To my perfect baby boy, You turned 8 weeks old yesterday! How -- oh HOW -- is that possible? You are growing so fast. Over the last 8 weeks, we have had a lot of help. Don't get me wrong...you are a VERY easy baby. I honestly thought it would be harder, but you are so chill and chunky and squishy and lovable that even all the sleepless nights and dirty diapers were...kinda fun! The day you were born, you grandma was staying with me and your dad in preparation for your arrival. The day you came home from the hospital, your nanuma, ThaTha, and auntie Swathi came down to see you too. Since then, your two grandmas have been swapping hanging out at our house to help me out. Well, it has now been 5 days that me and you are by ourselves! It has mostly been just me and you. Your dad is in his last few months of surgical residency. He is currently on his hardest/most time intensive rotation - Vascular surgery. He unfortunately started this rotation right when you were born, but lucki
Letters to Landon
My name is Kailyne Van Stavern. I am a pediatrician in Orange County CA, a wife and now a mother to the most perfect little boy, Landon Ellis, who was born on January 28, 2019. This blog is a compilation of letters that I will one day show Landon that document major events of his life.