Baby Trevor

He'll be talking non-stop pretty soon.

2012-01-18T18:39:00.000-08:00

Trevor is FINALLY saying sentences like, "Wanna go Mommy's car," "Watch Choo-Choo train," "Again, Jack-Jack," and "I get you, Mommy!" When we were in Tampa, every night on the way back to the hotel, he'd say something that sounded like "I'm serious." We could NOT figure out why he was saying this or what he was trying to say. It took a few days until we decided it was, "I see it." He loves to point out buses, trucks, firetrucks, ambulances, Nana's work, and Dana's car (the lady at daycare) every time we drive by or see them.
Last week, one morning he said "Spunky." It sounds more like Funky most of the time. He is also counting like crazy. He can count to 10, but of course still doesn't understand why. His favorite number to say is 5! We are practicing pointing to things as we count and saying them in the right order.

Christmas 2011

2011-12-30T10:05:00.000-08:00

We have had a GREAT Christmas break! It all started with a "surprise" visit (well, for everyone but me!) from Conor's best friend, his sister, and his niece starting Thursday night! His best bud Stephie drove all the way from Tennessee and showed up at around midnight. We decided we should wake Conor up by tapping him lightly on the shoulder. I should've know better, because he's done it to me before, but he awoke in a defensive stance about to karate chop/punch us in the face. He must've been dreaming about jui-jit-su. They got to hang out Friday while Jack and I went to one more day of school! As soon as I could, I left school and headed straight to the airport to get Kerry and Stephanie, Conor's sister and niece. Jack still didn't know, because he was reading his book the whole time. He didn't even know until we were about 5 minutes away from the airport. He asked why we were driving around Houston. I just kept saying that I just wanted to drive around. Then we went pulled into the airport, he was really curious. I went into this speech about how it's the holidays and we should be in the giving spirit and help people in need. So I said we should look for people who might need a ride somewhere. Maybe I went too far, but I hadn't really planned anything to say so this is what I came up with. As soon as we pulled in, he said, "Those old people look like they might need help." I had to keep making up excuses, like, "They probably already called someone," or "That guy is on the phone calling for a ride right now." Kerry was at the very end. When I stopped, I said, "Those people might need help." It was pretty funny. Stephanie is one year younger than Trevor. Jack kept her entertained the whole way home. We had a good time hanging out, eventhough Trevor wasn't a fan of sharing with her.
Saturday was Conor's graduation from UHCL. Two out of the three children would NOT sit still, so it was interesting. But we managed to get back to the seats in time to see him walk and then again as he exited! We are all super proud of him for getting his Masters degree!
Wednesday, Jack and I went to Space Center Houston! They had a super cool mind bender exhibit. (Thanks Jess for the free tickets) Jack figured out how to cheat the system and only did half the puzzles to get on the wall of fame. Some of those puzzles were really tough!
Friday, we left for Tampa to see Conor's grandpa. Trevor had a good time playing with everyone, even his great grandpa, who he called "papa." When he says Nanny, it sounds more like Ninny. He did "okay" on the plane. His temper is getting a little out of hand. Otherwise, when he's happy, we have tons of fun! Jack loved climbing the tree in Grandpa's backyard. He said he wasn't going to come down at one point. He said, "The grass is my bathroom, this stick is my pillow, and I don't need a blanket because it's too hot out here!" It was unseasonably warm (almost 80 degrees I think) up until we went to Universal Studios. We were seriously considering buying swimsuits for the hotel pool. A cold front came through the day after Christmas though. It was really chilly when we were in Orlando. We left Tampa at 6:30 (which was 5:30 our time!) to get there when they opened at 8. It's a good thing we did, because it was so packed, that when I left Conor and Jack in line at the Harry Potter ride to go to Seuss Landing, I couldn't get back in without a ticket (which wasn't for a few hours later)!! But Trevor and I had fun on the Dr. Seuss rides for a few times before the lines got too long. Afterwards, we went to the Orlando mall, which was also packed, for a bit of shopping. We got to go in the M&M store, which was really cool!
We have had such a good time! It's going to stink to go back to school next week. I would have to say Jack is a bit spoiled at times....he still gets to go shopping with his Uncle Jeremy, while I still have lesson plans to do. : (
Pictures below:
The boys having a serious discussion.
Jack the Chef cooking dinner, with a little help from Nanny.
Trevor giving Spiderman lots of hugs.
Trevor loving the Butterbeer so much, he would NOT give it up.
Riding on the carousel
Trevor cooking in his new kitchen
and the rest are pretty self-explanatory.

I love my boys, even...

2011-11-20T17:43:00.000-08:00

when Trevor climbs into the laundry basket and demands his sippy cup be delivered to him.

when Trevor climbs into his shopping cart for a front row seat to Barney.

when Conor posts a picture of Barney on his facebook account (don't ask why) causing Trevor to remember how much he apparently loves Barney.

when we watch the same four episodes of Barney non-stop since then.

when Trevor and Spunky try to hide in the kitchen cabinets.

when they turn the plastic video rocker chairs upside down to turn them into slides!

when Trevor locks the door to the garage while I'm doing laundry (note to self - don't do this again if Jack or Conor aren't there to let me back in).

when Spunky annoyingly cries at 3 in the morning to come inside, but then curls up on the bed with us.

when Jack lies to me repeatedly about stuff like how he submitted a drawing and now it's the new character on the cartoon show. Yeah right, Jack!

when both the boys sing along to Journey from the backseat, but tell me to be quiet when I sing it in the store.

when both the boys drink CapriSun and leave their empty containers all over the house so I never know who to blame.

when they spin each other around in the desk chair and cry when they get hurt.

when Trevor screams bloody murder all the way down the hallway after we drop Jack off at Sunday school.

but most of all,

when Trevor runs down the hall singing, "Where is Mommy, Where is Mommy, I don't know?" (to the best of his ability)

when Jack asks Trevor for a kiss, then a hug.

when they ride in the PowerWheels together laughing/screaming or just chillin down the road.

when Trevor yells, "MOMMY!" when he sees me at daycare.

when I put Trevor in Jack's old clothes and think of how cute they both are/were in it!

when they sing their ABCs together!

when I tell Trevor to get his shoes so we can leave and he says, "Jack?" because he wants him to come too.

I wouldn't change a thing! : )

2011-11-11T20:00:00.000-08:00

Trevor can sing his ABCs! He started doing it one day back at the end of September, but by now, it's recognizable! Last week, I was quizzing Jack over his spelling words. As he spelled them outloud, Trevor looked at him kind of funny and then started singing his ABCs. It was as if he was saying, "That's not right at all, Jack. It's like this!"

Trevor is still hitting Jack and me when he gets angry. I walked out of the room one time, and I could hear Jack talking to Trevor about how he should be nice to Mommy. Then he tells him he needs to go apologize to me, walks him down the hall holding his hand, and said, "What do you have to say to Mommy, Trevor?" I make Trevor apologize to Jack all the time, so Jack's heard that countless times. I'm glad he's actually using manners!

At a neighborhood garage sale where I was supposed to be making money, of course I spent plenty. I couldn't help but notice the race car bed like Jack used to have out in someone's yard as I drove in to set up. I felt it was fate that it was still there when I finally made it down there. So now Trevor has a blue race car bed too! He was super excited about it. I can't say he sleeps better in it, but it's pretty darn cool!

A few weeks ago, we went for Trevor's final evaluation with the Ages and Stages Clinic at Texas Childrens. I haven't received the actual results yet, so based on what I remember, he is behind on his gross motor skills. He wouldn't talk for them at all, even though he warmed up to them pretty quickly. His problem solving skills were above what they should be. That doesn't surprise me at all. He is just very determined. From now on, we'll meet with a doctor once a year that follows them as they get older just to check their progress. Once we were done there, even though it was obvious he was ready for his nap, we walked over to the NICU to see if his nurses from two years ago were there. One doesn't work there anymore, but the other main nurse, Angie, was there. She even remembered Jack and asked about him!

And then there was Halloween! Jack had planned to be a Lego man well over a month before Halloween. I had even purchased some of the materials to do it, well all of them because I didn't buy much, but of course waited until the week before to start it. I got the red Lego man for Jack and the Lego pieces for Trevor and I done the Friday and Saturday before so that we could go to the day care carnival. Then Sunday, I decided to make Conor a Lego costume as well. It was so awesome, I knew Jack would no longer think his red shirt was cool enough, so I made him a new "box" shirt that matched Conor's. The heads took the longest, so making another shirt was pretty quick and fun. As we trick or treated with my cousin and his family, a couple people asked to take our picture! I was impressed that Trevor kept it on all night. I was so worried that I'd spend the time to make it and he wouldn't want it on. Once it was on, he was good. We had a slight struggle at first. When I was taking their pictures, I caught myself saying, "Jack look at me. Smile." Then realized it was the whole head that needed turning. (oh, Dad didn't get the memo about wearing a long sleeve black shirt and black pants)

And finally, a crazy Jack story that made me laugh....
We were coming home last week and we were discussing his grades. His math grade was not good at all, and I was hoping it would come up before report cards. He mentioned that his handwriting grade wasn't going to be that good and he needed to work on it. I agreed. Then, as always, came his excuse. "Remember when I was in first grade and I almost broke my finger?" "Yes, Jack," I say as he grabs his LEFT fingers (I don't really remember which hand it was, but knew where he was going with this). He continues, "Well, it left them kind of bent." "Jack, what hand is that....what hand do you write with?" He says after thinking about it, left, and left. So I give him a pencil and tell him to act like he's going to write his name. We happened to be at a stop light now, so I look back and watch him place it in his left hand, with the help of his right hand, and position it somewhat correctly. He looks up at me like, "See?" So I give him a scrap of paper and tell him to write his name now. At this point, he thinks I'm not looking. He goes to do it, realizes he can't, and without raising his head, looks up to see if I'm looking as he switches the pencil into his right hand. I laughed and said, "HAH! I caught you!" He laughed too and continued to try and make up excuses about his handwriting! He is something else, but in an entirely different way than Trevor is. Even his old daycare teacher that we see at the dollar store agrees. She told her cashier friend they look alike, but are night and day!

Pumpkin Patch!!

2011-10-22T13:18:00.001-07:00

From Mickey to Cars. and Journey too!

2011-10-01T12:23:00.000-07:00

Trevor's obsession with Mickey Mouse has transferred over to Cars. He still loves Mickey and says "Mouse" whenever he sees him, but constantly asks for Cars. He watches that movie more than I could imagine. He even woke up in the middle of the night last night, and clear as day, said, "Cars! Mommy! Cars! Daddy! Cars!" But he went back to sleep eventually. Then at 5:30, he heard the train and said, "Choo-choo." Thankfully, he slept til about 7 today, even though I forgot to turn off my alarm!
Jack started CCE classes. The first week, Trevor threw a fit when we dropped off Jack. We couldn't even stay for church. I tried again the next week, but it was the same. It was pretty embarassing! At least he loves his brother!
He's getting pretty good at climbing too! He climbed into the jogging stroller all by himself several times. Next, he'll be strapping himself in!
The book fair is coming to school next week and Jack made a list with about $50 or more worth of books he wants. He asked if he could do chores for a few dollars. I told him if he cleaned his room really well, I'd buy him a book. I've NEVER seen that room more spotless besides the times I did it! Maybe I'll get him to mop and vacuum for another book too. He also kept it pretty clean when I was giving him a quarter for each day he kept it clean. Spunky gets in there and finds the little things and plays with them around the house. Trevor does the same too, I guess.
He doesn't pull Spunky's tail quite as much as he used to. And Spunky has ventured into the front yard many times now. I think he was out all night last night. He bit me pretty good when I wouldn't let him out earlier.
His other favorite phrase is, "Not nice!" He screams it at the top of his lungs sometimes, even when Jack is trying to share with him. The daycare said he was pushing kids one day, but then quickly said that the other kids do it, and he probably just picked it up from them. He swats his hand at us constantly. If you have any suggestions on how to stop that, PLEASE let me know. We put him in "timeout" because he seemed to know what that was from daycare, but it's not working. I guess that's better than standing and dancing on the kiddie table like the other two kids at daycare were doing.
Jack and I went to two concerts together last weekend! He came with me to BestFest, which was an outdoor concert downtown featuring CAKE. After we had to move because we thought our friend was being arrested after an incident of him using his super nice camera to get some really awesome pictures, we went to the back of the area. It was there I think I embarrassed Jack the most. My friend Mary pointed out that it wasn't as embarrassing as it was for the girl in front of us whose mom was dancing around like crazy.
Then we rushed off to the Woodlands for Journey! We caught the last song of Foreigner. Then when Journey came on, everyone stood up. He didn't want me to hold him up. I guess that was too embarrassing too! Then I made a deal with him...if he let me hold him up, we'd look at the shirts. He was okay with that. But when we went, they didn't have any kids' shirts and he was devasted!! We went back to our spot that our cool older couple neighbors saved for us and he fell asleep, granted it was really getting late by then. By the time we got to the car, we probably left 15 minutes before they would've stopped. I knew he should've taken a nap earlier in the day.

2011-09-15T17:00:00.000-07:00

I don't even know where to begin...Trevor has grown so much over the past month. A few weeks ago, he actually held Jack's hand at the store. He has been playing with him more and even gives him hugs and kisses! We fill out surveys for the Ages and Stages Program. They keep up with the development of preemies. Every few months we get a survey. When we get it there always seems to be something we are worried about. Then a few days after we mail it, he starts doing whatever we were worried about. So this month after we mailed it, he started talking so much more. He loves to climb on the couch to reach the light switch, then turn it on and off. He has also learned how to open the refrigerator. I think doorknobs might be next! YIKES! I'll post pictures soon!

2011-08-25T19:33:00.000-07:00

This past week, Trevor started saying Nana, Nanny, love you, and thank you (just today). He copies alot of what we say. He still loves Wheel of Fortune and yells "LOOK" when they spin the wheel. He said A, E, and H after the people on the show did yesterday. Last week, we were at Space Center Houston (Trevor's first trip) and he was squirming to get down and said, "I walk." I thought it was just a coincidence, but he's done it several times since. He'll pick up things and say either Mama, Daddy, or Dack (Jack) if he thinks it's ours, but its' more of a question (like he'll pick up Conor's shirt and say "Daddy's?") It's super cute. He even went to give it to Conor one time. Today, he picked up a big pack of paper towels that I had set down outside the car and he carried them in for me!! I made it a point to show Jack that he did it without me asking! : ) Jack complains ALOT and had just complained about carrying them at the store. The past two days have been the first in a LONG time that they've played together and had fun. Yesterday it was with the shopping cart Trevor got for his birthday. Jack never had one, so I think that's the reason behind it. Then today, they were sword fighting with foam poles and Trevor was yelling "Bang, Bang!"

Spunky is still Spunky. He has random attacks on us. Jack is getting a little upset with him because Spunky likes to go in his room and jump on everything, therefore knocking all the little things down, or forts. I think he needs to be an outside cat, but I can't leave him out there now when it's been over 100 degrees. So maybe in the fall he will go find new friends outside to keep him company.
We started school this week. After the first day, Jack said all they were doing this week was listening. He sounded incredibly bored about it. I explained that you had to learn all the teacher's rules so that was understandable. The second day, he said the same thing. The third day, without asking him, he said "We actually did something today. I was shocked." It was very hard not to laugh at that. I wasn't sure what to say.

It hasn't been as hard as I thought it'd be starting this year without Suzy. It's only because I've been so busy. At school, I'm usually not ready enough, so every spare moment I have I'm trying to think about what I should be doing. I have an interesting class this year. I know alot of the kids' parents, so it's kind of weird. Today we were practicing how to "waft" (smell something by waving the smell to your nose with your hand instead of just sniffing it) So I had different things in Dixie cups for them to smell. It made it more interesting because I made them close their eyes so they wouldn't see what it was. One of the kids reminded me of Ratatouille. It was so hard not to laugh. So I did it anyways - we all were. We had lots of fun. We had 8 different things to smell. On the eighth one, the principal and the superintendent of the district walked in the room. I had saved the best for last - apple cider vinegar. Of course I was laughing when he walked in b/c the last student had just smelt it and was holding his nose afterwards and complaining. So then Dr. York walks to the front and says he has to try it. I made him close his eyes first and then he didn't know what wafting was!! We had to help him out and he said he learned a new word. I didn't ask if he knew what the scent was. But after some clues, one of the kids blurted it out! It was a good way to end the day. It's been a great first week. I knew all their names by the end of day 1 - all 17 boys and 7 girls. I get to keep them all day this year, so this'll be interesting!! : )

2011-08-16T20:35:00.000-07:00

Trevor's come a long way in the past few weeks. He's finally saying Momma on a regular basis now, and even Daddy too! He says outside, mine, look, and the cutest is please. He gets very excited about seeing 18-wheelers on the road. He still did not like the beach, but Jack sure does.

2011-07-18T07:26:00.000-07:00

The second picture is of Trevor and Spunky taking a nap. I was stuck in the middle of them! Then we have Brooklyn (I believe) with Dumo (Jack's buddy). She didn't know what to think of that. Then one of Trevor is Spunky's new play area, that they enjoyed more at first than the cat (see video...they also liked the mouse toy almost more than Spunky). Then Jack digging for gems, Trevor at the beach, celebrating 2009 (...WHAT?), Trevor in Dad's flipflops, and Jack feeding one of the girls (I knew which one then, but now I'm not sure!).

Trevor and Jack are both in daycare full time now since Conor started his new job last week! Jack likes it alot. He was getting pretty bored at home. Friday I picked up Trevor, told him to say bye and he went back in the room and gave one of his friends a high five and walked right back out. It was so cute. Then he picked up his blanket and pillow and carried them outside. We went to the beach again this weekend and I got him to play in the sand for a little bit. We even sat in the water after a little bit of fussing. Jack and Jeremy had a blast on the float and few waves there were. Trevor is now saying "please" and "yes" sometimes, although yes to him is "uh-uh" which really sounds like no. I had him putting his hands together like he was begging a few times. Instead of "open" he says something like "gunk."

Spunky ~ The Kitten

2011-06-26T20:00:00.000-07:00

Yes we got a kitten on Thursday. The look on Jack's face when we asked him if he wanted one was priceless! He even agreed to clean the litter box, although that hasn't happened yet. Jack said he already had a name for him - Spunky. Not sure where that came from AT ALL, but after meeting him, it definitely fits. He has already scratched up Trevor's face, but what do you expect when Trevor gets up in his face. We need to trim his claws....soon.
After putting the flea medicine on him today, we couldn't touch him after being at the beach all day. Jack was in there talking to him saying, "I can't pet you Spunky. But I would if I could."
Speaking of the beach, Trevor absolutely hated it, while Jack wouldn't come out of the water according to Jessica, who went to the beach while Dusty and I watched the girls. Little did I know he took the calm one outside and I was left with the fussy baby and the other fussy baby, Trevor. After Trevor stopped his ear piercing screams, Brylee (I think) fell asleep on me while Trevor pulled at my pant's leg.

Then to dinner for Jeremy's birthday. It went much better than I thought it would with three small children. Trevor was happy and walking around giving my mom hugs and rolling the crayons across the table. We came home to an extremely hyper kitten and a pop up tent in the living room. The video shows what happened next.

Jack's birthday party yesterday was a success! It was a scientist party so we did several experiments. Some didn't turn out as well as planned, but the kids still loved it. Based on my past experience with making cakes at the last minute, I was a bit nervous about this one. But it turned out just as planned, except I was so rushed that I forgot to put the markings on the beaker. Jessica brought the girls, so the grandmas got to entertain them!

2011-05-31T17:27:00.000-07:00

This is a video of Trevor dancing of course to "Don't Stop Believing." (Jack's all time favorite song) He does it quite a bit lately (both Trevor dancing and Jack listening to the song). He has also started blowing kisses and waving more. He let my cousin Ashley and my boss hold him this past week! This is not normal for him, but it's a good thing for sure! We took a trip to the lake this weekend and Jack did two cannonballs off the boat. Trevor was not a big fan of the lake, so we didn't even get on the boat with him. He loves the water, but I think it was a bit cold for him. I think Jack would have a blast floating down the river, so we're trying to plan a trip in July to do that. Trevor is still being a big bully at home and sleeping worse than ever. We had to leave the lake at 6:30 am because he was screaming his head off several times (sorry guys if he woke you up). After a stop at HEB to get milk, he was a little better. He was playing with my phone at one point, and when I asked for it back, he dug down in his seat for it and handed it to me. It's amazing how much he knows compared to what he says. He's been following directions very well. But he got up at 5 today and proceeded to scream until 5:40, at which point I only had about 30 minutes to sleep. Needless to say, I reset the alarm and rushed to get ready today. My sister's babies aren't doing much better at sleeping this week. I'm afraid Trevor taught them some bad habits. I feel sorry for Jess and Dusty in about 8 months. Sorry, and good luck! Maybe by then, Trevor would have gotten better and I can help them out more. Now every time I go over to Jessica's house, I chase Trevor around and try to keep him from screaming and waking up the babies.
I realized I learn something new almost everyday. It's not just a saying. The other day I learned what the word depilatories meant thanks to Mary. Today I learned how much patience I have. I think anyone who has a 10 year old laugh in their face while they say, "No, I don't want to and don't have to," and who doesn't do anything inappropriate here would have the patience of a saint. Apparently I do. Thankfully, I only have ONE AND A HALF days of it left, and I can rest assured Jack will NEVER be that kid. I also learned today that Trevor can climb up in my rolling office chair and that he loves Oreos like his mom (neither a very good thing).
And I'm a little upset after a series of events that have taken place in my front yard. First, it included a pile of dirt covering half of the front yard due to a pipe of some sort being dug up by the sidewalk. This impeded our attempts at driving the Power Wheels in our normal loop around the street. The grass was already high, but I thought I'd look pretty stupid mowing a small section of grass around a huge pile of dirt. So I didn't mow. Then they put the dirt back after at least a week (imagine now how high the grass is now, really just weeds) and I realize the sidewalk has been torn up too. After a few days, they put new grass down. I was too busy to mow or water the grass, so the weeds grew and the good grass died - a pretty sorry looking yard. Then I get a letter saying I need to mow ASAP! OOPS! So we did. And THEN....four days later, after my new, dead grass is finally starting to turn green and the weeds are already growing back, they go and dig up some grass to get to pour a the new sidewalk!!!!!! You would think they would put the new grass after the new sidewalk, but NO! We'll see if they get it fixed right this time!
Trevor had a blast after running around the trampoline with Jack. Maybe if I don't lock myself out of the house next time we go back there, I'd have a camera to record it.
Lastly, I have to mention the words of a 7 year old....
We were at a garage sale two weekends ago where I found a Top Gun Soundtrack on record. When I went to pay for it, Jack asked why I was so excited about it. I told him it was Suzy's favorite soundtrack/movie. He said, "But Suzy passed away, and she's in Heaven now." All I could say was, "Yes, Jack, I know."

new words

2011-05-26T17:58:00.000-07:00

Everyday when I pick Trevor up at daycare, the teacher, who he loves, tells me something positive, never, ever negative, that he has done. I LOVE THAT! So today, she trys to get him to say his new word, yellow, but he was too excited to see me. So after being home for a while, I get the camera out and try to get him to say it. He happened to be wearing a yellow shirt today so it worked out well seeing that the word of the week at school is yellow.
He said it and when he watched it on the camera, he would do it again.

He has also started trying to do "raspberries" with his mouth, not tongue yet. He learned last week to blow kisses.

New and exciting

2011-05-16T18:02:00.000-07:00

Trevor's personality is coming out more and more (for the better and for the worse). He just started making car noises while pushing around things. It took me a few times to figure out that was what he was doing. The first few times it was while I was holding him and he did it up and down my arm. Then Sunday morning, we woke up and he started trying to tickle me. It was so cute because I do it to him all the time and he finally learned to do it back. He laughed when he did it too. He has started climbing on the couch, lazy boy type chair, and his bed and then dancing on it. He hasn't fallen off yet, though, which is a good thing. He also dances alot more to music, especially "Old McDonald." The other day, another kid at daycare scratched up his face because Trevor tried to take his toy. I'm really surprised Trevor didn't hit him back. He's kind of a bully to Jack. He loved the sprinkler. Whereas Jack would run away screaming, and still does, the second the water hits his face, Trevor stood in front of it and just laughed as he got soaking wet, fully dressed. I was really just trying to water the grass. He loves looking at planes in the sky. We were at a friend's house near NASA and saw numerous planes within two hours and every time, Trevor stopped, pointed to his ear when he heard it and would find it in the sky and point to it.

2011-05-02T17:31:00.001-07:00

Trevor is waving a little more. Yesterday after visiting with the twins, we got in the driveway and he waved and said bye-bye twice. Of course, when I want him to say it, he never does. He's getting better about not screaming every time we come inside, but when he does scream, it's ear-piercing. His other favorite thing to say is uh-oh. He has started clapping along to songs, on tv and in the car. He also dances and swings his arms during songs on tv. While in the bathtub, he has started swinging his arms back and forth very quickly. He loves to splash around, which is the complete opposite of how Jack was. Jack didn't get to visit much with the babies because the night before he and his friend stayed up until midnight. So he decided it was time to nap on the way to Jessica's and couldn't wake up after that.

Trevor had strep throat last week. Two weeks before that he had a double ear infection and upper respiratory infection. The doctor said the one good thing is that his immune system will be super good when he gets older. He loves daycare and is doing so well there that I hate to take him out. We'll see how the next month goes. Hopefully during summertime, the illnesses will lessen. Easter didn't go so well. I was sick the entire four day weekend. Needless to say, the Easter bunny made a late apppearance, but left lots of goodies to make up for it.

One Final Roadtrip

2011-04-15T16:07:00.000-07:00

This has been the hardest past few days that I've been through. I've had sleepless nights of crying before when Trevor was in the hospital, first as a preemie then last December with RSV. We went through some really tough moments, but the next day we'd be greeted by smiling nurses telling us how he's such a fighter and how well he was doing. Then it'd be a happy, thankful day and the tears would stop. This is different though. There's not an end to this.

Recently, Suzy and I had had some pretty deep conversations about life in general. She couldn't understand how people could get so mad that they had to throw things or yell or just sit and mumble to themselves. I told her that was perfectly normal for most people. We talked about how she never let things bother her to that point and how I wished I could be more like her in that respect.

Even if she couldn't teach me patience, she was able to teach me numerous life lessons. In college, we had such a diverse group of friends. I never understood why our different groups of friends could never get along. Suzy could get along with anyone, even people who hardly spoke English. Now I realize it was her that taught me to be more accepting of anyone and everyone.

Suzy was also good, as we all know, at talking people into doing things, no matter how crazy it sounded. It didn't take much for her to convince me to pack up, change colleges, and move to Murray, KY. If I had a dollar for every time I've been asked "Why Murray?" I'd be rich. I'd always laugh and just say, "My best friend and her brother go there." I didn't bother explaining much more. The four short semesters we spent in Murray were full of the best times we had together. She managed to convince her boss at UPN 9 24 to hire me too. We got hooked on watching 7th Heaven together at work since it played every day at five before we went home. Sometimes we'd stay late to see the end of it. Then we'd head across the street to Fifteenth and Olive for a drink, or for me to watch her drink a beer, or to just visit with whoever might be there that we knew. We kayaked in Land Between the Lakes, skied in Indiana, hiked at Red River Gorge, went white water rafting in Chatanooga, took a road trip to Memphis to visit Graceland, visited the Country Music Hall of Fame then decided it would be a great idea to jump in the car (and I mean literally, within an hour) and drive to Cleveland to go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I still remember she got a speeding ticket in Manville, Ohio. I tried to convince them to take the scenic route back through Pennsylvania, but everyone was sick of being in the car and Suzy was still mad about her ticket. We helped throw the best party Murray had ever seen. That included the police telling us never to do that again, making a pretty good amount of money, and an early morning trip to The Log Cabin to buy everyone breakfast with our profits! We had numerous trips to Baytown on planes and in the car jamming to Weezer with the windows rolled down. For some of our trips we were accompanied by the brave souls from Murray that we convinced to come visit Texas with us. That's when we took our tour of Texas to show off how awesome it is here.

Working with her this year had been wonderful! We helped each other during some pretty crazy days with the kids and complained about it over lunch at the picnic tables. We had started a garden with the kids for their class project. I warned her that I don't do well with plants, but she insisted that it would be ok. When she called me the day Bear was born, I said, "Suzy, you're not having this baby yet are you? You can't leave me yet!" I joked about her being 2 weeks late so she wouldn't have to come back at the very end of the year. She had read somewhere that hospitals have more births on full moons, but that would mean waiting until the 18th. She didn't like that idea much. So she promised the garden would be ok. She never let anything worry her.

I recently read about a family who lost their loved one and how they finally knew things were okay when they saw something that had a lot of meaning to him and the family. I thought how cool, but how would you know it was a sign from them? Well, last Friday morning, barely 24 hours after she passed away, I was holding Trevor and asked Jack to turn on the television while we got ready for school. The first thing I saw on the Disney Channel were clips from older Disney cartoon movies of mothers holding their babies. It took a few seconds to process, and the commercial, or whatever it was, didn't last long, but I sat there and realized that was Suzy's way of telling me she's ok and to take good care of her babies for her! Suzy was always there for me when I needed someone to watch Jack or Trevor, and of course I will do the same for Morgan and Bear.

The only explanation I have for this is that it's just another of her spur of the moment road trips. She decided Heaven sounded like a fun place to be and just like all of our other road trips, once she made up her mind, there was no turning back.

Hear You Me by Jimmy Eat World

There's no one in town that I know

You gave us some place to go

I never said thank you for that.

I thought I might get one more chance.

What would you think of me now,

so lucky, so strong, so proud?

I never said thank you for that,

now I'll never have a chance.

May angels lead you in.

Hear you me my friends

On sleepless roads the sleepless go

May angels lead you in.

And if you were with me tonight

I'd sing to you just one more time.

A song for a heart so big,

God wouldn't let live.

May angels lead you in.

2011-04-08T06:28:00.000-07:00

We lost one of the most positive, carefree and loving individuals yesterday morning. My best friend since 6th grade passed away. She had her beautiful baby boy Bear on Sunday after calling me to tell me her contractions were 7 minutes apart. I told her if she didn't leave for the hospital right then, I was coming over there to get her. I think I finally convinced her when I told her if she waited much longer, she wouldn't be able to get an epidural. I'm almost positive she was able to get one because she called not long after having the baby and said how easy and smooth it was. The doctors told her not to tell anyone how easy it was. She went home Tuesday and I got to visit briefly with them. I have had a bad cough and didn't want to spread germs, but I had to see them. Wednesday she didn't feel great at all and ended up going to her doctor that evening. She was immediately sent to the hospital for antibiotics due to an infection. Before I went to bed, her mom called to tell me this and asked for prayers. She hung up so quick, I didn't know what to think and didn't want to bother them by calling up there. About 2:30am John called and asked me to come up saying things had gotten much worse. They eventually got her stable and were going to transport her to Herman Hospital. Right before the transfer something went wrong. They decided to transfer her anyways and she passed away during the transfer, or right after getting there. I am so thankful John called me so I could be with the family for support.

After reading everything people are posting on Facebook about her, I don't think I could say it better than they already have. She made me who I am today. When you are around someone sooo much, you begin to pick up their mannerisms. I'm happy to say there will always be a part of her in me. We were pretty much opposites, but that helped keep us level headed and our feet on the ground. I'm so glad Jack got to know what a great person she was. It'll be hard on Monday walking into school because most of the time we arrived within minutes of each other and walked in together. If she saw me coming down Bayway, she'd wait outside the car, and if I saw her flying down the street, I'd do the same. A few times, we pulled up at the same time and had a mario-kart type race to park. I let her win because I didn't want anyone to get hurt! : )

The kids call me Mrs. Gregory half the time in class and I never corrected them because I didn't mind being call that at all.

I couldn't sleep much last night thinking back on all my memories from the first day I saw her in the gym at Baytown Junior, to orchestra, to road trips across states, countless airplane trips from Murray to home, switching out which bunk we'd get in the dorms every semester to be fair. I could go on forever I think. But I'll stop for now.

waving finally

2011-03-28T17:14:00.000-07:00

After a long day of high-fiving, I decided if he could do that, then he could wave. So by the end of the day, he was waving. Sometimes it's a double hand wave. He won't always do it when you want him to either. It kind of looks like he's dribbling a baskbetball. He loves to carry around the basketball and always looks up at the goal.

We made it to the beach twice this spring break (once for the St. Patty day parade and another just for fun). The second time the field behind us had bluebonnets everywhere.

Trevor LOVES riding in their Power Wheels. I'm glad we're finally getting some use out of it. Trevor tries to climb up in it by himself. I'll be in trouble when he gets tall enough to reach the pedals. We finally turned up the speed so Jack had a BLAST! He didn't want to come in. Now everytime we come inside, Trevor throws a huge fit. You probably think I'm exagerating, but it involves screaming and banging his head on things. I can't even go in the garage to do laundry anymore with out him seeing me and throwing a fit because he can't play outside.

Finally! Videos!

2011-03-20T15:48:00.000-07:00

Latest news

2011-03-18T17:26:00.000-07:00

There are lots of pictures and videos since the last post that I will try to post! First of all, Jessica had the twins on March 7th. I can't believe they're only 10 days old!! Here is a link to her blog. It's much more entertaining than mine! It's cejkatwins.blogspot.com

Trevor's been back in daycare since February 7th. I think his speech has actually gotten worse. All he does now is babble and scream. He also started banging his head on the floor (tile or carpet) and wall when he gets mad. I asked today if he does it at daycare, and they said no, but another kid does. Hmm...I wonder where he learned that one from.

He loves to ride in Jack's Power Wheels truck. He even tries to crawl into it when we are in the garage. We have been taking daily walks/rides as soon we get home from daycare. The weather has been beautiful, and I don't know what we'll do when it gets too hot or the mosquitos get too bad.

Today, Trevor came home with his first bite mark. I won't be surprised if he bit the kid back though. I didn't see it until we were home, so I didn't get to ask them about it.

Jack and Trevor have lots of fun jumping on the trampoline.

We went to the zoo this week. Jack got a mood changing necklace with a frog on it that he is VERY proud of. His hair is getting very long...eventually we'll go get it cut.

videos for real

2011-02-22T18:32:00.000-08:00

Here is Trevor and me playing ball and him talking on the phone. Since I got my new phone, he is not allowed to play with mine! The last one is from tonight. Jack was playing a boxing game. Trevor was laughing hysterically at him and then it looks like he is trying to fight him. When I said, "Don't hit him," I meant that to Jack because Trevor got close to him earlier and he wacked him with the Wii remote. Trevor thought that was funny too though.

Trevor has started unstacking and stacking the big plastic blocks. Then he puts them in obscure places, like the refrigerator door. This was the same age when Jack broke my glasses while with a babysitter and hid part in one of his toys. It took quite a while to find the frames, but they were all twisted up so it didn't really matter.

Jack is been obsessed with making things from paper. He had some classmates help him make this castle (not sure why he had time to make it during school though).

Talk about progress!

2011-01-30T17:22:00.000-08:00

Wow! Trevor's come a long way in the past 3 weeks! He is still saying mama, and now he knows what it means. He also says nana for banana. Sometimes he walks around so fast it's like he's running. He had a few days where he was climbing like crazy, but I think he forgot he knows how to climb lately. Yesterday, he picked up my phone and held it to his ear and said something that sounded like hello. Then he continued to walk around the living room doing that. It was too cute. Of course when I try to video him, he acts like he doesn't do it, but I caught him doing it once at the very beginning of the video.

He got an RSV shot last week. He'll get one more in February that will protect him for that month. By March, he should be good. We still do a few puffs on an inhaler twice a day, but at least it's not the machine that takes 15 to 20 minutes. He hated that thing! He doesn't care for the inhaler either, but it only takes a few seconds.

Jack's doing better. He participated in the Spelling UIL team at school (we will never do this again). I'm so glad it's over. One, because I helped organize our school's teams, and two, Jack HATED studying his spelling words. He's taking a break from karate and jui jit su. He'd been doing it for almost a year and a half and was just getting tired of it. We might look into socceer or boy scouts. He still building forts like crazy. He used the cardboard from Trevor's new carseat and set it up in his room last week. It's still there. I'll attach the video later.

videos

2011-01-11T17:20:00.000-08:00

One is Trevor talking while he's eating. The only solid foods he'll eat are graham crackers, kix, bread, bananas, and pinto beans. Healthy, huh?

Back to normal

2011-01-03T16:17:00.000-08:00

Trevor is doing great. Last Thursday, he went for a checkup and the doctor said his lungs sounded great. He is babbling ALOT more now. He also is able to stand up by himself (without having to hold on to something). He started saying mama, but I'm pretty sure it's still randomly. He still needs to get his 15 month immunizations. Since he was sick so much in November, we couldn't keep an appointment for them. Hopefully this week he can get those out of the way and an extra check up.

Jack's been super grumpy the past few days. Hopefully, when school starts he'll cheer up alot. He's been building forts like crazy and making a mess of the living room in the process. Trevor enjoys the forts though!

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-24T22:44:00.000-08:00

Wednesday night, they moved him to a regular room. Thursday night they said they'd take him off the oxygen and see how he did, however, that didn't happen until Friday morning (Christmas Eve). The doctor said the oxygen levels would drop while he slept, so they wanted to see how he'd do sleeping before they okay'd him to go home. Well, it's kind of hard to tell that if you don't sleep! His first 15 minute nap showed that his levels dropped and we woke him up trying to get the oxygen back on. But, when he woke up, his levels went back up, so we left him alone. His next nap didn't come until very late in the afternoon/evening. His levels stayed where they should, so the doctor at the hospital discharged him. We left the hospital by 8 p.m.

He's very weak. He tries to sit up, but gets worn out easily. I'm not sure how much weight/muscles he lost, but I know it will take some recovery time and some good eating to get back to 100%. He has an inhaler he will take twice a day and the breathing treatments if his wheezing comes back. The doctor said if it comes back and three breathing treatments in a row don't help, to head back to TCH. But HOPEFULLY it won't come to that! We are going to try to stay indoors and he is not going back to daycare until flu season is over! His body can't afford to go through this again! Thanks so much for all the thoughts and prayers over the past 10 days. He's our little miracle baby!!

2010-12-22T16:16:00.000-08:00

Even better news!

2010-12-22T15:45:00.000-08:00

Today, his chest tube was removed! This means he is waiting to be moved back to the pediatric unit like he was in before. Conor said he is acting more like himself, so I think all the meds are finally wearing off.
Per my sister-in-law's request, I am adding an update on baby Jack too! haha. He made the most awesome robot from nothing but pieces of whatever it was at Space Center Houston yesterday. I was freaking out that he hadn't come out of the kids' play area for almost 40 minutes, but was afraid to go look for him, thinking he might come out while I was gone. I finally just went searching b/c I was ready to go and found him behind the play area all by himself building a robot. He said he "told me he was going to be there." So he built this from scratch. It fell apart a few times while I helped him finish it up so we could leave, and he knew exactly where to put the parts back. He even knew the direction the motors had to be facing for the arms to turn like he wanted them to. Much thought was put into this and he was very sad he couldn't bring it home with him or even put legs on it.
The next video is self-explanatory and hilarious too! Needless to say, we had a blast! Thanks Big Jack for the free tickets!

Day 6 of ICU

2010-12-22T06:37:00.000-08:00

Trevor was up much of the night. He wasn't fussy unless a nurse or doctor came in. He just stared around. They say when they come off the meds that he was on, this usually happens. He's been sleeping so much lately, he probably isn't tired. They just gave him a little bit of morphine so he wasn't just quitting pain meds cold turkey. He's breathing good, just a little fast. No word on the chest xray from this morning, so hopefully that's a good thing. Here's another picture of him, but looking a little happier than the first picture.

Good news!

2010-12-21T18:17:00.001-08:00

This afternoon, at 3:30. they took the breathing tube out. It was funny because just this morning, they said it wouldn't be able to happen today. His numbers had been dropping this morning, so I'm not sure what made them change their mind and try. They left in the tube in his chest just in case they need it again (it helped somehow reinflate his lung). It's been 5 hours now and he's doing great! At first he was exhausted and fell asleep. Then he woke up and seemed happy, almost smiled, and was squirming like crazy! Now he's back asleep, hopefully for the night, eventhough the nurse still has to come in and look at him.
I haven't been able to hold him since Thursday, so hopefully tomorrow they'll take out the tube and he will be a bit more mobile. They took a chest xray about an hour ago, but have not looked at it yet, or told me at least. They said if it looked ok, he'd get to eat. They also took out the feeding tube, so I guess he'll get a bottle! The first one since Wednesday!

Santa visited, again!! He got a stuffed Mickey Mouse and two toys from him! So far, he's gotten more presents from the Santa up here than we got him! This picture is right after they took all the tubes out.

Update

2010-12-20T10:47:00.000-08:00

Trevor's pediatrician stopped by this morning and said he's looking much better. She hadn't seen him since the craziness on Friday. His right lung has reinflated, and he is on minimal ventilator support. We'll see how he does as they slowly decrease that support. The chest xrays have looked good since Friday and his lungs are finally starting to sound better!

Back in the hospital

2010-12-19T21:25:00.000-08:00

Just over a year after coming home from TCH, Trevor was back in it! Ever since he got sick at the end of October, there always seemed to be something wrong everytime we turned around. He'd get better for a few days, but then have a fever for a few days. I think the earache came back once, then he got a rash everywhere. The doctor said it was a virus and that the rash was a sign it was almost gone. Then within a week, he started having a cruddy cough. The doctor said this time he almost had pneunomia and he started breathing treatments at home. I think that time, he ended up missing 8 1/2 days of daycare within two weeks. I think he went back the week after Thanksgiving. Then was okay until last Saturday, the 11th. He had a fever again. The nurse said to give him Benadryl for some reason. Then the next day, he started wheezing, so we started breathing treatments. Monday got worse and I almost took him to the ER, which I probably should have, but we waited until Tuesday morning. The doctor said he had the flu and pneumonia and was sent straight to the ER at TCH. He spent 6 hours in the ER before we got moved to a room. Then Wednesday was an okay day. He got a bear from Santa and some building blocks. This picture was taken before he went to ICU. They tested him for RSV and said he had that. They haven't mentioned the flu since Wednesday, but I think he did have that and they gave him Tamiflu to treat it. Thursday night, I noticed his breathing was much worse and told the nurse. They looked and said they'd keep an eye on him. Well, Friday morning, his vital signs dropped and he was moved to ICU.

They hooked him to a breathing tube and took a chest xray. His lung was leaking air out into the chest cavity, causing an air pocket that made the lung collapse a bit. They had to insert a tube in his chest. The first two attempts were not successful at removing the pocket of air, but the third time worked. He still has the tube, I'm not completely sure why. Since he looked so pale, they had called me to say he might need a blood transfusion, but after testing his blood, his levels were okay. His pediatrician said he's always that pale, then they realized we are too. Saturday and Sunday have been stable. They put in a feeding tube yesterday and are giving him formula. They are slowly trying to decrease the amount of oxygen he is getting. Once the breathing tube is out, he can go back to the regular room. No word on how long it'll be.

He's walking!

2010-12-04T18:06:00.000-08:00

2 months later

2010-11-12T18:33:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I updated this! He has 8 teeth now! They are very easy to see. His drooling has lessened considerably. He was doing alright at daycare. He finally got used to it and stopped crying in the mornings after a while. But there were some nights when he would wake up every hour screaming. I think it was because he had been given dairy (one time it was milk, pudding once, and grilled cheese). Each time, I talked to the director about how he can't have dairy products. I was told to tell the teacher, however, the teacher in the mornings did not feed them lunch, so the message wasn't being passed on. Once the excuse was that it was "low-fat"milk in the pudding, and lastly, that the employee didn't know that government cheese had milk in it. That's where I drew the line, and we switched daycares. He's been in the new one 4 days and each day has been GREAT!
He had his first earache about 2 weeks ago, which caused a fever of 103 two nights in a row. He also began standing up and clapping his hands. Each time, Jack would say "Look Mommy!! Trevor is standing by himself! Good job, Trevor!" Even after the tenth time, Jack acted like it was the first! Last Saturday, at my sister's house, I stood him up. He looked around and took 7 steps, like it was nothing! He did it one other time, but we had a hard time getting him to do it at home. He's taken a few here and at the new daycare, but nowhere near 7 again!!
He's become more vocal. He says da-da alot, but at lots of things, not just at Conor. Jack still makes him crack up laughing all the time. I think he broke our television by banging repeatedly on it. Hopefully it's repairable under our warranty. We have to wait until Thursday to find out. He had his first trip to Tennessee at the end of October. He was really good on the way there (we drove) and did good during the rest of the trip too! The way home was not so much fun.
That's about it! I can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving. That was his due date, so he'll be like a one-year old would be. I'll post pictures soon! There's alot!

Catch up

2010-09-14T18:54:00.000-07:00

Trevor has 5 teeth now! One of them is just now coming in. He started daycare the week of his birthday. He's doing better now that he's adjusted. He's still crawling super fast and pulling himself up on everything. He likes to eat papers that he's not supposed to eat. Sometimes he thinks he can stand up by himself, and for a few seconds he can. One picture is of our "green eggs and ham dinner." Trevor had green peas and ham. He also made his first official beach trip two weeks ago. He LOVED playing in the sand. And yes, he might have tasted a bit too. He tried to eat seaweed, but didn't get that far. Jack made an Abraham Lincoln hat at school, and he thought it'd be funny to put on Trevor. The other picture is of his sophisticated superhero pose.

Happy Birthday!

2010-08-19T19:50:00.001-07:00

Trevor had a good birthday! Instead of cake, he had watermelon! He loves it!!! In the evening, he started clapping his hands together! He does it for just a little bit in the video I'll try to post. We've been working on pat-a-cake for a while now. It's his favorite thing to do besides peek a boo. I also found that he likes spinning in circles (even though I learned this week that kids don't get as dizzy as adults do).

Successful surgery

2010-08-09T08:16:00.000-07:00

Trevor had a cyst removed this morning. It was at the corner of his eye. It just seemed to pop up one day, and the doctor said it would grow very slowly and would eventually need to be removed. We decided to go ahead and do it because the scar would be smaller and he wouldn't remember a thing! He did so great! He had a bottle @ 1 a.m. and we arrived at 6 a.m. It was all done by 8:30 and we left at 9! He was smiling and laughing in the car and hasn't slowed down a bit. He'll go on Thursday for a follow-up visit.

2010-07-25T12:25:00.000-07:00

Trevor started crawling about two weeks ago! Now he is pulling himself up!

Flashback

2010-07-10T12:01:00.001-07:00

I was just sitting in Trevor's room rocking him to sleep, looking at the pile of clothes he has outgrown. I can remember the day he was big enough to wear clothes! Sounds funny! But it took about a month and a half for him to be big enough to be allowed to wear clothes! It is so great to hear all the doctors that we see (it's been a few the past few weeks!) say how healthy he is for being so early. They always sound so surprised. At the eye doctor, he said his vision was good, which I know can be a big problem for preemies. He's a lucky kid and has the best big brother ever!!

Trevor's developmental check-up

2010-07-07T20:38:00.000-07:00

Last Friday, we took Trevor to the Ages and Stages Clinic at Texas Children's. They send us surveys about his development to follow up with him. His corrected age (age from his due date) then was 7 months 5 days. I didn't actually figure that out - they did. So they observed him to see how he compares to a 7 month old. There was a doctor, a physical therapist, an occupational therapist and I think a psychologist there. He pretty much just played with toys and they made noises to see how he responded. They were very impressed with his physical abilities - trying to crawl and sit up, grabbing toys, but speech wise, he is behind about three months (so like a 4 month old). But Jack was behind too, we just didn't get it official until he was about a year and a half old. He has since started squealing when he is happy and is becoming more vocal. They saw how needy he is and this doctor agreed that letting him cry it out in his crib would not work for him. He needs to learn to comfort himself, so we need to figure out how we can get him to do that. He's still at 16 pounds but eating baby foods like crazy! We are so blessed to have a healthy baby!

Trevor can sit up!

2010-06-29T09:39:00.000-07:00

Trevor is now able to sit up on his own for a little bit. He still tumbles over every now and then. When he is trying to crawl, he can get to a half way sitting up position from his belly. He scoots around, but I don't think it's officially crawling yet.

Pictures!

2010-06-16T13:51:00.000-07:00

Trevor is trying very hard to crawl. Last week he started putting his knees under him and wobbles back and forth.

Doctor visit

2010-06-11T13:17:00.000-07:00

Trevor went to his 9 month check up on Tuesday. He is almost 16 pounds and 27 1/2 inches long. He is close to catching up with where he should be. The doctor was surprised at how long his is. She said he should be eating things with protein and we still had him on stage 1 foods. So he's got some catching up to do on his eating. She said he should sleep better when he gets three meals a day. He has not been sleeping good at all, but we're really going to work on getting him to sleep without a bottle and him getting himself back to sleep on his own when he wakes up.
He went in a swimming pool for the first time today! He loved it! It had a very shallow end, (only about a foot deep) so he could stand up in it. He loved splashing his hands in it. Maybe he'll like baths better now. He has also started putting his knees underneath him when he's on his belly. I think he'll be crawling any day now!

2010-06-01T16:38:00.000-07:00

Trevor has had peaches and sweet potatoes now. He's not a fan of peaches, but loves the sweet potatoes. He is still trying hard to crawl. He scoots backward. He smiles at strangers and still thinks Jack is the funniest thing alive. Although in this video it was me making him laugh. One time in the car Trevor started randomly laughing at Jack. He has been to the beach three times now (not actually on the beach, just to the house) and to the pool yesterday. When he sees someone eating, he'll start smacking his lips and can hold his spoon (with no food on it of course)!

2010-05-14T16:44:00.000-07:00

I thought Trevor loved green beans and bananas, but he absolutely loves green peas. He rolls over like crazy. It looks like he is trying to crawl. He's about 15 pounds now.

2010-04-28T16:19:00.000-07:00

Trevor is rolling over alot now! It took me a few days to catch him doing it, but I finally saw it! He is eating green beans as well as bananas now. Whenever he sees a bowl now, he does this thing with his lips that sounds like he's smacking them. It's funny! I think he's teething now. He's been a bit fussier than normal and is always trying to eat his hand. This is a picture of how he fell asleep on the way to the beach!

2010-04-18T10:51:00.001-07:00

Friday Trevor had bananas for breakfast! He liked them! He also rolled over for the first time!! He is a little over 14 pounds. Jack was showing him a sock monkey and he laughed so hard, for almost five minutes straight! He smiles everytime he sees Jack.

Happy Easter!

2010-04-04T10:37:00.000-07:00

Trevor is trying really hard to roll over. He throws his arm over his body, but that's as far as he gets.

2010-03-21T14:15:00.001-07:00

So while doing some spring cleaning, I found Jack's baby pictures on a cd! Looking back at them, he doesn't seem to look as much like Trevor as I thought. Jack's eyes are much larger! Jack always made crazy faces too! The top two are Trevor, bottom two are Jack.

Trevor's up to 14 pounds. About two or three weeks ago, he started grabbing at things. He pays attention much more when you hold something in front of him. He loves this crinkly book of his. When he's on his back at an angle, he even acts like he is trying to sit up.

2010-03-02T16:00:00.000-08:00

Trevor had 4 shots today (his RSV and then his 6 mo shots)! He weighs 12 lbs 7 oz. He's been drooling like crazy and I thought it was b/c he was teething, but the doctor said it was because he is ready for solid foods! So we are going to start cereal twice a day. If he does good, she said we can start baby foods in a few weeks. His size is right on track for a 3 month old (his corrected age) so that's great!

2010-02-28T07:19:00.000-08:00

Trevor is making more and more noises every day! He laughs at funny faces. This chair we bought is supposed to strengthen his muscles to help him learn to sit up by himself. I also have a Moby wrap that he loves to be in!

2010-02-20T14:57:00.000-08:00

Here are some new pictures. He's about 12 pounds now. His next check up is the first week of March along with his last RSV shot! He slept through the night one night this week. We've been using cloth diapers for a few weeks. I haven't found the right adjustment yet so they still leak every now and then, but otherwise they are great!

2010-02-13T15:33:00.000-08:00

I love this picture! I just realized I took it two weeks ago.

2010-02-11T17:22:00.000-08:00

Trevor started sucking his thumb about two weeks ago. It's really just when he's hungry though so hopefully that will stop. We started using cloth diapers last week. They are working well so far. I'd recommend them to others. They are called FuzziBunz. Trevor laughs alot. Since he's been on Prevacid, he is much happier all the time.

2010-02-03T19:32:00.000-08:00

Jack likes to read to Trevor. He's trying to read 100 books (b/c of the 100th day of school yesterday).

2010-01-23T17:20:00.000-08:00

This is Trevor's pouting face. Conor would copy his crying and he would stop making the face. Then he'd do it again and stop as soon as conor would start. It was hilarious. I'll have to try and record it next time. This video is of him rolling over to his back. He's doing good - still sleeping for quite a while at night. He's 11 pounds.

2010-01-11T16:56:00.000-08:00

On January 4, Trevor had his immunizations. He weighed 7 lbs 15 oz. On the 6th, a physical therapist came out for an evaluation. It is part of a program called Early Childhood Intervention. She said he looked great and would probably not qualify. Even though they could only adjust back two months, he was still doing things better than they expected, like holding up his head and rolling over from his tummy to his back. He's been sleeping well. The doctor said we could let him sleep through the night, just to make sure he gets enough to eat during the day. She said his adjusted age was only 3 weeks even though the due date was 11/25. He laughs alot, but has alot of gas too. Here's a video of him laughing. Jack always gets the hiccups when he laughs too much too.

Merry Christmas

2009-12-28T15:52:00.000-08:00

Trevor's first Christmas was wonderful! He's sleeping well at night (one time for 7 hours)! But the doctor said we need to wake him up to eat every four hours. He takes about 3 1/2 to 4 ounces. According to my scale at home, he is 8.5 pounds. His next checkup is January 4 for his four month shots.

December 20

2009-12-20T13:14:00.000-08:00

Trevor's doing great. He's up every three hours to eat and has been staying up a lot during the day. On Thursday, they went back for a check up and he weighs 7 lbs 12 oz. He had gained an ounce a day last week. He won't go for his 4 month shots until after the first of the year.

Trevor's first weekend at home!

2009-12-13T18:31:00.001-08:00

Trevor's doing great at home. He has his moments once or twice a day, but otherwise it's the same old eat, sleep, and poop thing. He actually stays up for a few hours a day and sits in his bouncy chair. Jack has learned how to give him his pacifier and rock the chair. He's been very helpful and hasn't complained about Trevor at all - except when I said we couldn't take him to the park today so we had to stay at home. I think he looks like Jack as a baby in these pictures!

Trevor's Home!

2009-12-10T17:06:00.000-08:00

Trevor came home last night! He is still trying to adjust....it was a long night. He already went for his follow-up visit with his pediatrician. She let Conor and I get the H1N1 shot while we were there. We were even able to bring Jack back this evening for him to get his!
I know everyone is anxious to meet Trevor, but the doctor said it would be best to have visitors wait until after Christmas. She didn't even want us to stay long in the office! We want to thank you again for all your prayers! He's doing great at home and Jack is very excited to have him home finally! I was shocked when Jack slept through all the crying last night.

December 6

2009-12-06T17:42:00.000-08:00

They let him have all his feeds by bottle on Saturday. They actually took out the feeding tube while I was there yesterday. It was barely hanging on to his face. They say that when he's ready he'll let you know...I guess that was the sign. So the nurse took it out. He's done good so far. He's at two ounces. Probably tomorrow they will start letting him have as much as he wants. Today after his bottle, he did not want to go back to his crib or swing. I think he might be a little spoiled. I put him up on my shoulder and he was wide-eyed looking all around. He really liked looking at the monitor. He holds his head up pretty well for his gestational age. I didn't he would be able to do that this soon. He finally fell asleep after I swaddled him up good (after an hour of crying!). Hopefully tomorrow we'll have a better idea of when he'll be able to come home.

Several people have asked about donations...Some places that I have learned of are Project Linus they made a really cute quilt for his incubator that we got to keep and a few other blankets) and the

Ronald McDonald house (they have rooms for parents to stay at the hospital and off-site). There is one where professional photographers take pictures and make scrapbooks too. I'll have to find

that name. I also had someone ask about donating material for blankets and the nurse said that's great too.

2009-12-04T19:18:00.000-08:00

Today they increased his feeds to 6 a day. I went and fed him a bottle this afternoon and he did great. He had his first RSV shot. He'll have one a month until March I think. We picked out a pediatrician (thanks Ashley!) and so everything is in place for him to come home - hopefully without the feeding tube.

December 3

2009-12-03T21:11:00.000-08:00

Trevor's doing great with his bottle feeds. After the CPR training, I went back to check on him and a volunteer was holding him. He's pretty popular with the volunteers. I saw his nurse from Level 3 as she was leaving so it was good to see her again! She's been by to see him and can't believe how big he's gotten! Here's a picture of the CPR doll. It's kind of creepy looking...

2009-12-03T04:48:00.000-08:00

Since Trevor did so great Sunday, they increased his feeds to two bottles on Monday. Then on Wednesday, they increased it to four bottles. Conor went and fed him one and he did great. Last night, the nurse said Trevor was really mad and she thinks he wanted a bottle. Today we have the cpr training.

November 29

2009-11-29T12:36:00.000-08:00

Trevor's doing great. The OT tried to feed him a bottle yesterday, but he wouldn't wake up enough. He still took 10 ccs. Today, he was wide awake at 11 am and when she came at noon, he took about 40 ccs. We were all shocked! It is the thickened milk, but he didn't have any problems. He just got sleepy so she stopped. I think his feeds are up to 56 ccs which is almost 2 ounces. They stopped the diuretics which was to prevent fluid in his lungs on Friday. He is 6 pounds 11 ounces. We thought he might come home in the next week with the feeding tube, but there is a new doctor for December and he seems to act like we are going to wait until he takes all his feedings by bottles. But the nurse still showed me how to put the feeding tube in so we'll see. We have CPR training Thursday and we have to schedule a time for the car seat test. They make sure it is in the car correctly and will see if he can sit in it for a while and still keep his vitals stable. So we're in the process of getting him ready to come home, just waiting for the okay.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-26T16:18:00.000-08:00

Today, the hospital allowed siblings to come from 9am-9pm. Jack and I went this morning. He was so excited! While I was talking to the doctor, who is extremely nice, Jack was copying everything Trevor did with his hands.

November 24

2009-11-24T23:16:00.000-08:00

The feeding Monday went well. It wasn't even a half an ounce though. He's doing great without the oxygen. Here are some new pictures. He's 6 lbs 9 oz.

November 21

2009-11-21T07:51:00.000-08:00

Yesterday evening they took Trevor off the oxygen and so far this morning he's doing great without it. The swallow study and upper G.I. was done Thursday. It still shows the aspirations. But they said they plan on thickening the milk and giving him one bottle a day starting Monday. They think this will help.

November 16

2009-11-16T20:32:00.000-08:00

Trevor is now 6 pounds 1 ounce! They are going to do a swallow study on Thursday and depending on how he's doing with swallowing, they will decide when to start the bottles again. The OT has been observing him every day and I think giving him a small amount from a bottle to help him take it the right way, so hopefully he's improved. More updates on Thursday...

November 15

2009-11-15T18:17:00.000-08:00

I talked to the nurse practitioner on Friday and she said they might try the bottle again on Monday. They took him off the caffeine on Thursday. He's almost 6 pounds! They tried to take him off the oxygen last week, but he still needs it. He's on the lowest amount possible.

2009-11-12T21:41:00.000-08:00

Trevor was wide awake today! He was in a swing and mad when I came. But as soon as I said something he stopped crying. The daytime nurse said they'll probably wait one more week before starting the bottle feeds again. His feedings are up a little to 47 ccs.

November 8

2009-11-08T10:19:00.000-08:00

Last Thursday, the doctors stopped Trevor's bottle feeds because of the drop in his heart rate. They might continue them this week. They did a swallow study and saw that the milk is aspirating into his lungs. The occupational therapist will be working on his sucking with him (not really sure what all that involves). A neurologist came and did a neurological examine on him last Wednesday and said he is at low risk for developmental problems. Here's a picture - it's pretty dark though!

October 29

2009-10-29T15:55:00.000-07:00

Trevor is 5 pounds now! He is 35 weeks gestational age as of yesterday. He was moved to Level 2 today. He is still having issues with bottle feeding, but they are trying to figure out what's causing it. They keep him on his side for the bottle feeds and he does alright. An occupational therapist came to watch him bottle feed to see if she could tell what was wrong, but he wouldn't wake up to take his bottle. I guess she'll come back another day. They put him at 3 bottles a day now.

October 28

2009-10-28T04:49:00.000-07:00

Sunday, Trevor was having a hard time taking his bottle. His heart rate dropped a little during the 3 p.m. feed and the 6 p.m. feed. This is pretty common in premmies. It could be the way he is positioned or that he is not remembering to swallow. So they slowed down his bottle feeds to one a day. I think they started off too much too fast. He did fine yesterday.

2009-10-25T17:08:00.000-07:00

The nurse said that he might be moving to Level 2 today or tomorrow. We tried to feed him a bottle, but he didn't stay awake. The nurse said he drank all of the bottle at 9 a.m. It seems like he only drinks every other one. Whenever he takes all his feedings he'll be able to go home. I noticed a week ago that he didn't have eyelashes yet! Now I noticed they are growing in! His feet are much bigger too! So here are lots of pictures since I haven't been able to post any this week.

October 25

2009-10-25T05:47:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I got to feed him a bottle again. He took all but 7 ccs. He was wide awake when I got there! He is on a waiting list to move to level 2. I hope he goes home before that because we would get new nurses, and I like the ones he has now. Conor is going to go up today to feed him. Here's a video. If you listen close you can hear him cry a little.

October 23

2009-10-23T20:38:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, the settings for the oxygen were at 100 ccs which is not too high I think. Today they lowered it to 75 and since he did well, they went ahead and lowered it again to 50. He's still doing well and had his first bottle today! He's up to 37 ccs and he took 25 of them from the bottle. The rest they put through the tube because his heart rate started to drop a little bit. Right now, he's only taking two bottles a day. The nurses also have said his heart murmur is not as loud as it used to be, so hopefully that means his PDA is closing. I've heard conflicting opinions as to whether it would close on its own at this point. We won't know if it has unless they do another echo. He can actually go home with the cannula still on as long as he takes all his feeds and does well with them.

2009-10-23T04:48:00.000-07:00

Great news! Yesterday at 9 a.m. Trevor got rid of the c-pap and has the cannula now! He looks to me like he's breathing kind of hard, but the nurse said he looks great. He has not had any signs of apnea either. Bottlefeeds are soon to come!

October 20

2009-10-20T17:18:00.000-07:00

Today, the doctor changed the rate on the c-pap to 6! I guess he was doing good at the other setting. He also gained 20 grams so he's 2010 grams now! Hopefully he'll get to go to the cannula soon so we can start bottle feeding him!

October 18

2009-10-18T19:42:00.000-07:00

Trevor is doing well in his crib! They lowered the pressure of the c-pap from 8 to 7. They'll leave it at that for about a week, and if he does okay at that rate, they'll lower it to 6. That's the lowest it goes, so after that it'll be the nasal cannula. He gained 90 grams this weekend so he's about 4 pounds 5 ounces.

October 15

2009-10-15T20:19:00.000-07:00

This afternoon, Trevor moved into an open crib! They will be keeping a close eye on how well he maintains his body temperature. He gained 40 grams today. He is now 4 pounds 2 ounces. That's only one ounce less than Jack's birth weight! His gestational age is 34 weeks. There's still a ways to go before coming home, but he's made lots of progress within the past week!

October 11

2009-10-11T08:43:00.000-07:00

Today is Trevor's fourth day on the c-pap and he is doing great! They haven't had to change his settings at all. His feeds are up to 30 ccs which is one ounce. Without the respirator in his mouth, you can hear him cry very faintly. The next step is a nasal cannula instead of the c-pap. This is what you see adults who need oxygen wearing. Once he gets switched to that, then he will be able to bottle feed. The nurse said it might be a week or two (I'm not sure what the requirements are to be on the cannula). His weight is up to 3.5 pounds!

October 9

2009-10-09T21:34:00.000-07:00

Good news! Thursday morning, Trevor pulled out his respirator tube. The doctor went ahead and tried him on the c-pap again, and he's been on it ever since! He gained 20 grams last night, so he is now 3 lbs. 12 oz!!! I actually got to hold him in my arms tonight! He was asleep the whole time though. The nurse said he's almost big enough to move to a crib.

October 7

2009-10-07T19:08:00.000-07:00

Conor went to see Trevor today. He has on a cute truck outfit! He spoke with the doctor. It sounds like they will only consider the surgery as a last resort. They are in the process of slowly weening him off the respirator. Jack got to visit with him on Sunday, and I got this cute picture!

October 5

2009-10-05T20:50:00.001-07:00

Trevor gained 3 ounces over night! So he's up to 3 lbs. 5 oz. I used to sit in on the rounds the doctors made every morning to find out the plan for the day, but since I've been back at work, we haven't talked to, or met, the doctor for this month. They've switched doctors every two weeks since we've been there. The nurse gives us a detailed update though. We are trying to meet with the doctor later this week to discuss his PDA. They are planning on extubating him soon, but if he doesn't do well on the c-pap again, something else will probably need to be done.

October 3

2009-10-03T13:02:00.000-07:00

Trevor is now 3 pounds 2 ounces! I finally got to see him after a whole week of not going up there. They are really cracking down on sick people visiting. They also are not allowing children to visit starting Monday. I'm glad about that because of all the germs kids have. Jack won't get to visit, but he always complained about going anyways. So I got lots of pictures of him in his crab outfit! He was WIDE awake when we got there, but fell asleep soon after holding him. He had an echocardiogram again to check on his PDA. It hasn't gotten any smaller. I'm not sure when they will consider doing the surgery to close it. Although he has been gaining weight lately, he also lost a little bit almost every other day. Lately, he hasn't lost any so hopefully it can still close if he keeps growing.

October 2

2009-10-02T04:32:00.000-07:00

Wednesday and Thursday Trevor had a blood transfusion. He was looking like he might be anemic and the doctors didn't want to wait until it got bad so they went ahead and did it. There was a match from the donor blood and it was about to expire. He gained 40 grams yesterday so that puts him up to 2 lbs 15 oz I think. Hopefully tonight I will be able to get a new picture of him in clothes! It's been a whole week since I've seen him (the boys have been sick and I went back to work Wednesday)!

September 27

2009-09-27T17:49:00.000-07:00

Trevor has clothes on today!! His weight is up to 1290 grams. We didn't get to go see him today, but I'll have a picture of him in clothes as soon as possible! Friday, they took out his respirator. His numbers were swinging lower than I'd ever seen. I was holding him when it happened. They got him back in his bed and took it out. Then they put in the c-pap (helps him breath by putting the air through his nose). He did okay but his carbon dioxide levels in his blood were a little too high, so they put the respirator back in after about 4 hours. They tried it again today, but he still isn't ready. Hopefully his growth within the last week is helping the PDA close on its own. While they were putting on the c-pap I got to get a picture of him with nothing on his face!

September 23

2009-09-23T11:46:00.000-07:00

Not much has changed with Trevor. This weekend, his oxygen saturation levels were one extreme or the other. This is because of his PDA. The nurse and I were concerned, but the doctor wasn't really alarmed. He changed his breaths per minute from 30 to 35 and almost immediately the levels were better. I held him after that and the levels never went down (which hasn't happened in a long time!). His blood gas levels on Monday were still high so they increased the medicine to help get rid of the fluid in his lungs. He is doing good with the higher dosage. His weight has been up and down. Yesterday it was 1160 and today he is 1200. The red spots on Trevor's face are gone now. I'm not sure what it was but when they redid the tape they cleaned it off.

September 17

2009-09-17T19:12:00.000-07:00

They were not able to take out the respirator today. His blood gas levels were too high. I got there too late to hear what the doctors decided during rounds so I'm not sure when they will try again. It'll probably be at least another 2-3 days. Every time I tried to get a picture, he would close his eyes before I got one. It took several attempts, but I finally got one. We try to keep it pretty dark for him especially if we want to see him with his eyes open! He was up to 1090 grams yesterday, but dropped to 1070 grams today. This is the link I use to convert grams to pounds.

September 16

2009-09-16T13:44:00.000-07:00

Trevor had his picture taken professionally today! They have volunteers that take photos and then make a small scrapbook with them. It turned out really cute. These are some of the photos they took. He didn't open his eyes much at all today. He had an eye exam early this morning, so that might have worn him out. They test for ROP (Premature baby's retinas are not completely developed. In some cases, the blood vessels in the immature part of the retina may develop abnormally, which is called ROP). The doctor said he does not have it, but they will contine checking every week. He could still develop problems later.

His settings on the respirator were lowered in an effort to ween him off it and instead put him on a c-pap (continuos positive airway pressure). This goes on through his nose so it won't be as invasive and will be much more comfortable for him. He hasn't been able to cry with the tube in his mouth, so it will be exciting to hear him cry if he gets taken off the respirator. They will test his blood gas levels in the morning and decide whether he will be able to handle it or not. If it doesn't look as good as it should, they will give him more diuretics which helps drain water from his lungs. They looked hazey in the xrays, so he has been on it before. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he'll be able to go to the c-pap since that's his next big step.

September 15

2009-09-15T17:23:00.000-07:00

Trevor has been about the same the past several days. He lost weight and was down to 960 grams. Yesterday he was up to 1060 grams. They lowered his calories from 30 to 28 because they are trying to find the point where he was gaining the most weight. He puts his hands near his face alot. The nurse said this is good because it is a sign he is maturing. He opens his eyes alot more now. Since birth, he has grown an inch! He is now 14 inches. Tomorrow he will be 30 weeks. It's hard to believe it's already been 4 weeks!

September 10

2009-09-10T18:50:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, the doctors decided to go ahead and do an echocardiogram to confirm the PDA, but also to make sure there were no other problems with his heart (which there aren't). They also moved him to the other corner of the pod where it will hopefully be a little quieter. He is now getting 30 calories at each feeding. For the first time, I changed his dirty diaper. It was quite an event, because he decided he wasn't done and had an accident right after I took away the dirty diaper. I wasn't quick enough (it's hard to do anything with your hands sticking through the holes of his incubator) and the blanket had to be replaced. This picture was after we got all clean.

September 6 - An Eventful Morning

2009-09-06T19:39:00.000-07:00

Trevor is now over a kilogram! He is 1030 grams. About a week ago, the doctors told us he had a heart murmur and they suspected that he had a PDA. This is probably why his oxygen saturation levels are swinging high and low. The PDA can go away on its own just by Trevor growing more. That is why they gave him the extra calories. This morning, his oxygen saturation levels went really low while the head nurse was on break. The covering nurse thought she needed to manually pump air into his lungs instead of turning up his oxygen levels. The cardiologist team happened to be in the pod and saw his heart rate drop slightly. They replaced the respirator tube, and everything returned to normal. Needless to say, he got pretty stressed out from all the people messing with him. Conor and I decided that it was best to just let him sleep it off, instead of holding him today. During all this, we were told the baby across from Trevor slept through all the commotion. But of course, when we got there, he was crying and continued to cry for the remaining 2 hours we were there.

And the exciting news...Trevor has met a famous person! The on-call doctor today was, drumroll please... Jen from TLC's Little Couple! She was very nice. She said that she might come back later to examine him. Thanks to my best bud, I was reminded that she worked there, but never thought we'd see her being that TCH is such a huge place! Conor just told me the mother next to us took a picture with her! I didn't really think about doing that since we were so concerned about Trevor's morning. It would have made for a nice baby book picture though!

September 3

2009-09-03T14:55:00.000-07:00

Trevor has gained 15 grams. His birth weight was 850 grams. He had lost a little, but with this recent gain, he is now up to 950 grams (2 lbs 1 oz). They started him on a multi-vitamin and iron today. He opened his eyes much wider today, and I was able to get a picture of it!

September 2

2009-09-02T09:07:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I got to hold Trevor for two and a half hours! His breathing was stable the whole time and his body temperature stayed normal too! They switched out his bed. They had the humidity turned up high for the first two weeks to help his skin, but that has been stopped. The nurse said they get a clean bed after that (sometimes mold grows because of the high humidity). The blood tests came back negative, so they stopped the antibiotics and took the IV out of his hand. They added a different kind of fortifier to his milk so he is getting 27 calories now instead of 21-22. This will help him gain weight. They also changed his respirator settings today in an attempt to begin weening him off it. They are tracking his growth - weight, length, and head circumference. He has grown 2 centimeters. If he can gain a little more weight, he'll be right where he should be for his age. The nurse said he might need another blood transfusion soon (I forgot why...something is low). It sounds like alot of people have been able to donate in his name so thank you very much!

Day 12

2009-08-30T21:36:00.001-07:00

Trevor is now up to 17 ccs of milk. His breathing was better today, and Conor was able to hold him again. He has the cutest little blue hat on! Trevor also held onto Jack's hand (don't worry - they have him use hand sanitizer frequently when he's there). He was really excited about that!

Day 11

2009-08-30T10:15:00.000-07:00

Trevor had a bath today, so he's super clean in this picture. We didn't hold him today because he had been moved around alot with the bath. They also did some tests earlier today to check for infection. He is on some antibiotics as a precautionary measure because they won't have the results for about 48 hours. If he is clear of infection, they'll just stop the medicine.

August 28

2009-08-28T19:02:00.000-07:00

Good news! Yesterday, the night nurse told us he was 2 pounds 1 ounce. However, the day nurse today said he was just back up to his birth weight...so I'll ask the head nurse tomorrow what his true weight is. Either way is good, because apparently some babies take alot longer to get back to their birth weight after the initial weight loss.
Today, the line in his belly button was removed. He now has the IV in his hand. He is still getting caffeine and now vitamin A (supposed to help prevent chronic lung disease I think).
His breathing was not so great Thursday, but today the nurse said he was doing well. He got a new neighbor. It got pretty loud in there with them and then the shift change was happening so lots of nurses were coming in, so it was a good thing he was in his incubator to block out most of the commotion. He is also up to 14 ccs of milk (about half an ounce).

One week old!

2009-08-26T20:18:00.001-07:00

Today Trevor is a week old! I got to hold him. He was very squirmy for the first 20 minutes or so, but then fell asleep. He is up to 9 ccs of milk. If he does well with his feedings tonight and in the morning, they are going to take out the line that is in his belly button. It has the electrolytes, lipids, and caffeine. But he should be getting what he needs now from the milk, and the IV is a risk for infection. The doctor came by and spoke with me. He said they will be trying to get him off the respirator within the next few days as well. His blood-gas levels weren't so great the past few days, but he said today's levels were good. The respirator is at a very low level so he does alot of breathing on his own. So that is looking promising!