Wendover, Baby!!!

The infamous tree.
We decided to take a quick trip for the night to Wendover. My sweet Mother-in-law took the girls for us and with Gavin in the NICU we thought we would get away for a bit before he come home. We know ut will be awhile before we can get out like that. It was a short but fun trip. We were able to spend some much needed time just the two of us. Of course we talked about our babies, and what we have been through. We didn't win Millions, although we were hoping because we will have some medical bills to pay for, we went out there for fun. Thanks honey for a great getaway.

Driving to Wendover

Going out with the Honey,

Don't we look cute??

Crazy??

Madalyn had crazy hair day at school on Wednesday. So here are some pics from that day.

Mommy, Daddy already took my picture.

Crazy hair, Crazy Madalyn

New pics of Gavin

Oh i love him.

Um, Mommy you're squishing me.

Really, another picture?

Stretching out.

Tests, tests, and more tests.

Well we found out that Gavin has a heart murmur:( They are going to keep an eye on it and hope he will grow out of it and close on it own. They are running a test on his as we speak, don't know the "big" word for it but basically they stick a tube down his throat for 12 hours and check the Ph in him and check for how much acid reflux he has. It seems to be a simple procedure but anything on my little guy worries me. He is still 5lbs 8 oz today and is now 19 inches long. He is however doing much better on not having his little "episodes" as much, well of course not for anyone but Mommy. They did change his blender(oxygen) and every since they did that, he seems to be on the up hill again. They also ordered another head ultrasound to see if his head is still growing the way it should. Our little guy is still growing so good and we are so proud of him and can't wait to bring him home. Although i will miss the nurses and the "safety" I feel having while he is in there I am ready to have him home and start our crazy life again.

Chris and I are going to Wendover for the night tomorrow just for a quick getaway before Gavin comes home because we know it will be a LONG time before we get to do that again. We are taking off after our CPR class tomorrow. I al excited to get away for a bit but I will miss my babies like crazy. Thanks to my Mother-in-law for taking the girls. I may not have time to update tomorrow but I will when we get back.

Oh Daddy!!

Daddy went up this morning to feed Gavin and guess what happened?????
NOTHING!!! I think he knows when his Momma is feeding him cause he likes to FREAK me out. Little turd. Speaking of turd, while I was changing his bum yesterday apparently some of his turd wanted to attack my thumb. Luckily I noticed it before it went in my mouth. That's happened before!! I tried to nurse him yesterday... tried is the key word. Well it was our first attempt, he tried. He is still 5 lbs 8oz. They are going to order some test, they think he might have a heart murmur. They are also going to de an ultrasound on his head to see if it is still progressing they way it should. How much is all this going to cost us!! Oh well don't care, he is WELL worth it.

Update.

Gavin is 5 lbs 8 oz today and doing a tiny bit better. All of his feeding except his 930 one were not the best. He is still desating and they are having to up his o2 flow and put the little mask on his face to get him breathing again. They did do some suctioning on him last night and his airway was clear of "boogies", so it was not that. They were able to talk to the doctor and he is not to concerned, considering that Gavin is still only 34.5 weeks and typically babies don't really start feeding like he has till about 36 weeks, so they of course are keeping a good eye on him. He still is loosing color but they are there to help him out of it and I guess it is helping me learn what to watch for, I can see his numbers dropping but now I know when his color is not good and what to do. We are required to take a CPR class before we can take him home. I will be glad to know CPR just hope I never have to use it on any of my babies. My momma went up with me on his feedings so she was able to see what he was doing. She held him and as soon as the machine went off, she was ready to throw him back at me. He scared his Grandma. I'm so glad to have my Mom and Mother-in-law so close to me and grateful that they are wanting and willing to take the CPR class as well. I love my family and I am still so thankful to them for all they have done and are still willing to do for us. Love you all.

Lots of Posts and pictures. Update on Gavin.

Look at how cute he is!! Oh I just LOVE him.

What are these things??

He kept trying to pull out his 02

Samurai Gavin, Hi Ya!!

Gavin is not doing so well on his feedings, he was for a while but it may have all caught up to him. Yesterday they pulled his Ng tube(feeding) and he was doing fine all up until today at his 530 and 930 feedings. He is now waking up and telling the nurses he is hungary, so about every 4 hours. My mom went up to his 1100 feeding and he did good. Daddy went up to his 200 feeding and that's when they told him they had changed his feeding to when he wants to feed, which is the last step in the feeding process. So assuming that he kept doing so good on his feeding that he would probably be hime by this weekend. OMG!!(gosh) So soon. Well that was until Mommy showed up for his 530 feeding, he decided to put on a show and scare the crap put of me. He started crying for his bottle so i gave it to him and he started scarfing it down and forgetting to breath, usually he can pull himself out of these episodes but not this time. He kept destating and loosing color, he got to 69 and starting looking a little blue to me, so his nurse grabbed him from me and started shaking him to repsond, it took him a minute but he eventually came out of it. SCARY!!! Becky his nurse says,"Well if he keeps this up it looks like he will be here a bit longer." So I came back up for his 930 feeding just to make sure that his episode earlier was just a one time thing, nope he kept destating, little stinker, so they are going to order a few labs and tests to be ran in the morning. It could be as little as dried boogers in his airway to having another blood transfusion. So lets hope for the Boogers!! Those are easy to suck out. I will update as soon as we know more.