I am the first to admit I love to shop. And everyone knows that girl clothes are WAY better then boys clothes. So yes, YES I have a small fortune spent on clothes for Davy. Unfortunately all my 0-3 months clothes are going to waste. We are know figuring She will be in the NICU for at least a month. And she has been underneath lights, pretty much naked up until a couple of days ago. So no cute girly clothes for her. But they did tell me I could bring in kimono style shirts and hats. So I called Sarah and went over to craft it up. Somehow it turned into a party with Julia , Katie and Amber randomly stopping by. It was so much fun. I actually felt normal for a couple of hours. Plus I walked out with a new mini wardrobe for my Davy girl. It was fun all the nurses oohed and ahhed. But since they put her Iv through her scalp she can't wear her hats we made, so her nurse made her a bow. I have to admit it gives me something to look forward to, dressing her in her little shirts. Next up, blankets.

A week ago today......

A week ago today I gave birth to my beautiful little girl. She weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces, and was 19.5 inches. We witnessed many miracles with her already. She has been in the Nicu for the past week and it is uncertain when she will come out. Day to day things change. Good news...not good news. So we are taking things hour by hour and finding happiness in the little things.

Right after she was born Scott got strep throat(awesome.) So he was unable to see her for a while. It definitely made things harder for the two of us.Especially when it came to naming her. I normally always have a name picked. I think with her I was just so focused on her surviving that I couldn't focus on a name. We had got it down to 2 names.....Birdie Lou or Davy jean. All week I tried to call her by one or the other and I ended up just calling her baby girl. One of her Nurses wrote on a paper The choices and had everyone in the Nicu vote. The vote ended to today, I still couldn't choose. So I told Scott your gonna have to do this, it's too much for me. So he did. This is your hint................

Introducing DAVY JEAN SCHULTZ!! Named after Grandpa and Grandma. Thank you everyone for all your prayers. (please keep them coming)

One week left

A week. I can't believe I only have 1 week (5 days now)left! I've been wanting to share my pregnancy story with you, but every time I've tried I couldn't put it into words. I've thought a million times on what i would say, would I keep it simple or would I tell ever painful detail. How do you write about the hardest thing you ever gone through?

Well I'm going to try and go the simple route.......

Early October my very inspired Ob asked me why I wasn't doing my AFP screening. He barely even had to speak about it, before I knew i had to take the test. I felt stupid for even thinking other wise. A week later my results came back with the possibility of my little girl having Trisomy 18 or s.l.o.s. Time literally stopped here. Life was a painful slow motion. I have had many friends with false positives, but I knew deep down something was wrong. We went in for a in depth ultrasound. The first thing the Doctor said was " OK, she has a cleft lip and palate. Now if that's all there is, thats a good thing." Uhhh......what?! A good thing?! I know now that that would have indeed been a "good thing". The Doctor recommended getting an amniocentesis.Which was an easy decision for us. We felt it was necessary for our little girl. A week later our results told us she did not have Trisomy or s.l.o.s. But that she had high levels of protein in her fluid and combined with the cleft palate, my once again very inspired Doctor felt we should test further. We did a new test called microarray. It basically goes over every tiny DNA strand in the body. 2 LONG weeks later we get a call from our Genetics councilor who wanted us to come in right away. At this point I was just praying for an answer or a diagnosis, or a "hey it's only a cleft lip." What we were told was our daughter has a rare chromosome deletion on the short arm of the 1st chromosome. What this meant.....they really couldn't say. As of now there aren't any cases of this particular deletion documented. They gave us some maybes and some percentages. All her major organs are looking great. But it will be mainly a wait and see. I do know that having faith in god's plan for me has been my comfort. The fact that she has made it this far is a blessing. I have had an amazing out pour of love and service from friends and family. I could really go on and on about heartbreak, despair, inspired people and faith but just know that I have experienced all four and more. Thank you to every one who has kept us in their prayers. We need them.

happy birthday maxon

Today Max is 9!!!!! We celebrated a day early with his cousins, Xoe and Xanthe. We started off the morning with cinnamon rolls, pancakes and cereal. Then Max got to miss school and go to Knotts berry farm with his Dad and cousins. Even though Max is only 9, I'm starting to see a teenager emerge. He is very witty and sarcastic. He always rates things, like movies, his day, etc and nothing gets above a 78%. He rated his Birthday day a 75%! It takes a lot to impress this kid. His loves are video games, reading, telling jokes, adventures with Dad and Weird Al songs. He is a very sensitive and caring older brother. And even though he thinks Dad is more fun, he thinks I am funnier. And I'll take what I can get from him!

*** Max's school just called and he is throwing up, poor kid. Good thing we celebrated yesterday!***

Two and a half weeks left!!!!

Wow, I love my fat face. Even better check out my franken-hand. I'm officially over wearing the arm braces. They are not worth it. Plus I gotta show off these bad boys. This last week I gained 4 pounds in water weight(literally over night.) And it had to happen the week of my sister in laws wedding. So yay for water retention!
Usually by this time in my pregnancy I am nesting like crazy. I've painted my whole house(and my sisters), reorganize things, you name it. The closest I have come to nesting this time is picking my clothes up off the floor. Luckily my nieces came over today and helped me clean up the house. Thank you Xoe and Xanthe, you rule.

Happy Birthday Terri!!!

I bet you thought I forgot about you, huh? Well I didn't. I have been planning this blog for a while now and wouldn't you know, my Internet is down. So I went to Beth's house for pictures and computer use. This for you Terri(my favorite sister)
- Terri is the BEST audience. She will laugh at anything and she laughs loud. So you feel pretty good about yourself.
- Terri was the first person I called when I found out I was having a girl. I knew she would get how happy I was. That's because Terri's has 5 boys and none of them were under 10.4 pounds when they were born. Her last was 11.8 pounds!!! They all were the cutest babies with the biggest eyes, and thickest eyelashes. So even though she never had a girl, she had beautiful boys.
- I've said this before, but I always love visiting Terri and her boys. One- they are so helpful and will play with my boys. Two- her boys laugh at my jokes too. Three- even though she lives in a small town, she always plans a lot of fun stuff to do.
- Because Terri lives in a small town there is no where to shop. So anytime she visits, she has to make a Target run. You could wake her up in the middle of the night and say "you wanna go to Target?" And she would jump out of bed, no problem. And her boys love to go just as much as she does.... I m not kidding, they take family trips. That would be my dream come true, my boys wanting to shop with me.
- For some reason Terri randomly talks with an English accent. Kind of like Madonna does. I love to tease her about it. And in true Terri form, she will laugh with you.
- Terri is a TOTAL scaredy cat. She is afraid of the dark, she doesn't like to be alone and she is he best person to watch a scary movie with. She is the lady that talks to the screen," No!! Don't go in there!" She also screams loud and grabs onto you. I actually hate scary movies too, but I would go with Terri any day.

- Terri has the BEST feet. They are as wide as they are long. They kinda look like hobbit feet, minus the hair. They always make me giggle.
- She is the sister that everyone wants to be around. She loves to play games, have fun and hardly ever gets in a bad mood. But even when she is in a bad mood, she still make me laugh. You will always have fun when your with Terri.
- But my most favorite thing about Terri is she loves to drive. And being that I HATE driving, it really works out nicely for both of us.
Writing this blog actually makes me sad that only one of my sisters live next to me. I hope you have a happy birthday Terri!!

The home stretch

This is what 35 weeks looks like. sad huh? This picture was not posed, this is how I look(pathetic.) I am not that girl who loves being pregnant, I hate it. I can say with out a doubt this pregnancy has been extra hard. If you are wondering about my cool gloves, I have carpal tunnel. I guess it's common for pregnant ladies. It totally sucks. It makes it really hard to sleep at night, so I lay on the couch and watch Grey's anatomy reruns.

All I can say is thank heavens for St. Elizabeth who takes my kids once a week, so I can sleep.