Pilot Cap

The pilot cap I bought Kemper to help keep his hearing aids on came in. He can't quite get to his ears now but he has figured out that if unties the the strings under his chin he can pull the cap off. I tried double knotting it but then he pulls on the strings so hard it pulls on the cap causing his HA's to dislodge under the cap. Smart boy! My husband is not a huge fan his first reaction was " You know he's a boy, right?" He also said he looks like an Amish swimmer. I think he looks pretty darn cute!!

6 Months!!

Sweet Baby K you are 6 Months old today!!




* You wear size 2-3 diapers
* You wear size 6-9 month clothing
* Go to bed 9-10ish and wake up around 6:30am with occasional middle of the night feedings
* We don't have a weight on you yet but you go to the Dr. next week, mommy thinks about 16lbs
* You LOVE to EAT EAT EAT! We don't know where it goes, must be your turbo metabolism.
* carrots, green beans, and prunes are your favorite baby foods
* You will refuse any type of formula and will ONLY drink mommy's milk(mommy is struggling to keep up!!)


* Your little personality is coming out, such a stinker! you cry when Mommy or Daddy leaves your sight.
* you love a great game of peek-a-boo
* you love to look at books, especially the touch and feel kind
* love your bonding time with Daddy two nights a week when mommy goes to work
* Still love bath time
* You grab at anything in sight, nothing is safe!
* You have become a biter :( Mommy is not pleased!
* You have discovered your hearing aids and think they make fabulous chew toys

* You are no longer my pet rock, you love to roll and move around
* You move around so much mommy had the hardest time taking your picture
* You are still my little Bear, but we hear that 6 months is usually the "magical" month and maybe your colic will come to an end. PLEASE??
* You are loved by all and we love watching you grow

Going back to work

After six long months I finally went back to work. I never intended to take that long off but after going into pre-term labor at 34 weeks I started my maternity leave early. Then after Baby K was born and we got his hearing loss diagnosis I needed time to grieve and recover from the shock so I took some extra time off. Thankfully my boss was very supportive and let me do that. In the six months I was gone my job managed to change everything. The unit I worked in for the last seven years no longer exists, a brand new one with all the bells and whistles was built in its place. They even changed the entire computer system so I had to be trained on it before I could even come back. So in all going back to work for me has been like riding a bike... with square wheels. It's the same, yet so different. It has been hard trying to concentrate at work because I'm always thinking of K, did he eat well?, is he sleeping?, are is teeth bothering him?.... Its also been a little tough getting adjusted to working nights again 7pm to 7am is quite a beating. Luckily it is only two nights a week. His daddy takes care of him at night and my mother comes over for a few hours the next day so that I can get some sleep. Oh the joys of being a working mom, which reminds me I need to pick up some lotto tickets ;)




Kemper rolled over for the first time right before I left to go to work. Bittersweet.

Wordless Wednesday

$$$ chew toys

Yep Baby K finally discovered his hearing aids and he thinks they taste great. I knew this day was coming but I think was in denial. I'm kicking myself for not ordering the Hanna Andersson pilot caps that all the other mothers suggested sooner. I ordered one but I may go crazy before it comes in. We have been using the huggie aids but he has been a pro at ripping them off in two seconds flat. I find them difficult to put back on and K usually has a fit, so they are not quite working for us.




So here we are getting our second pair of hearing aid molds done. Old reliable(what we named his paci),toy and we're good to go!



Kemper hasn't really shown us that he is getting any benefit from his HA's so it's been hard finding the motivation to keep putting them on. I find myself putting them on later and later and taking them off earlier and earlier. On October 1st we are going to one of the many cochlear implant evaluation appointments and they will test exactly how much benefit he is receiving from them.




Shortly after taking this picture he had a melt down, he was done with having his ears messed with. Or maybe pink is just not his color!

House Divided

There is one day a year that my husband and I agree to disagree and that's when Texas Tech University and the University of Texas play against each other in football. I get dressed in my red and black and my husband in his burnt orange. This years game was especially interesting because it was a game of revenge. Last year Texas Tech was the only team to beat Texas causing them to lose the opportunity to play in the national title. Boy was I happy! but not this year Texas got their revenge and beat Tech 34-24 boo! (I guess if you call that revenge since #2 ranked Texas was supposed to slaughter not even ranked Tech) In all we had fun teasing each other about our teams and the funny thing was that we really didn't argue over which team was going to win but what colors Baby K was going to wear!!


How about Both????

5 Months!!!

Sweet Baby K you are 5 Months old today!!



* you weigh about 15lbs
* wear size 2-3 diapers
* you sleep 8-9 hrs a night (10pm-6am)
* still refuse to go to sleep before 10pm :(
* must be rocked or patted to sleep
* Starting to like tummy time
* like to scoot on your back all over the place
* Picking your head up while on your belly so well
* rolled over for the first time
* have two bottom teeth
* started eating cereal, green beans, and peas
* EVERYTHING goes in your mouth
* love to play on your mat and in your bouncy chair
* love going outside
* loves being signed to, you concentrate so hard!
* momma can point to things and you turn to look
* still love bath time
* still have not found your hearing aids yet, but it's about time for some new molds!
* it was almost impossible to take these pictures because you can't stay still anymore!