Happy 5 Month Birthday Mr. Travis

I can't even believe that our little guy is five months old today! He is just getting cooler and cooler! He is so fun to interract with. Here are some pictures from the last few days!

Yummy...blanket is GOOOOOOD!Aren't I Ca-ute!!!

It's March Madness.....Daddy and I have been drivin' momma crazy with all the basketball games.It was so hot the other day the we decided to let Travis hang out in his diaper. He loves being naked. :)
Super cute....he kept snuggling with this blanket

We really do feed him. He acts like he is starving. Nom, nom, nom. Blanket, the other, other white meat!

"Who, me?"

Loving March Madness. Notice how small he is next to that ball.....that is proof that he is much smaller than the pictures make him out to be.

Daddy always makes me laugh!

Oh daddy, you're so silly!

A cute close up of our cutie pie!

More Pictures of Travis.

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Exercising with Daddy

This is Travis working out with Daddy.

We Have a Date

Travis' next surgery will be May 21st at 8:30am. Just knowing an exact date makes my heart start to break all over again. I do NOT want to go through this again. I can't stand to think about him hurting again. I've already been having nightmares about going back to the hospital. We are meeting with the surgeon to discuss the procedure on May 6th. The surgical coordinator is sending us a packet on how we can have friends and family donate blood to Trav. If you are blood type O+ stay tuned.....I will post some information about how you can donate some blood to our little man.

Please pray for Roger and I to have strength and to calm our fears. Also, continue to pray for Travis to remain in good health until his surgery day so that he will go into surgery in tip-top shape. Thank you!!

Happy Double Double Wednesday

Anybody wondering why we have a Double Double Cheeseburger as a picture on our blog?
Here is why!!!! Travis has doubled his birth weight of 6 lbs 2 ounces.
He is now a whopping 12 lbs 6 ounces.

Travis is gaining weight and hitting every milestone he is supposed to.

Happy Double Double Day!!!

Some fun pictures from our weekend.

Travis and Daddy playing in the park.Travis looking like a fool, with his hat turned sideways.

(American Idol Humor)

Travis has found his tongue.

Travis was watching T.V. before going to bed.

Travis was just hanging out at the park.

What a face...Travis with his trademark smile.

Travis was so tired after his day at the park.

Travis played until he couldn't anymore.

Travis is just a happy little boy.

More Pictures of our Baby Boy Travis from the week

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Guaranteed to make you laugh.

Having some fun with daddy.

(Make sure you turn the volume up)

Five Things Friday

1. I had to share this cute photo I caught of Travis during his tummy time. I put one of the books we read together in front of him and he was actually trying to turn the pages. Super cute! look at his expression....he is really trying to understand it. We are going to have a good little reader on our hands!

2. My mom has finally decided to take the plunge! She is going to retire at the end of July. I am super happy for her, her job was way to stressful. The best part is that she will be watching Travis from our house when I return to work in August. It is wonderful to know that he will be with someone who knows him and his special needs. It will make the transition back to work a lot easier on me.

3. I was so excited when I got the mail today....Roger and I bought year passes to the Zoo and the Wild Animal Park. I am looking forward to taking Travis all the time after his next surgery. Until then, we will have to go during the week and try to stay out of crowded spaces. Travis still needs to stay germ free until his next surgery!!

4. At our cardiology appointment on Monday we spoke to the doctor about Travis' heart alarm and how it goes off all.the.time! He mentioned that the settings we went home with in December should be lowered as babies have lower resting heart rates as they get older. Since we changed the settings, we have had several good nights sleep. Yay! Sleep really does wonders for you :) And, speaking of sleeping...we have been tossing around the idea of moving Travis to his own room in his own crib. Our thought is that we could face the video monitor to the heart machine so we could see what is going on if it beeps at night. We are planning to do a test run tomorrow night. I am a little scared and a whole lot sad but I know this is best as we don't want Travis sleeping between us when he is a teenager :) Let's hope it goes well!

5. We bought Travis one of those door frame jumperoos. He is super small in it so we have to put cloth diapers under his bum and all around to hold him in there. He seems to like it. He loves the toys and he has learned how to make the lights and sounds come on. He has yet to figure out how to jump but mommy helps him by bouncing him up and down. We'll have to get a picture on him in his jumperoo and post it soon.