Baby Carson is HOME!
Poor baby Carson got a fever when he was only 9 days old. We called our doctor, and they told us to take him to the ER. Once we got there they called us in immediately. For all infants less than 1 month old who get a fever, they do a urine test, a blood test and a spinal tap to test for various bacterial infections, the flu, RSV, herpes, mengintis, etc. They started all of these tests right away and told us that baby Carson would have to be admitted to the hospital for at least 2 days so they could administer antibiotics and wait for the test results. My heart sank when I heard this, and it killed me to watch my 9 day old baby go through all of the tests. His fever persisted for 3 days but finally broke, and you could really see his change in attitude. Praise God that all of the tests came back negative! The doctors were also a little concerned about his heart, but after a chest xray, EKG, and echocardiogram, he now has a 100% clean bill of health! Our time in the hospital was really tough on all of us, but we are now home happy and healthy. Thank you to everyone who prayed consistently for us. We needed those prayers, and I am so thankful that God is watching over us.
Happy Thanksgiving!
We had a great Thanksgiving. We were so happy to have baby Carson here to celebrate with us! We had dinner with Skyler's family on Thursday. Melanie cooked a great meal for us, and both of Skyler's brothers were there. It was great to have the whole family together. We celebrated with the Spencer's on Friday at my Dad's house. Skyler cooked an awesome fried turkey, and Amy and Brian made the infamous and delicious cinnamon rolls. It was great to spend time with family and have everyone meet baby Carson. We are so thankful for our family!
Carson's 1st Outing - The Park
Baby Carson is here!!
We welcomed baby Carson on November 20, 2009 at 10:53 am. Carson weighed in at 7 lbs, 8 oz. and 20.5 inches long (FYI - Ashton's stats were 7 lbs, 5 oz. and 21 inches). We got to the hospital at 6:00 AM, started the induction at 7:00 AM, started having EXTREMELY painful contractions at 9:30, got the epidural at 10:15 (a little too late in my mind!), and delivered Carson at 10:53. Everything happened so fast. We were a little nervous when Carson came out. The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck during delivery, so we had to get him out very quickly, and the quick delivery caused Carson to have a little bit of shock and a hard time breathing at first, but he is now fine and healthy. Unfortunately Ashton couldn't meet Carson right away because the hospital does not allow visitors under 12 years old during flu season (that darn swine flu!). It was so hard to not have our full family together right away, but we got through it and we are now home and are a happy family of four! I can't tell you how much I love my boys!
Happy Halloween!
We had a great Halloween! Ashton was a tiger this year. He loves tigers and sleeps with his stuffed animal tiger every night. The night before Halloween we went to the fall festival at our church. They had a lot of fun games for the kids to play. On Halloween we carved a pumpkin during the day and then went trick or treating at night. Ashton was so shy! He was talking our ear off while we were walking, but as soon as we got to someone's door, he was a mute! Ashton was SOO excited about all the candy he got. As soon as we got home he organized all his candy.
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