Poor John

We took John to his ultrasound, he did really good and actually fell asleep during it. We heard back from the doctor yesterday and they said he does have pyloric stenosis. They want to send him to Oahu and have a specialist look at him and see if he needs surgery from it. I'm a little surprised, I didn't really think he had pyloric stenosis because he has been gaining weight. He was looking pretty good yesterday but not so good today. He's stopped acting hungry, it used to be every 2 and half hours he'd start crying for food but yesterday he went 5 hours. He slept 8 hours last night (which he's never done) and then went another 5 hours. I'm feeling guilty because I didn't realize he had gone that long between his feedings. I suppose I've gotten so used to him letting us know when he's hungry. I guess we'll have to go back to reminding him when to eat.

The good news is that John has officially found his thumb. He used to take a pacifier but then he lost intrest in it. He became very grouchy with nothing to suck on. Finally he located his thumb and now knows where to find it. He sucks on it all day, I never wanted my kids to suck their thumbs but I'm just so relieved to see John get some comfort. And Isabella has started to copy John, she now sucks her thumb all the time as well. It's pretty funny because she has never been into pacifiers or thumbs but as soon as John started she followed.



Yesterday Corey and I took Isabella to the beach. She hasn't been since during the summer and she had so much fun. That girl isn't afraid of anything, it's actually a little scary. She walked and crawled all over the place, ate some sand and got knocked down by waves. Everytime the waves washed up on her she just laughed. Today I took her out to work in the garden with my dad. She got covered in dirt (and ate some) and had fun with the garden tools. We planted some flowers so I guess we'll have to wait and see if anything grows. The soil isn't too great here, just a little dirt and a lot of sand.


Tonight is New Year's Eve so we're going down to the beach to set off fireworks. I'm pretty excited because I haven't done fireworks in forever and Corey has never done them. John's going to stay with my mom and my dad's going to come with us and Isabella. I'm sure I'll be spending most of my time making sure Isabella stays at a safe distance though.