Thursday, August 21, 2008

First Blog, School, and Nystagmus

First of all, I finally created a blog, woohoo! I told everyone I would create one, once I had the baby and wasn't working anymore. Here I am 3 months later, finally getting around to it! Braden boy is doing well. He is growing so well, he is in the 50th percentile for height (24 inches), weight(13 lbs. 6 oz.), and head circumference, so we love that. He also started sleeping 8 hours at night last week, so we feel pretty lucky.

Also, Brian started his 2nd year of Law School today! He is away at class right now, learning all the ways of being a lawyer, so that one day we can climb out of the student loan debt we are in and be self supporting. That will be the day! However, I am pretty well enjoying our life right now, because he is home alot to spend time with me and Braden. Now THAT is priceless. It will definitely be a sad day when he actually has to go to work ALL DAY.

Last, but not least, yesterday we took Braden to the doctor for Nystagmus in his eyes. Nystagmus is where the eyes oscillate back and forth really fast. It is usually a symptom of a deeper problem (could be a tumor, even) and usually some degree of vision loss, so we took him to his Pediatrician to check it out. She agreed with us that it needs to be checked out further, so she referred us to a Pediatric Opthalmologist. She is hoping, though, that since it isn't very severe Nystagmus, that it is just an exaggeration of Braden trying to look far to the right or left. Right now we are praying hard that nothing is wrong with our little boy, and we would appreciate your prayers as well. We will update you once we go to the Opthalmologist.

6 comments:

The Sainsbury Family said...

Yay you have a blog. Good thing for facebook, or else I would NEVER know. haha..I hope everything works out with Brayden. Tell him Auntie Noel loves him.

betsey said...

Yeah for blogs! I love keeping in touch with my favorite people!

Little Braydon is in our prayers! I hope the Nystagmus is nothing serious!

How did Brian's interviews go? Fingers crossed and prayers said that the process is easy and painless (as painless as it possibly can be!)

Dean Family said...

So I have been thinking about starting a blog myself but that is all I have done is think about it. Any info you would like to share about starting one would be helpful. Keep us updated on Braden, we would LOVE to come see him in person. LOVE YOU!!

Dean Family said...

So I have been thinking about starting a blog too but don't have a clue how to do it. Any input from you would be great and then there is that little issue of finding the time to actually get it up and running. Keep us updated on Braden. I wish we could come visit. Love you!!

Kristi said...

Jen love the blog your baby is getting so big and way cute! I need to see him! We will be praying for you and the sweet little Braden!

The Maucotel's said...

Thank you everyone! We appreciate it! His appointment is on September 10th, so we will update you then!