The Maguire Family est. 2007

Home now!

2010-06-19T21:39:00.004-04:00

Actually we've been home for awhile now, but we are just now getting settled in by ourselves. My mom was here for a week, taking care of all of us. I don't know what I would have done without her. I'm actually wondering how I will be able to handle it. Drayven and I both cried when she left. So now it's just the four of us, trying to figure this whole thing out! Eventually I am going to blog about Cameron's first year, 365 days of Cam in photos, but for now these are a few of my favorites! Not to mention Dray with the nimmy (he never ever took one - till he saw his brother with one) and in the baby swing - that kid cracks me up!

It's about time.....

2010-06-10T21:17:00.006-04:00

The time finally came that our boy was able to be weaned off the extra oxygen and was able to keep saturated on room air! We went to the nursery as soon as we could after hearing that news! It was so nice to finally be able to hold our baby! He was so wide awake and alert, checking all of us out. Drayven watched him, and just broke into giggles! It was so cute. I'm not quite sure what it was that he thought was so funny, but listening to him giggle while watching him watch his brother.......one of the best moments of my life.

So even though Cam was able to leave his "bubble," he still needed to be monitored in the nursery for about 12 hours. He's still there now, and is about halfway through his 12 hour monitoring period. I told his nurse that I didn't care what time it was that his "shift" was done down there; please bring him to my room as soon as he was able! He is so precious. The differences between the two boys still baffles me though, at least physically. Since we haven't gotten to spend much time with Cam, his personality is still a mystery. Maybe Cam will be as laid back as his brother? That might be wishful thinking. But after all this crazy waiting - it truly seems like an eternity ago that we came in to have this baby - I don't care, and am just ready to be his mom.

There's those Peepers!!

2010-06-10T01:05:00.004-04:00

I have to admit that it was Heather Hartman who was my inspiration to go to the nursery tonight (before midnight!) to take some pictures of Cam. She runs two blogs one for each one of her sons, Jack and Charlie. They are 365 days of Jack......365 days of Charlie. Well I got it in my head that I needed to try to do that with Cam (I tried with Dray and failed) so Deric and I made our way down to the nursery earlier tonight. As we were getting there, his nurse said that she was just going to change his linen, which meant the bubble would get to come off for a few minutes, and since she noticed I had my camera......she knew it would be a perfect photo opp. Well, indeed it was! The little guy was wide awake, and let me take his pictures while looking right at me! So of course I need to post them......the last one is my absolute favorite. I am so glad I took the time to go down there tonight.......and Thank You Heather for putting the thought in my head! If it weren't for you, I would have missed this little moment of fate!

The Longest Day

2010-06-10T00:30:00.005-04:00

So as it turns out, Cameron ended up staying in the "bubble" (that's what I've been calling it) for the whole day, and actually still is under the bubble. The doctor came in at one point and said that she took him out for about 20 min and his oxygen saturation stayed at 100%, which is good, so she wanted to try to wean him out of it. So, they dropped the level of O2 in his bubble to 40% to see what happened. Initially he did okay, but his respiratory rate increased, so they had to bump his O2 back up to about 50%. =( Major bummer for me, since I was so looking forward to him being out of the nursery today. What he's actually got is called TTN, or transient tachypnea of the newborn. They know that he can keep himself oxygenated with low levels of O2 in the air, but the problem is how fast he's breathing; it's still too fast. The doctor said this could be caused by the fluid in the lungs, like in TTN, or possibly by an infection somewhere. She had another chest x-ray ordered (the first one was read as negative) and the radiologist read the second one as negative too, but the doctor herself (our pediatrician) said she thought there could possibly be some fluid still in his lungs. All his lab work has come back negative, but since we're kind of at a stand still, she's ordered him some antibiotics to fight off infection that could be there but they just can't see :/ Having an infection causes increased air consumption (i.e. faster breathing) I wouldn't be able to keep all this straight if there weren't not one, but two lovely respiratory therapists in the family (Aunt Lynn, and Mimmy too actually!) so hopefully what I'm saying is accurate. In any case, now it's become a waiting game. Here is a link to a good website about TTN http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/lungs/ttn.html

Some of the information on there is kind of in contradiction to what I've been told. For the most part though it gives a good description. It says that it usually resolves itself within 24-48 hours. Let me tell you that this has been the longest 24-48 hours of my life. The article then goes on to say that within 72 hours all symptoms of TTN will end.........SEVENTY-TWO HOURS!!! It actually hasn't even been a full 48 hours yet (it's currently 12:51 am and it's a good question as to why I'm still awake) so I don't know how I'm going to handle waiting an entire 24 hours more. It doesn't sound like he'll be okay within the 48 hours - it sounds more to me that he'll need the full 72, but come on kiddo! Your mom is going crazy! I was supposed to go home tomorrow, but no one has made mention of that yet. I hope to God they don't send me home without him. I really don't know what I'd do with myself then. Not that I want to be in the hospital either, but it would be a lot closer to my baby, that's for sure!

Anyway, I'm posting a link to my facebook photo album of all Cam's photos. It's a lot easier to do that than it is to upload all the same pictures to 2 or 3 different locations. Here are some though of our new little family - I did have to share those =) I think we're pretty cute, if I don't say so myself

Click the link below to see more pictures of our new guy!!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=172310&id=510361452&l=6ca36215d1

Introducing........

2010-06-08T20:27:00.002-04:00

Cameron Michael Maguire!! He was born at 9:16 am on Tuesday June 8, 2010. He weighed 9lbs 8oz and was 21 inches long. He was having trouble "transitioning." That means he can't regulate the oxygen level in his lungs on room air, which is why he's got that bubble-like thing around his head. It's giving him air thats higher in oxygen than regular room air. They did a chest x-ray and all the fluid is gone, but he's still having trouble keeping his O2 level up. The nurse watching him in the special nursery said she wouldn't be surprised if he stayed there most of the night. So that means that we haven't been able to hold hold him at all, and we have to go to him in order to see him. Which is pretty devastating, but I'm managing. Drayven came up to the hospital to see me, and we took him to see his baby brother. He was quite fascinated by everything in the room, and very interested in the little body that was in that incubator. He even waved "hi" and "goodbye"to him, which he rarely ever does when you ask him to! Needless to say, it made me cry. He was such a good boy and really showed what a sweetheart he is. Hopefully Cam will be able to make his way out of the nursery soon so we can love on him - my heart has been aching to do that all day!

It's interesting that he's so much bigger than Dray was when he was born! He was born 3 days before his due date, and Dray was born 7 days after his due date. I thought for sure he would be smaller than Dray was, but somehow he got to be over a pound heavier and 2 inches longer than his big brother! That 10 day span of the differences in their birthdays (compared to their due dates) didn't mean much at all!

Drayven's Special Day

2010-06-07T21:47:00.003-04:00

Ever since we knew we were having another baby, I really wanted to take Drayven out to do special things to show him how much he means to us. Since today was his last day as our only child, we took him to Chuck E. Cheese, got ice cream, gave him one of his favorite things (a balloon, of Blue, no less), and just plain had fun. It was definitely one of my favorite days with him ever, and I will cherish it always. We love you, Drayven James!!

WOW - where have we been?!?

2010-06-01T22:36:00.002-04:00

So it's been nearly a year since our blog has been updated. Not that we don't want to keep everyone in the loop; we are just way busier than we ever dreamed we'd be. With working, school, and a baby.........it's hard to stay on top of things! And now we've only got a few days left till we're even busier than before, since we will be welcoming another bouncing baby boy into our family! We've got a C-section scheduled for June 8th, with the original due date being June 11. Our doctor said that if you have a labor that "fails to progress" like we did with Dray, the rest usually follow suit, and therefore we opted to go ahead and schedule another C-section with this baby. I picked June 8th, so the baby's birthday would be 6/8/10 =) I thought that was pretty clever. We have a few names in mind, although I predict we will end up not being able to agree on anything.

It goes without saying that there are probably thousands and thousands of pictures of Dray and us that will go without being uploaded; a year is a really long time to go through and sort out! So, I am *hoping* (meaning, no promises) to try to keep up better this time around. If not only for my own sake to be able to remember things when I go to scrapbook =) Which lets face it, probably won't happen for awhile either.

11 months old!!

2009-06-13T21:39:00.002-04:00

Time has flown by and on June 7, 2009 my baby turned 11 months old! WHERE DID THE TIME GO? He certainly cannot contain himself now and will not leave the date paper alone. We had to tape it down and give him the tape roll to distract him! Crazy kid!!

Matchy Matchy boys!

2009-06-13T21:34:00.002-04:00

Deric got these T-shirts when he went to Daddy Boot Camp before Dray was born. I nearly forgot about Dray's shirt before it got too small! So we had an emergency photo shoot. I'm sure they didn't appreciate being photographed by the lilacs, but it looks nice. And smells nice too! Aren't they handsome??

Matchy Matchy

2009-06-13T21:28:00.003-04:00

This is the second set of matching shirts Mimmy bought for Dray and herself. Aren't they so cute??!! :D This one says, "What's up?"

New Camera!

2009-06-13T21:23:00.003-04:00

One of our lovely kitties knocked my camera off the table - henceforth, it broke. Caput. I knew that I would absolutely not be able to live without one for very long. So, after saving up a few bucks, I was able to get a more professional one. These are some pictures I took with it. Not that they are great, but I'm working on it!

Red Wings game!

2009-06-13T21:10:00.001-04:00

Deric and I went to Game 1 of the NHL Western Conference Finals vs. Chicago Blackhawks! It was a lot of fun - they won! Of course now we know they went on to lose the Stanley Cup finals - but we enjoyed the journey there!

Mother's Day

2009-05-17T07:28:00.003-04:00

My first Mother's Day was May 10, 2009. We had a nice day! We visited Grandma Taylor, then went to Bucia's for dinner.

Cutie Pie

2009-05-17T07:24:00.003-04:00

Mimmy dressed Dray up in the cutest little boy outfit the next day. I couldn't resist taking more pictures! And he was in a better mood, so it worked out! I'm so glad we got his hair cut.

10 months

2009-05-17T07:20:00.003-04:00

The next day was Dray's 10 month birthday. He was not in the mood for more pictures, clearly. At 10 months Dray is 20.b lbs, 30 in. long, has 3 teeth with 3 more about to come through!

Haircut!!!

2009-05-17T07:16:00.003-04:00

Buster and I both got our haircut on May 6, 2009! I thought I would cry for his first haircut, but I didn't. My eyes did well up a few times though. But he looks so cute now; it was so worth it!

Farewell to Buster's hair

2009-05-17T07:03:00.004-04:00

Some snapshots of Buster's last hairwashing with long hair! Followed by a nice blow-drying at the end :( It was bittersweet. Actually no, it was just sad! For me anyway.

Buster's Ponytail

2009-05-17T06:59:00.002-04:00

So I decided to give Buster a little ponytail, since I knew he'd be getting his haircut in a few weeks. It was kind of a rebellious act to those who gave me crap for letting his hair get so long! He didn't mind it, though. =)

Happy Easter!

2009-04-11T12:21:00.001-04:00

Make a Smilebox greeting

One more, before I forget!

2009-04-11T10:28:00.003-04:00

This is a collage I made of all of Buster's adventures trying baby food! I made it to go scrapbooking with, although when I came to that page, I got stuck :( So if you have any good ideas for a 2 page spread, let me know!

April 7, 2009! 9 Months old!!!

2009-04-11T09:44:00.003-04:00

Where did all the time go? How did my baby get to be 9 months old!? I still really can't believe it. But these pics are sure to be embarassing when he gets older! :)

Buster Buns!! I really love this one - I just wish he could have held still! The next one is still good though too!

If I only knew....3-23-09

2009-04-11T09:38:00.004-04:00

These pictures were taken just minutes before Puke-fest 2009! Dray got the "stomach flu" and lemme tell ya......I've never seen so much puke! Especially coming from a lil guy. And the more fun part was, all the rest of us got it too! YAY! :)

Happy St. Patty's Day!! 3-17-19

2009-04-11T09:35:00.004-04:00

Buster was not a happy camper this day! A real Cranky Wanker if you ask me......

March 15, 2009

2009-04-11T09:29:00.003-04:00

Mr. & Mrs. Toof! Just some pics with the sippy cup

First bath in the Ducktub 3-8-09

2009-04-11T09:25:00.004-04:00

He was not a fan at first. As a matter of fact, he's still not really a fan of the ducktub. As long as there are toys in it, it's okay though.

WOW it's been awhile!!

2009-04-11T09:15:00.003-04:00

As you can see, we are a bit behind! So bear with us as we post lots of pictures to get us caught back up to date! I'm going to do separate posts for all the new pictures - it's easier for me to keep them in order that way!

Dray turns 8 months

More pictures!

2009-02-22T21:30:00.003-05:00

Just playing around with the camera, trying to act like I know how to take photographs! Still haven't gotten around to learning my Photoshop yet. Someday though, someday very soon! I also just wanted some pictures with a green outfit so I could make a St. Patty's day picture for my computer at work!

An old friend retired today.

2009-02-22T21:14:00.002-05:00

I've been going through a lot of Drayven's clothes lately and packing away the ones that no longer fit. I'd been holding onto this onesie though, because it's one of my all-time favorites! So before "retiring" it (that's how I refer to it) we did one last photo shoot to make sure I had some good pictures to scrapbook!! And it was only fitting George made his way into the pictures, being that the onesie has monkeys on it! These were taken yesterday, 2/21/09.

Mr. Tooth!

2009-02-15T10:00:00.001-05:00

Actually, it's Mr. Toof. But we finally got a picture!!! Here it is!

Faux-Hawk part Deux!

2009-02-15T09:38:00.004-05:00

So, we're a little early with the St. Patty's background, but we love to be festive! Here are a few more pictures I took of Dray on his 7 month bday. For some reason, I can't get enough of his faux-hawk! And he doesn't mind it either :) Sorry for the crude-ness of my photographs. I'm struggling with this old camera while I wait to be able to afford a "real" one!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-14T11:48:00.000-05:00

Make a Smilebox greeting

Happy 7 Month Day to Buster!

2009-02-10T18:51:00.005-05:00

Drayven turned 7 months old on February 7, 2009! We took our usual pictures, and he, as usual, was NOT in the mood! That's all right, some pouty faces make the best pictures! He also sprouted a tooth last week! I first noticed on Feb. 3. Sorry for all the dates, but I have to write all them down, so that they're correct when I go to scrapbook them. My memory isn't what it used to be! :) I tried to "pop" his collar, but he was so wiggly it wouldn't stay :( Enjoy!

Superbowl Sunday!

2009-02-05T19:41:00.001-05:00

Drayven experienced his first SuperBowl this past Sunday! SuperBowl XLIII!! We were rooting for Arizona, but sadly they did not win. I think Dray had fun though, since he got to play with his friend Maceson! Here are some pics of our day.

Dray resting up for the big game.
Being super cute while Mom takes silly pictures :)

Yep he's standing! Now if he would just ROLL OVER!!!!!!!

Sup Homes?

Dray and his Best Bud Maceson

Fun pics :)

2009-01-25T20:48:00.000-05:00

These are just some fun pics I took of Dray. The first two are after a bath. I love getting pictures of his long crazy hair! Deric wants to get it cut soon, but I'm fighting it! Then the next ones are really fun, I made him a "Faux-hawk!" That's a mohawk, without actually cutting the hair :) He was a trooper, but he does this thing where he always wants to touch the back of his head, so I didn't get it to look that great because he kept messing with it. But it was still cute!

Anniversary!

2009-01-25T20:32:00.000-05:00

January 20, 2009 was our two year anniversary! Where did the time go? A lot has changed in the past two years, and here is a quick glance at this day in our lives during that time....

January 20, 2007
January 20, 2008! There's a small baby bump there!

January 20, 2009! And there's the baby :)

Baptism Day!

2009-01-25T20:21:00.001-05:00

Drayven was Baptized January 18, 2009. We chose this day because it was close to our wedding anniversary. It was pretty cold that day but we still had a good time. He didn't cry or anything at church, which I knew he wouldn't. His gown was made by Grammy Nancy out of the same fabric as my wedding dress! Thanks Grammy Nancy! We had a little party at our house afterwards, which was also very fun! We want to thank everyone for coming and hope you enjoyed your day. Here are a few snapshots from the day.

Drayven being silly before church!
Drayven and his Godmother, Lisa

Posing for Mom :)

Unfortunately I didn't get any photos of him being dunked in the water :( I will post a video eventually from Mimmy's camera, as soon as I figure out movie editing! She sings VERY loudly at the end and gets some major close-ups on people that I'm sure would rather those parts be left out :) But Buster didn't cry! I just knew he wouldn't ;-)

Fun Times!

2009-01-16T19:22:00.001-05:00

My mom gave us Photoshop Elements 7.0 for Christmas and I've just now got around to playing with it. These are some of my creations, which multi-task and display Dray's 6 month portraits!

Happy 6 months Dray!

2009-01-10T12:08:00.000-05:00

Drayven turned 6 months old January 7, 2009! Every month I take a picture of him, but this time he fell asleep before Mom was ready for him! You can tell by the photos he was not pleased by the situation! At 6 months he weighed 17lbs 13 oz, and was 26.75 in long!

A little late, but.....

2009-01-10T11:57:00.000-05:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We don't really go out for New Year's anymore, but on New Year's day we went to my mom's for "holiday dinner." It was super yummy, and got some good pics of Dray man for the occasion!

WOW it's been a long time!!

2009-01-10T11:52:00.000-05:00

I'm still trying to decide which site I like to use. The point will be moot, however, if I don't update either one of them! There's been a lot going on since I started this blog. Yet, it is a new year, therefore, a new start! And that sounds like a good place to start for me!

Welcome!!

2008-11-08T21:17:00.000-05:00

Welcome to our blog! I am very new to this and still trying to figure it out, so bear with me! This is supposed to be a place where our friends and family can get updates in the goings on in the life of the Maguire family! We will share pictures, videos, other random things.....we hope you enjoy!