Thanksgiving!

Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving!

Chris playing charades...

My guess is airplane!

Now if I can just get him to learn tumbleweed.........

Chris' First Zoo Adventure!

I took Christopher to the zoo for the first time. He actually enjoyed it! In fact he liked it so much that we became members of the Houston Zoo! Fun stuff! Here are some pics of our big adventure!

Cuteness!

Los Ojos!

Quick update- for those who know about the eye saga- Christopher will be just fine!!!!! Thank the Lord! (really!!)

For those who don't- About 2 months ago I noticed Christopher's pupils were different...like REALLY different! Like something very serious could be wrong different! This could have been from several different things: head trauma, tumors of the head/neck/etc., or physiologic (meaning he was born that way). Of course since I am in the medical field AND I work at a cancer hospital you can only imagine how super freaked out I was. Anyway, we have spent the past 2 months seeing specialists and as of this past Tuesday we found out he just has PHYSIOLOGIC ANISOCORIA. Now I will spare you the medical details of what this is and how it happens but if interested you can wiki or google anisocoria and you will quickly learn why we have been somewhat of a nervous wreck the past month or so...

One of the tests they did on Christopher was put cocaine drops in his eyes (YES, you read that correctly). Our child would FAIL a drug test. This was unnerving for Charlie and I at first BUT it was much better than sedating our child and putting him in an MRI machine. Basically what this test told us is that his right eye is capable of dilating and that his sympathetic nervous system was not compressed or damaged from a tumor, aneurysm or some other scary medical condition. Basically it told us we can RELAX!!

He will have unequal pupils for the rest of his life...but seriously who cares! He's happy, healthy and growing perfectly fine! He's just a miracle and we love him so much!!! Besides, I actually have a very mild form of anisocoria too...it will be interesting to see if our next bambino has it! = )

Baby Food Stats!

LOVES:
1. Peas
2. Rice Cereal
3. Sweet Potatoes
4. Milk

LIKES:
1. Green Beans
2. Squash

DISLIKES:
1. Avocados

Visiting the VA Family!

We had a fantastic time visiting my family in Virginia! Christopher was a hit and loved all the attention! ; ) He even got to meet some family members for the first time! It was wonderful!

Below are some pics of Chris in the airport and on the airplane! He was amazing throughout all four flights and layovers (including our last flight that was 100% booked)! We only had one blow-out once aboard...and I mean BLOOOOOW-OOOOUUUUT...so that was nice! ; )
Here are some pics of the family:

And lastly, here is Christopher's newest 'thing'! He likes to lay on his stomach, lift his arms high in the air then kick his legs as fast as he can....possibly a swimmer, eh?!
We can't wait for our next adventure with him. It looks like either San Francisco or Denver for a conference in March then Chicago in July for the Schumann family reunion! Yea!

Big Boy Grub!

Chris is still absolutely loving his baby crack...uh, I mean rice cereal! He eats about 2 tablespoons every night! This is now accompanied by a yummy jar of baby food! So far he has tried green beans (likes), squash (loves) and peas (loooves)! Charlie is convinced Christopher is going to go gaga over the bananas so we are saving them for last! Tonight's menu: rice cereal, SWEET POTATOS and milk! = ) Here is a picture of Chris eating peas (my LEAST favorite food in the ENTIRE universe!!!) Go Chris!

Trick or Treat!

We had a great time celebrating Christopher's 1st Halloween! He got to stay up extra late in preparation for the time change! We can't wait for next year when he is able to WALK door to door to trick-or-treat!