Wyatt's two week doctor appointment update

At two and a half weeks Wyatt got in for THREE doctors appointments in one day. The first was an ultrasound on his kidneys. He did well, just some squirming. Funny thing about this appointment is they instructed me that they required him to show up with a full bladder. Ummm... I'm not sure how to accomplish that..."Wyatt. I demand that you don't pee."? So we went anyways and were forgiven for not having control over a newborn's bladder.

The radiologist said that his kidneys looked good, with no extra fluid on either kidney. (yeah!)

His next appointment was his two week well child visit. After leaving the hospital at 8 pounds 8 ounces, he was a whopping 9 pounds 15.4 ounces. He gained .25 inches in length and his head got bigger too! He's a healthy boy! (good job growing and eating like crazy Wyatt!!!). It wad a bit too early to talk about his dry skin issue and we'll talk about that at his two month check up. We started with a new pediatrician at the Fairvriew Maple Grove Clinic which we ended up liking. We saw her partner when we were in the hospital, and while she was fine, was lacking a personality. When we called for our appointment, and that doctor was on vacation, I decided to throw caution to the wind and set up the appointment without knowing anything about this other doctor. We ended up liking her and will be going back. She said we were doing a good job and was patient, thorough and nice to Chloe...works for us!

His last appointment was with the pediatric urologist. She reviewed the ultrasound (and so did a med student who looked like he was 12! I felt old.) and said that Wyatt's Hydroneohrosis is still there but a level 1( from 0 to 5, 0 being less severe). We just need to keep an eye out for a high fever as a sign of an infection. A follow up in the next year was recommended. We'll be back before the end of the year, since we've already met our deductible (sorry to other's on the HDHP that I'm adding to the cost of coverage!). The thought is that Wyatt may out grow this issue - here's hoping!

Zoo trip

Bear-y fun


Chloe wanted to feel the water.


Totally messy, but super adorable and refreshing.


Wyatt went wild for the trip


It was mostly cloudy and in the high 70's for a good portion of our visit. We found the nursing/family rooms a few times and we were able to close out the park. It was great to be able to take our time, not battle weekend crowds, not get a horrible sun burn and not sweat like crazy! On the flip side Chloe somehow got run over on a slide and got bruises on her face (from another kids foot!) so there are some trade offs. :)

Here are some cute pictures from our time at my parents.

Adjusting and enjoying. (Catching up)

Chloe trying to beat the heat.





Wyatt doing his best, too.



Chloe was invited to use our neighbor's trampoline (as long as she follows the rules). She loves it!




We are doing our best to adjust to having two kids and a very different schedule ( really not being in control of our schedule and being at the whim of wyatt's eating/pooping/gas/awake time). I'm enjoying my tine away from work, even tough I miss seeing my friends there.

I think people should be able to take 12 week paid vacations all if the time. That's where my "winning the lottery" plan will come in handy. That is if we could buy lottery tickets in Minnesota (stupid government shutdown).

Officially Welcoming Wyatt David Bolla

Wyatt David Bolla joined our family June 17, 2011 at 11:41am. He weighed 9 pounds and was 21 inches long.



The doctor said it was good that he wasn't in there for another week (until his due date) or he would have been a 10 pounder!



Chloe couldn't wait to meet her brother and show him how much she loves him. She had been asking when she can teach him to walk and has been trying to get him to say "momma" and " dadda". No luck with him talking yet, but she's working hard at it! She has really enjoying telling me what Wyatt needs when he is crying... He needs milk mommy!!!" or "He doesn't want his pacifier!". Okay.








Recovery for me is going well. After Chloe was born I had the weight loss benefit of being sick from gallstones and lost weight ultra super fast. Breast feeding is helping me along this time (and at this point going okay) and I'm back to 3 pounds less than my pre pregnancy weight ( I had gained about 12 pounds) I was on Slimgenics before we got pregnant, so overall I'm down about 30 pounds from my heaviest. I'll be headed back to the program sometime soon, but I'm working on getting a shower in every (other) day, so getting to the center three times a week seems a bit unrealistic to me.

Chloe is as cute as ever, too.