Crew's Surgery

When Crew was born, they did not circumcise him because he had a chordae, which means that his little wiener was crooked. We knew after that that when he was 6 months old they would have to put him out and fix the chordae and circumcise him. Time seemed to fly by and it was here before we knew it. Daniel, my mom and I took Crew to Children's Mercy to get it fixed by a specialist on December 27. I was a nervous wreck because they were going to take my baby and put him out. They explained everything in detail before the surgery, & they were going to do these things:
      - use gas to put him out.
      - put tube down his throat just in case.
      - fix chordae using extra skin and then circumcise.
      - give him a shot like an epidural to help with the pain for 6-12 hours after surgery.

We got there at 11:30 and had to go through many people explaining exactly what they were going to do. As you can see, Crew was happy as he could be even though he hadn't had a bottle in 4 hours.

 The nurse had us put on this sweet little gown for Crew and he loves to not have clothes on so he enjoyed the gown. Sweet little thing just kept grinning for her.

 They had to listen to his heart, get his blood pressure and also do height and weight. This big boy weighed 16 lbs. He had a hard time sitting still, though and we even had to move to another machine because he kept wanting to kick his legs and move around. :)

 By now it was close to 1:00 and Crew was hungry for a bottle. But, Daddy loved on him and even gave him a paper towel to keep him entertained until they took him back.

 Grammy came along too. She sure loves you, Crew!

 This is where we had to give Crew to the nurses. Mom & Dad were pretty strong, but I think we each had a few tears. This is also where we picked him up when the surgery was over. We were so glad to see him & just wanted to hold him when he was done, so we forgot to take pictures afterwards.

 This was Crew right before we put him in the carseat to go home around 4:30. He did such a good job and was such a good baby. He slept most of that night, but wasn't very fussy. The next day we gave him his strong medicine but the next day he was so happy we didn't give him any medicine & he was totally back to normal. He is such a trooper & we are so glad it is over!!! We love you Crew!

5 Months

How does time seem to fly by so fast? Crew is now 5 months old & seems to be getting bigger and bigger by the day. This has been a busy month for us especially with Crew's first Christmas! It was such a fun time for all of us. Crew had lots of Christmas gatherings that he attended, and he had his surgery on the 27th of December, so we have been busy! Crew is so happy almost all of the time. He is really starting to laugh and talk & we love how vocal he has become. He chews on everything and slobbers a lot, but still no teeth. He is so close to being able to sit up on his own. Not much longer! He also started waving 'bye bye' to Daddy when he leaves for work. He is so much fun & we love him so much.

4 Months

Crew man turned 4 months on October 29. He is such a happy baby. Everyone always says that they can't believe he doesn't ever cry. Rest assured...he does cry, just not very often. :) He really is a good baby and for that we are truly blessed. Little man is still sleeping all night and he started cereal this month. I feed it to him from a spoon & he is pretty good at eating from the spoon. He also hit another milestone that was rolling over! I was in the shower and he was playing on his activity mat. I laid him on his back and hopped in the shower real fast. When I came out he was on his belly & mommy missed the whole thing! I was a tad sad that I missed it...but he did it! :) Crew also got his first rash this month. Breastmilk is becoming a sacred thing & I tried to mix the cereal with formula so I didn't have to try and make more milk. Well, this is what the formula did....

Needless to say...one of my friends recommended just using water & that's what we did. He seems to be loving it now! We also got our 4 month shots....

 

 

Here are just a few pictures of what we've been up to:

 

Crew's first day of deer season:

 

Crew was the deer for Halloween:

 

Crew's first Thanksgiving: 

 

 

We're Back!

Hello everyone! It has been quite a while since I have last posted. Let me explain....come to find out I have 5 gmail emails! Ha! I got so busy with Crew that I hadn't signed into the blog in several weeks and forgot my email. (With 5 emails, I was bound to forget!) So, with 5 emails I couldn't remember my log in information. It kept wanting me to sign into an email I knew wasn't my blog email. 4 months later....I FINALLY figured out my email (and saved it to a Word document) so we are back to blogging, friends! :)

So...lets catch up!

Crew was 2 months on August 29. He was holding his head up by himself really well & even smiling on purpose! We bumped up his bottles to 4 oz and he also loved bath time. Sweet little thing!

Then, Crew turned 3 months on Sept 29. This sweet baby was sleeping all night & we put him in his own crib at exactly 3 months when daddy got home from his hunting trip to Colorado & he slept great in his crib. Mommy was sad & didn't sleep well, but he was ready. This big boy is also wearing 6 month pants! He is growing so fast...I just cant believe how quickly it is going by.

Here are a few pictures my aunt, Nancy, took for Crew when he turned 3 months: