Goodbye floppy larynx!

Morgan was diagnosed with "laryngomalacia", a super fancy name for a floppy larynx, at her 2 month appoinment. Basically the larynx flops over her breathing hole, making breathing and eating difficult, and making every breath sound like a little song (do you love all my medical jargon, or what?). We scheduled a surgery for yesterday, and we scheduled it for so far out with the hopes that her weight gain would take off, but she has a hard time eating much more than 1.5-2 ozs, and it's really only gotten worse.

So, of course, a completely unprecedented snow storm hit the day before the surgery, and we had to get up at 5am to make sure she made it to Children's by 7:15. We arrived, and Matt and I both shed a few tears while we waited for our little peanut. Fortunately we had a top surgeon in this field, the surgery only took 20 minutes, and Miss M did GREAT! We stayed the night at the hospital because they had to monitor her after the general anesthesia, but got home just in time to start on some Thanksgiving goodness! Whew, what a week!

Morgan is 3 months old!

From Morgan 2-3 months

My pumpkin at the pumkin patch

1. How cute is this outfit? (thanks Auntie Steph, Uncle Mark and cousins Hanna and Sophie!)
and
2. How fun is the pumpkin patch?

I had a blast. Morgan slept through most of it, but I'm just excited that she fits into her 0-3 month clothes just in time to wear this perfect fall outfit. We went with our friends Marie and Jason, and their little boy (and one of Morgan's BFF's), Matyas. I had a carameled apple for the first time in years, and it was absolutely delish.

2 months!

We have a 2 month old! Time sure flies when you're having fun. Here's our little gal with her fave giraffe on her 2 month birthday. And, PS, the shots weren't fun. Morgan cried her first real tears. Poor babe!

Go Wildcats!

So, Matt is a K-State alum, and for the first football game of the season we dressed our little doll in some K State gear. I spruced it up with this fabulous bow, which Matt did not appreciate. But, seriously, how cute! After his family saw this picture they sent us the true, hardcore, purple K State gear. She has yet to fit into any of it, maybe she will during basketball season.

Morgan's first boyfriend...

Love, love, love the Fisher Price Seahorse! Matt and I have named this magical seahorse "Manuel", and Morgan cannot get enough. She just lays in her crib gazing into his eyes as he plays classical music, and eventually falls asleep. Only downside- he only plays for 5 minutes. Sometimes it takes a few presses of his magical tummy to get her to fall asleep.

Yay sleep!

Morgan has been such a great sleeper the past few nights! And, so have Matt and I! When we first brought her home she was waking up every hour or two, and even when she wasn't awake she'd make snorting noises that kept us up all night. I think she had her days and nights confused, and Matt and I didn't help by keeping lights on, waking her up to feed, talking to her when we fed her at night, etc.

I picked up the no cry sleep solution and read some advice on the interwebs, we started turning off the lights, making less noise...AND we moved Morgan into her own room. She is now sleeping 3 hour stretches MINIMUM, and usually starts off the night with a 4-6 hour stretch. Hoorah. I feel sane! And, I think she's feeling happy, too!