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Awake at 3am

So I just finished a test a few minutes ago for an Ethics class. I did pretty crappy on it. I really wish I would have applied myself better this semester. This was my best and worst semester yet. I have had the best classes and got the least out of them. I am just writing whatever is on my mind right now to express to everyone what has been going on in our lives recently. Bobbie is at work right now, she works twice a week, which is great, she used to work more and now has more time to be home with Hunter and me. I go to school twice a week and have two online classes which will all be ending this next week. Next semester if things work out I will be taking all four classes on campus so things will be different around here. We seem to have a lot of time together and enjoy watching Hunter grow up. We take turns getting up with hunter and taking care of him, he can be kind of frustrating at times, but I'm sure all babies are. We are learning lots of patience with him. He is still house-bound so we haven't taken him anywhere yet. He will probably take his first trip out in a couple weeks. He weighs 9lbs 4oz and is gaining about a pound every two weeks. He has the cutest smile and shows it a lot. He has been experimenting with his vocal chords, making different sounds and squeals. He is able to hold his head up just fine and he is fascinated by everything around him, especially the ceiling fan for some reason. Oh, and he stares for long periods of time at the pictures of Christ we have on our walls. He will strain his neck to look if he catches a glimpse, kind of curious. And his most favorite thing of all is his pacifier. Since about day two he has loved his pacifier, he goes crazy over that thing. Well, I am starting to feel some tiredness set in so I will end it here. Until next time.

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Pictures of little Hunter.

These first two are from when we were doing the trial run with him in the hospital. We stayed overnight for two nights with him in a hotel-style room with all his monitors so the nurses could check in on him regularly. We were responsible for taking care of him 100%, except for some shots he got. He did great! And he loves my neck pillow.

He loves to stretch out and put his arms up, so while he is sleeping I will catch him just lying there in this position dead asleep, he will almost always have at least one arm above his head. Maybe because in the hospital they would swaddle him all the time and lay him down to sleep, I don't know. Every time I unwrap him from a swaddle, his arms shoot up and his legs spring out into a stretch and then he calms down into a comfortable position with his arms above his head, still asleep.
I laid him down to change him before feeding him. I love how he sleeps. This is his Halloween outfit, he got home just in time.
Chillin' in the neck pillow while we watched Kung Fu Panda together on the couch. The next few are in series. I was trying to get him to smile, he does that a lot, or do something cute.



We have a bunch of picture from this series, this one is my favorites. It looks like Hunter is laughing.
He tends to give the blank stare a lot when we want a cute picture, but we will get him smiling on camera one day. I love this one too, mother-son bonding.
Cute little fella!
He was awake for like 3 or 4 hours. He finally dozed off.
Aunt Gen got this for him. He loves it, he likes the bouncing, and the middle tiger plays music which he seems curious about.

Hunter's update

Hunter's surgery was successful. Thank you everybody for your prayers. We will post more pictures and updates in the near future.

Hunter's Surgery

This is an old picture of Hunter just to show you what his ostomy bag looks like. For the last couple months he has had the delightful pleasure of pooping in a bag. Since he got sick a few days after he was born, due to holes in his small intestine, he had surgery to put this on until he was big enough and strong enough to have his guts put back in.

Here are his guts. We need to change his bag every day or so because the adhesive keeps coming off in one spot, or almost all the way off. So his poop gets all over his clothes, if he's wearing any (true Heywood), then it gets all over his bedding and makes a big nasty mess. So while we were cleaning him up I thought it would be cool for him to see his small intestine one day so I snapped this picture. After a successful surgery he will start pooping through his pooper and keep all his messes in his diaper. He is still three whole weeks before his due date so he has plenty of time to recover. We have been hoping he would be home by Halloween.
This is a pretty recent picture showing off his cuteness in his moose outfit.
This one was taken a few days ago. He has no more tubes. All his feedings come from a bottle or from Bobbie. He has been doing so good this past week. Thank you all for your prayers and support.

Hunter with no tubes!

The tape that holds his breathing tubes in were coming off because he had so much spit and bubbles, so they had to replace it. We happened to be there when they did it and got to see his naked face for the first time, aside from when he was first born. All the nurses keep saying how handsome he is and that when they remove the tape to replace it, like in these pictures, he looks so much more handsome, I would have to agree.

Message from Bobbie

I would like to thank everybody who is praying for my son. Me and Bryan feel your prayers and I know Hunter does too. The prayers come to us when we need them the most. Hunter is a little fighter and I know he will make it through. God Bless you guys!

Hunter McKinley Heywood

Here are a few more pictures. He is doing so good. Thanks for all your prayers.

Here are a few pics. 2 lbs. 6 oz., 14 1/2 inches long. 27 weeker. Doing great! I gotta go to bed, there will be more. What a cute little man!

Yay, it worked!

Here is pa grillin up some turkey. Oh so delicious!

Playin some B-ball with the bros.

This is my Brother Dave and his son Luke. Dave's father in-law provided us with the boat, very generous. We had a great time.
John and I went for a ride on his quads up in the hills above ma and pa's house. Awesome!
Playin pong. Layin the smack down! Throwin up the paddle. Actually I was getting my butt whooped. I forgot my game, but it eventually came back and I was a fair match.
More to follow...

Hey I can post words at least...

I have been trying to post some pictures from our recent trip to Utah, but after waiting the long period of time it usually takes I get a "Bad Request ERROR 400" message. We had a swell time there and would like to share our experience with those that check our blog, so keep checking it, it is sure to work eventually.

Ok, so'zis what I did, I shrunk down the file size of the pictures because they were huge. And tried it again. It worked. I'm so silly.

I have been thinking

What really kick-started this thought was an experience that happened to Bobbies parents at the airport recently. They were walking through and saw Elder Dallin H. Oaks. They got an opportunity to talk with him and shake his hand. I remember them describing the event as being very neat to be there with him. They said he must be a very busy man, he looked busy and was walking in a busy fashion. But he stopped and greeted them as if they were old friends. Wherever he was going, whatever was waiting for him, must wait, this was more important. I have heard other stories like this about General Authorities, stopping whatever it is they are doing just to say hello. I am sure this is how they act with every opportunity to serve and that is what this post is about. I have been talking with Bobbie about how I need to be more giving of my time and talents. When I lived in Utah I stopped for every car on the side of the road that looked like it needed help. I did it so much I remember looking forward to stopping again. Everyone I met was friendly and every time I was able to help them. I do not think we are always so busy that we can not stop and help someone who has a flat tire.

The other day I was able to help out my neighbor who we have lived next to for about 8 months. That is way too long to not know anything about them. They drink and party and were pretty rude when we first moved in, but it got better and we would say hello to each other. Well, the other day I was mowing the backyard and planned on weed-whacking next (reverse order, I know), on my way to put the lawn mower away my neighbor was out working on his Jeep and said in an unusual manner, "hey, what's going on?" So I took this opportunity to talk and responded with, "something wrong with your Jeep?" we began talking and he needed some WD-40 and some other things, which I had. Also, While we talked I tuned up his lawn mower for him and got it running. I never got to finish my backyard. I was over there for like an hour and a half. I have said maybe ten words to this guy before this day and now I feel like I can go over and ask him for a cup of sugar.

Anyway, the point is that I, we, people should start doing more for others. Give of our time when we have time to give. Share our talents, use our skills and abilities to help others. I also need to stop being so negative, I think that would help a whole heap.

"Do you have a' old baby section?"

Here is Hunter with his Dramatic "hand on the forehead."
Here are his two, little feet.And another profile shot, what a cute little nose on a big ol' head.

A little more about Prego Bobbo

Tomorrow we find out what the gender is. We have been to hear the heart beat a couple times already and let me tell you, for a first time dad, that is really exciting! I can hardly wait to see the little guy on screen. Bobbie's expected due date is Oct. 30th which is pretty cool, we have two other friends who I think are due in Oct. or really near that time.

In case you didn't know, Bobbie's pregnant!

We find out what gender the little runt is next week. We have a couple boy names picked already but no girl names. Though there isn't really a need since I already know he will be a handsome little man. More to follow...

Updates

The first item on our show is a lawn mower we bought at a yard sale the scouts were having in our Ward. We bought it for $60 with no gas in it. The guy that donated it came from overseas and had to empty it. So when I got it and put gas in it and it started leaking out the two big cracks in the tank, I was quite upset. However, now I had a project; it also ran horrible, it hardly ran at all. So a new air filter, a cleaned spark plug, a new section of hose, a $26 gas tank and the thing runs great. The other guy there is our new weed-eater. Don't know any specs off the top of my head, I got one of the better ones without paying too much. When it comes to these sorts of things, you get what you pay for. I wanted a nice, powerful one that will last.
This was my other project. I built this work bench and shelf, each taking an evening while bobbie was at work. It is so nice to have everything organized now. All I need now is a bigger garage that I own. And more toys to fill it up.

This is our newest purchase. We spent some of our tax return on this beauty. 20" screen, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB HD. I LOVE this computer. It is smokin fast. I have been transferring my pics and such the past few days. I can't get over how big the screen is. When I am sitting in front of it I have to turn my head slightly to navigate the screen. I wanted the 24" but that tacked on another couple hundred. Maybe next upgrade.