Well everyone, here is the latest and greatest on Mr. Parker. He has had a very eventful first few days of life. The afternoon he was born, we let the nurses take him for a few hours so Tim and I could get some rest. When they brought him back to us, the pediatrician came in and told us he had a heart murmur that was louder than they like to hear. For this reason they took a chest xray and then called in the neonatologist. After this, the doctors told Tim and I that they thought we needed to send him to Children's Hospital for further evaluation and an echocardiogram. So, with tears in our eyes, the special baby transport team came and got him that night and Tim followed behind.
Wednesday morning the echo was done, and that afternoon Tim met with the cardiologist and Children's. The cardiologist told Tim that Parker has what is called Pulmonary Stenosis and that it is a very mild case. Right now, we just need to monitor it, and no surgery is required. We need to bring him back in a few weeks for a follow-up, and another echo, to make sure the heart is growing properly. They kept him that night just for observation and we got him back Thursday morning.
Since then, I have been just eating up this little guy. He is so adorable and I can already see some personality in him. He definitely has an "I'm a faker" cry, and the most adorable face that goes along with it. He is a little piglet. I am not sure if he gets his hungar streak from my dad's side of the family, or from Tim. I also have seen a few little personality things in him that remind me exactly of Tim. His looks are changing little by little each day, and in true fashion, my mom and I like to sit and pick apart his features and say who we think he got them from.
As I am sitting here, I am supposed to be breast feeding, but the little guy decided that sleeping sounded like more fun, so I am just waiting for him to decide that he is actually more hungary than sleepy. We are getting ready to go home this morning and just veg out there. My mom flew in on Thursday and has already been a huge help. I think her favorite thing to do is to just sit and hold the little guy. Between Tim, my mom and I, he doesn't get much time out of someone's arms. Tim or I will try to get some more pictures of the little guy up here soon!
We are still chugging along and adjusting to having the little guy with us. My mom left on Saturday, so Tim and I are officially on our own doing this parenting thing. Luckily, Parker is starting to get his night routine down a little better. Day time we are still working on, but I think it is a lost cause at the moment. We are more concerned with getting the nighttime figured out first. :) He is sleeping pretty well most nights, we usually get three to four hour stretches in with feedings in between. Today was the first day I had to get creative to take my shower since Tim was out mowing the lawn, so I put him in the baby swing and the above picture was the result. Isn't he so cute all tuckered out there? He continues to grow (has very long legs, and is outgrowing his three month sleepers, luckily, the onesies still fit fairly well), still loves his car seat and walks with mom, and loves to fall asleep on daddy's chest. One last funny bit of information is that today, daddy was holding Parker when he decided to let his butt explode. Tim had never heard Parker take care of business so loudly that he jumped. He just happened to be reaching for his coffee mug and almost dropped it. I sat there and just laughed. Parker has his one month check-up at the pediatrician on Thursday, so we'll update more then.
