Hungry, Shots, Football, Birthday and more........

Braden went Friday for a follow up appointment and to get his first round of Synagis shots today. Braden is now 14 pounds 8 ounces. He will have to get one shot every month through RSV season. This is a shot to help premature babies and at risk babies from getting RSV which can cause serious breathing problems. Braden is a real trooper when it comes to shots. I think all those months of being in the NICU and getting poked several times a day has prepared him for the future. Braden received a flu shot Oct.4th and it happened that he received another one today as well. Well our concern was very high but after talking to the doctor's he said the side effects are going to be the same. It will not hurt him that he got two within two weeks, becaue he was going to have to get another one a month after his first one. So now we are just waiting to see if he will have to get a third one. Most preemie babies who receive a flu shot always get another one a month later so we will wait and see. He may get a fever, upset tummy and get very fussy, but if any of you know Braden it does not take long for him to get that way!! He will have to go back to get another shot in a month and continue this cycle till April or May 2006.

Braden is such a big boy now! He is eating rice cereal 2 to 3 times a day now and he had banana's for the first time on Sunday. His babysitter said that he will eat his 4 to 6 ounces of just formula and fall to sleep and then wake up after maybe an hour or so starving to death!!! They will feed him some more and he is happy and will sleep better. That is a good sign that he is ready to eat more and that formula is just not working out for him anymore. He is sleeping MUCH better through the night with a full belly of rice cereal and formula mixture. He will fall to sleep around 9:00 p.m. and sleep till around 2:00 a.m eat and go back to bed. Now he does have his nights where he wants to be up and talking and those nights as cute as they are can be very hard and mom and dad. But we are doing the best we can.

This weekend Braden attended his first football game. Braden's cousin Jackson L. Havis, plays on a youth team, The Kansas City Chiefs, and they had a game on Saturday Oct.22. The weather was nice enough that took Braden for one quarter and then head to my moms house. Braden's Uncle from Galveston will be in town and we will all be together for the first time in at least 3 months. Braden and him had some alone time on Friday afternoon and got a Houston Astros outfit!! Just in time for the World Series GOOOOO ASTROS!!!!!!!!!

On Saturday we also celebrated Bradens cousins birthday , Jonathan L. Havis 7th birthday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONATHAN!!!!!!!!!He had a party at his house with family and friends, Braden of course will only be there for a short amount of time. Braden is still very small and we need to make sure that whatever he does is for a short time and that he does not get to exposure to much of the elements that can cause him to get sick. We know that Braden is going to get colds, and we know that he will get sick but if we can help prevent that in anyway we will....

Here are some pictures of Braden in his Astros onesie!