Holiday Cheer!

The DuBord Grandparents made the trek to Matamoros

this Christmas this year. Simone was really excited about the

Holiday season, so they witnessed the excitement

of tearing through wrapping and

pulling out toys.

It was also fun to show them around where we

live and introduce them to the Consulate

community too.

I have to believe that our 70 degree weather was

a welcome change from the Midewestern freeze this year!

Uncle Jon Brings on the Fun

What more can I say? Uncle Jon brings the fun

and teaches Auden valuable motor skills.

Happy Holidays!

Home and Healthy

Auden is back and healthy after his stint in the

hospital. The operation was successful, but he

had an infection in the incision which was slow

to heal and kept up us in the hospital for a

full week.

It was a busy time with mad dashes to pickup

Simone and cross the border to relieve each other

at the hospital. We are glad to be through with this

chapter and all under one roof again.

Tummy Trouble

Auden is at the hospital tonight for an unexpected surgery. He was diagnosed with pyloric stenosis, a narrowing of the pylorus, which is the lower part of the stomach where food passes into the small intestine. The muscle in the pylorus is enlarged, preventing food from emptying out of the stomach and causing vomiting.

The surgeon was going to do the surgery today (11/21), but Auden’s electrolyte count, potassium level, and hydration were out of balance. He is receiving nourishment through an IV and will most likely have the operation on Saturday morning. It is a pretty common surgery and only takes around 20 minutes to complete, but he will still have to stay in the hospital for couple of days.

We will keep you posted.

More Pictures...

Simone is still loving "Baby", except when she isn't.On one recent occasion,
she rather unexpectedly threw a bamboo steamer at Auden's head.
No real contact or injuries to report.

Catching one of twenty hours of sleeping in a day.

Daddy's girl.

Nana Ward enjoys her new grandson.

Introducing Auden!

Introducing Auden Taylor DuBord,
born 10.24.2008 at 1:42 am,
9 lbs 4 ozs and 20 inches.

Jen started feeling contractions at 10:00, we dropped off
Simone and the dog, crossed the border, and we were at the
hospital by 11:00. Jen was already 7 cm dilated and gave
birth 3 hours later, just before 2:00 am.

Dr. Sanchez, the pediatrician on call at the hospital, said
that we had a very healthy boy whose only problem might
be that he is a little too big; Jen concurs. It begs the question,
how do two small people like us get off having this chunker?

Moments after birth...

We thought that we had really chosen a unique
name, at least based on the number of times
we have spelled it, but Jen's aunt Phyllis
added Auden to the electronic family tree and found that
there was an Auden Taylor DuBord born in Connecticut in 1963.

Simone has taken surprisingly well to Auden
and seems to be have accepted him as a permanent
member of our family. She keeps pointing at him
and saying "BABY, BABY!".