Enjoying summer!

Testing, testing...

Is this thing on? Oh, hi, how are you? Sorry I abandoned you for so long, but we've been busy. "Doing what?," you ask. How about FREAKING OUT over the major surgery our daughter went through!
Suvi was diagnosed a few months ago with mytopic craniosynostosis. You can read about it here or here.
We were in the hospital for five days. Cincinnati Children's Hospital is amazing and took such good care of Suvi!
The surgery happened a little over a month ago, but she still has some swelling behind her right eye. Her incision, which is from ear to ear, is healing nicely, though. We'll continue to see the doctors every 3-6 months to ensure her skull is growing correctly and no "touch-up" surgery is needed.
We thank everyone for their words of encouragement, prayers, gifts and visits during that time. Friends and family mean the most!
I'm attaching some pictures from her recovering from surgery and more recent pics.

Christmas pictures

We got Suvi's Christmas photos taken a few weeks ago. We thought they were all adorable!

Halloween

We had a fun Halloween night celebrating with our neighbors. We passed out candy, had a few drinks and lots of laughs. Our little girl was a nice, warm frog. Surprisingly, she didn't mind the costume one bit. She even fell asleep at our friend's house wearing the costume and slept the entire night in it. There's no need to wake a sleeping baby, right??

Pictures!

We've been busy dealing with reflux, colic and lack of sleep. The reflux is now under control, and the colic is manageable...most of the time. It wasn't until we started the reflux medicine that we actually heard Suvi make happy noises and smile. She was in so much pain before!
Here's a few pictures we took over the past few weeks. She'll be 7 weeks on Wednesday.

p.s. I might just have to give in soon and sign up for Facebook. Not being on the stupid site is starting to cause problems in my dismal social life.

Aunt Marie

Aunt Marie came visited us last week. We rarely left the house, but there was enough going on inside to keep us occupied. Between fixing meals, cleaning and keeping Suvi happy we were exhausted by the end of the day.
While Marie was here Suvi had several days/nights of inconsolable crying. We're pretty sure it's her tummy that's bothering her. I eliminated dairy from my diet, supplemented w/ soy formula, gave her gas drops and prayed a lot. We're hoping one of these things works because it's heartbreaking to hear your baby so much.

Thanks Ree for all your help!

Auntie Lys

Aunt Alyssa came to visit last week! She was a natural with taking care of our sweet baby girl. She was also a huge help with laundry and cleaning up around the house. It's amazing how quickly laundry piles up with a newborn in the house.
The most exciting news is that she had an interview in Lexington while she was in town and she got the job!
Aunt Alyssa and Uncle Heath will be moving to the Lexington area in mid-October. That's only a few weeks away. We're so excited to have them nearby!

Aunt Marie arrives Tuesday...yay!