The Story...

Okay, so here's what happened since I just wanted to get the baby's picture out there and forgot to say HOW we got the baby. As most of you know I had gestational diabetes, which means I needed to take insulin shots twice a day to help the baby with her sugar intake.

This type of diabetes means the babies are big and can't be carried all the way to 40weeks so I was going to be induced at 38 weeks. Well, they did stress tests on her and found that her little heart can't keep up with her big body during labor. So instead we did a c-section and it's a good thing we did!

I went in to the hospital around 10am and they operated on me at 12:30pm. When they took her out she had pooped in the amniotic fluid!!! And that's bad...especially if the baby breathes it in, which she did. Thankfully she didn't breathe in too much but she was still sick from it.

She had some oxygen problems, low blood sugar, and heart murmurs that scared us. Now, two days later, her blood sugar is back to normal, there is no heart murmur and her oxygen gets better and better. She's breastfeeding and taking formula to get her healthy enough to leave the hospital.

I have a wound that burns but it gets better every day...especially when accompanied by percocet!

So, like we promised, here are some more pictures!!!


Mommy burping baby Kyra after feeding.


Baby Kyra (finally with eyes open)!!


Daddy taking a turn at feeding!!

She's here!!!

Sorry guys its been awhile since I/we last posted. Today, October 6th, 2009, my back pains went away (what a relief), in return we received our gorgeous baby girl who arrived at 1:02 pm and weighed in at ...... 9 pounds, 11.4 ounces and was measured at 22 inches long. WOW!! Guess that's the package you get when parents are BOTH TALL......This is a picture of her with her very happy parents, right after her arrival...
Right now Mommy is sleeping and recovering from the operation, while Daddy is going back and forth from the room and the nursery... Well, here she is...Kyra Vuikadavu... In case any of you are wondering where the name is from...It is taken from our names; KellY & RAbici.
I'll be in the hospital until Friday and we will be keeping you posted with more pictures. By the way, thanks for ALL the text messages and voicemail. We will be writing again SOOOOON!!!

I'm an Aunty!!!

So, on July 27th, at around 5:50 pm, I became an official Aunty. My brother has a son now and it throws into sharp reality how soon I'll be giving birth. AHHH!!!

Anyway, this little guy is 7 pounds, and 20 inches long. He's got spiky black hair and long eyelashes. And true to being a member of this family, he's loud. He was screaming and crying when he came out and if you don't hold him just right....he'll scream some more.

He's so adorable I can't stop taking pictures of him. (Be warned: he scowls a lot, but you would too if you just came out of a birth canal a day ago)


Here he is! John Jerald Manao'io Andrade Burgwinkel



He looks like an Israelite baby here


Me and Baby J.J. (That's what we're calling him)


J.J. and his Grandma

Deja vu

So a couple years ago Rabici went in for surgery on his left knee because they found pieces of bone floating around in his leg, cutting up his tendons and muscles. It was July, 2007 and in August he went in for emergency orthoscopic surgery. He couldn't walk for almost 3 weeks and it took him a little over a month to fully recover. The reason I remember it so well is because I was also pregnant and had a miscarriage in September.

Fast forward to July 2009. Rabici's left arm's been hurting him so we went to the doctor's. He found pieces of bone floating around his elbow, cutting up his tendons and muscles. He now has to go in for emergency orthoscopic surgery for his arm and will not be able to use it for 4 weeks. I'm now 7 months pregnant and his surgery again will be in August.

I just can't believe this is happening all over again. At least this time it's his arm so I won't have to carry him around like I did with his leg. But this time his arm is worse than his leg was because they found arthritis in his arm since the bone is hurting it so badly.

I'm having a serious case of deja vu and it's not good. Why can't I have deja vu about Disneyland or going to the beach? Why do all the sucky things repeat themselves?

Grrrrr.

July synopsis

SO I've been negligent in posting and that's because I have barely enough energy to roll (and I mean roll) myself out of bed every morning and work. But we did do a lot this month.

July 4th we stayed at the Ala Moana Hotel and watched the fireworks that went on at Magic Island. Normally I hide indoors because of my asthma but we watched from the safety of our room balcony so I was fine.

July 9th I went to the Big Island and did a ton of research on my family tree. We were able to find names and help relative with temple work...all while I'm pregnant! Go me.

July 16th was Rabici's birthday and we celebrated by cruising around the island, going to doctor's appointments and then watching Harry Potter.

July 17th was Mom's birthday and I took her out for breakfast, shopping and a birthday dinner at Red Lobster. That place is awesome! Though it did creep me out to choose my own lobster to kill and eat. Oh well, that's what you get for being at the bottom of the food chain Mr. Lobster!

July 18th was our Stake Enrichment (4 hours of my life I want back) and a 1st baby luau...in Nanakuli!!! Now those of you who aren't familiar with the cities of Hawaii, the best way I can describe Nankuli would be to say it's Harlem, with a beach. No offense to those who love that side, but No thank you! It's a good thing my mom and I are dark and that we didn't bring my white dad. They left us alone.

Now it's July 21st and I'm not really doing anything significant. All the movies I want to see are already out and my life has lost all meaning and direction. :) Except for New Moon coming out 11.20.09!!! Score!

What's up with the Governor's?

So everyone knows about the recent scandal of Governor Mark Sanford. And who can forget Blagojevich? Well here in Hawaii the idiocy of Governor's has not ended. Gov. Linda Lingle has decided to keep up with the rest of the country and tick off the citizens living in her state.

Linda Lingle basically declared war on all state employees. Not only is she increasing our insurance premiums 18% but she's also instituting furloughs (days we are required to take off without getting paid) She claims it's being done in an effort to save money. Sure Linda, sure. Never mind that the money she received from the stimulus package was supposed to help us; instead she's decided to use it for the State's debt (WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT OBAMA SAID YOU COULDN'T DO!!!!)

Now because of this Governor I'm out of the best insurance I've ever had and my position's been cut because my school can't afford it. But not only has Governor Lingle messed with teachers and our union HSTA, she's messing with all the other unions too: HGEA, UHM, all of them. Everyone who's a STATE employee is getting hit and hit hard. Furlough days are going to be so much that the police are going to have to take over when the state workers are forced to stay home.

Brilliant Linda! Spread the ones who keep order thin that way we're not only getting robed by you but we'll also be attacked by criminals who probably lost their job because of you in the first place!

I just want to scream! I can't believe our Governor is getting away with this and that her scandal hasn't hit the news other than Hawaii. As far as I'm concerned, Governor Linda Lingle is just as corrupt as Blagojevich and just as immoral as Sandford.

A rally will be held tonight at the state capitol to protest this woman and her idiocy. You can't fix stupid and there's no fixing her. And personally I'm all for sterilization of stupid people. Hopefully the children of these morons don't procreate, or our children are screwed too.

TRANSFORMERS

Okay, so I didn't want to see "Transformers" on opening day because I knew EVERYONE else was going to be there too. But Rabici was dying to go and he rarely wants things, so I caved. I'm glad I did because the movie was awesome. All the hype surrounding it and the coverage for it was dead on. It was nonstop action throughout the whole thing!

We ended up going to the 10:50 PM showing because all the other ones were sold out. Then we had to stand in line for 40 minutes so we could get good seats! There were so many people that the theater made a second 10:50pm showing so everyone could see the movie. I would've gone to another theater but the only other theater in Kaneohe isn't showing Transformers until FRIDAY!!! Hello! That was dumb! The theater in the mall made a killing last night. The tickets alone are expensive but then everyone was getting drinks and snacks...they made a fortune off of all of us hard working people.

Even though we didn't get out until 1:30 AM, I was still awake during the movie since it was nonstop action the whole way through. But with that said I do have some questions...or gripes...depends on how you look at it.

1) What's up with this "ALL-SPARK"? Why is it that every machine it comes in contact with turns it into a Decepticon? Why are none of them being turned into a good guy or an Auto-bot?

2) What's up with the camera guy running everywhere Shia Lebeouf is running? Can we say Blair witch project? I felt so nauseated.

3) Why are there no female auto-bots? What, we're not good enough to turn into machines? And there aren't any female Decepticons either. Sexists! Girls make great villians! Not only can we kill people and blow things up, but we do it while looking cute. In the movie there's 3 female autobots who are ninja bikes but after the one speaking line they have, they get killed. They show the girls for two seconds and as one of them is speaking she gets killed. What's up with that? Jealous much?

4) Why do Optimus Prime's ancestors look exactly like the bad Fallen dude? They all look alike...and that's weird. Optimus doesn't look like Megatron and they're brothers! Did our imaginations just wear out towards the end Michael Bay? Did we just not have the energy to continue thinking up designs for these guys?

So basically that was my Wednesday night. Next movie I'm looking forward to: Harry Potter Half-blood Prince. YEA!