Sorry it has been so long since I posted. Things have been hectic, but I still should be posting more. 
Keep checking back, I will try to get some new pictures posted today or tomorrow!
Here is a short video of Cheyenne with her new baby doll. Hope you enjoy!
Last Saturday, we drove up to Lake Erie, which really is pretty close to our home. Nikki and I found a state park up there a couple of years ago, and we returned there on Saturday. The weather was overcast all morning, and even rained for a little bit, but it cleared up beautifully in the late morning and early afternoon. The only drawback to it clearing up was that more people started to come to the beach, and the negative things that come along with that. We stayed until our little part of the beach started to get overrun, and then drove home. It was a nice family trip that didn’t require much gasoline (nice @ $4/gallon!) and Cheyenne really seemed to enjoy herself. She was really fascinated watching the waves roll up to the beach and feel the breeze coming in off the water. All in all, a very nice day!
Enjoy the pictures!
Happy third-month birthday to our sweet Cheyenne! In some ways, its hard to believe she’s three months old already, and in other ways, all the trouble she went through seems like a lifetime ago.
I wanted to put up a few pictures starting from the beginning all the way up to, and including, today. I will admit that it was difficult looking at her old pictures from the hospital, but I’m ok now.
I can’t make the program that runs this site cooperate the way I want, so the first picture is (obviously) when she was still in the hospital, the second is the day we brought her home, and the last is from today!
I can’t believe we are over 10,000 hits on this site already. It is humbling that so many people were, and remain, so interested. Thank you!
I took these pictures of Cheyenne with her “Scrappy” dog that she really seems to like. Its not actually “Scrappy Doo”, but a miniature “Scooby” but we’ve taken to using Scrappy anyway. As you can see in the pictures, she really likes to hold on to him. She has slept for hours, and never taken her arm from around him!
I bought Scrappy way back when Nikki was still in Mercy Hospital, before Cheyenne was even here. It makes me feel good to see that she has taken such a liking to him!
In other news, Cheyenne goes back to the doctor on Wednesday for her shots. She seems to be mostly over her cold now, so there should not be any other delays.
She STILL has not gotten her days and nights right yet. My good wife does her best to stay up all night with her during the work week so that I can get sleep before going to work. I try to stay up on the weekends, but that’s had mixed results.
Many have suggested making her stay awake during the day, but that is much easier said than done. Today I was tickling her, shaking her legs, etc., and she totally ignored me and kept on sleeping! We keep her up as long as we can, and then she eventually wears us down and she’s out.
Well, I guess that’s all the news that is news right now. I mostly just wanted to share the pictures.
Thanks for checking in!
Cheyenne has been “under the weather” for a few days now. I, unfortunately, gave her my severe cold. She has been congested and running a slight fever. She has been much fussier than usual, and not wanting to eat very well. I feel so bad for her when she coughs and sneezes; it kind of takes over her whole little body!
She had her two month pediatrician’s appointment today. She was supposed to get her shots, but the doctor decided to wait a week since she was already sick. He said that shots sometimes make the baby sick anyway, and he wanted to give her a chance to recover from her cold first.
He did go ahead and do a full exam on her, and I am happy to report that she passed with flying colors! She is now 8 lbs., 13 ozs., which is up a full pound from her last appointment, and up 3 lbs., 7 ozs. from her birth weight. She is also up to 21.5 inches long, which is nearly a 3 inch growth spurt, since her birth length was 18.75 inches. She passed the rest of the exam as well, as he didn’t see any problems with her lungs, reflexes, etc.
All of this adds up to one significant fact: Cheyenne, according to the doctor, is almost caught up to the growth curve! Praise God!
Thank you for continuing to show interest in our daughter. We are so blessed to have her, and so blessed to have so many who are concerned about us!
Lately, it seems there is always something going on that prevents me from updating. First, it was that my laptop died, thus leaving me without a suitable alternative.
Now, I have been effectively “offline” for several days due to a couple of reasons. My new computer picked up some kind of bug that wreaked havoc on it for days. After several days of fighting with it myself, I finally paid someone to fix it for me today.
We also were out of town for a few days visiting Nikki’s family (and getting in a visit with Kristin & family!). It was Cheyenne’s first extended trip, and I’m happy to report she handled it remarkably well! Her parents, however, learned on the fly that traveling with a newborn is a whole new experience! It took longer to make that trip than ever before!
It was nice to visit with so many folks, and especially to let some people see Cheyenne who hadn’t been able to meet her yet! Nikki’s mom and aunt had a shower for her while we were there, and many new people had the opportunity to meet Cheyenne for the very first time.
In other news, we’re still having trouble getting Cheyenne to sleep at night. She still thinks its “party time” until about 3 or 4 in the morning. Needless to say, this has led to many sleepless, or very little sleep, nights. We’re still hopeful she’ll get turned around pretty soon and get on the same schedule!
I neglected to take my camera to Charleston with us, so I don’t really have any new pictures to add yet, but I hope to take some more in the next day or two and get them posted. I know some others took some pictures while we gone, so if they email me any of them, I’ll post those as well.
Thanks for contuining to check in on Cheyenne!
I took this picture of Cheyenne today and just wanted to share it!
