So wow! Christmas has been and gone and we are already half way through January...how did that happen?
Hope everyone had a lovely relaxing christmas and much needed time off.
Our first christmas with Lucas was fantastic! I enjoyed every moment from wrapping his pressies, to dealing with his overtiredness from such a huge day! The night before Christmas we had our bath, got Lucas ready for bed and then read him the traditional story "night before Christmas" which he loved! It was so nice, even though he wasnt old enough to realise 'santa' was coming that night, it kind of brought back all my old feelings and beliefs about Xmas too.
We had Johns parents here for that week too, so it was nice for them to spend a bit of time with Lucas as they dont live nearby and wont be seeing him too often. Christmas morning we got up and ready and made our garlic breads and salads for the day. Mum and Dad were hosting a big family one this year of 25 people so we all pitched in and brought something for lunch.
Arrived at mum and dads about 10:30ish and my sister Donelle and I immediately decided we should open presents. Donelle has always been an early riser xmas day...she used to wake me at 2am or so in the morning growing up with a torch and whispering "Jenna....Jenna santas been!!" haha. We would go out to the tree and investigate all the presents with sheer excitement! needless to say it was pretty hard to go back to sleep until 6am when were 'allowed' to open the presents.
This year we got so spoilt...actually every year we get so spoilt! Lucas got soo many presents from both our sides of the family. A lot of them very educational and easy for him to see and play with so that was great!
So in a nutshell, the family all arrived from both my parents sides and was fantastic as some of us hadnt seen each other for quite a while! Lucas and my sisters baby boy Mason were all cuddled out and my 6 year old nephew Cory is such a joy to watch opening his huuuuge amount of pressies on the day. We had far too much food so worked a bit of it off with our new game xbox xinect :)
Through the holiday period Lucas had one eye exam in Tauranga and one in Auckland before new years.
The eye exam in Tauranaga was pretty nerve wrecking for me especially as every time his opthalmologist tests his eyes he seemed to come back with something bad to say. This time before xmas was different! He came out and said His right eye (the one with the surgery) looked lovely and the left eyes retina was also flat without surgery!!! What a fantastic xmas present this was and I balled my eyes out in the car. All happy tears of course.
His eye exam before new years was much the same. It was about a week after the Tauranga one. Not much to report she said. Still looking flat, still a bit of hemorrhage in left eye but going down (like a bruise) so we were happy. No news is good news right?
We saw Lucas's first new year in at friends Mel and Ricks with a bbq and a couple of drinks and some more Kinect! A great way to socialise through dancing hehe. We had such a nice time. Home in bed by 12:30am.....haha is that sad? Not really...it's just how we like it now we have a baby. No partying til 4am anymore. Instead its getting up at 4am for feedings :) and ya know, I couldnt care less!
So that brings us to after new year...We went to Auckland yesterday (2 weeks after his last exam). Lucas was not himself in the morning. Threw up quite a considerable amount in the morning after his first feed and then a bit of diarrhea that arvo (which by the way TMI but picture us sitting in the waiting room all quite and Lucas decides it's THE perfect time to explode...farts n all) I wanted the ground to swallow me whole it was horrendous!!! hahahah
I was really nervous for this exam because it had been 2 weeks and Lucas wasnt feeling well, so didnt want anything to make him more upset. The exams if I havnt mentioned are pretty horrible for babies. So anyway Lucas was in and out pretty quickly this time! I was quite relieved.
HIs surgeon/opthalmologist brought us in and I prepared for the worst...thinking his retinas could have detatched again. It was completely opposite news. She said she thought they looked really good!! much better than expected and improvement from 2 weeks ago even. OMG!! She was surprised how well they looked and how well his eyes were looking straight and focusing etc at home. I was soooo happy, we both were on cloud nine :)
We are so proud of our wee man, he is just so incredible and he's all ours! good genes we think ;) But seriously it has been such a horrible experience that good news like this is so precious. The opthalmologist said she wont need us to come back for another 6 weeks (yay!!) and next time he will be booked in to see someone about the focus of his eyes. He might need glasses. Have you seen babies with glasses?? CUTE!!
Anyway thats about all for now. We are just loving time at home with Lucas now without all these appointments and surgeries to go to. He has started to find his voice a bit now and explore his hands, smile and laugh :)
Hope all of you are well and keeping cool in this heat! (or warm in cold overseas).
Thank you all once again for all your amazing support. We would never have gotten through with you all.
Til next time xx
Jenna, John and Lucas
