What the Pox?!

Last Friday we were headed down to Price to get Adelia's newborn photos taken. Tianna was sooooooooooo excited to go see Grandpa's chickens that she broke out in...CHICKEN POX!!!

The Bandaid is for placebo effect only-- she hasn't scratched them at all but she felt she needed a Bandaid anyway

Thursday night I was getting her swimming suit on so that her and Luke could go swimming and she had several pimples on her shoulder blade. I thought it was weird but didn't think too much of it because she often has little pimples that looked just like that randomly on her body. So they went swimming (oops!) and when I got home she had a bunch on her other shoulder blade. I started to panic. I never had chicken pox so I didn't know what to look for. Thank you Internet, I was pretty sure she had it. The next morning was Adelia's 2 week appointment and so I had her doctor take a peak at Tianna and low and behold, they were chicken pox. Who knows where she got them or WHY?!?! But, since she has been immunized her case is very very mild. She says they don't itch, she never had a fever or cold like symptoms and has been just as wild and energetic as always. Which, is actually worse in some ways. First of all, it was really hard to explain why she could no longer go to Price to see the chickens and all her cousins and grandparents she was so looking forward to doing, and then also, it's much harder to remember not to take her out in public, let alone restrain myself when I do remember.

Meanwhile, we're just praying Adelia doesn't get them-- or either Luke or I for that matter. So far, so good, and Tianna hardly has any pox left... unfortunately I think she still is getting new ones, even if it's one a day-- which means MORE HOUSE ARREST FOR US!!! Just when I was feeling like it was time to venture out with the baby this happened. Bleh!

To back track a little-- Adelia is growing well. At her 2 wk appointment she weighed 7.7 again. Back to her birthweight. She grew half and inch and is in the 25% in all areas. She's healthy and happy..... and still allows me to get enough sleep (most of the time) We have some nights where she decides to be wide awake-- but then we have nights like last where after she finally fell asleep at 12:15ish she slept until almost 7! WOW!! THAT FELT GOOD! Most nights it's in between... so overall, we're doing well.
In further Adelia news-- she has a belly button! She lost her cord on Sunday--one day after she turned two weeks old. We celebrated the occasion with a real bath!

So, as mentioned, Friday we were planning on going to Price. I figured Adelia still needed her pictures before she grows up too much and if I were to wait, who knows, she could get chicken pox and then we couldn't do them later either. We decided Luke should stay with Tianna and I should take her down. We were able to get her pictures done Saturday and they are soooooooooooooooooo soooooooooooooooooo cute! I can't wait to show them off to everyone. But you will have to wait! :D I also got to meet my new niece born 2 days after Adelia. Her name is Pyper and she is a doll! It was also nice to see the rest of the family-- including Luke's family. (We drove over to Emery County Saturday evening) I wished Luke and Tianna could have been with us, but we had a nice time anyway.

Now don't feel too bad for those two-- they had quite the fun time themselves! Since Tianna feels fine, but just can't be around other people, Luke took her camping. They camped up Logan canyon and then drove around finding cool things on Saturday morning. They came across Old Ephraim's Grave-- the grave of a HUMONGOUS bear killed up there in the 1920's. He's so big his skull is at the Smithsoneon.

The rock monument in the background is as tall as the bear

Before we knew she was a little chicken, we took Tianna to the pool. I wanted to go so badly before the baby came, but it rained way too much in the week after it opened that we never got a chance. She loved loved LOVED it and we can't wait to go again-- hopefully next time I can swim too. It was still enjoyable to sit on the sidelines and enjoy the view

Type-o

Oops! On my last entry I said that my mom came to stay from Thursday until Friday. I meant TUESDAY until Friday! Which means she was there once Luke had to go back to work. She helped me so much with Tianna, especially through the daily trips to the hospital lab to check Adelia's billiruben levels, the fiasco of her deciding she no longer wanted to latch on to nurse, the close call with mastitis and SO MUCH MORE! Again, thanks mom! You da best!

Daddy's Day and Tanning Beds

I can't believe Adelia is already 9 days old. It has kind of been a blur, but it's been very happy. We love our little baby so much!!! She is so good too! She only cries when being really messed with or when she's really ready to eat........OR............. when she's being placed under the Biliruben lights.

Her levels were a little high in the hospital but not enough to keep us there. By Tuesday they were higher and on Wednesday even higher. By Friday they were at 17 and the doctor ordered her to be placed under the bili lights. Thankfully we could do it at our house, but it still was not easy. As soon as we put her in she started screaming. It was so sad! Once she wasn't crying so hard she was still just really fidgety and aggitated unless she was really really sound asleep. For the first little while the only time she could get out though was to feed her and calm her down.
By Saturday her levels had dropped down to 13.5... which is only 0.3 from where they don't need to be on the lights anymore but we were still instructed to keep her on them the rest of the weekend. We haven't had a lot of sleep around here the past few nights. Good news is--- she's down to 9.3 and no longer needs to "TAN."

Other than we are doing great!!! Nursing has been much easier the past few days. That was a real struggle for the first half of last week. I talked to 3 different lactation consultants and was still really struggling. But, things are looking up for us! Whooooo hooooo!

Tianna is still loving her sister very much. I think she's starting to get a little jealous because she wants to be carried more than usual. We are trying to help her still feel just as loved and cared for but it's a little difficult when I'm feeding the baby or something and she wants to be held. She really has handled things quite well though-- at least a lot better than expected. She's sometimes a little mother hen though- yesterday Adelia started to cry because I was setting up to feed her and Tianna was frantically saying "Where's the binky? Where's the binky?" as she searched through the whole room. It was really funny!

On Friday my mom had to leave. Sad. She has spent Thursday to Friday with us and we want to let her know that we love and appreciate her so much! She was a huge help-- even if she didn't feel like she did much. Just having her there was enough even if she hadn't done anything. Which she DID though. Thanks Mom! Love you!! We also love Luke's mom and Monica and Aden-- thanks for coming up this weekend. Sorry you got here right when the bili lights did and you couldn't hold her much. Tianna sure enjoyed your visit though!

Father's Day was nice. After Luke and Tianna got home from church we took a family walk (back to the church to pick up the diaper bag. Afterwards we hung out outside for awhile. I just love my family!!!!!!


The chair was Luke's Father's Day gift-- he just HAD to test it out and make sure it worked right! :D
We also gave him a copy of the picture below in a frame for his desk at work. He is such an amazing daddy and his girls love him soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sooooooooo much!!!

Here She Comes, Miss Adelia Peacock

Introducing the newest Pea-Chick in town-- Adelia Rose Peacock. She made her grand entrance into the world on Saturday, June 13th, 2009 at 7:34 pm. She weighed 7.7 lbs and was 19 inches long.

The Whole Family-finally together after 9 long months and 9 long hours of labor

Both she and Mom are doing great!! We were able to bring her home on Sunday night and LOVE LOVE LOVE having her in our home!! Thank you everyone for your well wishes and for those that were able to come visit. We look forward to more visitors this weekend!

Her big sister is a major fan! The first person after Mom and Dad to hold her was Tianna. She took one look at her and said "She's too beautiful!" and gave her a kiss on the head. It was the most precious moment! Since then it's hard to keep her from loving on her constantly. She's adjusting beautifully to her role as Mommy's helper and Big Sister .

Adelia is such a great baby! The first night home she only at she only woke up once to eat and has done that the last two nights as well. Of course if I went to bed earlier it would be twice, but I still get about 6 hours a night! She never cries......... unless naked and cold or when I'm trying to feed her. That has been the only real challenge with her. Nursing is such a difficult thing and I want to do it soooooooooo badly, but I'm not going to lie-- it's rough! So, if you feel the need, pray for me to get her to eat! :D Other than that, she's very mellow and just so fun to have around!

The only other mild problem we have encountered is that she is slightly jaundice. Not enough to be really concerned with, but we have had to get it checked twice already.

So young, and yet already sun-bathing. What women won't do for beauty!

We had a really good time giving her the first bath at home. Tianna loved getting to help wash her hair.

TOMORROW!!!!!!!!

Yep! Baby Peacock should arrive sometime tomorrow! I am sooooooooooooooooooooo glad. I'm not nearly as miserable as I was with Tianna, but I am definitely getting to that point. At least this baby will be a few days early and not 6 days late. I'm getting induced tomorrow (hopefully... if the hospital doesn't get a sudden rush of women in labor... is it a full moon tonight?) Because next week when I am actually due is a very crazy week for the Frandsen family. Tori (my sister-in-law) is also due and my niece Vittoria is having surgery on the 22nd. So to alleviate some scheduling conflicts, my doctor is will to get the ball rolling. In fact, funny story--- he asked if I wanted to get started early and when I said that I did he told me, "Well you are in luck because I'm like a genie, and your wish is my command!" hahaha.. i thought that was a funny way of putting it.

39 Weeks Preggo

Anyway we're so excited! Tianna says she is... but who knows if she really understands. We shall see! But we've got tons of family coming into town and we're all just way excited to meet the newest Peacock Princess! So stay tuned and hopefully we'll post some pictures tomorrow or Sunday!


Meanwhile-- I said in my last entry that we've been super busy getting ready for her arrival. I think today I finished my last major "to do" which was to get the carpets cleaned.
Last week we got rid of our large wooden computer desk (with 6 drawers) to make room for a bed in our office/guest quarters. We replaced it with a new desk with NO drawers. We also lost an entire bookshelf in the process....
Point of the story-- we had to box up and sort through a LOT of things in order to make it work. It took several days, but we did it! Then on Friday afternoon Luke took the desk down to Price, picked up the bed, and came back early Saturday morning. He would have come back Friday night but he unfortunately had some weird bug hit him... thankfully he didn't share with the rest of the family.
We spent the rest of Saturday setting up the room, working in the yard and garden, and then we reorganized our shed. All of the shelves were falling down so Luke replaced them and we got it all put back together just before it got dark.


(I would post pictures of our befores and afters, but my camera is on charge in preporation for tomorrow! Sorry)

This week has been a little less work, but still busy. My ward was having their Girls Camp, and thankfully it was just a little way up Logan Canyon so I was able to make a daily appearance. I had to take Tianna with me and it's funny because I'm pretty sure she has no idea she isn't the same age as all of the other girls. Anyway, it was fun and I'm glad I could spend some time with my young women.

Luke on the other hand did not get to have as much fun as I. He spent most of the week studying for the GRE test which is the entrance test for his graduate program. He took the 4 hour test yesterday and we're hoping and praying and crossing all appendages that he did well enough to get in! It was a huge stress and we are glad he at least got it taken before the baby arrives.

Tianna...... well, she's just been her crazy self. Since recovering from her 4 day stomach flu, she's spent the last 2 weeks telling me "I'm hungry" EVERY HALF HOUR! I can't keep this child fed! I don't remember if I said in my last post that all her waking up in the night felt like having a newborn and was maybe just prep for the upcoming sleepless nights. Well, her constant hunger must be prep for the strict feeding schedule. Seriously, I'm not use to feeding her very often because she's never hungry and isn't a big eater. Now she eats like a horse and is hungry before I can even clean up from the last meal.

She is just growing up so fast. I can't believe how the past 33 months have just flown by. I'm so grateful for my little girl and how sweet and fun she is. She's so full of personality and energy and everyone just adores her. I can't wait to see her take on the role of "Big Sister" and watch her with our new little one.

The Calm Before the Storm

In my last post (if you haven't checked it out yet, I posted it day before yesterday) I explained all the FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN we had with Tianna's stomach bug... well, apparently the day before while Luke and I were at the wedding she was feeling fine. Well more than fine! Check out my sister-in-law's blog http://binghamsurvivalguide.blogspot.com/ to see how much fun she had!!! I loved the pictures and am just too lazy to copy and paste in my own post! hahaha
YAY!!!

PS- keep your eyes posted in the next few days when I post about our fun adventures in getting our house ready for baby and visitors! All i can say is, I'm so grateful for a husband who is a handy-man AND a night owl!!!

Where Have All the Peacock's Gone???

I've been asking myself the past few weeks the same question! The second half of the month was such a blur and I haven't felt like blogging because I had too much to blog about. We've been having great fun with traveling, sicknesses, and potty training....
So I just put it off and now you are going to get a VERY large update! I should learn my lesson!

Going back to the weekend of May 16th, we watched my brother Jason's daughter, Jocelyn, over night. We had so much fun with her! The next day after they picked her up we all went to the little zoo in Logan. I love that place!

That night, on a random passing by of Wilson Motor's in Logan, we took a liking of Nissan Pathfinders. We knew our little Passat wasn't going to cut it once we add another baby in the backseat AND try put anything else in the car too. Since we go out of town to visit family so much we debated what to do about our cramped situation.
So Monday we test drove and by Tuesday we were the proud new owners of an 06 Nissan Pathfinder. It was sad saying good bye to the Passat, but we felt very good about our decision and have not regretted yet (in the past 2 weeks anyway!)
Good bye little red Passat-- you were a good ride!

Out with the old....

And in with the new....

During the course of that week, another adventure began-- ILLNESSES in the Peacock home. For several weeks Tianna had had head congestion and it eventually turned into night-time coughing. I sort of think it began as allergies... or so I thought until Luke came down with a bad cold also. Those two battled out sickness all week and by Thursday when Tianna had a high fever I decided to take her in. As suspected, she had a sinus infection. Bring on the antibiotic!
(More on this issue later)

Meanwhile, we were still in the process of POTTY TRAINING. She had been doing impressively well! A potty-chart with prizes as well as Princess and Dora underwear seemed to be the golden ticket. Until...... one bad experience with numero 2 got her all freaked out and she decided she was no longer going to try in case it hurt her. This created a very VERY long trip down to Castle Dale. Between all the potty breaks (usually unsuccessful ones at that) and Memorial Day traffic, what usually takes us just over 3 1/2 hours took us 6 hours. Let's just say, potty training continued to go badly at grandma's house too.

Despite potty issues, we had a fun weekend anyway. We spent some time at the new swimming pool and Tianna had a blast with her cousin Aden and friend Lala. They played and played all weekend long with toys, the horses, and she even got to help make brownies with grandma Belinda.

Since it rained all weekend we didn't get as much outdoors action as we wanted to, but we still have a fun fishing trip on Memorial Day. Tianna (Luke) caught a few fish but she was much more interested in playing in the dirt with Aden. It made it nice for us parents who didn't have to keep them out of water the entire time. Independence can be great, can't it!

Luke had to return to Logan for a few days of work so I stayed with my mom for a couple of days. We also spent plenty of time with my sister and her kids too.

Luke came back to Price on Wednesday night because on Thursday we went to Manti to attend the wedding of one of our dearest friends, Blake, and his beautiful bride, Chantel. We are so happy we could be there for their special day!!! It was also really cool because Luke's other best friend, Robbie and his wife Sarah (whom I became good friends with at CEU) and Mindy, one of my best friends, and her husband, Jay were all there. It was a great reunion! Funny little tid bit-- we were sitting in the sealing room in the temple and we discovered that all of us were married in that exact same room! Go Room 2 AKA Needle Point Room!

It was a pretty busy day. We got to the temple at 9:00 and then after all the events there we drove to Spanish Fork for the luncheon... spent several hours after that killing time (Thanks for letting us visit Jay and Joy!) and then went to the reception. Following that, we drove back to Castle Dale.......... basically we just wanted to see how many miles we could put on our new car in one week!!!

The remainder of the weekend was when the REAL fun began. Ha. Ha. In the middle of Thursday night Tianna woke up with the worst stomach flu ever. That little girl was so sick. We spent all of Friday doing nothing but lying around. Luke still wasn't over his cold either and I had gotten it too. Tianna was still sick from her sinus infection and was now battling a horrible stomach virus on top of that. We were pretty pethetic all day.
We did venture out on a little drive Friday evening-- just to get out of the house! We drove out to the Little Grand Canyon (the Wedge) which is 30 minutes out of Castle Dale.
My goodness that place is beautiful!!! The only thing that could bring a smile to Tianna's face though was a flower in her ear. Good thing she's a girlie-girl or else little things like that might not do the trick!

Saturday we went to Price and basically spent our whole time there resting and recovering also. I did get to attend the bridal shower of my good friend, Annie though. That was a plus! :D

By Sunday we were all so ready to be home. It's hard being sick when you are away from the comforts of your own place. Thankfully we made it home without any potty stops or any puking stops! yay!!! Unfortunately that good luck only lasted until a half hour after Tianna was in bed. Then it was time for more laundry!

Luckily things are looking up for all of us this week. Oh, except for yesterday just when I thought she was about over everything, Tianna woke up with a rash all over her body! UGH! For a kid who is hardly ever sick she certainly decided to make it a good old round this time! Hopefully we will all get over everything and stay that way because we really need to get healthy before this baby makes her grand entrance into the world. ... .which by the way is most likely going to be on JUNE 13th!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's really not far away and I'm sorta freaking out about it!! Don't get me wrong, I'm sick of being pregnant, but am I really to be Mommy of 2?!?!?!
After all the sleepless nights lately and extra loads of laundry due to potty training and stomach flu... I feel like I already have a newborn living with me, but I'm still not sure I'm quite ready for all this yet!!! Too late now though, right?

I guess that just means the adventures will continue! Stay tuned for more updates on the baby situation!