Penny's First Swim

This last week my friend, Sara, invited Penny and I to go to the splash pool at the nearby park. I found this swimsuit for Penny. I thought it was pretty cute. I know that her Great Grandma Sonja will like it:)

Penny had a good time. I was worried since the last time she was in a pool she DID NOT like it AT ALL!! She was pretty happy and liked the water, even if it was cold. Here are some more pictures to document the event. Don't mind me in my swimsuit....

Above is Sara, her daughter Elizabeth, Penny and I. I also babysit Elizabeth 3 days a week. It is fun to see Penny and Elizabeth interact. Sometimes when Elizabeth is crying Penny tries to grab Elizabeth's hand. I hope that when she gets older that she will be comforting to others and be nice to others. I got some Baby Einstein DVDs and I pop those in when I need to get some things done. Here is the picture I captured of them watching TV. I thought it was funny.. They were both pretty entranced and were not moving.

Well there isn't anything new with Chuck and I. Chuck has been kicking butt in Neurology rotation. Though, he says he will not be going in to Neuro. I feel like there isn't ever anything new with Chuck and I but there is always something new with Penny. Recently she has tried to get up on her hands and knees. She ended up doing it a couple of times. I wish I had had my camera handy to document it. She hasn't really done it since, but still gets up on her knees and face plants it. She also drags herself across the floor. She will be on her mat, like the pic above and when I come back 5-10 min later she has reached the DVD player. I am going to have to get a new TV stand. She is already a very mischievous little girl. She is REALLY strong. She really tries to move around and I will look down at her and her little body is shaking because she is trying so hard! It makes me giggle and happy that she is developing at a healthy rate:)

Silly Girl

So Chuck got a video of Penny kinda laughing. Her laugh is pretty funny when she really gets going. This is just a sample. We haven't been able to get a really good video of her. She is really interested in the camera and when she sees it she all of the sudden gets really serious. As of late she has been a very moody child. She has been throwing, "tantrums". It always seems to happen on Sundays. She doesn't do well at church and we have either had to go home early or haven't been able to make it. I hope this is just a phase and she will grow out of it quickly. Also this last week Chuck got his board scores back and he did AWESOME!! I was so proud of him. Especially since I didn't get to see him for a month while he studied. Our time apart definitely paid off. I am so happy for him. Right now he is doing his rotation in Psychology. He is at the VA so he says he either gets people that are in their 50-60's or his age. He actually really enjoys Psych. We also celebrated our anniversary on Mon. 26. I felt like a chicken with it's head cut off because I was running errands all day long. But that night we had a delicious prime rib dinner, compliments of moi! I have never cooked prime rib and was nervous I was going to ruin it, It wasn't a cheap piece of meat and I didn't want to screw it up. Luckily, I have an awesome mother who told me how to cook it. She is so talented:) Thanks mama! We also had some really severe weather here. There was flash flood warnings and tornado warnings. It was pretty intense. In some areas it rained 7-8inches in 2 hours!! Can you imagine. Imagine 7-8 inches of snow, that is a lot of snow! Luckily we are now drying out and luckily our apartment or basement didn't flood!
I love the looks Penny gives me. She looks at me like she is really wanting to say something, Oh what she would say!

She had just woken up and ate so these pictures are kinda funny to me. She still looks groggy. She likes to sleep with her baby. She likes to cuddle with something when she sleeps. She will really hold on tight to her blanket or she likes Eeyore.

Penny's Heart

A couple of weeks ago I took Penny to the doctor. When she listened to her heart she noticed that Penny had a heart murmur so I scheduled an appointment with the cardiologist. They did and EKG and also an ECHO. Here is what they found out.

The top picture is what your Tricuspid Aortic Valve looks like. In Penny's case her valve is the picture below, the Bicuspid Aortic valve. If you don't get it from the picture she only has 2 leaflets instead of 3. This is something that is very common and affects 1-2% of the general population. It is something that she will live with for the rest of her life. It will not go away as she gets older. She will always have it. Though, it is one of the most common congenital heart disorders. So, you may wonder what it will affect? To explain, in not much detail; your normal aortic valve has three leaflets that open and close easily. The aortic valve controls the flow of blood from the left ventricle of the heart to the aorta. The aorta is the large blood vessel that delivers blood to the body. So since she has only 2 leaflets, as she gets older her valve can get stiff and the blood has to push through harder through the valve. It can cause Aortic Regurgitation, which is when the valve stops being able to close tightly. This would result in blood leaking backwards into the heart. It also can cause Aortic Stenosis, which is when the valve gets stiff and does not open widely. Or there is Aortic dilatition, which is when the aorta gets bigger. If she were to have any of these problems then it would require surgery. But, like I said before, it is very common and some people go there whole life without knowing that they have it. I am grateful though for modern medicine so we can see these things. It was really quite cool when she had the echo. The heart is pretty amazing. It was so awesome to see her heart pumping on the monitor and seeing her little body. The doctor did reassure me that her heart was pumping fine and was not concerned at this point about blood flow. This is something that would take a long time to develop if she were to have a problem. She will have to go to the cardiologist yearly. Anyways, just thought I would give an update. Penny is doing fine. She is starting to really belly laugh which is a real treat:) It has become my favorite sound:)

Visit Home

As most of you know I went home for a month and it was awesome! I really enjoyed getting to see everyone. It was fun that Chuck's dad got to meet his granddaughter for the first time. I was so nervous flying with Penny. On the way to Utah Stacey and Porter flew with me which was so unbelievably nice. Penny slept on both flights and was so good. On the way home was another story. I will never fly into Detroit again, EVER! The story goes like this. I get to Detroit at approx. 2:15 and I have a 3 hour layover. I am supposed to leave at 5:45. So, I needed to feed Penny cause she was screaming. I fed Penny and then needed to change her, went to the bathroom to change her and someone kept pounding on the door. I said 3 times very clearly and loudly, "I am in here!" I open the door and this lady had her panties in a wad and pushed through. I was like whoa lady! Then I see people at my gate and they are rather frantic. I went up to the help/ticketing desk and asked them for the tags to check my carseat and stroller. I asked them if this was still the flight to Milwaukee as the screen behind her now said Boston. She said that the flight was canceled. My heart totally sank. I wanted to break down and cry then. She said you are going to have to wait in line at gate 43. So I walked a ways and looked at the kiosk only to see that the 3:45 flight was canceled, not mine which was at 5:45. I went back to the gate and asked again if this was the gate for Milwaukee at 5:45. She said it was. So I settled into a spot and Penny just wasn't not liking being at that airport. She cried and screamed and I had these heavy bags...ugh, it wasn't good. Then this person gets on the intercom and says my gate has changed, so I start walking to the appropriate gate. Mind you Detroit is one of the longest airports in the US. Mom told me this after she walked the entire airport, needless to say I don't think Mom will be flying to Detroit ever again either! So then I sit down and waiting and someone gets on the intercom again and says sorry your gate has changed again. So I get up and walk to the other gate that I just came from. Then I hear your flight is going to be delayed. It is now pushed back to 7. I was like great! So I feed Penny and go to the bathroom to change her. I come out and everyone at my gate is gone. Lo and Behold my gate has changed again. I go the other gate I had previously came from and sat down. Then I hear that my flight is delayed more! Now it is pushed to 8. Now I started to get nervous because I was running out of breast milk and Penny refused to eat formula. Then whadda know, my gate changed again. So I walked back to the other gate and this time they were going to be boarding. I get on the plane and we were on the runway for another hour. I didn't get home till like 11 that night. I left that morning from my parents house at 6! I was so mad. Anyways, that was very long winded story. The reason for the delays was the weather. The day before Milwaukee had torrential storms and a couple of tornadoes. So I should just be glad I wasn't flying in that right?!:)

So Update on Penny she has started to roll over from belly to back. She giggles and talks a lot to herself and others. I also babysit and little girl just a little younger than Penny and they just lay and stare at each other. It is pretty funny to watch. She loves her bath and kicks and laughs. She doesn't scream when she gets out anymore. At her last doctor appointment she weighed 12lbs 9.5oz. 24inches long and in the 50% for everything. She got her shots and she was not happy. She wasn't happy for a couple of days. It was really sad, I felt bad for her. Anyways, that is pretty much the download from when family saw her last. Chuck and I are very grateful for everyone that participated in the blessing. Thank you so much. Thanks for the food, everything went really smooth and it was a beautiful day. Thanks again everyone. I have some pictures that the Burtis's took of family, But I don't have any Bohn pictures, so if anyone has any could you be so kind and send some our way?:)

Like I said it would be nice to have some photos from my side of the family too. So if ANY of you have pictures of Bohn fam I would like some, You can email them to me. If it isn't too much trouble.

Penny also had a photo shoot and here are some of my favorite shots.

Kiss These Lips!

Taking a little nap!

My hair gets messy when I lay down, just like my dad.

Give me a kiss.

Looks like my mom and I have something in common.

Some new pics and a video.

Taking a Rest

Trying to figure everything out.

What's Going On?

More Pictures (click to enlarge)

She's not quite sure she wants to open her eyes yet.

Looks like she has blonde hair like her dad!

In the middle of a yawn

Looking a little cranky! Don't let her sweet look fool you, she can howl like a banshee.

Just getting some rest.

Flexing her muscles.

This is so Babette can see all the fingers and toes...

Looks like she still has a bit of a cone-head!

Deep in thought.

Trying skin to skin to get her to want to breastfeed, but she only wants to sleep!