Birthday Pics and Update!

So I have not up dated any of Seth's First Birthday pictures onto his blog so I am going to post those right now :) Here are just a few from his party.

Such a Happy Boy!

Lisa made him a monster cake it was so cute!

And oh so yummy!

Mike having some fun.

Sydney and Lorelai

Birthday Boy was so very tired!

He did so good for staying up way past his bedtime and he had fun being held by many different people. 

So on the update side for Seth:

• He finally got approved for state insurance I am not sure if I posted that before but if I haven't now you know :) So that has been a huge answer to prayer and a huge load off my shoulders. 

• We go back into the neurologist when he gets back from his family thing that he had to attend and in the meantime we are getting him in with a natural doc and we also got him in with an allergist. So far since we have been there we found out that he is allergic to dairy and corn and sensitive to sugar and a few other things that I do not remember. I have to take him back to finish the testing and see if there is anything else that he is allergic to.

• We finally got Seth to have 2 hours of occupation therapy and then our therapist leaves so now we are waiting for the state to get us one. I am going to have to find one if I do not hear anything from them. I also need to get another feeding specialist because the one that he has right now has not shown up for a month so I have no idea what is going on there. I just emailed him coordinator and asked her for a new specialist because this is getting old and we really are getting behind on his eating.

With in the next month I have quite a few appointments for Seth and then we as a family or going to Palm Springs with the MacCallum's. It is going to be so nice to get away and be at the pool all day long and have a blast.

Baby Girl.

Here our some pics from our last ultrasound when I was 19 weeks 3 days sorry it took me so long :)

Her cute little profile.

And again :)

Little baby feet.

I love that you can see all five of her fingers!

Scary face as Mike would call it :)

We love you so much baby girl and we can not wait to meet you and hold you all the time! 

Seth's First Birthday Pics.

Sorry it has been over a month since Seth turned one but I finally downloaded pictures so here they are :)

Birthday Boy!

Sydney and Sweet Lorelai

Adorable Topher-Sydney-Lorelai

The Smash cake...so cute. Thanks for making such a cute cake Lisa!

The cake for everyone and man it was good! Lisa does such a great job with cakes!

Mike blowing out the candle.

He tried it :)

Not too sure about it.

He was so tired and ready for bed but he did so good!

Dani and 2 of her kiddos on the train ride

Mike and his sister Courtney.

We all had a great time and Thank you to all of you that were there and blessed my little boy! He loves all of his new toys!

New baby.

Seth is going to be a big brother to a little baby...

GIRL!

I can not wait to see how Seth will be with a little sister. I will post pictures as soon as I can get them scanned into the computer. Everything so far looks great with this little muffin and all wanted a healthy little one.

It's a...

GIRL!

Mike and I are so blessed to have such a perfect and healthy little baby. I have been praying the whole time to have a healthy baby and so far that is exactly what we have. We are not done yet just about half way there and I just want one more ultrasound for my piece of mind especially since Seth's 22 week ultrasound was just perfect.

Anyways...I love little boys and I especially love boy clothing and I think I might be the only one :) Don't get me wrong I love my little girls but I really love boys :) In the back of my head I knew I was having a girl but I just kept telling myself it was a boy and in the end it really didn't matter as long as it was healthy :) And in the end it was a girl and I am so okay with it.

At first I thought that we were not going to be able to find out what we were having because the little muffin was not going to let us. So Mike and I got prepared to not find out but then the ultrasound tech said that the baby is moving and then all of a sudden I saw right between the legs and knew right away that it was a little girl. I was having a few contractions during the ultrasound so she had to leave and come back a few minutes later so that the tech could get the exact measurements so it took a lot longer than any of my other ultrasounds ever have. But everything looks great and we are just going to keep an eye on our little muffin.

I will post pictures up tomorrow :)

Getting Things Done.

This week Seth only has one therapy appointment and it is today so I really have to get on the ball and get things together because next week we are back to our normal stuff. I have been slacking on the cleaning and school work with Sydney. But today it is all going to change!

• This morning I vacuumed the house and the couches, organized the toy room which will be a mess in a few hours because of a little 3 year old, cleaned the kitchen and when Seth wakes up I will put his laundry away along with Sydney's.

• This Thursday Sydney has her first tumbling class with her closest friends and I hope that she has a blast. I think she will be very good at it if she actually listens and doesn't throw her typical attitude.

• I am planning a baby shower for my bestest girl in August and I am just waiting for the invites to come in the mail so that I can start getting on the ball with that stuff. I still have quite a few things that I have to buy for the shower but I have to wait for a few things to come in the mail so that I can color coordinate the rest of it. I have never planned a baby shower except for Dani's and I had tons of help for that one and the help came from Lisa...so I hope that everything turns out great. 

• Friday we have our big ultrasound at 9:30am so if you could be praying that everything is okay and that everything is functioning the way it should that would be amazing! 

Paid it all.

In Church this morning we sang this song...

Jesus Paid it all.

I hear the Savior say 

Thy strength indeed is small 

Child of weakness watch and pray 

Find in me thine all in all 

Jesus paid it all 

All to him I owe 

Sin had left a crimson stain 

He washed it white as snow 

Lord now indeed I find 

Thy power and thine alone 

Can change the lepers spots 

And melt the heart of stone 

Jesus paid it all 

All to him I owe 

Sin had left a crimson stain 

He washed it white as snow 

It's washed away! All my sin! And all my shame! 

And when before the throne 

I stand in him complete

Jesus died my soul to save 

My lips shall still repeat 

Jesus paid it all 

All to him I owe 

Sin had left a crimson stain 

He washed it white as snow 

Sin had left a crimson stain 

He washed it white as snow 

Oh praise the one who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead

Oh praise the one who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead

Oh praise the one who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead

Oh praise the one who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead

Oh praise the one who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead

Oh praise the one who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead 

Jesus paid it all 

All to him I owe 

Sin had left a crimson stain 

He washed it white as snow 

This is one of my all time favorite songs and I have heard it many many times but for some reason this morning it made me cry for a very different reason...my little boy.

I can not tell you exactly why but little parts here and there made me just think of him and what he has been through in his short life so far and just how much I want him to be okay. But the thing that is hard for me is that when I want him to be okay and healthy and perfect, in Gods eyes he is already perfect. Stuff with Seth has been hard lately not necessarily anything new just stuff in general and it has nothing to do with Seth he has been great it has all been me and my own thoughts. And when I really think about it and what we have been through I can get really angry. I wish sometimes that cCMV was a cause from something like doing drugs or eating cold cuts while pregnant cause if that was the case Seth would have never gotten it but instead it is a virus that anyone can get and God allowed me to get it and I will figure out this tough road with HIM of course but right now it is a really rough one and it is hard and scary and a sad one.

The stomach virus is finally GONE!

It has been a crazy few weeks at the Marinello house hold. Seth got the stomach virus twice since his birthday and the last one was about a week long and it was starting to drive me crazy! I have seen enough vomit and diarrhea that I should not have to see any more for years.

Last week was not too good for Seth in the therapy side because we had to cancel them because he was sick. This week was his last one with Donny his OT and now we just have to wait until we get another one. Today we had PT and he actually did really well. He was sitting and leaned forward too much and was able to use his hands and push himself up which is amazing for him! He was laughing for the first 30 min which was so funny and he just loves him PT Brenda and she is so good with him.

Tomorrow we have his year check up and he should be getting some shots but I tend to split them up so that is what I will continue to do with him but now that I think about it he is actually not allowed to get the shots because he just started back on his steroids. He will be on the steroids for another week and then next week we go to the neurologist and talk about another med that should hopefully stop them completely.

Next Friday I have my 19 week ultrasound so if you think about it just pray that everything is going great with the little muffin and everything is growing and functioning the way it should. This pregnancy I have been worried in general just that everything will be okay with this little one. I can not explain it but its hard.