My newborn baby

Merry Christmas!

Joseph wishes your family a healthy and happy holiday!

9 weeks old and meeting Aunt Becca

Blue eyes, blond lashes, big ole cheeks, chubby legs, chubby everything... that's our baby Joseph! He is beginning to come alive! He will watch a hanging toy for a good 15 minutes. He loves the green giraffe and also the red strawberry that hangs from his changing place. He will follow a toy with his eyes and move his head towards it. He recognizes our voices. Just this week he started getting startled with noises. He will sleep a 5 hour stretch at night! yay! He usually wakes me up in the mornings with grunting of him trying to use the bathroom. His grunts are so cute : ) He is trying to make more sounds and smiles but he still sleeps a lot during the day. I haven't been able to catch a smile on camera.

Aunt Becca came over today for a visit. Joseph was so excited to meet her! He was so excited that he pooped in her lap and it went up his back and onto her shirt! He must have been saving that poop for his special Aunt : ) We will celebrate Christmas with Aunt Becca, Uncle Jordan, and Max and Evan. Joseph will get to meet his boy cousins and Uncle Jordan for the first time this week! We are excited!

911

My baby has been under the weather this past week. Sunday night he sounded congested and so I took him to the doctor on Monday. He was diagnosed with Bronchiolitis and sent home with breathing treatments to do 3 times a day. We did those and he was getting worse and worse. After being up at night with him worried about his breathing, I decided to take him back to the doctor on Thursday at 1:40. We never made it to the doctor, I ended up calling 911 at 1pm. Joseph's chest started retracting when he was breathing, he was struggling to get air and his chest was completely "caving in" when he was breathing. Words cannot express how terrified I was. The ambulance arrived very quickly. We went to Memorial hermann in the Woodlands and from there we were ambulaced to Children's Memorial Hermann in the med center. He got his IV, was stabilized and his breathing under control here in the Woodlands. Downtown he received meds and more breathing treatments. They decided to release us after one night, I was scared and wanted him to stay one more night in the hospital. We got home Friday around 8pm, 2 hours later we were back at the ER because he started struggling again to breathe. Back at Memorial Hermann in the Woodlands he was given more meds and a breathing treatment. Thank goodness, no IV, and we were not admitted. We got home Saturday morning around 4am. The ER doc prescribed him meds for home and so far he is improving each day. I think all the prayers has helped my little boy recover and I am so thankful for all the family and friends who said a prayer for Joseph. He is still congested and not completely healed, but he is well on the road to recovery. I'm not posting a picture, it is just too sad to see my 8 week old with an IV in a hospital bed : ( Just glad we are home now!

Mr Green Giraffe and sick baby

The pack and play in our room has a little hanging giraffe, monkey, and elephant. I noticed one morning when I was changing Joseph, he was staring at the green giraffe. He really enjoys looking at the giraffe and I think he has smiled just a tiny biny bit at it. Any day now I am waiting for that real smile.

He was scheduled for his 8 week check up and shots this week, but Sunday night he became really congested and was having trouble clearing his throat. We (me and baby:)Daddy was sleeping) were up most of the night. I sat with him in the steamy bathroom and he slept on my chest most of the night. I took him to the doctor on Monday. The visit started out fine, but the nurse scared him when she took his temp and from then on my baby screamed the whole time. I couldn't even hear what the doctor was telling me. Also, I forgot his bag at home, so no diapers, no paci, no nothing. I wonder what the doctor thinks of me.. After I nursed him he was fine, until the nurse did some nose swabs..screamed again... We finally made it back home with a breathing machine. He is getting 3 breathing treatments a day. Last night we slept better, we put him in a more upright position. The doctor said he had bronchitis. I don't see how my 8 week old is sick, I haven't taken him anywhere and he's a breast baby so I thought he shouldn't get sick!! Oh well, just hope he fights it off fast, this is no fun.

xmas party

Saturday night Joey and I headed out to the Memorial Hermann xmas party at the Marriott in The Woodlands. Ghee and Poppy had some quality time with baby that night : ) We had a nice night out, good food, fun friends, and I don't think I worried too much. Here is a picture from the party!

Paci

Today Joseph sucked on the paci for a little while. It was so cute I had to snap a picture. And yes he is sitting in a pink bouncer seat, it was Lucy and Lily's...
I will officially be a stay at home mom starting on December 15th. So any donations will be appreciated : ) I am so excited to stay at home with my baby, I can't imagine anyone else taking care of him! He is beginning to "talk" a little more, and he is staying awake longer periods. I'm not sure about his eating schedule, he goes from every 2 hours to sometimes 4 hours at night. I had to move up his 2 month appointment to the 14th, so I'm hoping he is still gaining weight. It feels like he is gaining, my back in killing me. I've about decided he has my eyes and Joey's nose and both of our lips! So to me, he looks like a good mix of both of us!