Christening

We had Davis Christened at church on Sunday. Davis wore this pretty/handsome Christening dress and look adorable. I was nervous that he was going to have a meltdown during the service but he did really well. In fact, Jim joked with the congregation that he was the quietest baby he had ever met! He got a little fussy after the service while we were taking pictures. I think he had enough of the dress and just wanted to play!

Bumbo Time

We are working on the bumbo and his bouncy gym these days. We think he might like looking at the world from a different angle! :)

We HEART Bath Time!

Bath time is about the only time that Davis' hair lays down! Since he loves being naked he LOVES bath time! He is getting a little bit too big for the sling that attaches to the tub but when we take it off he floats like a watermelon!

Doing a little splish splash with his feet!

Back to Work-

I just finished my second week back to work. Boy do I miss Davis! The first day was most definitely the hardest. I just told everyone at work to not ask me about it or I would cry. Every day gets a little bit easier. I think that Davis knew that I needed a break and gave me the best back to work present ever...he slept through the night the Sunday before I went back! WOW! Getting a full nights sleep sure does make a world of difference. He seems to be getting into a routine now. He crashes about 8:30 and sleeps until 5....eats and then goes back to sleep until 7ish. This works out well because "The Chief" gets here about 6:45 and Davis is just waking up. I hate the days when he is still sleeping when I leave...it really feels like I don't get to see him. He is having a ball with the Chief. They go for walks and have lots of important conversations about how to solve the world's problems....and they take trips to the "board store" or Home Depot.
Davis is eating 6 oz now and putting those diapers to the test. He weighs about 12 pounds and some change and still in size 1 diapers. He is very long and fits in most 6 months size cloths. He still loves to be naked and loves to take baths. Davis is smiling a lot these days....and at actual people not at himself in the mirror or at the fan! He is so happy and loves for people to hold him. I can't wait for the summer!

The Kidney Story part 2

A couple of weeks after the ultrasound we went for the VCUG test. I really wasn't sure what this involved until we got there. We arrived early in the morning at Texas Childrens. We went back into the x-ray room. They suited Steve and I in these lead aprons and put Davis in the tiniest hospital gown I'd ever seen. Basically the worst part was when they put the catheter in...they numbed his little who ha first...but it didn't seem to matter he screamed! We had to hold him down on the table and watch him....ugh that is the worst. They then proceeded to fill his bladder up with dye and then took a million x-rays of his bladder contracting. The only problem was that Davis kept peeing every time they would try to fill his bladder! He tinkled all over their fancy x-ray machine and most of the staff! Basically, they wanted to see how bad the reflux was....or if he had it at all. The reflux is based on a 1-5 scale 5 being the worst. We immediately saw the reflux. Dr. Janzen called us later and told us that he has a grade 4 reflux.

This sort of gives you an idea of the reflux grades...the only difference is that Davis has two ureters instead of the one shown in the picture.

She said that we will continue to do tests and watch it, but in the meantime he will be on antibiotics pretty much for the first year of his life just to make sure he doesn't get any kidney infections. He started on amoxicillin....which for babies is HOT PINK! Who thought of that? I mean for weeks I was washing out pink stains EVERYWHERE! When she got the results of the VCUG test she wanted to switch him to Bactrim....which is clear/purple...but doesn't stain as bad. Steve and I got sick of him spitting it up so now we just mix it with formula and give it to him in a bottle.

So at the end of the day Dr. Janzen said sometimes this clears up on its own....in fact she said some people live their entire lives with this condition without even knowing. However, the worst case scenario would be that he has a laparoscopic surgery in which the extra ureter is 'retunneled' into the bladder at a different angle...this should stop the reflux and fix the whole problem. In the meantime we just wait. We go back to for another ultrasound July 15. I'll update then.

2 Months

It's already been 8 weeks and Davis is really getting big! He is smiling a lot now and loves to look at himself in the mirror. He has almost completely given up the 'Soothie' paci and moved onto the Nuk...which is much smaller and easier for him to keep in his mouth! Here are a few pictures of Davis at 2 months in his chair.

7 Weeks!

I'm sure Davis is sick of me taking pictures of him....but I just can't help it! :) It's amazing how much he keeps changing every time I snap a picture! Here are a few pictures from the other day.