~Our Boy~

Its hard to beleive that Avery is already 6 weeks old! It is really true that time goes by fast! These past weeks we have learned so much about ourselves and Avery. He was born April 2nd 2009. My little boy decided to turn breech on me at the last possible second so I needed a C-section. The c-section was a breeze for me, but poor Avery got stuck in my stomach for about 5 minutes. The doctors placed in on Oxygen for the first 24 hours, and then monitored them the second 24 hours in the Level II nursery. It was hard for me the first day because I wasn't able to see him. It got a little easier the second day when I could visit him, and then on Saturday he joined us in the hospital room! We were realeased to go home on sunday! But by wednesday we were back in the dr.'s office because we suspected that Avery had a bad case of jaundice. Unfortunetly we were right and he spent the next 48 hours on a home phototherpy bed. And four days of getting his poor heel pricked! But he was a trouper! Parenting is hard, in the sense that you never want your child to get hurt or be sick and in the first week of his life, i felt so worried and helpless for him. But I guess it comes with the territory! Avery is so sweet and perfect! He even knows to give me the good diapers and daddy the messy ones! :) Even more special to having Avery is watching Brant and him bond. Brant hasn't really been around babies his whole life and was scared to hold any baby. But once Avery came,he knew he couldn't hide forever. I love seeing brant learn to care for him, and become so excited to see him. The look of wonder on brant's and Avery's faces are so adorable and melts my heart. They love to talk to one another, cuddle, and its only daddy that can give avery a bath. If I even try, Avery cries as if I cut off his arm! But Ido have my cuddle time too, and the smiles and I swear he cuckles! Avery is now into his moblie I set up for him and even tries to grab the bears as they swing by! And he loves his belly mat! He has pretty good control of his head too! But all in all, this past month and a half my have flown by but all the sweet memories we have made, the lessons learned and cuddles and kisses given are just a tiny glimpse of what we have in store. Im cherishing today and hoping for many great tomorrows!