This post is long overdue since Jase's surgery. All went well and he did so good. My mother had come to be there with us while we waited. Jason and I were pretty tense. We had to be there so early in the morning and forgot the camera. They put Jase in a small hospital gown which we were able to keep. Maybe I will take a photo of him in it for a later post. They gave him some medicine to help calm him so that it would not be such a fight to take him from us. He tried to whimper but it just would not come out and the nurse walked away with him. The procedure took almost an hour and then we were called back to recovery. He had a caudal block or spinal block (similar to epidural) so this made it so he wouldn't have to be put under as deeply and recovery would be a lot quicker. After the surgery we went back into the room where there were other children that had had different procedures done recovering as well. He was in a neutral mode but happy to see us and wanted me to take him from the nurse. The other nurse was jealous because he had not had a chance to cuddle with Jase yet. He was immediately trying to take the blood pressure cuff off and the oxygen reader off of his finger. Within 15 minutes we were discharged and ready to go home. On our way home it was about 9am and Jase was signing eat! Poor guy must have been starving since he had not had breakfast yet nor been able to nurse. We got him a McGriddle from McDonalds and he ate the entire thing. They prescribed some pain meds that we gave him for the first 24hrs and then ibuprofen. He didn't skip a beat! After he took a nap he was up and running around having a good time with Abuelita. My father, brother and niece came later that evening for a weekend visit.

The next day we were able to take off Jase's bandage that was wrapped several times around his penis. I wanted to post photos but didn't want to tramatize any of you. It looked like a "pig in a blanket", you know those appetizers that are the little wieners wrapped in bread. It was very difficult to remove because it was kind of stuck to the skin which did not make him happy. Several more days passed and things seemed to be doing fine until he had some swelling. That was disturbing and we had some issues with getting him seen by a doctor. They said it was normal and should heal nicely. To make things even worse he got a cold too. Nasty nose, coughing and then red gooey eyes. All is well now though. Here are some pictures from the last week and half. Scroll over Note to see what I wrote about each photo.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Jase is just getting funnier and funnier as the days go on. He loves to watch his Georgia Bulldog Baby DVD and dance and sign to it. It's a DVD that is like a Baby Einstein video but it's about Georgia Bulldog Football. He will watch it several times in a row if we let him, which he doesn't do otherwise. He is trying his hardest to talk and loves to try to imitate us. He makes animal sounds and faces when asked. He will even sign when he looks at his books, for instance he was reading his Baby Signs Bedtime book and starting signing bath and sure enough it was the page with the children bathing. I don't know about you but I thought that was pretty awesome to be able to relate the photo and what they were doing. We are practicing identifying objects in his book but I can't get him to point yet. You can see him scan the pages for the object I am asking him for but hasn't figured out to use his hand to point to the page. Friday is his surgery and I will find out tomorrow what time the procedure will take place. Hopefully very early in the morning because he will not be able to eat beforehand. We hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day and that it's full of love!
Jase in his Fedora hat that he got for his birthday. It's still a little big but sooooo handsome!
WHERE'S JASE???????????
WHERE ARE YOU?

THERE YOU ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is his precious squinty smile he likes to do lately.
Giving his Mama some love.
Serious pose
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Happy 14 months Jase!

Long hair tends to flip over when put in a wet, soapy mohawk.
OH come on! Give me a break...ADORABLE
This was taken last week when Jase had a snotty nose. But look at the eyes. Still can't believe I have a blue eyed baby.

BUT MOM I WANT THE CAMERA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy mother of...could it be any more precious.
It was nice and warm sunday and Jase got to expose his milky white arms.
Go Baby Go Go
I put on my coat the other day and this was in the pocket. I could not even tell you when the last time I wore that coat. Maybe a month ago. Why does half of the waffle look normal and the other half a black tar appearance. weird. Worst of all, the ziplock bag was not zipped closed. ugh.

Kodak moment
He loves to bite into the peel of oranges but really really likes what's inside best.
Two handsome boys

I had to put this one in because I thought it was neat the way the camera focused on the hands and orange. Click on the photo make it large and you can see his most adorable finger nails.