Birthday Video

I have finally gotten around to working on videos since Ben was born. This first one is from the hospital. It isn't anything exciting, but decided I would go ahead and post it.

Sweet Cousins

Overalls!

Today Ben is wearing his first pair of overalls. I think he looks so adorable in them.

Smiling at Granny

He's Getting So Big

Such a happy boy!

Ben is holding his head up so well during tummy time.

Practicing Sitting

Trying out the exersaucer.

3 Months Old

Newborn

One Month

Two Months

Three Months

Last Week Ben turned 3 months old. At 3 months old he has rolled over for the first time from his stomach to his back. For the most part he sleeps from about 9pm to 8am, waking up only once about 4:45am. During the day though he likes to eat every two hours on the dot. He really likes to listen to music, particularly Veggie Tales and Praise Baby. He loves to try to talk. While playing in his play gym he likes to hit and kick his toys. He doesn't have any teeth yet, but he is drooling and blowing bubbles all the time. He holds his head up very well now and tried out his exersaucer for the first time. He loves to Ride a Little Horsey Down to Town. He is such a wonderful baby and we are loving every minute with him.

Ben's Sweet Voice

Scary Days

Last week while still in Colorado we had to take Ben to the ER twice. One evening we got home and noticed he had these red splotchy spots all over his left leg. It wasn't like a normal rash. It looked like spots of blood underneath the skin. The next day we took him to an urgent care who then sent us to the ER for an ultrasound. They wanted to make sure there were no bloods clots in his leg. The ultrasound was normal, so the doctor said to take him to a dermatologist the next day. We were able to get in with a dermatologist and she didn't really have an reason as to why he had the spots. She said the spots were petechiae which happens when blood pools in the blood vessels. Hearing that was pretty scary, but she assured us that he looked quite healthy and it wasn't anything urgent. A couple of hours later though, we noticed that he was getting them on the other leg, which they told us if it got worse to go back to the ER. So back at the ER they got a pediatrician involved. She wanted a lot of blood work run to make sure his blood counts were normal. For the next couple of hours they tried 5 different times to draw blood from his arms and hands. It was so awful. I have never seen him cry like that before. He had me crying as well. Finally a NICU nurse was able to draw his blood. Everything looked normal except his platelets were a little high, indicating what they think was a viral infection. That made sense because that day Shawn and I both felt feverish and achy. On Monday, I took him to the pediatrician and he agreed that was probably what caused his rash. We are so thankful he is ok now and it wasn't anything more serious.

Playing at the Park

Swinging

Beaver Creek

Yesterday we went up the mountain to Beaver Creek.

Ben had to bundle up for the cooler weather.

Happy 4th of July

Yesterday we traveled to Colorado. Ben did amazing on the plane and with all of the traveling. Today we went to a 4th of July parade and walked along the river in Vail. It was an wonderful day with awesome weather.

Our Little Family