Good News All Around!!

I'd like to begin today's post with some of the best news I have heard in a long time: GAT is in remission!! For those of you who don't know, my Aunt Tisha has been battling liver cancer and she had a doctor's visit this week and she is cancer free!!!! We couldn't be happier! Now she and Uncle Larry get to come up for a visit! YIPPEE!!

We went for another pre and post on Friday. He weighs 10 lbs 6 ozs!! Sawyer got 118 cc which is more than the 100 cc that he needs right now so that's good news too! It was way up from the 80 cc last Friday. Now we're back to where we were with no supplements and bottles other than one three ounce bottle at night that Lorne gives him so that I can get some sleep. I pump to replace that feeding and that's what he gets the next night so it works out really well. I'm in the process of tapering off on the Reglan. I take my last pill tomorrow so everyone keep your fingers crossed that my supply will remain strong. I'm still taking the herbs. I'm meeting with Candy again Wednesday and we'll see then if I need to keep taking those or not. I'm hoping and praying that we can get back to normal and I won't have to take those every eight hours around the clock.

I took Sawyer to the pediatrician yesterday. The office is open from 8:30-noon on Saturdays and sees sick kids only. The six pediatricians in the practice rotate as to who is there. We saw Dr. Stanton. We've only seen his actually pedi once, twice if you count her seeing him in the hospital. We're scheduled to see her at his four-month visit so that's good. Anyway, he was sneezing more than usual Friday and yesterday morning he was coughing and I noticed that his nose seemed kind of congested. I think that the pedi and his nurse were making fun of me for bringing him in but I didn't care. I felt that I'd rather be safe than sorry, especially on a weekend. The pedi said that he would get ten colds his first year and to write it in his baby book because this is his first. He has no fever so that's good. He said that he could give him medicine and he would be better in five to seven days or he would just be better in five to seven days. I went and got some saline nose drops and a humidifier but I fell asleep without plugging in the humidifier. Bad Mommy! I think it's okay though because he already sounds better today. The pedi was talking to Sawyer and telling him what a cool name his parents gave him. Sawyer was just smiling away at this total stranger. I haven't decided if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

I took some pictures over the last couple of days. This first outfit is from Baby Gap. His cousin Tracy wanted him to have a "preppie" outfit. :) I can't believe how tight its gotten on him in just the past couple of weeks so I thought I'd take some pictures of him in it before he outgrows it! The cap is still too big so he still has some time to wear it. I also wanted to show how big he has gotten since we took pictures of him at the hospital in his A&M onesie.


See what I mean about the hat? :)


I can't get enough of that smile!


Isn't he a cutie? Check out the double chin!


I can't believe how tight this outift has gotten.


This is his half-grin.


I can't wait until he really starts to laugh.


Here's a full-body shot.


What a difference eight weeks makes!


Lorne really fixed up this picture. We both have it on our desktops. He has it on his at work.


Velma sent me this picture. He DOES look like his daddy!