To much to tell

So much has happened in the past couple of weeks...I'm tuckered out!   I guess I really should say "I feel like a lot has happened". 

• We went to see a pediatric urologist in Shreveport.  It was pointless and we wasted a day off from work. We were told to get on an antibiotic for Abram for a "possible kidney infection" and to come back in 3 months.  I hated putting him on more medicine for something "unknown"
• Went back to our pedi. and he apologized for sending us over there and nothing happening.  He told us not to worry about it and that he would set us up with a test to know for sure if something was wrong.  So...we had more test done here in Monroe.  GOD IS SOOO GOOD!!!!  Nothing serious is wrong.  Abram was just  born with 1 kidney bigger than the other.  Dr. said it should not affect him later down the road and that we did not have to go back to the dr. in Shport.
• I celebrated my 1st Mother's Day. I got a black/white canvas picture of Abram to hang in his room.  It is the one of him yawning (Scroll on down if you dont know what I'm talking about) I cried when I saw it, I just love Abram and the picture.
• I celebrated my 4th year of marriage to my wonderful husband on  Thursday, May 8th.  He is so sweet!  He had flowers on the table for me and grilled  some yummy filet mignon with baked potato and salad.  He is big about me dressing up for this special occasion even if we are at the house eating and not going out.  It's only like this once a year he says.  Oh well, it does kind of make it more special to get dressed up for one another!
• Only  3 more days of school with kids!!  HIP HIP HOORAY!!!!
• Today is my 28th Birthday!  Birthdays are not so much fun anymore.  To be honest, I don't feel any older, just aren't a big deal to me.
• I feel sorry for Bradley.  May is not a good month for him. Our anniversary,  Mother's Day, and my B-Day are all in May.
• We went to 3 crawfish boils in the last 3 weeks.  We went to one for Bradley's work and they always give away door prizes.  Some are good and some are bad (in my opinion) Well my friends we got a good one.  We got a gift card to Waterfront, a local restaurant. Let me tell you they have the best steaks topped with some shrimp and sauce stuff. It ought to be good for a $30 meal for one!
• I'm irate that airfare has increased this year.  Bradley is going to Las Vegas again for a conference and I wanted to go again.  Well the cheapest ticket we can find is $500. That might be pocket change for some of you but to us it is a month's worth of daycare!! So Abram and I might be vacationing at my parents house 25 minutes away :(

OH YEA, I FORGOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.....ABRAM IS SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  He has been doing this for a few weeks now.  This is going to sound crazy but, I couldn't wait till he slept all night through, now I'm secretly wishing and hoping that he will wake up just one more time for a feeding at 2 or 3 a.m.  As tired as I was, I now miss my alone time with him in the middle of the night....plus not to mention him snuggling and sleeping in bed with us.  He is a big boy now. He has graduated to his OWN baby bed.  See Bradley, that baby bed was not a complete waste :)!!

1st Weekend Getaway!!

Abram had his first weekend trip to Grapevine, Texas .    As an early B-day present from  Bradley's parents they gave us 2 free nights at the Texan.  Abram did wonderful and we even went  out to eat at PF Chengs  with him for a nice dinner.  Also as far as we know, no one complained on us in the hotel for Abrams 1 and only crying episode!!! Yea for us!!!

 

I started back to work :(  Everyone can stop crying for me now!  I was excited to go back on Monday but by Wednesday, I was so ready to stay back at home with him.  I said I wasn't going to be the mama who called to check up on him everyday.....but boy am I eating my words now!!!  It makes me so sad when I call and can hear him fussing. I know our parents know what they are doing but man this is hard.  Everyone keeps telling me it will get easier and I sure hope so.  I couldn't wait till the weekend so I could hold and love him all I want!!

 

You gotta love bath pics!

On another note...........We have a prayer request!!  Most are not aware of this but we have been having some issues with Abram and acid reflux.  We have had several test taken and they all came up good until I got a call from our pediatrician.   He mentioned that the test did not confirm reflux but that test are inconclusive and can give a false positive.  Anyways, he put us on some medicine for reflux but then mentioned that we had another issue we needed to discuss.  He said that one of Abram's kidney's is enlarged and that we needed to see what the cause was.  We had another test done on Abram last week and what they thought was the problem turned out not to be the problem.  Which thank God that prayer was answered.  Now they want to send us to a pediatric urologist in Shreveport.  We are going to Shreveport next Monday  and hope that the dr. will tell us everything is okay and this is not a big deal.  Please pray that  this obstruction that the dr.'s are seeing is nothing.   Also, if it is something that the dr.'s  will know   what to do and that we can stop with all these tests on my poor baby!!

 

 

Needing Answers

Abram is a great eater and is gaining weight like you wouldn't believe.  Here is  my question/problem :  When he eats he almost always chokes 2-3 times during the whole feeding process. My other problem is that a good 10-30 minutes after feeding, I can hear him/see him choking on spit up and then swallowing it. He gags himself and then scares me to death. It is almost like he holds his breath when he is spitting up.  Anyone out there got any suggestions or advice?  I have tried the whole me leaning back thing when he eats and I have tried different positions.  A friend of mine thought it could be acid reflux, but wasn't sure.  She mentioned  having to give her little girl medicine for this.  Just curious if any one had any advice or similar situations

Awesome Pictures

My friend Ashley took these awesome pictures of Abram one day last week.  She is supposed to be coming back to take some more sometime this week.  This girl is so talented and I absolutely love her and the work she does!!! I thought I would let you see a few pictures that she has already taken of Abram.  You should go check out her web site to see  her other great pictures. 

Here is her site:  www.ashleyisaacphotography.wordpress.com