Friday, January 26, 2007
Austin is crawling
Austin started actually crawling forward today. He had been crawling a little but it was in reverse. He hasn't perfected it yet but he's moving forward though!
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Yay for a 3 day weekend!!! (and a follow up on Austin)
After this week, I am so glad that we have one more day off tomorrow. As I posted before, on Tuesday Austin got tubes put in his ears. That was a rough day. Poor kid hadn't eaten since 7:45pm the night before, was tired and then trying to wake up from anesthesia. The combo did not make for a happy baby. As the day went on the effects of the anesthesia slowly wore off and by Wednesday morning he was back to himself. But....later that day was his 9 month checkup. That, in and of itself, wasn't such a bad thing. The bad part was that part of this checkup was his third round of shots plus he finally got his flu shot. So, again Austin was not a happy baby for the rest of the evening. But wait, there's more. Thursday was an appointment for him with a pulminary specialist to check out his wheezing and breathing issues. Luckily this was a pretty easy appointment. He had a chest xray taken and it turned out that his lungs are completely clear. Yay! The doctor is pretty sure his wheezing is being caused by reflux. Also discovered in the xray was that Austin is pretty constipated, which the doctor said can make the reflux worse. This is the other end of the spectrum from where he was at the beginning of the week. He had been sick with a stomach virus, throwing up and diarrhia. So from diarrhia to constipation. Anyway, she gave us a prescription stool softener to help get him regular again and then we are to see how that affects the reflux. If he still has it, she also gave us a prescription to fill for reflux medication. She took him off of the breathing treatments though (Yay!!) but said that if his wheezing returns, to put him back on it and to make an appointment to come back in. In three months, if he still has reflux, we have follow up appointment.
So, it's been a very long week. I want to thank everyone that had us in their thoughts and prayers, we definitely appreciate it.
After this week, I am so glad that we have one more day off tomorrow. As I posted before, on Tuesday Austin got tubes put in his ears. That was a rough day. Poor kid hadn't eaten since 7:45pm the night before, was tired and then trying to wake up from anesthesia. The combo did not make for a happy baby. As the day went on the effects of the anesthesia slowly wore off and by Wednesday morning he was back to himself. But....later that day was his 9 month checkup. That, in and of itself, wasn't such a bad thing. The bad part was that part of this checkup was his third round of shots plus he finally got his flu shot. So, again Austin was not a happy baby for the rest of the evening. But wait, there's more. Thursday was an appointment for him with a pulminary specialist to check out his wheezing and breathing issues. Luckily this was a pretty easy appointment. He had a chest xray taken and it turned out that his lungs are completely clear. Yay! The doctor is pretty sure his wheezing is being caused by reflux. Also discovered in the xray was that Austin is pretty constipated, which the doctor said can make the reflux worse. This is the other end of the spectrum from where he was at the beginning of the week. He had been sick with a stomach virus, throwing up and diarrhia. So from diarrhia to constipation. Anyway, she gave us a prescription stool softener to help get him regular again and then we are to see how that affects the reflux. If he still has it, she also gave us a prescription to fill for reflux medication. She took him off of the breathing treatments though (Yay!!) but said that if his wheezing returns, to put him back on it and to make an appointment to come back in. In three months, if he still has reflux, we have follow up appointment.
So, it's been a very long week. I want to thank everyone that had us in their thoughts and prayers, we definitely appreciate it.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
We're home
We're back from getting the tubes put in Austin's ears. It went well, and fast. They took him in around 7:35 or so and it was before 8am when the doctor came back to talk to us after the procedure. Austin was pretty upset and hungry when he woke up. He's asleep now though and we'll see how he is when he wakes up.
Getting ready to get tubes
We're in the pre/post op room getting ready for Austin to get tubes put in his ears. He'll be going to sleep in a few minutes.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Testing phone posting
Blogger recently made some changes to their service and I just did the upgrade so let's see if I can get picture uploading to work now. Here are a few pics from Christmas time. The rest of them you can see on our website HERE. (Actually a couple of the pictures, the ones of him with the big Santa hat on will actually be in his 8 month album that we will try to have up soon.)
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Where O' where has the time gone! I feel I just went on Christmas vacation, and today I had to go back to work.
We are keeping very busy with our active almost 9 month old! Austin is growing out of his cubbiness, and every morning when I get him up he looks like he has grown. His face is thinning out and so are his legs. He loves to gabber on and wants to make sure everyone in the room knows that he is has something to say.
O' Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! The new photos will be on the website this week there are so many you will be busy for hours!
We had a very merry break from work and was able to enjoy spending the holidays with almost all of our family members. First we went to visit my family in Virginia and came home on Christmas Eve were Carol and John were waiting for us. They helped us celebrate Austins first Christmas. He had a lot of fun once I poked a whole in the paper. He would do most of the ripping. Following Christmas we visited my dad, his wife, and his parents in Buena Vista, GA. and wound the holiday with spending New Years Eve with the Allens in Woodstock, GA. Only for me to be in bed by 11pm! Its tough to stay up late when you have to get up at 5am with a hungry baby!
We have been very blessed this holiday and have thought of all of you and prayed for a wonderful new year for all.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We are keeping very busy with our active almost 9 month old! Austin is growing out of his cubbiness, and every morning when I get him up he looks like he has grown. His face is thinning out and so are his legs. He loves to gabber on and wants to make sure everyone in the room knows that he is has something to say.
O' Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! The new photos will be on the website this week there are so many you will be busy for hours!
We had a very merry break from work and was able to enjoy spending the holidays with almost all of our family members. First we went to visit my family in Virginia and came home on Christmas Eve were Carol and John were waiting for us. They helped us celebrate Austins first Christmas. He had a lot of fun once I poked a whole in the paper. He would do most of the ripping. Following Christmas we visited my dad, his wife, and his parents in Buena Vista, GA. and wound the holiday with spending New Years Eve with the Allens in Woodstock, GA. Only for me to be in bed by 11pm! Its tough to stay up late when you have to get up at 5am with a hungry baby!
We have been very blessed this holiday and have thought of all of you and prayed for a wonderful new year for all.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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