Labay Family: Campbell's Kids??? Really???

Monday, May 18, 2009

Campbell's Kids??? Really???

Well, let me explain the title of this blog post: I had sent a pic of the kids into the Houston Chronicle for a photo contest similar to the one the Victoria Advocate did when I sent Olivia's pig-tail picture in. On this site other viewers can make comments about the photos. Our picture had one single comment and this is what it said - "Campbell's Kids!" I was like what the hell? I had no idea what this meant and I was offended! Someone I didn't know talking mess about my babies! So I had to google "Campbell's Kids" and I found out that a long time ago (before I was born) Campbell's Soup did an advertising campaign featuring what they call their "chubby faced, cherub like twins" spokes children. Here is a pic of the original Campbell's Kids

And here is the photo I submitted

Ok, so maybe they do look like the Campbell's Kids - Olivia just needs to go blonde!

Maybe I'll email Campbell's Soup and see if they need new spokes children to bring that campaign back. LOL.

This weekend was great. On Saturday I helped host a bridal shower for my cousin Jessica and we had a really good time and it turned out very nice. I took Olivia with me and she was very good while Camron stayed home with Daddy and played all afternoon. Then yesterday we just stayed home and watched the Rockets lose. I also did something yesterday that I am really excited about - I finally made some baby food! I have been wanting to try this for a long time and I think I can really save some money. I made carrots and cantaloupe. The cantaloupe I will use for snacks and the carrots will be used every day (they love them)! I filled ice cube trays with the puree and froze them. I bet they will really like the cantaloupe "popsicles" for when we go sit outside in this nice warm weather. As for the carrots I will just take out a few cubes at a time and let them thaw out for eating at supper time. I found a really good website with recipes to make your own food and they also have really good advice too - it's http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/.

Another battle I am having right now is wipes and diapers. I have always used Pampers diapers and sensitive wipes. Well, Wal-Mart had a special on their brand of wipes and I had a really good coupon for Huggies diapers so I tried something different. Big mistake! Their heinnies are red and sensitive to those yucky wipes and I am upset about it and I just don't like those diapers, so today I will go buy all new stuff and throw out a case of wipes and a case of diapers!

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My Pregnancy

Feb. 22, 2008 - Positive Pregnancy!
Feb. 28, 2008 - TWINS!
14 Weeks - Cervical Cerclage
24 Weeks - Admitted to the hospital for 3 days -Pre-Term Labor. Sent home on fetal monitoring and terbutaline pump. I have to monitor for contractions once a day and send the readings in for review. The terbutaline pump in a cathater in my leg that sends a contiunous flow of "anti-contraction" medicine into me. Complete bed-rest!
28 Weeks - Admitted to the hospital for 90% effacement of cervix. Cerclage still in tact but pulling. If it broke I would have to deliver and this is too soon. The babies are measuring 2.8 and 2.11 pounds. Was in the hospital for 23 days this time.
31 Weeks - Was sent home. Babies were 3.9 and 3.10 pounds. Stay on bed-rest.
36 Weeks 3 Days - Scheduled C-Section
Babies Born October 3, 2008!!!

5 Years of Infertility

Brent and I had dated for years - since my senior year of High School and were finally married on September 27, 2003. We had been together so long that we decided we would start a family immediately. Things turned out to be a bit more difficult than we planned. After many years of trying and medical intervention I was finally diagnoised with Endometriosis in Feb. of 2007. My disease was severe - stage 4 and had spread to my liver. After having exploratory surgery Dr. Cook thought that my ovaries and tubes were capable of functioning properly enough to produce a pregnancy but with the hostile environment inside of me I would need lots of help. We began Lupron therapy that would last 6 months as a way to try to "kill" off some of the endo. When the 6 months was up we began rounds of Clomid with IUI (Intra-Uteran Insemination). We did 2 cycles of this with no result. Our only other option was IVF which we decided to begin in January of 2008. After carefully following the treatment schedule of meds. and shots we had 14 eggs retrieved on Feb. 5, 2008 and of the 14 eggs 6 fertilized and became embryos. On Feb. 8, 2008 Dr. Gill transfered 3 of the best of the embryos. Two weeks later (Feb. 22nd) MaryLou called with the good news that my pregnancy test was positive!!!