Our Summer Plans

We are so excited. Rich has been hired at the Port of Portland for a summer externship. He will be starting the end of may, so it looks like we are in for another move. Congratulations handsome, your amazing! 

It turns out that being in portland will be a blessing in more than one way. We will have many doctors appointments for scott at the OHSU's Casey Eye institute. His first surgery is scheduled for May 17. It will be nice to be so close to this great hospital for a couple months while we are getting everything taken care of. 

It will be a fun and busy summer. 

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (An update)

THE GOOD!

Our handsome little man is so cute and so much fun. He makes us so very happy. He is such a good little boy and such a huge blessing in our lives. His delivery couldn't have been better! He is growing and eating great and the cutest thing in the world.

Claire is such a great big sister. She likes to help with everything. 

The other day my mom was playing patty cake and claire decided she wanted to do it to scott. we ended up giving her a doll instead. 

 Claire loves being outside and running everywhere. She is growing up so fast. This week she has changed a lot, started speaking more and loving all the attention from my family. She had a lot of fun at my sisters track meet...

Scotts first bath... 1 week old.

Scott is now 10 days old. I can't believe how fast time has flown by. 

THE BAD!

We went to Scott's eye appointment at OHSU in portland on friday. He has a small cataract in his left eye. He goes in for surgery to have it taken out when he is about a month old. It will be a 2 hour surgery. Poor guy. We are worried about him but im sure he will be fine. 

They will take the lens out of his eye and about a week after surgery he will start wearing a contact. His contact will need to be changed once a month. He will probably have to wear a patch for a while and glasses until he is old enough to have a permanent lens put in. 

THE UGLY!

As for the ugly.... On the wednesday after Scott was born I woke up to really bad shaking. We weren't sure what it was and after the shaking finally stopped i got a HORRIBLE hot flash! Not sure what was going on I went back to bed and felt great the next day until it hit again, and again and again. In between these I felt great, almost like I hadn't just had a baby. By friday I called my doctor because my temperature was a little over 102. They told me to head to the Emergency Room at OHSU where Scott was being seen, thinking I had mastitis. Already having a bad day after finding out about scotts eye it just kept getting worse. 

After being checked, the doctors wanted to do some tests and they weren't kidding when they said that! I had everything I could have imagined checked and more. I never knew all the things that can go wrong after having a baby. They found I did have an infection through my blood test but then they couldn't find where it was. After 2 days of worry, and high fevers almost to 104 and lots of shaking they diagnosed me with septic pelvic thrombophlebitis (infected blood clots) and a bad urinary tract infection. I was put on some strong antibiotics and a blood thinner. 

So now after 5 days in the hospital and multiple complications I finally am at my moms and headed home to Eugene in the morning! I cant wait. I miss Claire so so so much and haven't seen her since sunday morning. I think that has been the hardest part about this whole thing. She has grown up so much! Rich had to head back to school, it is the last week of classes so I miss him a TON also. 

Thanks for the help everyone. I couldn't have done it without you. Everyone has been so amazing. Lets hope i get back to normal soon.

Scott Richard Butler!

Scott Richard Butler was born Saturday April 14! YAY! He was 7 pounds 1 ounce and 19 inches long... A big surprise since the doctor thought he was going to be a big baby. He is so tiny and adorable. Just Perfect!

I was induced saturday about 3:30pm and Scott was born by 9:56pm. With only 6 minutes of pushing. I couldn't have asked for a better labor and delivery. It was a great experience and went a lot smoother than claire's delivery. Im already feeling great! Here is our cute little boy...

Claire is a great big sister. She is still learning but she is doing awesome.

Scott is a pretty chill baby. I can already see a difference between him and claire.

Scott with grandma reaser....

Scott and Harley (alicia's little girl who is 2 months old now)... We are so happy alicia is here to visit and to meet scott.

It is so much fun to be a mom! I love every minute of it....

He even has a little bit of hair!

Studying with daddy....

We were happy to leave the hospital sunday afternoon. It was so nice to go home! Scott is doing great, eating really well now and sleeping okay. He has a couple doctors appointments coming up. Lets hope they go well. Scott didn't pass his hearing test at the hospital and the doctors are a little worried about his left eye. Hopefully everything is okay and we will get it all figured out soon.

This week rich has a couple job interviews and studying for finals. It will be a busy couple weeks but luckily my mom is here to help.

Going Green In Eugene

Here in Eugene everything green is popular. Green cars, green buildings, smoking green things.

We decided to try the latest craze Green Smoothies. Despite their appearance these smoothies are totally legal even without a doctors note.

They are actually really good. Much like a typical smoothie they are made with mangos, bananas, pineapple, kiwis. The green ingredient is spinach.

We do have Jamba juices in Eugene but it is a fifteen to twenty minute drive. We don't ever make the drive. So now we enjoy our own green, healthy smoothies. Its fun, and a good way to get claire some green in her diet.

Spring break part 2 - Visiting Great Grandpa

Over spring break we were able to go to the Portland fire station and visit my grandpa. This was Claire's first trip to the fire station, she loved it. My grandpa is amazing, he is the oldest fireman at the portland fire station. He drives the fire truck and is in better shape than most everyone i know!

Spring Break Part 1- Newport Beach

To start off spring break we headed down to Newport beach. We stayed at a hotel for 2 nights with another couple that we know from school. It was so much fun to get out. Our hotel room was beautiful, right on the beach.

This is us on our balcony.

The first day there was beautiful. Claire loved the beach. She ran all over and even though the water was freezing, she didn't care.

The second day we went to the oregon coast aquarium. Its was so much fun. Claire loved seeing all the animals and fish.

For some reason i swelled up like a balloon at the beach. My face is so puffy in these pictures. This little boy is getting so big. Im 37 weeks in this picture and I think Ive grown a couple more inches in the belly since this picture was taken. We have 2 weeks left now and im hoping this boy comes very soon!

We thought the under water tunnels were really cool.

Here are the friends we went with....

Claire liked the sea lions.....

By the end she was very ready for a nap and didn't want to leave.

At the hotel we went swimming. The pool was pretty cold and claire would have nothing to do with it. While everyone else played in the pool and hot tub, claire and I played in the bath (one of her favorite things).

We got to see some wild sea lions along the bay, and rich was able to eat some fish. We also went out to watch the hunger games movie. (so much fun and claire slept through the entire thing!)

We had a lot of fun. We probably wont be able to do something like this again for a while, im so glad we had the opportunity. The rest of spring break was spent at my parents house. (pictures coming soon.)