What's Been Going On

Rhett got is first haircut last month. He didn't even fuss. We had a rough start, but he is such a great baby. He eats great, sleeps great, and is such a happy dude.

Chloe went to her first princess birthday party. She was so excited to go. She is getting so grown up. She is such a funny girl. She abbreviates words just to be silly. Like "cook" for cookie, "tum" for tummy, "Makenz" for Makenzie. She is spunky and we love her.

My BOYS!!!! Oh so handsome!

Trying to Live a Normal Life

Three kids brings so many challenges, but we are trying to get back to "normal" life. Here is what we have been up to...

Decorating sugar cookies with friends.

Chloe is potty trained.... well almost. We are getting there.

Homemade bow.

Chloe feeding her baby.

Making forts with Dad.

Snow angels.

Snow forts.

Hospital Hell

Unfortunately Rhett got RSV and pneumonia at 6 weeks old, which is a very bad thing. We were in the hospital for 7 days. Rhett had oxygen, a feeding tube, was catheterized 2 times, deep nasal suctioning, breathing treatments, 2 IV sites that took 6 tries and multiple nurses to get, blood drawn, antibiotics, and dozens of hour long coughing fits. It was quite the ordeal.


I saw my kids about 4 hours the whole week and slept an average of 3 to 4 hours a night. It was insane. Our only saving grace was Kay, Kyle's mom. She was in town for a visit and extended her stay for almost a week. She single handily took care of Luke and Chloe so that Kyle and I could live at the hospital. Thank you!! And thank you to all our other great friends who offered service in ways that we didn't know we needed, but we did!

One Month Old

Rhett at one month old. He is kind of bipolar. He can be happy as can be one second and then screaming the next. Although he can be grumpy, one thing for sure is that he has a killer smile!

Siblings

Luke and Chloe can not keep their hands off of Rhett. I sound like a broken record, "Don't step on your brother. You can't pick him up. No more kisses. Soft! Soft!! Soft!!!"

They love Rhett. They call him "Brother" instead of Rhett. It is pretty cute.

Newborn Pictures

Thanks to our talented friend Calle we have some great pictures of Rhett. He was 4 days old in these pictures.

Rhett Hobbs McClintock

Rhett Hobbs McClintock was born Sunday, January 9, 2011! He came much faster than our other kids. I labored a little too long at home and by the time we got to the hospital I was dilated to 9 1/2. I begged and pleaded for an epidural, but it was a no go. My nurse was a lady from our church and I looked at her with desperation in my eyes and said, "Sally, be honest with me, how likely is it that I will get an epidural?" And she said, "Honestly, it is not very likely they can do it in time." I thought I would die, but I made it because he came quickly. We got to the hospital at 9:30pm and he was born at 10:10pm.

He is our first non-red head, but he has chubby cheeks, dimples, and blue eyes. The day after he was born we had the hugest snow storm of the year so it was good he came when he did or getting to the hospital might have been tricky. Grandma Hobbs came the day we got home from the hospital and she did an excellent job taking care of our other 2 monsters. Thank you to her and all our other friends that helped so much.