Shawn’s/Christina’s Surgery

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Christina had her tonsils out at the end September. She was getting strep a lot and getting tonsillitis in August was the last straw. She was extremely nervous, she had never had surgery before. The surgery was only 12 minutes and everything went well! She had a really hard recovery and was in a lot of pain. It took about a month for her to fully recover.

On Oct 13th (2 weeks after Christina’s surgery)Shawn had surgery to fix a birth defect he was born with. He was such a trooper, Christina was more scared than Shawn was. While we waited for Shawn’s surgery, Shawn was able to play with a car that we pushed him around in. There was another child there for the same thing. The two of them look so cute in their gowns. He was out for a couple of hours and then we got to see him.

After all was said and done Shawn was doing good and we where just happy to have our son back. Thanks to my dad and Christina’s mom for coming up to be there with us.

The day after Shawn’s surgery he could roll from his back to stomach and vice versa (he could only do one way before!)

3 days after his surgery his catheter came out with totally scared us because the doctor was supposed to take it out a week later! Everything turned out and Shawn totally healed within a week. This was really scary and stressful for us and we are so glad it is over!

So I had a recovering wife and baby to take care of. Thanks to Christina’s family for the help with the two of my favorite people in the world.

Here are some pictures of our Summer fun:


Shawns First feeding time:

First Basball game we lost.

Family at first Ball game

Shawn at the Lake

Shawn and dad at the lake

Ashely, Charlee, Jake at the lake

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Christina making my Bithday cake

5 Month Pics he is so cute

My bithday at Texas Road House

Shawn Swining

The Boys playing Viedo games

Shanw at family dinner a sleep

Shawn eating his toes.

Back East 2010

Last month for 4th of July we went back east for a week and a half.  My uncle throws a big 4th party ever year, so we all thought it would be fun to go and see them for a couple of days and then go see my sister that lives in Erie Pa. My dad and I flew to Pittsburg to help my sister drive and pick up the rent car.  My wife, sister, mom, Shawn, and Charlee came later that night and we picked them up in Philly.  We went down to the shore for a day and had a ton of fun there went to the boardwalk, a lighthouse that had 204 steps to the top (it was my job to count them).  After the Shore we came back and picked up Jake from the Train Station.  For the Party we had roasted pig, and a ton of other wonderful  food.  My aunt got us all T-shirts that said “Yes, we are one of the Jones’”, all in all we had a fun time. 

The next day we took the time to drive back to my sisters house in Erie. took a long time but the back country of Pa is beautiful, historic Pa used to be call Pens woods and when you go back there you will see why it was called that.  It also has something to do with the charter that was made by the King of England.  Lake Erie is one of the great lakes of this great nation and it was really warm, the lame thing about the place is they only let you swim in a marked out spot.  My dad went in with the key to the car so we had to get the park police to come open the door, my dad and his keys.  Over the next couple of days we went to Niagara Falls, Palmyra, and Kirtland to see the Church history sites this was a lot of fun for all of us.  We had a great time and here are the pics to prove it.

        

Update!

So it has been a long time since I blogged, so here is an update on the Jones family. It is long!



Shawn:

Shawn in 10 weeks old today! He is getting really big really fast. At his 2 month appointment last week he was 14 lbs 5 oz (95%) and 23 inches (50%). Most people ask if he is 3 or 4 months old, it has started to get to me that people always make a comment on how big he is and look at me like I am lying that is only 10 weeks, but I just try to remember that I know he is healthy and obviously getting enough.
Shawn has started smiling and cooing. He started doing both around 8 weeks. I can not describe the joy I feel when Shawn smiles at me. We have some fun 'conversations' as he is discovering his vocal chords!

On May 23rd Shawn was blessed by his daddy. We did it on this day because I had a lot of family in town due to my sister's high school graduation. It was a little hectic, with the temple dedication, but it was a wonderful day. We had our family and close friends there to witness such a special day. Shawn has 5 living Great Grandparents (all were at the blessing)!
Shawn is sleeping really well, he sleeps 5-9 hours a night. Each night is totally different. Charlie helps me during the night, which is so wonderful because then I feel supported as I feed him in the wee hours of the night.

We have made some trips since Shawn was born. Shawn and I went to Thatcher, Arizona with my family (Charlie had to work) to go through the open house. Charlie and I took Shawn to the Grand Canyon and to Sedona a few weeks ago to meet some of Charlie's friends.

On Memorial Day, we took Shawn swimming for the first time. He absolutely loved it. I think he is going to be a water baby! (I don't have the pictures to post, they are on my mom's camera)



Shawn recently turned 2 months. I can not believe that I gave birth 2 months ago! Here are 1 and 2 month pictures:



At 1 month the doctor suggested that Shawn might be lactose sensitive and that may be why he is so fussy during feedings and spits up so much. She said I should go off of dairy and see how he reacts. I went cold turkey that week and realized how much I couldn't eat. It about killed me because dairy is what I craved (especially milk) when I was pregnant and the cravings didn't go away when Shawn was born. I now eat only a tiny bit and he seems to be doing better. At his 2 month appointmet we told the doctor that the spit up is a little better but he is still super fussy at feddings. She suggested it maybe heartburn and gave us some Zantac, it seems to be working!



Charlie: Charlie finished his semester at MCC and is very glad to have a break from school until August. He is enjoying church sports. He plays basketball on Wednesdays with guys from the ward and stake softball on Thursday nights. Last Thursday, Shawn and I went to watch him pitch!


Christina: My life mainly revolves around Shawn. I am teaching piano 3 nights a week and am the Beehive advisor in our ward. One of the biggest things in my life right now is nursing. It takes up a lot of my day and has been a very challengind thing for Shawn and I. We are both getting better, but still struggle on most days.