O.K. Holy cow!!! It has been almost a year since I have blogged. Things have been so crazy. I quit my jog in February to stay home with Breann and get done with school. I found out my first week home that I was pregnant. WOW!! What a surprise. I cried. I thought that I would have more time with Breann and get some hard classes done with. But evidently there was a different plan.
My year has been so nutty, but not as crazy as the last few months. My older sister Holly and her 3 boys were in a serous car accident, on July 23, 2009. It really shook our family. Holly had a diabetic reaction whole driving and rear ended a semi going 55 MPH and she did not hit the breaks. She was flown down here to SLC because her orthopedic injuries were to severe to be handled in Pocatello. I called Dr. Hawes, who is a good friend of mine to fix her leg. Thank heavens he was on call! He fixed her knee and ankle, but her heel was in to many pieces to fix at that time. We consulted with another orthopedic surgeon, to help fix her heel. After long talks and casting for 5 weeks, her skin did not heal and was dead, she also had an infection in her heel. The decision was made for her to have an amputation just below the knee. As hard as this was for my sister and all of us, we knew that it was the best for her. My sister is one of the strongest people I know. She has had several challenges over her life time. I hold her up on a pedestal more higher than I did before. Her courage and strength is what gets me through the hard days.
When Holly had her accident, I was 6 months pregnant. Her last appointment with all the surgeons was the week before I was due. She brought my mom down so she can keep me company until I give birth. I mowed the lawn and cleaned the crap out of my house,on October 1st. On the 2nd I just wanted the baby out! I called my Dr and told him that my back hurt (not really) but i really wanted to see if I made any progress. Well he checked me and I was at a 5! WHAT THE CRAP! I said,"Shouldn't I get an epidural? I do believe in pain management!" It didn't hurt because my water hadn't broken yet. I was admitted at 1:00, Dr broke my water at 3:00, had the epidural at 4:00 and gave birth at 8:02. I was in labor with Breann for 18 hours! I was so shocked that it didn't take any time at all. Megan Bethany Bartlett weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and 19 inches long. She looked absolutely perfect!
Breann is such a cute BIG sister. She does get jelous and points to the couch where I should lay "baby" because she wants to sit on my lap. Breann won't say Megan, she just calls her baby. She gives her kisses, shoves her binky in her mouth, points to all of Megans body parts and names them. She tries to poke her in the eyes to say "eyes", I say, "No, poke eyes, just point". These last 7 weeks have been so hard. It is so hard taking care of two babies. I do not know how other mothers do it. I wish I was younger, maybe I would have more evergy...maybe?
I cant wait for Christmas! Breann is at the age where she says "WOW" for everything. I love it! I'm going to teach her to squeal when she opens gifts and get all excited!