We knew it was coming

Every 2-3 weeks Jordan has had to go to the cardiologist and it's become pretty routine for us. We go in, she gets an EKG done, a weight check, chat with her doc for a bit then in for an echo, everything stays the same and we go home only to do it all over again a few weeks later. Until today. Dr. Park's exam of Jordan revealed that her murmur was VERY loud, we could tell by his face and the fact that he kept listening to her chest that something was up. We went to the echo. room where the tech didn't talk to us while doing the sono which is unusual. After she was done we went back to our exam room for like 5 mins and then Dr. Park told us to go back to the echo room b/c he wanted to double check something, uh oh. Turns out the reason Jordan's murmur is so loud is b/c she is having a complication due to her VSD. The different pressures and stuff have caused the entire left side of her heart to be enlarged and her right ventricle now has "muscle bands". These bands essentially form on the inside of the ventricle and squeeze it making it appear as though it is a Double chamber. A Double Chamber Right Ventricle, DCRV, isn't very good. We now have to set a surgery date for our sweet baby girl. We knew it was coming and part of me is glad that we now know it's going to be sooner rather then later but it's very difficult to think of my not even 11lb baby having surgery.  Dr. Park is fantastic and had no issue when we told him we wanted the surgery done at Children's instead of with his surgeons.  Because of it being cold and flu season we were advised to try and schedule it for mid March to beginning of April to lesson the risk of Jordan getting sick, fair enough. Peter and I had already researched and decided that Children's Hospital would be the best place for when this time came but I am pretty intimated by how huge it is and I just really hope it's not too hard to get scheduled. Man this just sucks...

Here's to 2012

Thank you Paul and Linda for taking BOTH girls so Peter and I could have a New Years date. We try to get our "fancy" restaurant fix in about once a year and what better time to do so then New Years.  This year we chose to go to Lightfoot restaurant in downtown Leesburg, neither one of us had ever been there before and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We stared off with a crab soup which was to die for! It was probably the best soup I have ever had, the chunks of crab in it were just insane. Ahh so good, so so good. Our main courses were just as delicious. We really had a great time being kid free for the night or at least until 10pm :) Don't worry we kept our tradition of falling asleep way before midnight, lame I know.
2011 was a very eventful year. My finger surgery, getting the Pilot, being pregnant, Leyah turned 2 and got potty trained, Peter's Oktoberfest, Leyah's sweet chips costume, meeting Thomas' boyfriend, and last but NOT least Jordan was born. And those are just the big things! 2012 should be just as intense and I can't wait to see what lays ahead for us. Happy New Year everybody.

A Very Christensen Christmas

So I've decided that I really like hosting Christmas morning. I don't know why people seem to stress out about having family over to have breakfast (the best meal of the day) and opening gifts. Christmas is also the one Holiday where it's acceptable to not shower and stay in PJ's, so why wouldn't you want to host it?
Being a parent on Christmas is just as awesome as being a little kid. Peter and I couldn't wait for Leyah to go down stairs and see the wonder that is Christmas morning. It started with her checking to see if Santa and the reindeer had eaten her cookies and carrots.

After the initial excitement she ate the rest of  the stale cookie

Complete with the Yule Log on tv we all opened our gifts and had a blast. I really wish I had a picture of when Leyah opened her sweet pink balance bike from Santa, she was so siked that he had listened :) 

Jordan was thrilled too :)

I Love my family and I love Christmas!!!

Round Two

And it happened, I am now the sick one. Well poop. Taking care of a sick family is one thing but taking care of a healthy rambunctious family while breast feeding and being sick is just horrible.

Gatorade and Ginger Ale

The Holidays are here and with that comes stress, excitement and ridiculousness. I feel like today got about as nutty as it can get around here. My day started around 2:30am when I had to feed Jordan and found that Peter too was awake (this NEVER happens), poor guy had a fever and didn't feel well. Well we all went back to bed and were suddenly awoke by Leyah screaming at 5am that she was "messy". That is the last thing you want to hear as a parent because NOTHING good ever comes out of a "messy" situation. The smell that emanated from her room was horrific, and the sight even more frightening. Poor thing had thrown up at some point but had never woke up, who does that! Peter was on bath duty and I took bedroom clean up, both of which sucked but we divided and conquered. The rest of the day involved Leyah and Peter sleeping on either sides of the couch. The worst part about having a sick child and a sick hubby is the fact that you KNOW your turn is coming :(

It's official I'm a... blogger?

 Between having kids, not being "tech" savvy, and lets face it, just plain lazy it has taken me 2 years to finally put together a blog. I always "stalk" others blogs and think to myself, "man are people really that much cooler then me!" Probably not, but jotting down your crazy family happenings online just seems to make everything more interesting. Sometimes you just want to share with the world that you are proud of your 2 year old for peeing in her toy bucket instead of on the carpet. Sometimes you want to share that your baby just smiled at you even though she's only 3 weeks old. Or maybe you just want to vent about how annoying mother's can be and how you wish they can just go away, but then crap, you remember you are a mother too. Blogs don't judge though :) So here's to starting my adventure as a "Blogger" and hopefully, someday, someone can stalk my page  and be just a little jealous of my crazy Christensen Chronicles.

Lindsey