Keeping up with the Sells Family

We had considered changing the name of our blog, but I can't think of any better way to describe our days right now other than adventurous! To say that things have been crazy here would be a gross understatement. Having 3 kids is an adventure. Having a baby with colic takes it to a whole new level. 

About the time Lane turned 3 weeks old, he started getting fussy. That got progressively worse, day by day. It got to a point where, at times, he would cry non-stop for over an hour. Just last week, I was having to feed him every hour and forty-five minutes or so at night just to keep him happy. But, of course, he loved to make liars out of us and would behave like a perfectly happy baby at the doctor's office. Dr. Bubba (our pediatrician) knows us well and believed our story and diagnosed (for lack of a better word) Lane with colic. He has no intestinal issues and is eating and gaining weight just fine. We think his colic is more hormonal. He is just growing and changing so much and so fast. I suppose his tiny system has just had a hard time handling it all.

Things seem to be looking up now though! We definitely have our bad moments, but we've had some good days too. After having weeks of only bad days, we are very thankful for the good ones! When we get a smile (or even sometimes a giggle!) out of him, it is the greatest feeling in the world. I'd compare it to hitting the jackpot on a slot machine or scoring the winning touchdown at the Superbowl!

We have high hopes that things will calm down a little now. Lane will be 15 weeks old tomorrow. In that 15 weeks (which has felt more like 50 weeks), we have experienced the following: Jason- one virus and one cold; Angela- one terrible stomach virus, one cold, one eye infection, and two false alarms for mastitis; Jacob- two (yes two) stomach viruses and the herpes simplex virus; Reece- two (again, yes two) stomach viruses and a mystery virus we are guessing was a horrific case of the herpes simplex virus (This virus caused a rash on Reece that was seriously the scariest thing I have seen in my life. Pictures of her have actually circulated around the medical community here!); Lane- colic and thrush. That brings us to a grand total of 15 illnesses. One for each week that Lane has been here. Add a c-section recovery, Thanksgiving and Christmas, and you have the recipe for official madness. 

Through it all, we are so thankful for our crazy little family. Despite all that's gone on, we are all healthy. The colic is passing and we know that we're gonna blink on Lane's first birthday and say, "Whoa, what happened?" 

So, if you haven't heard from us or seen us in a while, this is why! We're hoping to resurface soon!