lost cat

Since I've brought my little guy home I have had zero tolerance for my cats & birds. It's like my temper is so short with them now...especially my Siamese, Shiloh. He is the only one that will not listen or learn. He's SO BAD & OBNOXIOUS. He is constantly into the baby's things, on the tables, knocking things off of shelves, & beating up our more timid cat among other things. He used to get all of the attention, but I don't have time these days. The other cats are fine, it seems, but this one just keeps getting under my skin. He has started running out of the front door every time I open it with baby in hand. He runs off & I can't catch him. Today I just left him outside for a couple of hours until Isaac finally went to sleep & now I can't find him. He doesn't have a collar on & I'm worried about him. I've been threatening for a while to make him an outdoor cat, but those were just empty threats because I'm so scared he'll get hit by a car or stolen. We have a microchip in him, but I'm still worried. I'm not sure what to do! I've been all around the yard with a bag of treats calling him, but he is nowhere!

Life with a Newborn

It is definitely not easy having a newborn. He was sleeping really good at first, but the last two days he's been waking up every one to two hours. It's not so bad on the weekends because Mike and I take turns, but during the week it's rough because I'm up all night with him. They say to sleep when he sleeps but it's hard if he never sleeps! Well, he's sleeping right now, but I have to eat sometime & clean my house & brush my teeth & do laundry & feed my animals. Being a new parent means your time is no longer your own. Things are better, though, as far as recovering from the surgery. There's still a lot I can't do, but getting in and out of bed is no longer impossible. I think I had the post-partum blues, but those are overwith now as the pain slowly subsides. Mike's family has been great. His sister has been helping out a lot. My mom has even came over a couple of times to help out. He's getting cuter & cuter everyday too. He loves to groan & complain, especially when he's asleep. He smiles in his sleep too. I can't wait until he can start playing & interacting. There's just so much to look forward to. Oh & Mike is done with school this week. He'll be certified to become an estimator. His job already had him start last week on planning for the jobsite he's on. It's great...hopefully he'll start getting paid salary soon! I'm so proud of him!

Birth Story

Isaac Michael Grenat was born at 6:19 p.m. He was 22 inches, 8lbs 15.4 oz. I woke up with back pain at 4 a.m. then my water broke. I had no doubt it was my water breaking because it just never stopped. I was scheduled to be induced this upcoming Monday, but baby had other plans. We rushed to the hospital where they checked me & I wasn't dilated except for the 1 cm. So the started the Pitocin to get it going. By later that day, 3 or 4 maybe, I was finally dilated enough to start pushing, but I was way too wore out by then. I had an epidural, but somehow it didn't alleviate all of my pain. I still had incredible upper back pain. They kept moving me from one side to the other. I hated that I couldn't feel my legs. When I was on my right side Isaac decided to curl up in my ribs which was so incredibly painful that I couldn't stop crying. They kept giving me apple juice to wake him up which only made my heartburn & reflux 100 times worse. I kept throwing up. I pushed for 2 1/2 hours, but his head wouldn't budge. I could see his hair the whole time, but he was turned the wrong way. The doctor couldn't turn him either for some reason. She said she didn't feel comfortable. It was something about one of us had too much swelling. Finally we ended up doing a C-section. I had been running a 102+ degree fever for some reason too. They ended up putting IVs in him to give him antibiotics. He ended up having jaundice & having to be under lights. We were in the hospital for 5 days. When we came home, he still had to have a home health agency come out & monitor his bilibrium levels & I had to keep him on a light bed for another 3 days.