Surgery update!

Bennett's surgery was on Friday and he is doing great!  He had to stay the night and we all got to leave early Saturday morning because he was doing so well!  I'm so proud of him!  He's laying beside me as I type this sleeping so soundly.  God is so good, thanks for the prayers!

My big boy.

I still can't believe my baby is 5!!  He had his 5 year check-up the other day, so I took advantage and planned a day for just the two of us!  My friend watched Bennett and Caden thought it was so fun to have me all alone for a couple of hours!  My little man weighs 44lbs and is 45 inches tall!  He got to tinkle in a cup, that is so cool for a 5 year old!  He also had his blood pressure checked and his vision checked!  He lucked out and didn't have to get any shots this year!  After his doctors appointment, we grabbed some chick-fil-a and then went to the mall and got a cookie!  He specifically requested we do all those things!  I sure do enjoy hanging out with him. He can always put a smile on my face. 

Some things I want to remember about him:
*He's into superheros!  Currently loves green lantern, thor, spiderman, batman.
*Starts kindergarten next month
*Can ride his bike without the training wheels, just learned that the other day!
*Loves to help me cook and bake
*Loves playing his DS
*favorite cartoon at the moment....scooby doo and phineas and ferb
*Loves to go fishing with his daddy
*Asks about a million questions a day...very curious to how things are made, work, etc.
*Can read some words...can recognize letters and then will sound them out.  I bought him his first easy book to read and he actually did great reading it the first time!
*favorite food of choice is currently honey nut cheerios and lunchables! haha...this changes weekly
*He will still come sneak in our room at night and sleep with us(I secretly love this) if he's had a bad dream or just needs some extra TLC

Newborn session.

Oh how I love the newborn stage!  I had his pictures taken when he was 8 days old.  Enjoy!
Pictures were taken by the talented Christine from Simply Bloom photography!! 

Pray for Bennett

Bennett was born with a hydrocele (fluid in his testicle).  His pediatrician wasn't worried about it because they are fairly common in little boys.  At his 2 week check-up, he told me some things to watch out for which could be complications of the hydrocele.  One being a testicular tortion, this would require emergency surgery or two, a hernia, which would also require surgery(not emergent).  A couple of fridays ago, everytime I changed his diaper I noticed his testicle kept changing in size and had a bluish color to it.  I waited until Brandon got home from work to make sure he saw what I saw before I called his pediatrician.  I called that afternoon and they had us go to the ER immediately.  After an ultrasound, the physician determined he had a hernia.  We were referred to the pediatric surgeon.  We had our first appointment yesterday and found out surgery was needed to repair the hernia.  His surgery will be Friday, July 15th.

I'm pretty upset but I realize he needs this to further prevent any other complications!  His surgeon is the best and they have a great pediatric team that will be with him!  I was told he wouldn't even feel the IV being put in, they will sedate him before it.  Its supposed to be a quick 30 minute surgery and they said at the most we wouldn't see him for about an hour. I think i'm most anxious about him being under general anethesia at only 7 weeks old:(  Please pray for steady hands of the surgeon and for a quick and painless recovery for my sweet baby!!  Also, please pray that the night before the surgery we all get some rest!  He can't eat after midnight....that should be fun with a 7 week old!  We will be getting very creative that night to try to distract  and comfort him!  And lastly, pray for me!  Pray for peace!  Thanks in advance for your prayers!