Too much Information

Well being that I had the pulse ox machine at my disposal last night I decided to leave Zach plugged into the machine while on oxygen at night... Let me just say - I wish I hadn't but glad I did.  I was thinking that it would be nice to have him hooked up to prove to myself that he is getting enough oxygen all night long and that he is doing just fine - that was not what was proved.  About five or six times last night Zach set off his pulse ox machine informing me that he was not getting enough O2 because his levels dropped below 85% (at which the machine was set to go off at).  I am now thinking that we might be further off from being tube and tank free than I first thought!  He does fine when he is awake but once he falls deep asleep we come into trouble.  So although it was frustrating to see his drops it was good knowing that maybe there is something we can do about it - I plan on having a conversation with Zach's doctor today!

On a totally other note... what is up with the weather here?  Monday the boys and I went out for a park day and today we are bundled up, I am wearing my new flowy sweater (of which are my new favorite) and sipping teecino while the boys are snuggled on the couch watching Back to the Future.  Berry muffins are baking in the oven and are just about ready to come out.  I am planning on making soup for dinner.  At least it is not snowing but sakes... mother nature make up your mind!

Frustrations

UGH!  

Not even ten minutes after my last post little Zechariah crashed - not bad but enough where I did not feel comfortable having him off oxygen.  I am not sure if the crash was due to the time length that he was off or the fact that he fell into a deep sleep - either way we are still corded and will be for a while.  Tomorrow Zechariah will be three months old and I had high hopes that we would ditch the tubes and tank but it looks like that will not be the case.  I was reminded by my cousin that this time will pass and before I know it I will be looking at this through the rear view mirror... we were there but no longer are... Until then I will hope it comes soon.
Another great frustration of mine is milk production!  While Zechariah was in the hospital I was producing forty-fifty ounces in a twenty four hour period.  Once he came home I was not in the right mind set and I stopped pumping for a week and a half... once I got back to it my production went down to fifteen ounces in a twenty four hour period.  In the last week my production has gone down to four ounces in a twenty four hour period.  I am so frustrated!  I am drinking water like crazy, taking all my vitamins for postpartum, for milk production as well as a prescription for milk production and nothing is helping... oh yeah and I am pumping every two to three hours for ten minutes each time.  I am doing just about everything in my power and I am not having any success.  I hate not being able to provide milk for Zach.  I knew that actually breast feeding was out of the loop but to know come to the realization that milk for him by pumping is getting further and further out of reach I am getting really bummed! 

UGH! 

Yeah!

Some exciting news here in the Kulow house... we may have a wireless baby by tomorrow morning!  Today is Zach's Pulse Ox test... I took him off oxygen at 8:30 this morning he has been hooked to the Pulse Ox machine since 1pm and he is holding his O2 levels at about 95%.  He has had a few dips but it was due to feeding and he choked a little other than that he is doing great!  To alleviate my stress of him dropping after the test is done they actually are leaving the Pulse Ox machine here with me until tomorrow morning.  I am so happy about that... that means that I can have him on tonight too, such a relieve! 
Well the two older boys decided not to nap yesterday and thankfully were in bed asleep by eight thirty last night.  I took advantage of the situation myself and curled up in bed around that same time.  I wanted to get some sleep before Zach woke up for his first mid night feeding.  To my surprise he never woke up - Zach slept through the entire night.  He went to bed at 8:30pm and didn't wake up until 7:45am!  Awesome!!!  My first full night's sleep in a long time.  I had it in my mind that it would help me to get through tonight with him being off oxygen and the little sleep I would be getting due to freaking out wondering if he was breathing... thankfully I will have a machine to warn me! 
I figured out why Ki has been so fussy lately and has had a runny nose and fever... he is cutting three molars!  I guess I can cut him some slack knowing that now - I was just thinking I might throw him in the trash.  Guess I will keep him now!  Although at this very moment he is playing in his room rather than napping - Grrr, I am not ready to give up nap time!
After I dropped Zeke off at preschool today Ki, Zach and I headed out to get some groceries and a few other things.  I love my shopping skills - I bought three outfits for Zach and two shirts for me and I spent $5.62... between coupons, sales and a gift card for $15, I did pretty darn good!  Also for those of you that are Jello eaters like my boys... Target has all their Jello on sale - we bought the rainbow.  The large boxes are normally $1.19 and they were $.89 so we stocked up.  Also the Gatorade that Michael drinks was on sale at Safeway... normally $1.79 and they were $.79 - I grabbed as many as I could handle with the two younger boys in tow.  The three of us hit Khols, Target, Macy's, and Safeway in the time that Zeke was at school - pretty impressive if I don't say so myself.
Since Ki is not going to fall asleep and he is being noisy and Zeke is sleeping I better go and get Ki out of their room! 

Spring Time

I think the weather finally got me in the mood to get out.  This morning I packed up the boys in the car and we headed to the park.  The boys rode their bike around the mile long lake, then we played at the park, then we blew bubbles and then rolled down the grassy hill - phew... it was a busy day and I think that I successfully filled the morning with all things spring!  The boys had a blast and I had hoped that all the play would wear them out for a good nap... here we are an hour of them laying on their beds, but not a single one is asleep... I have almost fallen asleep waiting for them to fall asleep!

Ki loves riding his bike

Zeke is super fast on his bike so although the bike ride was only a mile he probably did more because every time he would get too far ahead I would make him ride back... he did a lot of back tracking to allow Ki to catch up.

The boys taking a break

Ki and his bike

Zeke was racing down the grassy hill and ate it

Ki laughing at brother who fell

My little climber

Love this picture

While Zeke did the monkey bars Ki decided to hang... I was pretty impressed with the fact that he was able to hang there for a while and even got his feet off the ground for a good swing or two.

Zeke with no fear... he just jumped off the platform!

Zeke and his bubbles

Zach was snuggled in the pouch the entire time

Zeke rolling down the hill

Ki was not too sure about the rolling so he just laid down on the grass.

Birthday Celebration

For Zeke's birthday celebration we headed to Beau Jos pizza with some friends and family... here are a few pictures from our day out.