Weve been in TX a week

Well I haven't posted the entire time weve been in TX. The flight went really well, Austin ate at the right times (taking off and landing) and he slept most of the flight. In fact when we got up the lady behind me said "I didn't even know there was a baby on this flight". Yay Austin!! Weve been having so much fun at Dodie's and Dude's (still not sure about calling my dad Dude). We have had lots of visitors and many more to come. Austin took a couple days to adjust but now he is sleeping just like he was at home. We miss John, but I'm so glad we were able to come down here for a month. Since weve been here Austin has laughed and started to eat his fists! He changes so fast!

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving. We went to my friend Patty's house. We went to Patty's 2 years ago as well for Thanksgiving. I'm so thankful that she opens her house up to us when we stay in Chicago over Thanksgiving. We took the pac 'n play and Austin's bouncer. He was such a good boy! He was flirting with all the new women that were there. All in all it was a great Thanksgiving. This was a Midwest Thanksgiving, so there wasn't any cornbread dressing or pecan pie, but we will get that at Christmas. Also funny story. I made Green Bean Casserole. They had NEVER had it!! HAHA!! It didn't go over well either so John and I have been eating it the last couple days. I couldn't believe it!

So wet

The other day Austin ate 45 ounces in one day! He usually eats between 28 and 33. He slept about 10 hours that night. When he woke up I went in his room to get him and it stunk! I flipped him over and this is what I found...he was SOAKED and he was wearing a disposable!! We have started having him in disposables at night and cloth during the day, You would think this would wake him up, but it didn't! Silly boy :)

Pasta Making Class

I have another GroupOn story. This past weekend I went to a pasta making class down the street from our house at "Cooking Fools". It had been a GroupOn that I bought a while back. It was SO much fun. We made pesto sauce, vodka sauce, ravioli, and papadele (or something like this) noodles all from scratch. I would love to say I would do it again, but I'm not so sure. It was a lot of work and it didn't taste that different to me. I would like to do ravioli again because you could get creative with that. The only problem is there are so many things you need that I don't have...starting with a counter to roll the pasta out on. Oh well it was a lot of fun and I got the recipes, so if I ever have enough space I can make it.

Austin Doesn't Have a Hernia!!

The pediatrician called tonight and Austin is fine! His testicles are still swollen but at least it isn't because there is an obstruction or a hernia. Yay! They should just continue to go down on their own.
On another note, Austin and I are going to the suburbs tomorrow to go to Hobby Lobby. Sometimes I really miss the suburbs!! I have pictures of Austin that I want framed and hung up before they are too old! Haha! I will post pictures once I'm done. This will be the first time Austin has been in the car for longer than 15 minutes. I hope it goes better than my trip to my ob today. We drove most of the way with my finger in his mouth, which isn't easy since I'm in the front seat and hes in the back! Haha!

Update on Kim and Austin

Austin had his sonogram on his scrotum tonight. We will wait for the results to know if there is anything wrong. I couldn't see anything and the sonogram technician didn't say anything.
Yesterday my milk duct became unclogged, but now it is killing me every time I pump! When I went to the doctor it was showing signs of being mastitis, which is a staff infection in your milk duct. Thankfully I didn't have that since mine wasn't infected. Breastfeeding has been nothing but trouble since the beginning! I'm going to stop once I get back from TX. I wanted to make it at least 6 months, but it just isn't worth it anymore. When I went to the doctor they recommended I pump every 2-3 hours around the clock to insure I don't get anymore clogged ducts. Well I just can't keep that up. I was trying to go longer at night so I could finally get some sleep and that's how I got a clogged duct. I've been doing every 4 hours around the clock for 10 weeks now and I NEED SLEEP!! I'm going to try going an extra hour between pumps and see how that goes.

Falling apart

I wanted to let everyone know about what has been going on here the last week. Austin has been sleeping longer and longer at night! Yay! This means I was trying to go longer at night without pumping. There is nothing more frustrating then having to wake up at 4 am to pump and you baby doesn't wake up until 8! Haha. Anyway I went 7 hours Friday night and 7 hours Saturday night. Well I woke up Sunday and now I have clogged milk ducts. Everything I try isn't working, so I've called the ob and am waiting for her to return my call. Clogged milk ducts isn't anything to mess with. If I develop an infection I could have to stop breast feeding. I've caught it early, so I'm hoping it will go away on its own.
Second, since Austin was born he has had rather large and swollen testicles. I didn't realize this at first since I don't have a pair of my own and had never seen a little boys testicles before. The swelling has started to go down, but at his 8 week appt last week his ped wasn't sure they are looking right. We are going tomorrow to have an ultrasound done on them to make sure he doesn't have a hernia or something else.
If everyone can just keep us in your prayers. By the way John is fine :). Hes healthy as can be. I've read that clogged milk ducts can happen because of stress, so I'm sure finding out he might have a hernia isn't helping....