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Dax and cousin Lincoln!

 

Dax's 3 month Adventures

Dax is so CUTE I just want to sqeeze him all day! (A NICE squeeze of course!) He is laughing and talking SOOO much! He has started to add a little scream in when he is laughing....it kind of scares him when he screams! His new favorite past time is blowing bubbles...well trying to anyway! When I come home from work in the morning he is awake and ready to eat! As soon as I walk over to his crib to pick him up he looks right at me and he gives me the BIGGEST smile!....it melts my heart! So Yes, I am back to work. It's going okay, but I can hardly wait to get home. I get the "butterfly" feeling in my stomach because I am so excited to see him...12+ hours is a LONG time to be away! Here are a TON of photos! It's so FUN to take his picture....I think I take too many...?

Dax's Surgery

Dax had hernia surgery on Wednesday. He had a LARGE hernia on the right and a small one on the left. ( He was just born with them.) I was nervous about how he was going to act without being able to eat. I was happy when I heard he could have breastmilk up to 4 hours before. I also had to give him a bath right before we went in. We were told to be there at 8:15am. So I decided to wake up at 4am and give him a bath and feed him one last time. When we got to the hospital the nurse tried to be so careful and not wake him up. But she did and he was ALL smiles and full of laughter! They were loving it....they don't get little ones too often. Everyone who walked by came and checked him out because he was so happy....little did he know what was about to happen. Of course, there was a HUGE surgery(that is what I was told) before Dax. Yep, they were running way behind....I expected them to be a little behind but way behind? I got so worried he was going to start crying, and he won't stop until he eats. I luckily got him to fall asleep.....yahoo! He slept until they came to get him. I was so relieved! He woke up when I layed him in the crib. We watched the anesthesiologist wheel him away. Then the CUTEST thing happened......DAX turned his head and looked back at us as they wheeled him away...SOOO CUTE! It made me tear up.

Then Jason I were left to wait. I was so anxious the whole time. About an hour and 20min later Dr. Lewis came out to give us the good news that Dax was done and all is well. He even said Dax was already awake and kind of crying! What a relief! They quickly came out and got us to go back with him. We got a private recovery room....it was nice! Dax cried a little and ate a little too....but mostly he slept! We spent about an hour in post op and then we were sent home! I have been so surprised how GOOD he has been. Dax has 2 incisions about an inch or so long, which pretty much cover his entire lower abdomen. They look so sore :(. I gave him Tylenol the first day a few times because I knew he HAD to be sore. The next morning he was back to his old self! He acted like nothing even happened. What a tough little guy!

Oh yeah!! He weighed 12.2 pounds! WOW, he has more than doubled his birth weight and he is not even 3 months yet. About 2 1/2 weeks ago at his 2 month appt he was 9 pounds 12 oz....go DAX!


Getting ready...such a HAPPY boy!


LOVE his chubby legs!








Dax getting loves from Dad


IV and o2 sat probe


Stella babe....she is next!


Loves the sunshine!

Dax's Adventure....

Dax is almost 3 months...geez can I PLEASE slow time down?? He talks and talks, baby talk of course, with many smiles and laughs. He loves when I read him stories. He LAUGHS every time and acts like he is into the book....so CUTE! He kicks and moves so much now too. He is never still unless he is sleeping. He is such a good baby! He even has a routine down now...mommy loves it. He eats between 8-9pm and sleeps until 2-3am eats again and sleeps until 7am! Then he plays, smiles, and laughs...of course wants a little cat nap after all the playing. Then he is ready to eat again around 11am. He gets dressed for the day and I read him stories. After story time comes the BEST part of the day...he sleeps in his swing until 2:30 or 3pm....good boy! ( We often go on a walk during nap time too!) After his nap he is usually awake for most of the evening with an occasional cat nap. We get LOTS of playing time in! I am in LOVE my DAX man!....if you couldn't tell!


First trip to Xetava for Sunday Breakfast....many more trips to come!!


Stella watches over Dax!


LOVE HIM!!!


Smiles AND bubbles....yahoo!


Great Gram/Gramps loved spending time with DAX!


Dax's announcement!

Lucky Boy!

We were lucky to have Kim and Steve come visit us! Papa got to meet Dax for the FIRST time! We are getting used to Nana coming so much....we hope she keeps it up! We even got to celebrate Nana's Birthday with her!


Nana and Papa! Dax has so many people who LOVE him!








Bumbo BOY!

Lovin' EVERY minute!

....ahhhh more photos of my sweet Dax man! Did I mention.... I LOVE every minute I get to be with him too!


Still LOVING bath time!


I can't get over how smiley he is!





Taking up more space in his car seat

2 MONTHS!

WOW Wow WOW! I can hardly believe Dax is 2 months old! Time sure flies when you are having fun! He is a great baby...I can't complain! He smiles and smiles at us all the time and has started to make the cute baby noises too! We occasionally get him to laugh if we are lucky! We have noticed he is a strong little guy for his age!
We had more visitors this past weekend. Kristina and Scott came out to meet Dax, although I have no photos....Krisitna has a funny face in one and my eyes are closed in the other.:(

Dax went to his 2 month well checkup yesterday and he is doing great! He weighed a lot more than I expected him to. He still has a small head....Jason and I used to joke that our kids would have tiny heads because we both have small heads....Dax is proving this to be true! Our Dr. is happy with his weight since he was born about a month early! Dax now fits into 3 month clothes and some 3-6 month clothes, no more newborn clothes for him. It made me sad to box up his newborn clothes for some reason? Unfortunately, while at his checkup, we found out that Dax has double hernias. I noticed it a few times on one side, but was surprised he has one on the other side too. We will meet with a surgeon to determine when these need to be fixed! Otherwise all is well! We couldn't be more happy and in love with our Dax man!

Here are his stats.....
9lbs 12oz (10%) Birth 5lb 14oz
21.5 inches (8%) Birth 18in
head 14.5 inches (2%)Birth 12.5 in


At Dr. Nygaard's office





Mad face after shots!


7 weeks and still loving his bouncy chair!







...more SMILES! Dax smiles more and more each day! He even gives us a laugh if we are lucky! He LOVES to smile at the octopus and the mirror on his activity gym too!


Smiles at Dad!















We think Dax is SO STRONG for 2 months.....the Dr. even agrees! He has been holding his head up for a while!


FIRST time in the BUMBO!







He LOVES to stand up!


SWEET sleeping boy...


I went to pick him up cause he was fussing....all the sudden he crashed...we laughed!



Being a baby is so tiring!

Activity*Smile*Sleep

YEAH! Our bud loves his activity gym. It entertains him for a while. I also caught a few smiles, although the photos are too bright from the flash...oh well!


Almost 7 weeks old!

















I think he got his Dad's hairline...you can REALLY see it in this photo!


I LOVE a sleeping baby!....he is even taking a binki more, which helps with moms sanity during fussy time in the evening!