Long Weekend!

Over the holiday weekend we had the opportunity to go camping in Panguitch. My little sister had rodeos up there and since my mom and dad own property up there as well, we thought it would be fun to take our trailer and go for a couple of days. It was so nice to escape from the heat and support my little sister at the same time. We had a really good time and Dally did awesome. She won second place in the breakaway roping and won a nice buckle. The kids had fun too. Ashten and Treyson loved picking flowers in the field where we stayed. Jared was actually a little worried with how much Treyson enjoyed picking flowers. Traxton just hung out and liked not sweating to death everytime we went outside. I wish I had a home in Panguitch but only for the summer. I couldn't handle the snow.

Our little "Chunk"

I am so excited to post that Traxton has gained weight in the past week. I took him back into the doctor's office the other day to weigh him again and now he weighs 8lb 2 oz. I was so excited that I couldn't stop smiling. I also felt so relieved to know that there wasn't something wrong with him which was inhibiting him from gaining weight. I think a big part of his weight gain has been because I started pumping and feeding him from a bottle so that we could keep track of how much he eats. It totally sucks to have to pump so much, but I like knowing how much he is eating.

I have a lot of people ask me about his ears and if I think that he is hearing anything yet. I cannot tell you how grateful I am for every one's concern. I'm still not exactly sure if I think he can hear yet. Some days he will totally respond to my voice and even open his eyes when I start talking to him, but other times when there is a loud noise he won't do anything. I do feel like he is responding better than he did at first so maybe it is the fluid that has caused the problem and it is slowly draining out. The doctors just keep telling me that we won't know anything for sure until more time has gone by. It is frustrating to hear that, but at least lately I feel like it is getting better. We will just keep praying that it will correct itself on its own.

Two weeks old!

We went to get Traxton's 2 wk pictures taken at Kiddie Kandids yesterday and I was pretty happy with the results. He actually wasn't very happy with the photographer when she tried to "pose" him. I didn't think we were going to get anything good but the girl did really well and got some without him crying. We also went to the doctor the other day for his two week visit. Our little man isn't cooperating very well. He actually weighs less now than he did when he was born. 7 lb 11 oz. I have to take him back in next week to see if he has grown any. If he hasn't gained any weight I will have to start supplementing. This kid is causing me more stress than my other two combined. It's a good thing I already love him.