Baby Gray 2 Months

Grayson Daniel,

I can't believe it has already been two months since you joined our family. You are truly a light in our lives and we absolutely adore everything about you. Every moment with you is cherished and I can't wait for billions more. Your big blue eyes melt my heart over and over. I love you my little one.

-You are still comfortably in newborn diapers. We just moved you up to 0-3 month clothes this week. While you could still wear newborn clothes because of weight you are too long now!

-You eat every 3 hours usually and are now eating 5 ounces at each meal little piggy :)

-At night you go a 5-6 hour stretch without eating and then another 4 hours after that. Even though that's pretty dang good for a baby your age Momma was spoiled cause brother was already sleeping 8 hours.

- Weeks 5 & 6 were really rough on Mommy & Daddy. It seemed like all you did was cry because your tummy hurt. At first we thought you might have a milk allergy so momma got off all dairy. You seemed to do better and then we thought it might be eggs as well. So momma got off eggs. Oh the things I will do for you! :) It finally seemed like we were making progress. Then the Friday before Christmas you literally had cried all day long. Just to be safe we went to the doctor that afternoon to make sure it wasn't your ears since you had been stuffy that week. The doctor said your ears were fine but were concerned about your weight. At almost 8 weeks old you only weighed 7.6lbs which meant you hadn't even gained a pound since birth. Instead of nursing they suggested Momma pump all weekend and give you 3.5 ounces every 3-4 hours. If I didn't get enough breast milk I supplemented with formula. On Christmas Eve morning we headed back to the doctor. You gained 8 oz in three days!!! So relieved!! After talking about it with the doctor and your daddy this is what was happening. You weren't sleeping good during the day so nursing put you right to sleep. Even though momma was making almost enough milk I don't think you we're drinking it all you sleepy head. We went back after another three days and you gained another 8 ounces and at almost 9 weeks old weigh a whopping 8.6lbs!

-Right around 7 weeks old you started smiling. You have been smiling since then day you were born but these were different. These are the smiles that say I know it's you and I'm so happy to see you! There is nothing sweeter than the first smiles of my precious boys! I will never forget them.

-You love sitting in your bouncer with the vibration on. You HATE your car seat unless Momma sits in the back with you and holds your hand. You tolerate your Mamaroo at certain times of the day. You are very opinionated and spoiled.

-Every morning while Momma makes breakfast you sit in your bouncer and talk to me. Hearing your sweet coos and seeing that gummy grin will never get old.

-You love taking baths with Momma cause you love being all the way down in the water.

-Your brother is extremely loud all of the time and surprisingly you sleep through it most of the time.

-You look so much like your brother it is scary. However you have Momma's shaped face and your eyes are shaped more like your Daddy. Other than that the two of you look almost identical at this stage.

Mommy & Daddy absolutely adore you and nothing will ever change that. Stay precious little one! We love you more than words. Life is so much better with you in it!

Love,

Your Adoring Mommy

Grayson Daniel's Birth Story

My pregnancy with Grayson was anything but normal or easy. After having my second baby and absolutely adoring my children and still considering having more I feel like I can admit this. I HATE being pregnant. With Hudson I felt almost guilty for feeling like that. So many people I know just "love" being pregnant and "they have never felt better". Well for lack of being able to put it nicely I want to tell those people to shove it. It doesn't mean I'm not happy for them and thankful they aren't going through all the nonsense I experience I am just so darn jealous!

Anyway now that we have that out of the way, lets continue. Grayson was kind of a surprise baby just like Hudson. In both cases we were planning on trying to have a baby within a few months but it was obvious God had His own plans. After being two days late I was completely stressed one Sunday afternoon. Not stressed in a bad way but second guessing if I could possibly be pregnant. This had happened to us once in the past where we thought we might be pregnant and three or four days later we found out we weren't. After all afternoon of Bryan being able to tell I was going to lose my mind he told me to go to the store and get a test. On my way there I seriously was thinking I'm glad I'm getting this out of the way so I don't get my hopes up or anything. Well what a surprise when I saw that positive line a little while later!

I walked out calmly and showed it to Bryan. I will never forget the look on his face, I wish I had had my camera. We were both shocked but oh so excited! We were supposed to be meeting my family for dinner at Ghengis Grill in about 45 minutes and I had to figure out a way to tell them. I couldn't hold it in any longer. It was March 11th and exactly a week before my dads birthday so we decided to get him a cookie cake and write on it Happy Birthday Popi Love Hudson & Baby #2. All was going according to plan until Hudson decided to have one of his meltdowns in the restaurant and Bryan took him to the car. The cookie cake was sitting in the floor board and the heater was on sooooo the icing started to melt. Oops. After dinner we took them to the car and gave Dad the cake. All they could read was Love Hudson and didn't know what the rest said. Finally they saw what it said and my mom and Alex started crying. Lots of screaming and laughing and crying went on after that. We told the rest of our families a couple of weeks later just to make sure everything was going smoothly.

I spent the first 3 months of the pregnancy sick as a dog. Just like with Hudson I never threw up but felt like I could every single minute it seemed like. I ended up getting some medicine from my doctor and took it sparingly but when I did I felt like a new person. At 11 weeks we took Hudson to Disney World and thankfully that week I felt pretty good especially with the medicine. I went to the doctor for my 12 week visit when we got home and during the ultrasound I ask if she could tell if it was a boy or girl even though it was really really early. As soon as she got the right view I could tell instantly it was another boy. She said she was almost positive it was a boy but to not paint the nursery yet just cause it was so early. We didn't tell anyone in case she was wrong but deep down I knew she was 100% correct. When I went in for my 19 week appointment it was confirmed that it was definitely a little boy! Even though we wanted a little girl and still do :) we were absolutely ecstatic it was another ornery boy! This momma sure does love her boys! The day before the appointment I had purchased two outfits one that said Little Brother and one that said Little Sister. I took pictures of them and wrote on them Hudson is going to have a ______. Once I left the doctor I called Bryan and then my parents and then sent out the text to everyone else.

Shortly after we got the confirmation we made a definite decision on his name. Whenever we had Hudson our second favorite name was Grayson and we had said since then that if we had another boy we would name him Grayson. At that point we had no idea what his middle name would be. I wanted my boys to have strong biblical names but didn't necessarily want them to be their first names so I started trying to find something that went well with Grayson. We decided on Daniel. Daniel means God is my judge and worshipper of God. It was perfect.

Around 21 weeks I started having contractions. I had pre term nonsense with Hudson also but it didn't start until 28 weeks. I think because of having to take care of a crazy toddler they started much sooner this time. From that point on I was miserable most of the time. I tried my best to stay positive but had a really really hard time. I kept feeling like I was hurting Hudson by not getting to do anything fun with him all summer or anything at all for that matter. Most of the pregnancy I was stuck on the couch or in bed because as soon as I did anything it brought on the contractions. At 32 weeks we ended up in the hospital cause the contractions had gotten so close together. Then again at 34 weeks. The hospital staff was acting like I was crazy until they hooked me up to the monitor and saw I was having contractions every minute and a half. This went on through the rest of the pregnancy. I had contractions every 2-10 minutes constantly.

Finally on October 27th-28th they just wouldn't let up from being every 3-5 minutes. They kept me up all night on Sunday night and by Monday morning I was physically and emotionally exhausted. At 5 I got up and sat in a warm bath for an hour and when Bryan got up at 6:30 I told him he was gonna have to stay home at least until my mom could come over. My dad was supposed to be leaving for Las Vegas at 1 that day and so we had to figure out what to do. Once I told my mom the contractions had kept me up all night she wanted me to call the doctor cause this was the first time I couldn't fall asleep. The doctors office told me to go to Labor and Delivery which I knew was going to happen and then after a few hours they would tell me to take it easy and drink a lot of water. My doctors nurse called me back a few minutes later and said she had talked to my doctor and since I had been having this happen for so long she wanted to see me before sending me to the hospital again. Mom came over and got me and we headed to the doctor. When I got there the nurse took my blood pressure and said it was really high. I didn't think anything of it other than it was probably from being up all weekend and feeling so miserable. Before my doctor came in I told my mom wouldn't it be wonderful if she said lets go ahead and have this baby, but I knew I was crazy cause I was only 37 1/2 weeks. My doctor came in and checked to see if I was dilated and I was a two and my blood pressure was still really high. The next thing she said was "I think its time to have this baby today!" What a relief. As soon as she left the room my mom and I both started crying. 9 long months and it was finally time to meet our sweet boy. I called Bryan who was at home with Hudson and he packed our bags and met us at the hospital.

After a couple of hours I got my epidural and settled in to wait for baby Gray to decide he was ready. Hudson missed his nap and so around 4 he left with my mom so he could take a nap in the car. Well my parents switched drivers and when Hudson woke up with my dad in the car he freaked out. He continued having a huge meltdown from lack of sleep and just wanting me to hold him. At this point I couldn't hold him. :( They had me laying in weird positions and with an oxygen mask because Gray's heart rate wasn't staying steady. Finally Bryan and his mom left with Hudson and he fell right to sleep in the car. I wasn't progressing nearly as fast as I was hoping and around 7pm I was only a 5. Bryan was driving around with Hudson and my Aunt Jetta had gone to Chick Fil A to get dinner for everyone. The nurse told me it usually takes an hour for every centimeter dilated. We figured we had until 11pm at least. My doctor came in again around 7;30 to check before she went home for a little bit and I was an 8. I ask if Bryan needed to come back and she goes "Um yes like now" He rushed back while his precious Mom continued to drive Hudson around and when Bryan got upstairs around 7:35 I was a 9 and the doctor said it was about time to push. Mid bite of his chick fil she checked again and I was a 10 so she wanted me to have a couple practice pushes. They ask me to hold my legs which were completely numb at this point and so I was like "Babe can you come help please. This was at 7:40. After 6 pushes and at 7:51pm on October 29th Grayson Daniel was born. What a perfect bundle of joy. He weighed 6lbs and 8oz just like his brother and was 19 1/2 inches.

The rest of the evening was kind of a blur between all the picture taking and family loving on our sweet baby. By the way at this time our family was all taking turns driving my precious sleeping toddler around the hospital. When they moved me to my room Bryan left to take Hudson home and my mom went home to get some stuff before coming back to spend the night with me and Grayson. While everyone was gone they brought Grayson back to me. Those first couple of hours with just me a my boy will never be forgotten. What a precious time to spend with just him in the quiet hospital room. I will forever cherish that time we had.

My precious family became a family of 4 and I am even more outnumbered, but I wouldn't change it for the world. I am head over heals in love with my three boys.

2 1/2 Years of Love

Hudson,

    To simply say that I love you is inadequate. I had no idea how incomplete my life was until I held you for the very first time. Every minute with you has given my life a new meaning and a purpose. The last two and a half years have literally flown by. We will be welcoming your baby brother Grayson into the world any time and it seems like just yesterday I was anxiously awaiting your arrival. Waiting for you was like waiting an eternity. All my life I had wanted to be a Mom. I had no idea just how destined I was to be a mom and to be your mom. I thank God every day for giving me the opportunity to be a Mother, but not just to any child, to you. Being your Momma has been the absolute best thing that has ever happened to me but it has also been the hardest thing I have ever done. I never realized how my heart really could live outside of my body. Watching you go through your tonsillectomy and all the pain and discomfort almost killed me. My heart physically hurt like it has never hurt before. While I have hurt in your times of pain I have also been overjoyed almost every single day at something you have done. I love every single thing about you. I can’t kiss you enough. I can’t hear you laugh enough. I am the luckiest person in the world because you are mine.

Since I missed your 2 year letter, here are a few things you have been up to lately.

-At your 2 ½ year checkup you weighed 32 pounds (75^th%) and were 39 inches tall (over 100%) You have always been long and lean.

-You are wearing size 5 diapers and we are going to start potty training very soon. Due to the lack of communication and the fact that baby brother is almost here we have waited longer than I wanted to originally but it hasn’t been a big deal. You are now very interested in the potty and will sit on it and pretend to wipe when you think you are done. You just haven’t actually gone on the potty yet.

-You are wearing all 3T clothes now. You started wearing 3T shirts around your 2^nd birthday cause of the length of them, but wore 2T shorts all summer because you are so stinking skinny. Now that you are in pants you have to wear 3T pants cause you are so tall and they fall off of you. Thank goodness Baby Gap still has adjustable waist in your size because they have to be synched all the way up.

-My absolute favorite thing to do is watch you act out movies. You will imitate every single thing they do on the movie and it is absolutely hysterical! You LOVE watching movies.

-The only thing I think you love more than a movie is playing outside. Momma has learned to live with lots of flies in the house because you want to be out as much as you possibly can and therefore I can never get anything done unless I leave the door open and check on your every couple of minutes.

-You have just started to enjoy playing by yourself. Up until now you have wanted me to do everything with you. While this is a nice break for me it also makes me sad cause I miss those times with you. Just part of you growing up I guess.

-You are now saying about 50 words and communicating is sooo much easier now. The combination of your ears and not being able to hear and then your tonsils being so swollen that they almost touched made it almost impossible for you to talk. You came up with your own language (which is hysterical) and the hardest part is getting you to want to talk in our language J Your speech therapist has said that you make every consinent and vowel sound there is you just have to have the desire. We think that has finally happened and you are starting to repeat lots of things we say.

-Your diet has finally started to improve since you got your tonsils out. Dr. Santos believed that you were so picky because your food had to squeeze through your tonsils every time you swallowed. How annoying and uncomfortable. No wonder you ate like a bird. Now you will try more foods and your list of foods you like is finally starting to grow. You still love your nutrigain bars, cheezits, chips and fries the best though. The best thing you have added to your diet is Chick fil A chicken nuggets. Even though they are fried it is about the only time you will eat meat so we live with the fried chicken J

- You are to the stage where you want to do everything we are doing especially if its something your Daddy is doing. If he is outside chances are you are outside trying to imitate him or digging in the dirt.

-The way you love your Daddy melts my heart. Every time I see you run to him after you haven’t seen him all day makes me almost tear up. You two have such a special, silly, and fun relationship. I think your favorite part of the day is when he gets home so you can wrestle and act like a wild Indian.

-I have had a hard time lately because I haven’t been able to do near as much stuff with you due to all the issues with this pregnancy. We didn’t get to do all the fun things I had in mind for this summer like going to the zoo and park because I couldn’t lift you and go without someone else. However all the moments we have snuggled on the couch and watched movies when I’m not feeling good have been perfect. I wouldn’t change them for the world. Next summer we will have lots and lots of fun I promise.

-You absolutely love your dogs. Right now as I’m typing this I’m watching you out the window standing at the fence talking to them as they stand there and wag. They love you just as much as you love them. Emma is by far your favorite because she is so calm with you. The other morning you were following her all over the house. At one point I looked towards our bedroom and she was laying with her front legs on the wood floor and the rest of her in the bedroom and you were laying on your stomach propped up on your elbows right next to her watching me make breakfast. Precious moments I hope to never forget. One of your other favorite things is taking her on a walk around the neighborhood. You hold her leash and everything and think you are such big stuff. Emma is laying right by you right now as youre playing in the dirt. She loves and protects you.

-You got your big boy bed sometime this spring. The first few nights you did great, but then started waking up terrified and screaming for almost an hour at a time before we could calm you down. One of us started sleeping with you and that fixed everything except now that’s what you want. We have to break that habit soon. However some of my favorite recent memories with you are laying in your bed and you talking to me at night and snuggling as you go to sleep. You are the best snuggle bug around. I haven’t rushed the issue because I know one day I will miss laying in bed snuggling with you and you will think I’m crazy cause you are all grown up. Just know you will always be my baby.

Every second with you is treasured and I can’t even begine to imagine what I would do every day without you. I think I need a break sometimes and after being gone 30 minutes I miss you and am ready to be back with you. I’m sure having your little brother is going to totally change and rock your world. I just hope you never ever forget how much we love and adore you and another sibling will never change that. Give it a few years and your brother will turn into your very best friend. I can’t wait to see the relationship the two of you will have. I love you more than words. Life is so much better with you in it!

Always,

Momma 

Yum Yum Yum

The Pizza Casserole turned out delicious as always but I forgot to take pictures and stuff while I was cooking it so next time I make it I will post the recipe!

One of my all time favorite meals is Easy Chicken & Dressing!! I have made if for people who just had a baby and when people come over to my house and EVERYONE loves it!

Easy Chicken & Dressing

*6 Chicken Breasts
*1 bag graded mozzarella
*1 can cream of chicken soup
*1/2 soup can of water
*1 small package of chicken dressing mix
*1 stick of butter

Preheat oven to 300 degrees
1. In a 9x13 dish, lay the chicken breasts on bottom and put the cheese over them.

2. Mix soup and water in a bowl and pour over the chicken and cheese.

3. Sprinkle the dressing on top.

4. Melt the butter and pour over the dressing
5. Bake covered with foil for 1 hour, then remove foil and continue baking for 30 more minutes.

As you can see I only use two chicken breasts. Basically I just judge how much cheese I on want on the chicken, use about half of the soup mixture and then cover with dressing. I use about half a stick of butter also. Anyway it is by far one of the easiest recipes and most delicious that I have!

Crockpot Orange Chicken & Fried Rice

Since I have started cooking a lot more my main goal has been to be easy and fast! If you have a toddler you understand that some days they might allow you to cook a 2 hour gourmet dinner and the next day you might get a good 15 minutes. So anything I post will recipe wise will be fairly simple and quick!! 

Last night was the first time I have not enjoyed our dinner. :( In fact the orange chicken didn't turn out at all and Bryan stopped and got us some orange chicken from a chinese place by our house :) The fried rice was delicious however! I'm still going to post the recipe cause I know what went wrong.

Crockpot Orange Chicken

*3-4 boneless chicken breasts, chopped into small chunks

*1/3 cup flour

*olive oil

*1/2 Tbs salt

*1 tsp balsamic vinegar

*3 Tbs ketchup

*6oz frozen orange juice concentrate (thawed)

*4 Tbs brown sugar

1. In a bowl mix the orange juice, brown sugar, vinegar, salt and ketchup.

2. Pour the flour in a small bowl. Cover the chicken breast chunks in flour and shake off the excess.

3. Pour a small amount of olive oil in a skillet and brown the flour-covered chicken. (Here is the first place I think I slightly messed up. I think I cooked the chicken a little too long.) It does not need to be fully cooked since it is going in the crock pot. 

4. After the chicken is done cooking, pour the pieces into the crock pot. Then cover the chicken with your sauce mixture and give the pot a stir. 

5. Cook on low for 5-6 hours or high for 2-3

(Here was the second problem!! I followed these directions. And because it was a not feeling good, already tired of being pregnant kind of day, I only checked on the chicken once or twice. 5 hours is WAYYYYYY too long in my crockpot! This is what the chicken looked like after 3 hours 

At this point I was thinking oh my goodness this is going to be delicious! And I think 3 hours was all it needed! It was completely dried up and burned by 5 hours. So if you attempt this I would suggest making sure you have extra time the first day to be able to check on it often to make sure it doesn't dry out like mine did. 

Now on to the fried rice! 

Fried Rice

*3 cups cooked white rice (day old or leftover rice works best)

*3 Tbs sesame oil

*1 cup frozen peas and carrots (thawed)

*1 small onion, chopped

*2 tsp minced garlic (2-3 cloves)

*2 eggs, slightly beaten

*1/4 cup soy sauce

1. On medium hight heat, heat the oil in a large skillet or wok

2. Add the peas/carrots mix, onion and garlic. Stir fry until tender

3. Lower the heat to medium low and push the mixture off to one side, then pour your eggs on the other side of the skillet and stir fry until scrambled. (I scrambled them in a separate small skillet because mine wasn't large enough to scoot everything else over. It worked just as good.)

4. Now add the rice and soy sauce. (I made my white rice yesterday morning and left it in the fridge all day and I think it worked just like cooking it the day before.)

5. Stir fry until thoroughly heated and enjoy!!!

Overall this was a quick dinner and I was able to do certain parts at different times of the day which is helpful with a certain little munchkin running around. If you happen to make the orange chicken let me know how long you cook yours in a comment!!! 

On the menu tonight Pizza Casserole! One of Bryan's favorites! I'll post the recipe tomorrow! 

Happy Tuesday everyone!!

And so it goes

So I fell off the face of the earth for awhile! I'm back! I can't even believe how long it has been since I last posted because this blog is such an outlet for me even if no one reads it :) Many things have happened since my last post that's for sure!!! 

I'll start with Hudson. He continued to get better after his tubes and we had a wonderful Christmas! This last Christmas was so fun because of seeing the joy on his face this year as he opened his presents! The best was when my parents gave him his new Ford Rapture truck. He was in love and still is! 

The beginning of the year brought with it lots of preparation for weddings. My cousin Whitney married Mr. Tyler Ferguson in March and it was a fabulous wedding! The week before their wedding we got a big surprise and found out I AM PREGNANT!!! We absolutely couldn't wait and told my parents, brother and soon to be sister in law that night at dinner. I got my dad a cookie cake (it was a week before his birthday) and I wrote on it Happy Birthday Popi! Love Hudson & Baby #2. Now the funny part of this story is no one could read the writing. :) Bryan had to sit in the car with Hudson during the end of dinner and the cake sat in the floor with the heater on so it kinda melted :). Anyway after a few minutes and finally telling them what the last part said everyone started screaming and crying. We had planned on starting to try within the next few months, but obviously God had other plans. We are expecting our another precious boy Grayson Daniel right before Thanksgiving. 

This is the video we posted to spread the news!!!

Hudson turned 2 on April 2nd and we had a wonderful time with him, family and friends. After his birthday my brother got married on April 14th. Their wedding was on a ranch in Tahlequah and it was absolutely perfect! Rain was in the forecast and we even planned on having the wedding inside the barn where the reception would be. Of course God cleared every worry and it was absolutely beautiful all day! 

After the wedding we went with my parents to Disney World! What a magical trip! We had so much fun even though we all vowed we wouldn't be going back for many years. All those people can really get to you after a week! We got up each day and went to one of the parks. After lunch we would head back to the condo so Hudson could take a nice nap. After his naps we either went back to the parks, went swimming or just hung out! 

While we were there my parents sold their house in Oklahoma City. It was such a huge blessing for it to sell after being for sale for over a year. However it was a pretty emotional thing for me and my mom especially. This was my parents dream house and they figured they would live there forever. I had always dreamed that my kids would grow up in the same house I did and continue to have many wonderful memories there. This isn't what God had planned though. Once the house actually sold and everyone was moved up here for good things got alot easier and we have already made some wonderful memories at my parents new house. 

The next big event in our lives happened when we took Hudson back for his ENT check up on his tubes. We all expected it would be a quick easy visit because everything seemed to be going fine. However alittle background, Hudson still had yet to really start talking. We got a new pediatrician at his 2 year appointment and she suggested speech therapy which we were in the process of getting started. Anyway our ENT started asking me all kinds of questions, like how he sleeps, his eating habits, was he talking yet. I was totally confused as I answered them all. He told us Hudson needed to have his tonsils taken out because they were so large they were touching every time he swallowed. He believed this was a part of his bad eating habits, long afternoon naps and lack of speech. So we scheduled his tonsils to be removed the beginning of July. 

Him getting his tonsils out was the absolute worst thing I have ever been through in my life. I would have done absolutely anything to take the pain away from him and I couldn't. The surgery went flawlessly, it was the recovery that was miserable. He would not drink anything, which was a huge problem. The other huge problem was every time we tried to give him his pain medicine he threw up. We never knew how much he got if any. After a horrible first day and him being up half the night screaming I called the Childrens hospital and spoke to the most precious nurse. She told me that the pain medicine burns anyway, so when he would let it sit in his mouth it would only burn worse. Then he would end up gagging on it and throw up. Anyway the first 48 hours were absolutely terrible. I didn't sleep, he didn't sleep, we almost had to go to the ER for an IV of pain meds and fluids. I can't even begin to describe how awful and helpless I felt. Anyway after two weeks he was finally back to himself and it was such a relief. I will post again soon about all the speech issues and other things going on with him. 

Now all the drama seems to be over for now and we are trying to patiently wait on Mr. Grayson Daniel to arrive and survive this awful heat in the meantime! I plan on updating this much more often in the future. Now once I have a newborn and a toddler I can't guarantee anything :) With my newfound love for Pinterest I have found a newfound love for cooking! :) WE have been eating at home most evenings and I'm really enjoying trying all sorts of new recipes I find on Pinterest! In fact tonight we are having Crockpot Orange Chicken and Fried Rice. Maybe I will post those recipes tomorrow! Until next time friends! 

Update on Hudson

My sweet little boy is doing wonderfully!!! Thank you sooo much for all the prayers! You will never know how much I appreciate them. Last Monday morning we arrived at the surgery center at 6:30am. He wasn't allowed to have any milk or food after midnight on Sunday so we were pushing it on him getting hungry. We met with the anesthesiologist ( who was AWESOME) and then Dr. Santos came in. He told us how everything would go and then prayed with us. What a blessing to have a wonderful christian doctor who truly cares about each of his patients! I would highly recommend him! A few minutes later they came in to get him. He went back with them, no tears or anything which made it alot easier on this Momma!! I'm not kidding within 15 minutes Dr. Santos came to get us and told us everything went wonderfully. He was glad we went ahead because he said his ears were alittle worse than he thought and he should be feeling much better. Right after we talked to him they called us back because he was awake. Boy was he mad!!! Which they warned us that every baby wakes up mad because they feel kinna drunk and don't know why. Anyway we stayed for about 20 minutes and they let us leave. Once we were in the car he calmed down and within an hour of the surgery he was back to his normal self.

This has been a HUGE week for him!! He has started saying some of the words he had been saying before getting so sick ANNNND he is actually starting to eat again!!!! This is HUGE for him! For the last couple of months he would eat chips, fries, cheezits or grapes. He would not even taste any other foods. He refused things like blueberry muffins for heavens sake. I was told that he probably wasn't eating because his ears were hurting, tonsils and adnoids were swollen which made his throat hurt all the time. I'm pretty sure that was the case. Wednesday night he ate 4 asperagus, noodles and tried some chicken! He has also had cantelope, honeydew, green beans, cereal, dried blueberries and a couple other things. I'm so proud! It's the little things!!! After making all of his food from 5 months until 13 months it was hard to not be able to get him to eat anything good for him! Anyway thanks again for all the prayers!!! We love you all!!!