anyone?

I am looking for a voice recorder to borrow next Sunday (Sept 7th) to record Ashlyn's blessing... Anyone have one I could borrow???

Ashlyn.... again

We went and had a professional photo shoot on Monday. Ashlyn was so good... for most of it. You can obviously tell we are first time parents with all the pictures, plus our photographer took 191 pictures so this is only the tip of the iceburg.

No more sleep for me!!

Well today was another adventurous day in the Cox household. My mom was sitting holding Ashlyn and I was fixing her a bottle and I left the room to go get a bib and I hear my mom in the kitchen saying "baby, baby" and I knew that she had stopped breathing. So I book it into the kitchen and Ashlyn's face is dark red/purple and she is totally not breathing. So I go grab the suction-thingy and start to suction out her mouth and I got nothing... so I decide to call 911 since this time it was lasting longer than it ever had and her face turned colors. So I am on the phone with the dispatcher and she is telling me what to do (bawling my eyes out) and she stayed on the phone with me until the Sheriff's arrived. So they took over and then the ambulance, fire truck, and paramedic all arrive and take over. In the meantime I have my niece call Kevin to let him know what is going on and bless her little heart she couldn't even get the words out to tell him. It really scared her (and me and my mom also). Anyway, so then they say that they are going to transport her to the hospital since she still wasn't breathing just right and it had been about 10 -15 minutes. So to watch them (about 5 workers) carry her out just broke my heart even more. I rode in the front of the ambulance with them since there was 4 workers in the back and not room for me up to the hospital. And we get there and it is such a waiting game while in the ER... ridiculous if you ask me. I mean I have a one month old that wasn't breathing and I saw the doctor twice in 3 1/2 hours and the nurst 3 times is all. I was so mad. But the end result is that they all think it is this stupid reflux crap and that it is normal for how early she was (6 weeks) and from my c-section. So still no REAL answers of why she is doing this and no answer for how long it might last. So we go back to the plan: meds again, feed her little amounts every 2 hours, burp her half way through the feeding and then finish the bottle, she has to remain upright for a minimum of 45 minutes after (we usually do 1 to 1 1/2 hours), sleep on her side propped up, and can't have any pressure on her belly when she is being held, sleeping or in the bouncy chair or swing.
All I have to say is AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!! And who wants to come take a shift???

Already a month old!!

Times flies so fast... we can't believe that Ashlyn is already 4 weeks old (okay, today she is 30 days old). She has changed so much and is such a little blessing in our lives. Happy 1 month old Ashy! Also an update on her: we went to see another pediatrician to get a second opinion since I didn't want to have her sedated and this doctor said that the other doc was jumping the gun and that she didn't think she needed to take her meds and definitely wait for the upper GI. I was relieved to hear that. So she just said that we will watch her and if it isn't getting better in a month or so then we can choose different options.

yup... braggin' again

So me and my mom decided to try and play photographers today with Ashlyn and these are some of our favorite pictures. I think we did an okay job. The professinal pictures will be posted after next Monday.
*on a side note, I need your prayers again. Ashlyn keeps having "episodes" where she stops breathing for a couple of seconds and/or she has her formula leak out her nose and mouth. She doesn't spit it up it just leaks and she doesn't make any noises when it happens except maybe a sneeze once in a while. So needless to say I don't sleep so that I can watch her. When she eats she has to burp really good and then she has to stay upright for a while after and sleepon her side (which doesn't always help). Anyway, so last Thursday she started meds and they haven't helped at all and when I called her pediatrician today he said that we need to do an upper GI scope to see what's going on. I don't want her sedated because she is only 3 1/2 weeks old, but we need to get to the bottom of this problem so we can all get some rest. I know I ask for lots of prayers in our behalf, but I truly believe they work. I have seen results time and time again.
Anyway, I thank you all in advance and will post the outcome when we know. Love you all!!

...because it's ladies night

me & Katie's "high school dance picture"



Katie & MO getting their drink on


MMMMM. salsa and cheese


ODE to the Daiquiri


MO and her flower that she DID NOT steal from E.M.


trying to take a self portrait


the picture TA 40 took


Katie pouting because she "looks fat" in before picture

So last night, me , MO & Katie went for another of our wild and crazy girl's night out. I know that most of you who are reading this are going to be so jealous because let's face it, when the 3 of us are together we funner than (insert what you think is fun here). Anyway, the night started off with Katie picking me up as her date and my mom insisted on us taking a photo together. (the last one of us together for fun was when we were 16 or 17). Then off we went to get MO, we were too lazy to walk to her door and pick her up (sorry MO). Then we finally decided on El Matador as the destination for the evening. Boy, were they in for it. So luckily after Katie's "smooth moves" driving, I really think she is the only car on the road) we arrived at THE destination. Upon entering and arriving at our seats, the festivities began...and so did the B.S.-ing. I am sorry that I am not able to elaborate more on those conversations but they are confidential. Anyway, so we order the grub and MO gets her drink on... and her bartender "TA 40" was overly thrilled that #1- MO was 1/4 Filipino, and #2- she was keeping an open tab. So we down the chips and salsa, have a few daiquiri's and a dr pepper, ate some good grub and topped it all off with sopapillas. Katie's high point of the evening was when our waitress told her that she looked too young to be married and have kids... she said she looked 24. Me and MO, apparently looked like her grandma's sitting there. Anyway, so then the check arrives and our sugar momma whips out the check book and I calculate how much it is. So Katie writes the check and goes to pay. Me and MO go and set the scene for the picture that is about to be taken and wonder why it is taking Katie so long to pay. I wander over and well, apparently we had to much to drink- both virgin and fully loaded- and didn't figure in the tax, we are so smart. But the highlight of that moment was the ladies face standing behind Katie... she would be an entire blog entry herself. Anyway, so then we ask TA 40 to take a picture of us and Katie ends up pouting because she "looks" fat... cry me a river justin timberlake! We all know you aren't fat!!! Then off we went to DownEast because it was still too early to go home. That is where we met Rick... the singing shift manager, who was told that he needed singing lessons by another customer. We thought his voice was magical. Anyway, so by this time it is getting to be the wee hours of the night (9:00-ish) and decide to go and top off our night at the local ladies club... my house, holding the baby.
NEXT girls night though, we are going to venture even farther and take the frontrunner to Salt Lake. If you feel like you would want to attend one of these adventurous evenings, please inquire within. ONLY the priveleged are allowed to go.