More Pics of Morgan!

She is smiling at her grandpa.

Doesn't she look cute?

This outfit is still too big for Morgan, as you can tell.

Our Thanksgiving Weekend!

Clint's mom and dad came for Thanksgiving on Wednesday night and left this afternoon. We enjoyed their company and help with Morgan. On Friday we had 2 highlights of the day. The first and most memorable one is that Morgan smiled on purpose for the first time!!!!! We have pictures of later that day when she smiled. The second is that we went and got our Christmas tree and Morgan's first ornament. When we got home we decorated the tree and Morgan got to put the first ornament up, with Sara's help of course. Saturday Morgan got her first bath in her bath tub. Before she was getting sponge baths. She didn't like it too much, she kept sliding in the tub so we need to figure something out to make her not slide so much until she gets bigger. When it came time to dry her off she was already fussy from sliding everywhere being a little cold and started crying. She doesn't like to be rubbed. After that we went and ran some errands in town and rented 4 movies, Madagascar, King Kong, Kung Fu Panda and Santa Clause 3. Sara didn't get to really watch Kung Fu (she already saw it anyway) because Morgan was extremely fussy the whole movie so she was in the kitchen walking with her and trying to calm her down. After that movie Clint's mom, Luann took Morgan and she finally calmed down and went to sleep. Sunday morning we all went to church and Morgan was doing pretty well until Sara went and changed her diaper. When she got back Morgan started acting hungry. She went to feed her and was pretty much unable to come back and sit down with the rest of us because Morgan was fussy again. She wasn't feeling very well. :( But now she is better. We had a good weekend and look forward to going to Arkansas for Christmas. Morgan will get to be with her cousin, Adalyn, for the first time.

New Pictures of Morgan

Whenever Morgan cries or makes a noise Gabi likes to go check it out.

Because Morgan has reflux pretty bad, we have to sit her up after every feeding so she doesn't spit up as much. This seat is called a Bumpo. We aren't actually supposed to use it until Morgan is 3 months, but it works when we stuff blankets all around her to sit her up. She likes it okay.

Gabi gets pretty jealous. She wanted to be in the picture too! At least they are all looking in the same direction.

Drinking Chalky Stuff

We took Morgan to the doctor yesterday to figure out why she has been spitting up and the doctor suggested an x-ray be done to rule out pyloric stenosis. Her appointment was 9:30 this morning. She couldn't have anything to eat 4 hours before so the last time we fed her was 3 this morning. I thought she was going to be extremely fussy this morning but to our amazement, she wasn't! Clint went back with Morgan to have the x-ray done. The x-ray techs. gave her a bottle of barium to drink. The barium reflects the x-rays, and as she drinks it, it lets the doctor see her esophogus, stomach, and small intestine. The doctor is looking for any blockage between the stomach and small intestine. The barium is a chalky liquid. So anyway, the x-ray showed that she does not have any blockage, which is what pyloric stenosis is. This is the good news, but the bad news is she has a lot of reflux. We are waiting for the doctor to call us now to see what we need to do. Our doctor did give us some meds. yesterday to help with the spitting up, so right now we have that to get us by, although, we have not seen any improvement with it yet. We will keep you posted when we find out more. Please keep her in your prayers as we are still waiting for more news.

Trying To Figure Things Out

Well, we have been having feeding and spit-up issues with Morgan. When we were in the hospital we learned that Morgan might be allergic to cow's milk, when she had to be on formula while I was in ICU, because she was spitting-up alot. So we switched to soy formula and didn't have a problem with that at all. Once I was out of ICU I started feeding her and things were going okay, except that we weren't sure that Morgan was getting enough. So, the doctor told us to supplement after nursing with formula or breast milk to make sure Morgan gets enough to eat. But, then Morgan started spitting up more and more. A little spit-up is normal, but Morgan was spitting up quite a bit. And her little tummy was always rumbling and gurgling.

So, we did an experiment. Yesterday all we fed her was soy formula. She did so much better: only a little spit-up, and we noticed her tummy was much calmer. But, to be objective and finish our little experiment we went back to nursing today...and Morgan went back to spitting up. It seemed like she spat up nearly everything she had eaten the first time I nursed her this morning. So, we are back on the soy until we can discuss things with the doctor to see where to go next. Hopefully we can get things figured out.

Morgan's 1st Halloween Night!

This is our friend, Heather, from church along with her six-month old baby, Sarah. What a difference six months can make!
Heather and Jeff brought their three kids over Halloween night to trick-or-treat and show off costumes. Bet you can't guess what Sarah is...