Gallbladderless Mommy

I dropped my gallbladder off at St. John's exactly 6 weeks after Austin was born. (Nothing has changed at the hospital -- The place is still wonderful!) Everything went really well with the surgery. Come to find out my doctor is the one who pioneered this surgery at St. John's. He isn't the one that invented the entire thing, but he's the one who learned it first and then taught the rest of the doctors. I guess I was in good hands! I'm a little sore this morning, but nothing serious. The worst part was getting rid of the air that they fill your abdomen with. Each time the nurses would ask me to rate the pain, I would say, "Uhm...I just had a baby...maybe a 2!" I have to go back for a follow up in the next 10 - 14 days. I think we'll be couching it for the next few days! I got this text message when I got to my recovery room.... Sorry about the lack of posts the last few days. Mommy has been a little nervous!

Comfortable??"Bring back the Olympics!"

"They really aren't bringing them back?!?!"

Grandma and Austin at his photo shoot...

Picture Time!

Austin did such a good job at his first professional photo shoot! Mom and Grandma were so proud! Here's a small sample of the pictures they took. We were so impressed with the job they did.

They took almost 100 pictures of him. I wish we could have bought them all!

One Month Photo Shoot

Each month we're going to take a picture of Austin in his wagon. Here he is at one month... (He's not to sure why we're doing this!)
Funny face...
Serious face...
Can't wait to see how much he's changed on 9.17.08!

Austin & Daddy

5 Weeks!

This shirt says it all...

This is what happens during belly time...
Fresh out of the bath...
All dressed up for his friends to visit on Wednesday afternoon...
Enjoy the new blog! :)

Hangin' Out With The Boys

I forgot to upload the pictures of him hanging out with the boys on his One Month Birthday!

Austin and "Uncle C."

***Grandma Salger made salsa yesterday afternoon. Mom LOVES it... Austin isn't too sure! ;)

Weekend Review

Austin stayed with Grandma and Aunt B. while we went to St. Louis for my pre-op appointment on Friday. It looks like he had a good time!
He was knocked out when we picked him up!

He's still doing really well switching between a bottle and breastfeeding. Here's Grandpa Salger feeding him while we were at a wedding on Saturday night.

Sunday was his One Month Birthday! He's doing better in the bath. Although you can't really tell from these pictures!

The cutest little mad face!
Today we had his one month check up with Dr. Kellow. Everything went really well! He weighs 11lbs 5oz and is 24 3/4 inches long! He's in the 75 percentile for his weight and longer then 98% of the little boys his age. Maybe we have an Olympic basketball player on our hands! The doctor and nurse warned us about the next appointment. He'll get 4 vaccines -- 3 with a shot and one orally. We stocked up on Tylenol!

I read that babies will sleep 7 hours straight if they are over 11lbs. Last night we put him down at 10:30 and he didn't get up until 5:15! I hope this becomes a pattern!

4 Weeks!

I can't believe Austin is 4 weeks old today. He celebrated by going to Aunt B.'s for the first time. I also can't believe how fast he's growing. He's outgrown so many things just in the past few days! We tried to put this sleeper on him tonight...He had to go home naked because it wouldn't even snap shut! He decided he wanted to talk on the phone too! Such a sweet little boy!
He's very excited because he gets to spend the day with Grandma and Aunt B tomorrow. Mom and Dad have to go to Mom's pre-op appointment for her gallbladder surgery. I'm sure there won't be any spoiling going on!!

USA! USA!

We love watching the Olympics!

He wasn't too happy when Japan won something...
He had a rough day yesterday. He didn't sleep more then 20 minutes at a time all day long. He finally gave up around 10:30 last night.
The plus side is that he didn't wake up until 5:15!

Belly Time

Enjoying some belly time...He has done really well the past few nights. He goes to bed between 10 - 10:30, wakes up between 2:00 - 3:00, and then again between 6:00 - 7:00. It seems like he's super hungry every other day. Today would be one of those days! He wants to eat every 60 - 90 minutes. Last night he took almost 5oz from a bottle.