Friday Phone Dump

Here are some pictures of my little ones!

Happy Friday People! We are going to see Santa Later! Can't wait!

Seven Month Weight Update

We went to the pulmanologist today and the babies were weighed.  They didn't get measured for length or head circumference but I thought I would update their weigths! 

Here is Daddy with the two naked babies!

So my teeny tiny girl Emma weighs: 13 lbs 10 oz

My chub a lub boy Levi weighs: 17 lbs 4 oz

They both got a good report at the doctor and got their third RSV prevention shot. Two more to go.

Happy Wednesday. Stay warm! We woke up to a dusting of snow! 

7 Months Old and Im in Denial

It's Sunday December 4 and my babies are 7 months old. How did this happen? Where have my teeny tiny babies gone?  I think it is even weirder that they have been home for five months. Maybe that is why it is still so weird to me that they are seven months old.  Slow down teeny tinies. Mommy is not ready for you to grow up!

During your seventh month we did a lot of fun things. Including:

• we went to your NICU follow up with the Developmental pediatrician. Both of you did really well scoring between 4-5 months for everything. I was really happy. We go back in March!
• We had your first Thanksgiving.
• Emma had her first and hopefully last ambulance ride
• We went to the pulmonologist. Levi your asthma is seems to be finally getting under control and you only need the breathing treatments every now and then.
• Emma went shopping with mommy
• We played with Aunt Jill lots of times
• Nonny and Poppy Butch visited
• We had your six month shots. Ouch

Some 7 month facts:

Levi:

• You have finally started rolling. You go from tummy to back and with a little help will go the other way
• you love to be tickled
• you love to be naked. you laugh whenever I get you undressed
• You are doing much better with holding your head up during tummy time
• you still aren't a fan of tummy time
• you love your car walker but mommy only lets you be in it for short periods of times
• we found out the hard way you are allergic to apples and pineapples.
• you take four 6-8 oz bottles and eat two "meals" a day
• you sleep through the night most nights. You go to bed around 7 and wake up anywhere between 6-8.
• we are working on taking better naps. You are doing pretty well with your morning nap and then we struggle the rest of the day
•  you are still doing physical therapy but i am thinking you wont need it much longer
• You have started to be afraid of strangers. You stick that bottom lip out!
• your eyes have started to change colors and are very similar to daddy's.
• Your hair is still really dark and there is a lot of it

Emma:

• you are still teeny tiny. We are still adding extra calories to your milk so you hopefully catch up with big brother
• you roll from tummy to back and the other way
•  you are a busy body! we never know where we will find you in your crib
• you are still the happiest baby and only cry is something is really wrong
• You do awesome at tummy time and are trying to scoot
• your eyes are still blue and I hope they stay that way
•  you still barely have any hair
• you try so hard to laugh but you just cant get the sound out. It sounds like a squeal
• you love love love to suck on  your fingers. you still don't take a paci
• you have started to like the exasaucer
• you take four 6-8 oz bottles and have two "meals" a day
• you are a great sleeper. You go to bed around 7 and wake up between 6-8.
• You are a pretty good napper but sometimes you just want to hang out.\

Neither would smile for their pictures. We will take some more later.  7 Month stats will be added after we go to the doctor on Tuesday.

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The Whole Helmet Story

A few housekeeping issues:

1. The new picture at the top of the blog was taken by my very good friend Jill Dyer. You can find her at http://www.johnjillhope.blogspot.com/.
2. Sassified Bows now has Holiday bows.  Please visit our shop at www.facebook.com/sassifiedbows to place an order!


Now on to the helmet story.

I can't remember where we left off last time but here is a little recap. We were trying the helmet. Levi HATED it. I don't even know if HATE is a strong enough word. He cried all the time. Not just crying but screaming, thrashing and pulling at his helmet.  So we were taking it slow trying to ease him into it. Even though the freaking helmet people wanted us to right away have him in it 23 hours a day. They don't have to live with the screaming so we were doing it our way. I was not convinced that the helmet was not causing him pain. Well we ended up missing an appointment because the little guy was sick so we ended up canceling and then it was thanksgiving so yes, we missed a whole week. I know this was probably a bad choice but I am not taking a child who has a weakened immune system out with a cold with the chance he could get something worse.  So anyway we went back this past Tuesday. A long story short we ended up yelling at the helmet people because they were trying to blame Clayton and I for his not wearing the helmet.  Not cool people not cool. So they ended up taking pictures of him in his helmet and sending them to the design team. They called me later that day to report that the helmet was in fact causing him pressure.  So we had two options. One make a new helmet and we would have to pay the entire fee again or stop treatment. Well we are not paying the money again so we chose to stop treatment. So we are trying to be OK with the shape of his head. So there you have it. The Whole Helmet Story!