On The Auction Block!

Our very own Italian Stallion is once again up for auction. We will be there to (laugh at him) support him :) Be really nice if he met a nice girl, got along with her and her family, and asked for her hand so we could have a darn party. Ha!

Squirt's tests came back today and everything looks good but one is a little low. I should clarify one hormone is on the low side of normal. In any other normal case they wouldn't bat an eyelash over it, but since we have issues they feel(finally) this warrants a trip to endocrinology (yeah)! I've wanted this for a long time just to make sure. Unfortunately since we have to see a specialist at Children's and it's not a life threatening situation, it will be a few months before we can get an appointment. All is good though. Feels like we are on the right road.......ahhhhhh!

Blood...Finally!

Squirt's blood work is over at the lab as we speak and we may have results tomorrow! Yeah! The tech who poked him, Keisha, was absolutely wonderful. When she was checking his arms and rolling up his sleeves, he knew what was going to happen (screaming 'all done') and kept fighting to pull them back down. It only took one try and we got a new word out of him eeker=sticker!
Squirt's on Cephalexin (generic Keflex) for the bladder infection. We go back Monday to re-cath him to check. Depending on how long this has been going on, it could be part of the culprit as to why he is not growing. I really hope this starts to swing things in Squirt's favor :)

Infection

Urine culture came back with results saying he has a bladder infection :( Lord only knows how long he has had this going on. That wasn't even why the test was ordered but they did a quick check at the doctors and it came back with white blood cells in it, so they just added it onto the pile. Sheesh! To top it off, the nurse that called us thinks he is on antibiotics now (she left a message and was just skimming our list not looking at the dates). I am soooooooooooooooo thankful I decided to hold off on giving Squirt his 18m immunization shots(he will get one at 24m and the other before kindergarten). Our doctor was very supportive and said we could wait it's not a big deal. There were some immunizations they would push(meningitis and he has had those) but on the others they were quite understanding.
I'm going to take him tomorrow to Children's for the blood work. We have a morning play/coffee date not too far from the hospital. In case you are wondering why I haven't taken him yet, he has been sleeping soooooo long during the day. I'm now thinking it's his poor body trying to fight off whatever is going on.

Love This Outfit!

I love the colors. They make Squirts eyes look soooo blue!

*We had our 18m well-check today. Squirt is a very healthly boy. He weighed in at 16lbs 12oz and 27.5 in. We are on our way to finally getting all of our bloodwork done. They put a catheter on him in the office and I will have to go to Children's Hospital to get the bloodwork done. I'm going to take him either this afternoon or tomorrow morning. We should have results by Wednesday!*

Family Watchdog

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Don't Do It, Eli!

Despised Eli but sort of slightly warmed to him during the superbowl. At least enough to think he would be making a big mistake.
Curse

Adults Night (sort of)

B's mom and Chad stayed at our house Saturday night so we could go over Matt and Jeanne's to hang out. They cooked us dinner, had some drinks, sat in their hot tub for a few hours, and b*s'd the whole time. It was really nice not having to worry about what Squirt was doing or leaving early because he needed his crib. Aiden hung out with us too and she is just as laid back as her mom and dad. They make parenting a newborn look like a piece of cake. We were there until 2am. So was it really as hard as I thought it was or having an infant that required a little extra was the hard part?

MUAH!

May you all get lots of love everyday!

No Thanks.

Did you know part time means 35 hours a week? I think that sounds more like full time to me. The last few interviews I have gone on want me to agree that if need be I will work 35 hours a week. I'm applying for jobs that say 20-25 hours a week. I keep thinking if I said "yes", what else they would throw on me?

So Sweet!

Baby Aiden.....she's just a litte doll!

Her nursery is just awesome! Since they didn't know the sex they went with the ever neutral jungle theme. One of Jeanne's family members painted the murals on the walls.

*Spellcheck isn't working. Please excuse any mistakes.*

New Doc Meeting

We had our first meeting with Dr. Furness of Rocky Mountain Pediatric Urology. It went well. At this point, we feel at ease with Dr. Furness. He drew us pictures and I think I understand what is going on a little bit more. Squirt might be starting to get another hernia and still has quite a bit of stiffness and swelling. Depending on how that heals is how we will proceed. Dr. Furness also needs to get the full surgical reports from Children's to understand which techniques were used in the previous surgeries. While he was examing him, Squirt just laid there with his hands behind his head. Sad when he thinks this is the norm.
The one thing he talked about was if the stiffness doesn't go away, they will have to graft some skin from inside his cheek. We knew they might have to do this with the other two surgeries and it's really not a big deal, but it totally gives me the heebie jeebies. We go back in three months.

The Hanen Program

Tonight was the first night of my speech therapy class The Hanen Program. It's basically a series of classes that gives parents the tools to help our children that have or might have speech delays. There are 8 classes total and inbetween every two classes the speech therapist, Gretchen, comes out and video tapes our progress.
It's simple and complicated. There were 6 of us in the class tonight and we had line up in order of our birth month and day without talking. It sounded so simple until we had to do it. Some were communicating their gestures differently than others. It gave us a slight insight of what our kiddos may feel during those time when they know what they are saying but no one else understands.
Did you know the average 2 year-old has about 200 words? Squirt has about 20 and everything else is "dit". I can't imagine him saying 180 words more in 6 months time, but I guess that is why we are in the class.
So my homework for the week is to try to get Squirt to ask for more things. Like instead of asking for a drink (signs and says "dit") and giving him cup, straw and juice, making him ask for the cup, the straw and the juice. When we are playing, listening to what he saying instead of pointing everything out for him. The overall goal is to lessen the frustration and whining on both ends :)
Always an adventure around here.

Risky Business

He's so going to kill me when he gets older :) Just like any other man, Squirt becomes wild in the nude.

Just Playing Around

Today I went over and snuggled with Anthony and I tried taking some pictures.
Isn't he just so cute?! I could just eat him up!