Which utensil....

The plastic surgeon and speech pathologist had strict orders to only feed Hudson by cup or syringe. Well, when you have a screaming baby who doesn't WANT to drink from a syringe OR cup, you'll try ANYTHING. Here's a list of everything we've tried over the past 5 days... which one do you think worked the best???? (well... maybe not the best, but the one we're currently using?)

A. Ketchup bottle dispenser (Yes, I said ketchup.)
B. 2 oz. syringe with rubber tubing
C. 2 oz. Ready to Use Similac bottle, used as a "cup"
D. 5 ml eye dropper
E. 2 tsp. liquid medicine pourer
F. Juice box
G. Baby spoon
H. Dr. Brown's bottle with Level 4 Nipple (fast flow)
I. 0.8 ml Eye dropper from the Tylenol bottle
J. 1 tsp. Syringe
K. 1 oz. Syringe with plastic tubing
L. 2 T. Little medicine cup

(Not Shown... we also seriously thought about using a Turkey Baster)

Answer to come later,...

2nd Surgery- OVER!

Matt and Hudson playing before we head down to the surgery "holding" area. We had to be at the hospital at 6am, surgery was scheduled for 7am. Somehow we had to entertain a very hungry, cranky baby. A room full of toys was just the answer.

Hudson playing with his "ET toe" also known as the pulse-ox monitor. You can't tell in the picture but his toe was lite up bright red and he thought it was pretty interesting.

Hudson was a little out of it after his dosage of baby Valium. He was pretty entertaining.Baby boy in the recovery area after his 2 hour surgery. It was pretty sad. If you can believe it, this was later that evening. He was all smiles.A moment of sleep. We had a pretty rough night after surgery. He woke up every 45minutes to an hour screaming. The speech pathologist called them night terrors. He's still having them, 5 days later, but getting more manageable each night. I think this is the worst part of him having surgery. Surprisingly, the plastic surgeon and speech pathologist cleared us to go home Thursday afternoon. We were shocked, but more than willing to go. The hospital was not a comfortable stay by any means.
5 minutes into the car ride home- he was TIRED!
Finally home, resting with Dad. Thank goodness this one is over with!

8 Month Old Hudsy's in the house!

Baby boy is getting too big! Any day now he'll be crawling all over the place. He's happy ALL the time and couldn't make funnier faces. He is SUCH a joy to be around.

We had a doctor's appointment last Wednesday (just a well visit check up for his surgery this week, Wednesday AM). He weighed 19lbs. 3.5oz. and 28 inches tall and perfect in every way.

Hudson also had his first virus these past couple of days (we think he probably got it from the doctor's office). Matt and I were up most of Thursday night and part of Friday night with a sick baby. He had fever and just didn't feel well. We took it easy this weekend to get him better before surgery. We think it was just a 24 hour bug because, as you can see, he is in FULL effect now!

Battle wound...

Okay, so maybe it really isn't a REAL battle wound (the child did have major surgery at 3 months old), but it is his first accident with mom that left a little mark. As you can see today is his 8 month birthday and we were taking pictures in the chair as usual. Well, curious Hudson decided to take a dive for my camera, fell off the chair and onto his face. The end result, a carpet burned nose. He cried for about 30 seconds and that was it. He looks happier in the pictures post-wound than pre-wound, go figure.

Lubbock or Leave it.

We spent the majority of Labor Day weekend in Lubbock for a wedding, celebrating with friends and old roommates. Most of them had not had the pleasure of meeting HD. We were excited for all of them to enjoy the experience. It was a fast and furious weekend, but fun had by all!

"Okay Dad, I've got shotgun, let's go!"

Our intentions were to leave later Friday night so Hudson would sleep the majority of the ride. Hudson, on the other hand, had different plans. He DID NOT want to go to sleep and DID NOT want to be in his car seat. After I had had enough crying and fussing we pulled over so he could "hang with dad." After our little detour all was well and he immediately went to sleep.

"Hey, it's pretty cool up here!"
Kate- Class of 2005, Matt- Class of 2006, Hudson- Class of 2031. Yikes.

At the wedding...

The fam.
"Dad, why are you so weird? Good thing I'm half Mom too." Me and my very handsome baby boy.
"Hey Beau, I like to dance too, can you show me some of your moves?"
"You're pretty Amanda, can I have your glasses? PLEEEEEZE!"
"See Roommate Rachel I can smile silly like you too!"