1 month old

I can't believe Haydn is a month old already! And at the same time it is hard to remember what it was like without him. Jeff and I can't believe what a good baby he is. I mean he's had like two bad days out of a month, I really can't complain about that. He is growing so much already! Jeff might not admit it, so I'll tell you the truth -
he got a little teary eyed the other night holding Haydn and reflecting on how much he has grown already. He used to fit perfectly in the palm of Jeff's hand and would just sit there and now he has outgrown it! I guess it really is true that your kids grow up too fast. Here's some pictures of Haydn's first month.


Here's Haydn in his first hour of life


Here we are hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa's house


This was Haydn's first bath. He pretty much hated it, but by his fourth bath he barely cried. Maybe we will like bath time after all.



This is Haydn's first Thanksgiving outfit that he wore for about 2 hours before he spit up all over it.


We took some Christmas pictures with Haydn... this one is hilarious!

We are abundantly blessed and it has been so fun to parent with Jeff - he is pretty amazing, being a Daddy is so natural for him. Looking forward to the second month and all of the firsts it will hold.

no more gallbladder

Yep, it's gone and good riddance - I don't think I'll be missing it or the accompanying pain anytime soon. I'm feeling much better today than yesterday and I'm able to start feeding Haydn again. I can't quite pick him up yet, but I bet by tomorrow I'll be feeling good enough to pick him up and pretty much return to life as normal. I ate Chic-fil-a last night and drank a Dr. Pepper - it was fantastic. I've been eating salad and baked potatoes every day for every meal for about a month, so I'm looking forward to returning to the foods I have missed.
Haydn is doing great, he is SUCH a good baby! He did great on Friday while Jeff & I were at the hospital and has been great about letting his Agi take care of him while I'm recovering. Agi is the Cherokee word for Grandma and the name my mom picked for herself - I love it.
He is going to get his first real bath today - so we'll let you know how it goes... I'm pretty confident that he is going to hate it. In other exciting news for the day, Haydn's cousin was born today! His name is Cale Evan Dunbar and he weighed 7 lbs and 9 oz and was 18 inches long. Hopefully, we will get to meet him over Christmas when we head to Houston next. Just a few more weeks before his next cousin will be born!

surgery update

I'm scheduled to get my gallbladder out on Friday! Woo hoo! I never thought I would be this excited about surgery, but I'm looking forward to it. It is an outpatient procedure, so I will have surgery in the afternoon and hopefully be home by dinner time. Pretty amazing huh? The doctor thinks I might have a thyroid problem that caused the stones so I'm getting an ultrasound on Thursday to have that checked out. Hopefully it is something that can just be treated with medication.

Here is a cute Haydn picture for the day!

isn't that the cutest face you've ever seen?

Week One

Well, we made it through the first week of parenting without any major problems and it was a pretty great week. So far we've had:

- approximately 80 dirty diapers
- 1 4 AM 'HELP, what do we do?!' phone call (thanks again Karen)
- 238 kisses from Daddy
- 2 sponge baths
- 0 uncontrollable fits of crying
- what feels like at least 300 feedings
- like 7 loads of laundry already
- lots of visits from family and friends
- 2 doctors visits with good reports
- 1 simultaneous pooping, peeing, and spit up incident
- 2 very sleepy parents

Here are some pictures from Haydn's first week.


Coming home from the hospital. Thanks Aunt Elyse for all the decor!


This was the much hated sponge bath


Haydn was so happy his Abby Teyze came to visit!


This is Haydn's burpy face. I'm kind of in love with it.

Stay tuned. More adventures in parenting to come...