merry christmas!

Despite how miserable I've been feeling only being a week away from my due date and dilated 3 cm, I managed to maintain some Christmas spirit for the family! We had a great Christmas with Silas. It's been so much fun to watch him enjoy snow, and snowmen, lights and opening presents! I truly treasure these moments and love this age where he talks to you! Here are some highlights from our holiday...

Silas' Ear Surgery

I am thanking God for keeping my Silas safe. The last month has been interesting for SURE as Silas has had an ear infection since before Thanksgiving! It would NOT go away and we were on our third round of antibiotic Tuesday when the dr said we want him in to see a specialist tomorrow. So Wednesday we headed to the ENT specialist and things were not looking good. Silas failed his hearing test because his ear drums weren't vibrating at all. He had moderate to severe hearing loss due to all the infection. The specialist said we needed to get him in for emergency tubes the next day. WOW. The infection wasn't clearing up and that's what concerned them the most. They wanted to get him relief and get his ears draining. So Thursday we headed to Children's Hospital for his ear surgery to get his tubes in. We had a long wait because we were "fit in" in between already scheduled patients, but Silas did well and didn't seem to realize he hadn't eaten anything for breakfast or lunch. It was nerve-wrecking for me because he had to be put under. I cried a bit because he didn't like it and seeing him wrestle with the mask was a bit more than I could take. I tried to sing to him, but then I just started crying. The surgery itself went really quick - like 5 to 10 minutes quick! He cried a ton coming out of anesthesia, but a few hours later was doing better already. His ears have been draining and I am so relieved that this process happened so quickly. I can't imagine if we were trying to do this while carting around a newborn in icy January. I'm so glad my babe can hear well now and get some much needed relief! I am so thankful to God for guiding each step of the way.