Back to the Hospital

We finally went home on Friday! So, we began settling in to a routine, trying to balance the TWO children's needs and wants. Unfortunately Patty began to run a fever Monday the 24th (her 30th birthday) and it got up to 103. Soooo, back to the hospital we went. They have run some tests and cultures to determine what the infection could be and started her on some antibiotics. We have been here since Tuesday and will be spending Thanksgiving here at the hospital. The word is that now we might be able to go home on Friday, 11/28. Uncle Mike and Aunt Honey have been so awesome for keeping Reilly all this time! Thanks Guys! You can check out all the fun they're having on their blog. www.mikeandstina.blogspot.com.

Waiting to Go Home!

I just wanted to update everyone on Patty's and Avery's progress. Avery has been doing great. She is eating and sleeping and being the cutest little thing ever. No setbacks and always moving forward that is our little Avery. Patty is not having the same smooth recovery. It started before the birth. Patty had the very beginnings of an infection which raised her temperature and heartrate. After Avery arrived they started Patty on antibiotics for the infection. After two days of nausea and boughts with increasing pain, we discovered that the bacteria that caused the infection was resistant to the antibiotics she was given. So, now we must stay an extra 24 to 36 hours to make sure the new drug works. To top that off, the painkillers make her have trouble keeping food down so she was getting dehydrated. They had to redo the IV.....an hour and a half later and countless pricks she had a new IV in her arm. Poor girl has had it rough, but I am so proud of her being so strong. No matter how bad she feels she will not let herself miss a feeding for Avery, even though the nurses said they could give her a little formula so Patty could get more rest. She is a great Mommy!

Avery's Arrival

Avery is here!

Hello! It's Aunt Honey again!
I'm thrilled to announce the birth of Avery Adison Reagan!! She's beautiful!! Mommy & daughter are fine and resting at the hospital.

Here are a few pictures I took today!

Also, below is the sweetest video ever of Big Brother Reilly singing to his Baby Sister. (You may need to turn your volume up a little to hear his sweet voice!)

More pics to come soon!

Born: November 17, 2008 - 9:49 AM
Weight: 7-5.8
Length: 19.69

Reilly's Song

Hi! This is Aunt Honey (aka Kristina FANELLI.. heheheh). I decided to surprise Patty and hack in to post an awesome video of the Reilly Bear. It's a song he sang just for his MOMMY and DADDY!! He's the sweetest boy ever. I'm very proud to be his Aunt! -Honey

Reilly's Day

On Sunday afternoon, we took Reilly to the park to play... which he loves. We really tried to make him feel extra special, since VERY SOON he'll go from being the only child to a... BIG BROTHER!!









Joey chased him all over that park, and he did great on the monkey bars!






Master of the "rock wall"!

















Reilly & Mommy admiring the view...



Joey took this really cool picture of our shadows...



It was a really fun family day!!


When we got home, we surprised Reilly with a "Midnight Cookie Party".



We woke him up after we watched Boston Legal and The Unit on DVR, at around midnight. :) It took a couple of tries to wake him, but once the word "cookies" registered, he RAN into the living room. (with his eyes mostly closed, but it didn't take him long to really wake up!)




We giggled and really enjoyed our funny little man. It was really an amazing thing to see how easily he fell back to sleep after he brushed his teeth!

Hopefully, these will be some of the things he'll always remember... us too!

The November Birthdays

Every year, Joey's parents take us "November Birthday Kids" out for a nice dinner. Lana's Birthday is the 6th, Joey's is the 18th, and mine is the 24th. It was Joey's turn to choose, so he decided on his very favorite restaurant... Japanese Palace.








Reilly was really excited, he loves to see the "cool tricks" the cooks do with their knives and FIRE!



Reilly's favorite thing was the barbecued shrimp, and said, "I have grown-up taste buds." He also ate a ton of salad, eggplant, steak, chicken, and rice... we have definitely been blessed with a good eater!

Happy Halloween!!

As usual, Reilly was in charge of choosing his own costume. This year, he went with one he wears quite frequently... black spiderman! We went to the Fall Festival at our church, since he is a bounce house fanatic... he had a BLAST!









Mimi & Grandpa and Uncle Mike & Aunt Honey never miss Reilly in his costume!


We played lots of games, and got LOTS of candy! (His favorites are the vanilla, orange, and cherry flavored tootsie rolls!)