Zyana's 2 month Drs Appointment

Yesterday, 12/07/2011 Zyana had her 2 month baby appointment.  Here are her updates:



she is 11 pounds, 12 ounces
she is 23 inches long
her head circumference is 39.5 centimeters

She got her first set of shots yesterday.. and we recorded it.. are we bad parents!?  I guess shots are a milestone. she screamed bloody murder for like 5 minutes.. here is the video:

The month before which was her 1 month appointment are (11/04/2011):

she was 10 pounds.
she was 21.5 inches long
her head circumference was 37.5 centimeters

She is in the 90% percentile for her height.. That's all I remember only because Derek and I are both short, so hoping for a taller than average kiddo!

zyana's First Christmas Pictures with Santa~!

Aaahhh. this song... I love it!

This song reminds me of my daughter, for some reason.  The thought of her getting older just TERRIFIES ME!.

Worse feeling in the world.

Is to see your newborn child get sick for the very first time.  Tramatizing actually.  It's a very scary feeling knowing that their tiny bodies are so fragile and open to get anything, like the common cold.  Recently Zyana got her very first cold... she came down with it on November 10th, 2011.  We did every to prevent it from escalating.  We used the humidifier and we were suctioning her nose throughout the day... but she just got worse.. well on Saturday, Nov 26th we took her into to see her pediatrician, well the on call nurse practinoner.. she told us to keep doing what we've been do.. and sent us on our way.. oh, and she said we could give her a small dose of tylenol.. we did.. She didn't get better.

Come Tuesday November 29th, Zyana got a little worse.. this time she hadn't peed or pooped once.. I know poop is normal for newborns to not go everyday... but the pee part concerned us.  So we called the pediatrian again.. and he immediately told us to take her to the childrens hospital.  As soon as I hung up with them my heart dropped.  Why would they tell us to take her there?  Dr said there was a chance that her liver could be failing, or she had stones.  Well I called Derek and he just so happens to work right across the street from the Children's hospital.  I told him to just meet me at home... When he got home, we were out the door.. and she peed! Thank God! We ended up calling the dr back and told him she urinated, he insisited we still take her in..We  did just to be safe.  The monitored her and she was fine.  They noticed she was stuffy and they wanted to do a deep suction on her nose.. so here is the video.. My poor baby girl.

Graduation Time

For the past 4 years I have worked so diligently to accomplish one thing: My Bachelors Degree. And I am so beyond happy to announce that I have FINALLY accomplished this small step in my educational goals.  I was 9 months pregnant with 1 class left.  I graduated on November 12th, 2011 at the University of Phoenix Stadium (Cardinals Stadium).  I am so happy that I had the privilege to have my beautiful newborn daughter present.  Even though she was asleep the whole ceremony, My husband Derek who was the one who pushed me and ALWAYS got on me to finish my homework on time. (I am the biggest slacker/procrastinator EVER!) My mom for ALWAYS pushing me and giving me the encouragement that I have always needed throughout this journey.  and My daddy.  Daddy without you I don't think this would have ever been possible.  Thank you for always pushing me to my fullest ability.  and thank you all for trusting in me.  (I just sounded like I won a Grammy and I'm giving my "thank you" speech

Throughout my entire life I have lived on this Biblical scripture:

Philippians 4:13, "I CAN do ALL things through Christ who gives me strength."

Waiting back stage for commencement to begin

 Walking in!

 

You can see me..

And I'm walking up right now!

DONE!

 

Finally!

 

Family time.. BRING ON THE PICS!

 

Me and my DADDY

 

Me and my MOMMY!

 

ME and my beautiful neices.  I am the best AUNTIE ever

 

Me and Miss Erlinda

 

Me and Miss Rose

 

Me and Derek and Zyana!

 

Me and Zyana

 

Me and my gorgeous sisters!

 

My graduation shoes :)

 

My family

My gorgeous parents and I

P.U.R.E Harvest fest/Bible Character party :)

At Church, the young adults have begun a new group called PURE.  Every Friday we meet.  Well for Halloween we did a Harvest Fest Bible character group party.  Lets just say everyone had to dress up as a bible character.. and we even had a contest for best costume.  and I won! of course that is a given! LOL.  Here are some pictures of Oct, 29th 2011.