Surgery and a Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday, my sweet baby Reid had yet another fun hospital experience. It's a good thing he won't remember anything from his first year, because my poor little guy has been through the ringer. Between his NICU stay, a hospitalization at 5 weeks for RSV, and countless ER and urgent care visits due to a slew of different viruses and ear infections (oh, and his ear tubes), it feels like the local children's hospital is our home away from home. Not really, but almost.

Reid all prepped for surgery

Anyway, our little adventure yesterday was a procedure to repair his circumcision. I'll spare you the gory details, but there was an issue that was not going to resolve itself over time, as one pediatrician had originally told us, and the only way to fix it was through surgery.

Reid was a perfect angel at the hospital, smiling and babbling to the doctors and nurses, and only crying for a few minutes in recovery. I thought he would be an angry baby since he couldn't nurse any later than 3:15 am, and his surgery wasn't scheduled until 9:15. But as usual, he maintained his sweet as pie demeanor and made friends wherever we went.

In order to help out with his recovery, my mom came to town and is staying with us this week. It's been great to have her around. Over the weekend (before the surgery), mom and I took the kids to a pumpkin patch and had a nice time enjoying the gorgeous fall weather. The highlight of that day was that Colin got to drive the horse-drawn covered wagon. I don't think I've ever seen him so serious about a task in his life. This pumpkin patch trip was really more for Colin. Reid hung out in the stroller or in the Ergo most of the time and didn't care too much to be in pictures. :)

In the coming weeks, I hope to get into some more fall fun with my boys. Speaking of which, stay tuned next week for the cutest Buzz and Woody you ever did see!