December 2009 update!

Wow!!!

Has it really been since September since I've updated this thing?? Sorry y'all! I'll try my best to keep up with it.

Lets see October was uneventful. November was uneventful with the exception of Hayden getting an upper resperatory infection. Luckily he shook it pretty quick.

December...

Well its been a rough month to say the least for us. Hayden doesn't want to sleep at night. He wants to get up every hour on the hour. It's pretty much like clockwork. Last night was the first night in MONTHS he's slept straight thru the night without waking up for his bottle. I still can't believe he's 9 1/2 months old!! His first birthday is right around the corner and I'm still pinching myself because it seems like just yesterday we were going to the hospital to be induced.

At Hayden's 9 month checkup, he weighed 24lbs 8 ozs and is 27 inches tall. He's been 27 inches tall since his 6 month checkup. He's going to be a shorty like his daddy! Hopefully when we have #2 he or she will be tall like mommy! :) Hay's doctor said he looked fantastic and is WAY ahead developmentally. He's been cruising along the couch and pulling up on everything since he was 7 1/2 months old. Now he's getting brave and taking steps on his own and plopping down on his butt. Just last night, I'd let go of him, and he'd take a few steps toward daddy. PROUD MOMMY MOMENT!!!

We are mere days away from Christmas day and I'm beyond excited to let Hayden open up the rest of his presents. YES... I got suckered in and let him open THREE already. Whats worse, is the first one he opened was his big present. LOL I was just too excited for him to open it and play with it. And let me just say, he hasn't stopped playing with his alphabet choo-choo! Its pretty cool. He can push it, walk with it, it reads, sings ABC's, counts, colors, and has these super cool blocks that store in the trailer that hooks up to it! I LOVE IT! Hayden and I sometimes have a battle who gets to play with it... Haaa!!!

As we close 2009, we are eager to welcome 2010!! So many fun and exciting things are going to happen for us in 2010!! I'll share that later when we get closer to those date(s). Sorry!! :)

Again, I apologize for not updating more often, things have been beyond crazy. Let's hope after the new year things slow down and get a little easier...

Here are a few recent pictures...

Just pictures... nothing exciting to post

September 2009

I know its been a month since I've updated this darn thing. Hayden has definately been keeping me busy and on my toes. I figured I'd better update this while the little monkey is asleep in his swing.

Hayden is six months and one week old today. I look back and wonder where in the world the time went. It seems like just yesterday we brought him home from the hospital after his birth. After only spending eight short sleepless days and nights at home, we spend the next 57 days of his life at DCMC. Looking at him today, you would never be able to tell he was hospitalized for so long, muchless as sick as he was. Six surgeries later his hand today looks incredible from what it looked like the day of the infiltration. I'm not going to get into all that. I'll just get myself worked up. I still get very angry when I go back and look at pictures and reflect all he had to endure because of one nurse's negelegence. NOT GOING THERE! I'm letting our lawyers take care of that.



Hayden is now full out crawling. He sits up on his own without any assistance. He has two teeth that he loves to use to his full advantage and bite you when you least expect it. He loves laughing at your response. My little monkey is quite the character. He's working on cutting his third tooth. I'm very surprised after hearing so many "teething stories" and was worried that he'd be extremely fussy. Not the case with Mr. Hayden. I guess a little tooth pain is a walk in the park compaired to the third degree burn he suffered on March 23rd, 2009. My little man is a TROOPER!



This month we had several appointments for Hayden that included a follow-up visit with his surgeon, Dr. Weinfeld who is amazing and I have so much respect and admiration for that man after all he's done for our son. He teared up at this most recent appt when I gave him a picture of Hayden and thanked him for all he's done. That moment I will forever treasure because in that moment I could see how passionate he was about his job and especially Hayden's success in healing. What a guy he is!! Then we saw Dr. Richards with neurology to follow-up after his second trip to the ER for a mild seizure episode at the beginning of the month. She ordered for Hay to undergo an EEG. (24-28 electrodes are places on the skull, held in place with tape to record brain activity... she wanted to rule out Epilepsy. At the time I wrote this blog, we've yet to get the results back from this test) Hayden will see his cardiologist on the 28th, then see his endocrinologist on the 29th and have his 6mth well visit the same day for his shots. Needless to say the 29th will be a very trying day for the both of us. (6 mths shots + flu shot and then blood work) Yikes! I'm thankful that blood draws don't phase him anymore.

To say the very least, Hayden is doing wonderful and is thriving. He has a best friend and her name is Sugar... our new yellow lab we got from a friend of a friend. She is an amazing dog. She's 5 1/2 and is spayed. Smartest dog EVER! Hayden will crawl up to her and grab her droopy lips and tug on her ears and Sugar will tolerate it as long as she has to and just lick him to pieces. Talk about a man's best friend! :)

Hayden helped me celebrate my 27th birthday this month and lets just say he enjoys icecream with chocolate icing. Overall it was a great birthday surrounded by close friends and my wonderful husband and son. I am truly blessed.



As Hayden starts to wake up, I realize I still have laundry and dishes to do. I better get going. Hopefully it won't be another month by the time I update this dad-gum thing! :) Enjoy my ramblings.....