San Antonio Trip!

So blogging with a baby is quite difficult.  My days go by so fast and I realize it's been months since I've blogged about what is happening in our lives.
This week we finally got to take a much needed vacation, and we went to San Antonio.  I really knew nothing about San Antonio other then the fact that the Alamo is there and I wanted to see that while we were still living way out here.  So we woke up bright and early and got on the road..

Micah said not to worry, he'd do the hard driving :)  Only problem was those short legs, so Daddy had to help him out!  This was at one of our many stops along the way, my stomach was feeling really sick so we tried to always get him out when we were stopped for me, so it wouldn't be as hard of a trip on him.  No worries, he always traveled safely buckled up and happy as could be in his seat.

We finally got to our hotel, which was beautiful!! We stayed at the Hyatt Regency right on the Riverwalk.  And I mean literally right on the RiverWalk!

That is part of the river that runs right through our hotel!  We unloaded and then went walking on the riverwalk to Hard Rock Cafe, which was right around the corner from our hotel.  We sat outside so we could enjoy the water!

The next morning, we got up really early because Micah did not like his hotel crib, and we explored our hotel a little bit, the views were amazing on the SkyPool Deck!

Pretty awesome to be able to see the Alamo on one side of the deck and the RiverWalk and Hard Rock Cafe on the other..we picked the best place.  Then we had our amazing free breakfast at the Hyatt, and we walked to the Alamo, which took a grand total of a minute :).  We got to the Alamo about a hour before it opened so we just walked around the outside of it and explored our surroundings.  In downtown San Antonio, there are 2 levels, the street level and below that is the RiverWalk level, so we explored the street level for a little bit.  Then Alamo time!

Micah wasn't to impressed, he fell asleep, but I really enjoyed it!  Then we went down to the Riverwalk  for a boat tour, which was so cool! The tour guide gave us so much amazing history of the city.

That was while we were waiting for the tour to start.  San Antonio's Riverwalk is so beautiful.  The architect who designed it in the 1920s wanted it to be like Venice, Italy, so it had all these beautiful bridges throughout.

It was so nice to see real trees, and ducks again!

This last picture of a tree is the Ben Milam Cypress tree, he was the leader of the Texan forces in San Antonio and awhile before the Alamo battle happened, he was killed in the town.  Supposedly, he was shot by a sniper and this was the tree that the sniper was hiding in.

This is the Aztec Theater where they use to show silent black and white movies, and it's still a movie theater today.

Micah really enjoyed the boat ride, but by the end he was hot and tired, so we had a little naptime and explored some more after that.

This was outside the front of our hotel on the riverwalk level.

That night, we ate at the RainForest Cafe.  It was an experience, not the best food, certainly not for those prices!! But we would do it again when Micah is older and can enjoy it.

And then it was an early bedtime for us because we had SeaWorld the next day!  But I will write about that later..this is long enough!

Baby Bubble Hour!

Today, we decided to try out Baby Bubble Hour at the on post pool, and it was amazing!  There was a lady teaching, and he did so good!  She had them float on their backs for awhile, and other babies freaked out but he was completely relaxed.  And she even had us put him under the water!  He never cried, he loved it!  So proud of him!  We've decided its going to be an every Saturday morning event for us, because we want him to be a little fish.  If his genetic testing comes back positive for Ehlers-Danlos, then swimming will be one of the best things for him.

I can't wait for next weekend!  And yes, I did go swimming too, I did the first half of the class with them, and then Brandon told me to take pics.
On another note, yesterday I had just a regular doctor appointment and it was with a new primary care doctor.  As he was going over my records and examining me, he started asking some questions, and most of my answers were yes.  He is pretty sure I have Reynauds Disease on top of everything else..oh yay!  It pretty much just means that my body can't process temperature changes correctly and we can't live anywhere really cold because if something happend and I got stranded outside, it could be very dangerous.  He's putting me on some medicines to see if it helps with my discolored feet and how frigid they are all the time.  If it does, then he is going to say I definately have it and I'll stay on that meds.  Brandon always said my feet are like ice blocks in the bed, had no idea it was an actual issue!
I think swimmng time wore Micah out..he's been napping for 3 hours..time to wake up my little swimmer!

Wow its been forever...

Sorry its been....like forever and a day since I posted!! We went on vacation to Alabama, and while I was there I started feeling awful and found out I had gallstones and needed my gallbladder out.  So I flew down to Florida so I could have surgery there and my family could take care of Micah, and we spent 7 weeks there.  I also had the joy of getting my appendix taken out at the same time too!  While we were there, Shannon took Micah's baby pics..here are some of my favorites

I pretty much love them all!
Yesterday was Micah's doctors appointment with the geneticist..it went ok I guess.  The doctor wants to do genetic testing on Micah and it will take like 3 months to get the results!  The main issue was I wasn't impressed with the doctor.  He seemed like he was in his own world the whole time, he wouldn't even listen to me when I tried to tell him about my diagnosis or what is wrong with me.  He only cared about talking about the geneticist I've seen in the past and how good friends he is with them.  Unfortunately this is the ONLY one around here, and he's not even from around here!  He's from Galveston, and travels here to see patients one day a month.  Next Thursday, we have the appointment with Early Childhood Intervention occupational and speech therapists to see if they think he needs to have therapy.  We will see!
So far, no news on when we will be able to move out of the desert.  I'm hoping soon, because I have been incredibly unimpressed by all the doctors here except my ob/gyn.  But we're trying to remain patient!
OH Micah's new absolute favorite thing...is roaring!  He does it all the time and just thinks he's sooo funny and laughs after he roars.  He also loves watching the dogs rough house, he'll just giggle as they play. 
One last adorable picture...

Rough few days..

Sorry it's been awhile since I blogged, life has been slightly crazy lately.  Our trip went pretty good, except I started not feeling well about halfway through.  I went to an urgent care place and at first they just told me I had a massive ball of gas still from my c-section, but the next day they had me go to get an ultrasound done and they found gallstones.  The doctor in Tuscaloosa wantedme to talk to a surgeon, but we were leaving town the next day so I had to schedule an appointment with my doctor here in El Paso, I go see him on Monday and see if he agrees that I need to have surgery to get my gallbladder out.  So I have been feeling pretty miserable.  Then on Friday, Micah had his 2 month checkup and it didn't quite go like I was thinking it would.  Figured he would get weighed and measured (he's 13 pounds 12 ounces now and 23 and 3/4 inches long) and then get his shots and would cry and I would feel awful and we'd go home.  However when the doctor examined him, he saw some things that worried him.  The doctor said Micah isn't focusing his eyes like he should be at this point, he goes cross eyed more then he should, when you pick him up his head lags more then it should and his core muscles don't react like they should when he holds him a certain way, and he has excessive spit and tongue thrusting.  So now Micah has to see an eye doctor on Monday and he has to see a neurologist, but that office was closed on Friday so I haven't scheduled that one yet.  And he has to get an evaluation done by Early Childhood Intervention to see if he needs any therapy or such.  Needless to say, I'm terrified that something is wrong with my precious boy.  I'm trying to stay calm and remember the doctor is being cautious, especially since I have Ehlers-Danlos.  But it's all so scary.  I just want my baby to be perfectly fine.  So prayers are appreciated right now as we wait to find out about Micah and if I need surgery.
Here are some cute pictures of Micah from this past week and half..

Kind of 8 weeks..

Technically, Micah will be 8 weeks tomorrow, but we're traveling to AL tomorrow so I won't have time to write a post.  I can't believe he's about to be 8 week!  Two months old!  My baby boy is growing up to fast.  And I can't believe we are traveling to Alabama tomorrow for a week.  Packing us all up is a nightmare, and of course Brandon's work has him working crazy hours these past two days so I've been doing it pretty much all by myself.  The Joys of Army Life!  Luckily Micah is on a really good schedule now, and he takes amazing naps in his crib.  Of course, this happens right before we leave on a trip and it will all get messed up again :)

We have had lots of good bonding time.  I took this picture because Brandon is convinced Micah hates that pacifier and I keep telling him that Micah uses it during the day just fine.  Really Micah doesn't like any pacifiers, we barely ever use them, I couldn't even tell you where his favorite one is right now.

Of course with all these pictures with him having them in, it makes it look like he constantly has one!  I just think he looks so cute when he has it in and looking at me, so I tend to take pictures then.  Because if I take a picture without his paci in, this is what I get...

He doesn't like the flash, but sometimes if I take enough, I get a cute one..

Micah is so much more interactive now, and Brandon is absolutely loving it.  We play with his football rattle and his baseball a lot.  He also sits in his bumbo during playtime a lot.

Our house is being overran by baby toys.  And now that he is definately not fitting in newborn clothes, I'm having that struggle of do I save the adorable clothes in case we have another boy some day down the road?  Or do I go ahead and try to sell them?  My gut is to keep them, but at the same time, we might have like 5 moves between then, knowing the Army.  And same thing with all the gear, do we keep it, moving it from house to house or sell it?  I'm thinking most of the gear I will keep and I went through his newborn clothes and have my favorites boxed up for now.

This carrier is one of the things we got second hand...its baby bjorn for only $15..not bad!  This is how we will be traveling tomorrow, Brandon and Micah will be having bonding time in the plane.  (Don't you just love the Alabama socks with the Alabama onsie?)

Now it's time for me to stop putting off packing and cleaning the house..I'll let you know how this whole travel thing goes when we get back in a week!