Cook's Hospital

Yesterday I had to take Nolyn to Cook's Children's Hospital to do the test to find out about her kidney. First we did an ultrasound, which she actually enjoyed. Then after that we went to do some xrays. This is where things got bad. They had to stick a tube into her bladder and inject a liquid in it so it would show up on the xray. You think the first shot screams are bad, they had nothing on the scream she let out yesterday. Poor girl, and I was helpless, I had to hold her arms down so they could get the xrays. So now we wait and go to the specialist on Feb 10th.

Milestones

Here is a video of Nolyn rolling over. She has been doing this for about 2 weeks now we just was never able to get a video of it. So now that we have one I thought I would share.

Nolyn will be 11 weeks tomorrow, goodness how time flies. Tomorrow we have our first visit to Cook's Children's Hospital . We're doing an ultrasound on her right kidney, the one that was enlarged. So I have to wake up really early tomorrow to go down there. I dont think tomorrow we'll know anything new until the 10th, thats when we see the specialist.

New Addition

Well last night I got the phone call from my mom that my cousin Chris's wife Gaye had her baby, a little girl. They already have 2 boys and were really hoping for a girl this time. So now the Delka clan has 2 new born little girls, now were just waiting on little Kieston (due date Jan 17 to my cousin Troy and his wife Tammy) and Aiden (due Jan 22 to my cousin Bret, Troy's brother, and his wife Ryane), I hope I spelled both of those right, to get here. Wow that is 4 girls in 2 1/2 months. This makes 5 babies born into the Delka family in the last 12 months. How fast our family grows, but what do you expect when our Dads/Grandpas are 1 of 11 kids (8 boys 3 girls). Now you see why everyone is cousins not 1st, 2nd ect. Were MUCH to big for that, and also to close.

In other news, here are a few new pictures of Nolyn. Nolyn is a BIG tummy time baby. She hates to lay on here back. So because of this she picks her head up VERY well. The first couple of pictures are of her at 9 weeks. Then after that is her on her changing table. She LOVES her changing table. Every time shes on it she is ALL smiles, as you can see. The ones after that is were taken last night during our bedtime routine. Grant does the nighttime feeding and reads Nolyn a book afterwards, then 15-30 minutes later its off to bed. This allows me time to wash and make bottles and get some other stuff done that I need to do. It seems to be working very well for us. It gives me some free time and some great bonding time for Grant.

First shots are now over

Well Monday Nolyn had her first shots. She was a champ. She cried for a couple of seconds but she was better after I picked her up. After the shots I took her to my sister so I could go to my interview. I'm guessing it went well because I got called back for a second interview Friday. So now Grant and I have to find childcare if I'm going back to work. We're working on it just wish us luck. At the Doctors visit we found out that Nolyn is now 9lbs 14 oz and 22 1/2 inches long. Goodness she is getting big. Yesterday she was a little fussy from the shots. So fussy that last night she didn't go to bed till 1 this morning. Hopefully tonight she'll do better.

Oh how fast they grow

I cant believe it Nolyn is now 8 weeks old. Now mommy has to find a job because my vacation is over. Although taking care of a newborn is far from a vacation, but it is a lot of fun most days. I cant believe how big she is getting. We go Monday for her shots, then that afternoon I have a job interview. Wish me luck because I REALLY want this job. Its a great opportunity for me, and the icing on the cake is that I get to work with my best friend again. Ok, enough about me and back to Nolyn. She is lifting her head up while laying on her tummy now. She's been doing this for about a week now. And on Christmas Eve she laughed for the first time. These days she is all smiles unless its feeding time.

On a different note January 21st we have to go to Cooke's Hospital for another ultrasound on Nolyn. For those who dont know Nolyn was born with an enlarged kidney. We found it when I was 19 weeks pregnant with her. Although it doesnt seem to bother her we have to keep an eye on it. Then on February 10th we see Dr. Pinto a Urologist to see what the ultrasound found and what we are going to have to do for it. So I will keep all updated on what we find out.

Here are a couple of pictures of Nolyn lifting her head. She's such a big girl.