June 15 = EEG is Done Day

The EEG is gone!  All that remains is lots of sticky stuff in her hair:

My mom wanted to see Kayleigh today so we brought the whole gang up to the hospital.  While my mom and I were with Kayleigh- Zachary and Gramps took Liam to get a haircut.  He told me he got Malia a haircut too (her first) but was joking.

I left the hospital with my parents and the kids but Zachary stayed behind.  When I got home, I ran a few errands- I went to Barnes & Noble and found this- had to have it!  

This afternoon, we were listening to music on our TV and Liam wanted to search for Joshua Radin.  He asked me how to spell it and I asked him if he knew how and he said "J, O for OneRepublic, S for Shawn Mendes, H for Happy Babies, U, A."  How impressive!!

This boy loves his Gramps:

This girl likes to sing:

 

And this dog loves her Daddy:

June 14 = EEG Day

Not a lot to post today- Kayleigh's EEG started yesterday but will be continuing all day today- and she can't eat while she's on it.  She's getting nutrients through her IV and she's really really sleepy so so far she's been fine- I remember when Liam couldn't eat during his EEG- he was not as fine.

It's been kind of hard to balance time with Kayleigh in the hospital with the other two at home- we knew it would be a challenge but this hospital stay has added to it to say the least.  But our kids are super adaptable and are doing just fine with Gramps and Mimi and Uncle Matt and Meese.

More pictures of Miss Kayleigh:

Liam and Zachary have started playing hide and seek- here's Liam hiding attempt:

And we can't forget about Miss Rosie.  Our neighbors have been awesome- each of the three ladies in our building takes her for a little walk each day so she's still getting lots of attention and love!

April 7 = EEG Day

We started today off by taking Liam to the CDC so Malia and I could go to Walter Reed for her EEG.  It's always hard to decide when to leave because traffic is so unpredictable- sometimes there's no traffic at all, sometimes it adds an hour to your trip.  But today it just so happened that we timed it perfectly!  In order to get all the stuff on her head, the EEG technician recommends swaddling.  I say recommends instead of recommended because I happen to know, from experience, that he suggests this every time.  My poor kids and their need for EEGs.  So she did a really great job through most of it.  It took about 20 minutes to get everything in place and for the the first 15 minutes, she was fine.  And then she wasn't.  She was screaming, "ALL DONE," over and over and over again.  All I could do was rub her arm and talk to her but it actually ended up working in our favor because it wore her out.  The perfect EEG happens when the patient is observed awake, sleeping and then wakes up naturally.  Because she was so mad, she eventually fell asleep.  Here's a picture of the little lady, all wrapped up.

And then I took a video- if I had gone a little to the left, you'd be able to see a sign that says "please do not take pictures during testing."  I'm such a rebel.

She woke up on her own and did a pretty good job getting everything removed.  We got chickfila on the way home- it's a tradition.  I called and asked the CDC to keep Liam for an extra hour so we could both get a nap- Malia's nap during the EEG was for twenty minutes- not sufficient.  She got her nap after her bath- all that stuff in her hair- it was tough to get out and she was so sleepy- she was not happy about the bath but we made it.  And then we both passed out.  We got Liam and had a pretty regular evening so I'll close with these two funny things I saw on facebook:

November 13 = Memory Day

I love this Timehop app!  Today it reminded me that we learned I was pregnant with Malia two years ago today!  We had taken Liam to get an EEG and he had to be sleep deprived for it, meaning we had to wake him up at like 5am and keep him up all day so that he would sleep for the EEG.  I remember telling the nurse that called to give us the instructions that when he is sleep deprived, he does not sleep and that he doesn't sleep anywhere but his crib so no matter what we do to him, he's not going to sleep for the EEG but she insisted we follow the rules and we did.  But like I predicted, he didn't sleep during the EEG so it was all for nothing.  We also had a guy that was new to the ship check in and he needed somewhere to stay so instead of giving him a hotel recommendation like he asked for, Zachary told him he was welcome at our house.  We took him to a Mexican restaurant and because I'm not a fan of being up at 5am myself, I decided to have a margarita.  Oops.  We got home that night and I took a pregnancy test and it was positive.  It was so very faint that we took another one out and compared and asked ourselves a million times- is this just wishful thinking?  But I took another one the next day and it was clearly there. 

And fast forward two year and here Liam and Malia are, hiding behind the curtain, looking out the window together.  I'm so grateful that they love each other so much- I can already see the protectiveness and loyalty they feel for each other in their eyes- and the jealousy and the annoyance... but mostly the love!