left it open because I was planning just to scoop up Ty and go upstairs, but had gotten distracted with the feeding the puppies.  That little bugger.

Awoke on Monday with a bit of bed head!

On Tuesday I woke up to a phone call that Leigh was in labor.  Yeah!  Thank goodness I had a car seat this time!  We packed up as fast as  we could and got up to Conway.  My mom, Shannon & I were in the room with Leigh & Devin through the labor (with her sisters and mom too and Mia at the very end).  Leigh was amazing.  But it was intense when we saw her for the first time in the thick of her labor.  The three of us started crying when we saw her.  But she was great and the labor went perfectly and the next thing you know, their baby boy was born at 3:53 PM!  But that was when the drama started.  The baby had some difficulty breathing and then Leigh started hemorrhaging.  It went from perfect to perfectly scary in a matter of moments.  They could get Leigh's bleeding stopped for a minute and then she would start up again.  They didn't understand why she wouldn't stop bleeding.  They hit her with 3 different medications and her bleeding just wouldn't stop.  But then it finally did - I believe due to all of our prayers.  They called the pediatrician in to check the baby and put him skin to skin with Leigh in the meantime - and that really did the trick.  His breathing got better - the pediatrician thought that he got some fluid in his lungs, but he is completely fine now!  He was nameless for the first day of his life, his parents just couldn't decide!  I know all about that!  We named Ty in the OR!  Speaking of Ty, he was in the waiting room when all of this was going on... going between Mia, Aunt Sherrie, and Poppy.  And I kept checking on him too!  One of the times I went to peek in on Ty - he was sitting on the couch playing catch with Mia & Aunt Sherrie with one of his balls.  Just as I walked in the door, Aunt Sherrie threw the ball and it hit Ty right in the face!  What a trouper.  He didn't even cry - just blinked about a hundred times!  Thank goodness the ball was made of nerf!  Aunt Sherrie said, "Of course this HAD to happen when his mother walks in the door!"  After the baby was born, I went back to Ty and had him take his nap in my arms in the waiting room.  Whenever you hold him, he always sleeps longer!  It was a nice 1 hour and 10 minute nap!  Man, my arms were tired!  We waited until Heath got there (after work) to see the happy, new family.  We had a quick visit, since they were exhausted (both Devin & Leigh had worked all night and then had been in labor all day).  Then we went out to Thai with my parents and Aunt Sherrie & Uncle Kevin.  Then we went back to my parents' to spend the night.  I had switched my shift from Wednesday to Thursday, so we could spend more time there.

The cousins and the sister-to-be waiting in the family room

Finley waiting with Aunt Sherrie

Poppy standing behind the curtain during the birth of his grandson

A puffy stuck on his face at the Thai restaurant

Getting a tubby at Noni & Poppy's house - he was trying to catch the water pouring out of the cup!

On Wednesday, my mom, Ty and I went up to the hospital and visited Devin, Leigh & the baby for about an hour and a half.  When we got there, they had named him!!!!  His name is... Bode Henry Copsey!  He is the cutest thing - he's a little baldy - and he's got the cutest nose and mouth.  Ty squealed in delight when he saw him!  Of course.  Poor Ty - he had the worst diaper rash that he has ever had.  Actually it is his first diaper rash - he has had some slight redness before, but nothing like this.  I don't know what could have caused it, we change his diapers very regularly  - but the poor guy was so sore.  He acted like nothing was wrong at all, until I had to change his diaper...and then he was very uncomfortable.  I was so sad for him.  We headed home in the afternoon.  On Wednesday night I was making supper and Heath noticed that Ty seemed to be chewing something.  Well, it turns out that he was chewing on a lady bug.  Whether it went into his mouth dead or alive, we just don't know - we just know that it came out dead.  I told Heath, "I guess that means Ty is not going to be a vegetarian!"  What is really tells me is that I need to vacuum my floors!

He actually looks like he is smiling at 1 day old!

Uncle Devin giving Ty a ride on the stool

Look at how cute he is! 

It kind of looks like Ty is trying to kick Bode in the head! 

He has a son!

On Thursday I worked.  I tried to go to my dumpster after work, but they were having a late night meeting at the office building and there was a million cars there.  I decided to try the big high school a few miles down the road, because I really wanted to get some inserts!  But when I pulled into the parking lot, there were 2 cops sitting there!  I got out of there without getting pulled over, but that is just another dumpster that I will never go to again.  When I got home, I was welcomed through the door with crying from Tyson up in bed.  I got him to sleep in about 15-20 minutes but then he was up screaming again at midnight for another 30 minutes or so.  What that was about, I'm not really sure.  But I guess you just never know sometimes.  Oh, the joy of parenthood.  Have a great week!

He doesn't like being on the other side of the gate - it's like he is in jail!

Loves to play the piano

"Talking" to Reeses