Moving along!

So we are going to close on our new house on Friday June 18th and hopefully move on Saturday. VERY exciting! It's going to be stressful but well worth our trouble, I believe. We're ready to have our very own house!

Trig had his 15 month checkup recently:
Weight - 18lbs 10oz
Height - 29 inches

We were a bit disappointed in the stats. He's in the 3rd percentile for height but several pounds below the chart for weight. He was also referred for Early Childhood Intervention services due to the fact that he is a bit behind developmentally. He really has been on par with his peers up until 12 months at which point he seems to have fallen off a bit. We'll see what the interventionists have to say in a few weeks at his assessment. Personally, I think it's a good thing for him to be assessed and I'm thinking that they'll be able to help me with his eating issues as well.

So in other news, with permission from my doctor due to the VERY large amount of support and help I would receive while there, we traveled to Rockport, TX for a family vacation. Baker, Triggy and I went down a night before everyone else to get settled and spend some time together. Then the craziness ensued - at one point we had up to 18 people at the house in 5 bedrooms and 5 baths. Luckily, we had one of those - a room dubbed the "dungeon" because of it's lower location and, well, it's status as a less than favorable room. But it was PERFECT for Baker, Triggy and I. Trig had his own little area and we hung a sheet between his bed and our bed so that he couldn't see us at night (which has disturbed him in the past). And, due to a VERY loud window air conditioning unit, Trig was able to nap while people were whooping it up right outside of our door in the canal. It really was a good time. So as soon as we got back from the vacation, it really hit that we were closing in a week! Lots to do!

Enjoy some pictures:



Trig's first haircut





Cozy Coupe with Granddad!


Swimming in my pool!


Hi Roxy!


With my cousins in Rockport


Swimming in the canal!





At a Corpus Christi Hooks game


Rockport group!


SO much fun with Uncle Pat


Triggy and JonParker lovin' on Momo


Triggy driving home from Rockport


All dressed up for the Resident Graduation!

Lots and lots of stuff going on

So I haven't posted in a long time because we've been BUSY. And I do mean BUSY. Here's life for the last month or so in a nutshell:

*Baker finished up school
*We moved to San Antonio from Ohio
*We bought a house
*Baker graduated from medical school (including a large family trip back to Ohio)

Not to mention the strides in Triggy's life:

*LOTS of molars coming in. Too many to count.
*Lots and lots of "talking". He is clearly trying to express himself but we can't understand him.
*Triggy's first word = puppy! Second word: ELMO. Haha. Those are, of course, after mommy and daddy.
*Triggy's first haircut on Tuesday (May 17)
*Trig is now 15 months old!

That is a very very small slice of what has been going on. Here are some pictures of all of that stuff:



The Diploma!








Proud Parents





Mimi got Triggy a Cozy Coupe for his birthday and he loves it!


Being coy in the bathtub


Mommy and Triggy on Mother's Day


Trig loves to climb the stairs. If you don't know where he is, that's where he went.


Future doc?


Hanging out at Gymboree


With Pop Pop


Paul's Birthday visit!


Med school prom - Baker was proud to say that his date was already "knocked up" haha.

BIG WEEK!!!

So to begin with, I had an OB appointment on Wednesday with an ultrasound to check on the baby and the state of my cervix to make sure things are closed. Baker, Trig and I all went to the appointment on Wednesday 3/24. Trig was a fussy boy but was good for the most part as long as he was allowed to crawl around on the floor and explore :). The baby looked great, measuring right on time for my 9/7 due date, all was good with my cervix and, in bigger news...

IT'S A BOY!!!! A BOY!!!!

My instinct was totally wrong so for those of you who think that your pregnancy is totally different from your boy or girl pregnancy, it DOESN'T mean that it will be the opposite sex! I was way sicker with this baby, the heartrate was MUCH lower with this baby than with Trig, lots of things were different. But, this one is a boy just like Triggy! I'm very excited that Trig will have a little brother. And, although I will buy some things, I'm sure, I don't have to buy a whole new wardrobe for a girl :)

And then, later that day, Trig had an appointment with the ENT. Baker wasn't able to come to this one, he had to work. So, at the appointment, the doc had Trig go for a hearing test and a test to see how much fluid there was in his ears. Turned out that there was still some fluid in his left ear but there was a ton in his right, so ENT decided that tubes were the answer. Given that the ears seemed to be bothering Trig, I asked how quickly it could be done, and he said, how about tomorrow? So we got scheduled for surgery the next day, Thursday 3/25. Mind you I had to make this decision all by myself because Baker was unreachable - his iPhone screen was messed up (which he got fixed, ask him about it, he'd love to tell you the story!).

So I had to keep him from eating all day, and he wasn't even allowed to have anything except pedialyte after 12:30pm. We got there at 1:45 and he was brought in for surgery at 3:20pm or so - ahead of schedule! I went down and got something to eat from the cafeteria and as soon as I got back, the ENT came out to say that Trig had done great. Got all the fluid out of both ears and cleaned out some residual stuff from his ear infection. We were able to see him soon after and he was so MAD! Poor Triggy was so agitated after waking up from surgery and totally disoriented. They had all kinds of monitors on him and he tried to pull all of them off. He even succeeded in pulling out his IV (although it wasn't taped in very well). He finally calmed down after a bottle and we were taken to the second stage of recovery. We weren't there for very long at all before he was discharged and we went home. He went down for a nap fairly quickly.

Unfortunately, I think he has a cold right now although the nurse that called to check on him said that drainage after this surgery is normal. Still, he's coughing and his nose is runny, but just clear stuff. So, we're taking care of a fussy baby and I hope he feels better soon.

Big week, huh? :)

Here are some ultrasound pics:


























Getting ready for his tubes surgery






Night out with my Mom's Club!

MATCH DAY!

BIG day today - Baker matched at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in Anesthesia - first choice! We're very very excited. Enjoy some pictures of match day!