Five Generations

Great-Great Grandma Schlesselman, Great-Grandma Schnittker, Grandpa Schnittker, Nick, Evan

Great-Great-Grandma Schlesselman, Great-Grandma Schnittker, Grandpa Paul Schnittker, Ryan, Gianni

Great-Great-Grandma Schlesselman, Great-Grandma Schnittker, Grandpa Paul Schnittker, Kennedy, Michael, Paige

The whole crew

Great-Great Grandma Schlesselman, Great-Grandma Schnittker

Christmas at Papa and Great-Grandma Schnittker's House

Every year, Nick's extended family gets together at Papa and Grandma Schnittker's house and there has always been a special visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. It is so fun to see the excitement of the little ones when Santa and Mrs. Claus walk through the door. I can't wait to see what Evan's reaction will be like next year when he gets to sit on Santa's lap. He didn't seem to like it this year as you can tell in the following pictures. 

Family picture

Great-Great-Grandma Schlesselman, Nick and Evan

All of the little cousins sitting on Santa and Mrs. Claus' laps.

Great-Grandma and Papa Schnittker

Grandma and Grandpa Schnittker

All of the Schnittker girls (minus Nikki)

Evan wasn't so sure about sitting on Santa's lap

Evan on Mrs. Claus' lap and Gianni on Santa's lap

Evan and Mommy

Evan and his Great-Great-Grandma Schlesselman

Uncle Paul and his grandson Gianni

Aunt Tara getting her Evan time.

Christmas PJ's with Cousins

Mommy and Evan

Emily and Mason giving their cousin a kiss.

More Visitors

Matt getting some practice before his little one arrives in April.

Aunt Tracy stopped by to see her favorite nephew again.

Natalie and Annabelle wanted to meet Evan as well.

Reading with Daddy

Nick is reading a few books to Evan.

A Visit From Mimi!

Nick's mom lives in Arkansas so she is unable to see her grandchildren in Ohio as often as she would like. She made the trip to Ohio last week and was able to see Evan in person for the first time. She was so excited to see not only Evan, but Emily and Mason as well. They were just as excited to get to spend so much time with their "Mimi!"

Mimi holding Evan... she couldn't get enough of him!

Evan snuggling with Mimi

Mimi and her grandkids. They all LOVED having her here for Christmas!

Mimi and Evan taking a nap together.

Evan hanging out with Mimi

Pyloric Stenosis???

We have been a little concerned because Evan seems to spit-up more than normal, often a projectile vomit, and sometimes with a bit of blood. After a couple of visits to our pediatrician and a lot of monitoring, our peditrician thought Evan might have a condition known as Pyloric Stenosis and might possibly need to have surgery to correct the condition. He wanted Evan to see a pediatric surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic because they deal with this condition on a more regular basis. The surgeon did an exam on Evan and couldn't tell for sure if he had the lump in his belly so he decided to have an ultrasound done on Evan. This would allow him to tell if Evan in fact did have Pyloric Stenosis or not.

We forgot to bring in the stroller so they let us use a wheelchair to get Evan from the Dr.'s office on one side of the hospital to the radiology department for the ultrasound on the other side of the hospital. Thank goodness for the wheelchair because that is one big hospital to try to carry an infant car seat!

Nick was playing around with the chalkboard while we waited to be called back to have the ultrasound.

Evan lying on the bed after he had the ultrasound. The radiology technician was very good with Evan. You could tell that she had a lot of experience with small children. She took the results to show the radiologist and had to wait and see if she needed to take more pictures of Evan. He was a real trooper during the whole procedure.

He didn't like the cold gel or having his belly rubbed so hard for such a long time.

Daddy trying to calm Evan down while we waited for the results. Thank goodness he did not have Pyloric Stenosis afterall, which meant no surgery! Now we just need to figure out why he spits up so much.