Things I love about Bode

-His feet and toes are so long! They are just like his dad. :) -When we touch his little body he flinches. -His hair is so blonde. -He sleeps with his hands sprawled out in the air just like his mama. -Even though he has a ventilator to breathe for him, a lot of times he is able to breathe on his own. They hope to ween him off his vent soon! -His head is perfectly round and so cute. -When Clint whispers in his little ear you can tell he is trying to open his eyes to say hello. -Every few hours they do what are called "cares." They let us help with changing his diaper, moving his oxygen monitor from one foot to the next, measuring his belly, and taking his temperature. The first time Clint and I were able to help change his diaper he peed all over us! -He is super strong and recovering so well. -His face is so chubby! (We can't tell if he is still swollen from the medicine, or if he really is just chub face. :) -Every time I take a picture he reacts to the flash. -He is actually pretty skinny! When he was first born his stomach was super inflated, but we just thought he was fat. :) I love every little thing there is about my cute cute baby boy!!!

Bode Clinton Romney

We had our beautiful baby boy October 27th at 11:36 p.m. He weighed 7 lbs 10 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. He is just so cute and it was such an amazing experience. The Dr. was worried during labor he had a bowel movement in the cervix and had a NICU team waiting to suction out his nose and face before he inhaled any of it. After he came out they started suctioning out his stomach and took out 40 ccs of bile fluid. Everyone just thought he took a big swallow of the fluid at birth. Things seemed to go great after that. It wasn't until the morning around 8 he started spitting up more green fluid. They pumped his stomach again and this time got 60 ccs of it out. He didn't stop throwing it up and they ended up putting a tube down his stomach to constantly drain it for him. At this point they realized it wasn't a bowel movement, he wasn't able to hold anything down. The amount of fluid that kept coming to his stomach was not normal and they decided to do x rays. After some xrays they decided he needed to be rushed to Primary Children's hospital for surgery because his intestines had some kind of blockage and his upper intestine was a big dialated bubble of gas and then it ended on the xray and they couldn't tell why nothing was getting past this bubble. During surgery they found more problems with his intestines. There was one main blockage holding everything up, which is the one we could see from xrays. They also found after that blockage the intestine just ended and one piece wasn't connected and floating around in his belly. They were able to attach it to the appropriate end to complete his digestive system. Surgery was 2 hours and Drs are very confident things went well. Now is a waiting game to see if his digestive system will work. He is in the NICU recovering and will probably be there for a least another month if not more. He is strong and doing great so far. This is all probably very confusing and I am sure there is a better way to explain, but I was a wreck of emotions the entire time this was happening, and probably have some information off. It's been so hard on Clint and I feeling so helpess. I just sat in my hospital room (at a different hospital) crying and wishing I could just hold him and see him, while Clint waited all day at Primary Childrens to be with Bode. It's not the first 24 hours we had hoped for being new parents, but we are so blessed that he is ok so far. We just love him so much and pray that he will continue to get better. Thanks so much to family and friends who have helped us get through the last day or so. It is so great to be getting so much support. 

 

Before the delivery

The Nursery is done!!

Yay! Every thing is ready for baby Romney to be here! I can't wait!! Here are some pictures.  

This is me almost 37 weeks thinking, "Dear little baby: You are killing my back and I am ready whenever you are!"

 

I took this picture standing in the door way and the next few pictures are me just going in a big circle around the room until I am back to the door way.  

This is my changing table! THANKS Ron and Bonnie! I love it!

 

Ok so the empty frame above the diaper stacker is for a casting of his little feet! I know I am a dork, but I had to decide where I wanted to hang it. And all of the black furniture is from the set Clint grew up with. It used to be green and brown. After begging Clint to throw it away and buy all new failed, I decided to paint it! He helped me a little on the big dresser, but I mostly primed and painted it all myself. I am so glad that we did because I think it looks like new!  

Stuffed animals are so cute! I bought a bunch of cute ones thinking I would give them away as shower gifts, and so far I have kept them all. I really need to part with some. I also got some at my own shower. I'll probably end up keeping them all. :)

 

I love my crib. Thanks Mom and Dad! I picked out the fabric I wanted and had a lady make all my bedding for me. She did a great job and I got a really good deal. I ordered some extra fabric and my Grandma K. made me a beautiful quilt! It's the one hanging on the back. We also used to extra fabric to make curtains for the windows. I say we, but I really mean my mom. Every thing turned out so cute. I also have 12" black wooden letters that say his name to go above the crib. I took the picture before we hung those since his name is a secret!

 

And here we are back to the beginning. Thanks to every one who came to my shower, I have a closet full of cute clothes! My Grandma B. got me that cute little hamper and it matches perfectly! I cleared out most the closet for baby, but unfortunately I have nowhere else to put my shoes! Clint was shocked when I actually used the little shoe rack to tidy up the closet. Well, there you have it! I can't believe a baby will actually be using all this stuff in a few short weeks. Wish me luck, I am terrified. The Dr. checked me and so far I am only 1cm and 40% effaced. I thought I was going to cry just having that checked... I really don't think I am cut out for labor. AHHH.

Bad Idea...

Has anyone been driving around, got stuck in traffic, and noticed the car in front of them had their ENTIRE family in stick figures on the back of their vehicle?? I have seen flip flop decals, stick figures with mickey mouse hats, action stick figures w/ the kids favorite hobby .. pets.. you name it. Some of these also have the names of all the children in the family under their corresponding stick figure. I have even seen a last name, like "We're the Johnsons!" I think that is so dangerous! Not only can strangers look at the car and tell how many kids are inside it, but they have an estimate of the ages, and names right there! People are so stupid these days. They are just asking for some murderer to snatch their kids right up. Am I just being pregnant/going to be first time mom and irrational here?