Aaron has made great strides this week and we are so excited...he may come home sunday!
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Peekaboo!
Little chicken legs...his onesie reads "Kosher for Passover"...passover is coming up soon, very appropriate I thought!
Daddy having a serious talk with him that went something like this, "listen little guy, you have to stop bradying...no more of that, it scares the sh-- out of me...especially when I'm holding you...just don't do it anymore and you can have all the candy you want once you get older!"
This is Charlie's reaction to hearing that baby Aaron (he pronounces it "errand") won't be home for several more days. I feel bad because every post for the past two weeks has been about me and the baby. Charlie still lives with us and we love him dearly. He's doing quite well despite all the upheaval...with some obvious acting out, but I have been acting out myself...who can blame him! It's very confusing! He brought pictures of Aaron to school today for show and tell and asks me every morning where he is. Something I totally spaced on and am now getting very nervous about is that his surgery is on tuesday and I have done nothing to prepare him or myself for it. I guess we'll do that this weekend. How do you prepare a 3 year old? Any ideas or experience? When he was 2, there was less awareness. Now at 3, he knows something's up and wants explanations. Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Charlie is also still loving puzzles. He's up to a 100 piece puzzle that my mom got him. He needs some help but is more patient with it than most adults would be. He just concentrates so hard and is so excited when it's complete!
Found his thumb...
Visiting with Aunt Christy (who has a little peanut growing inside her right now!!!!!)
Snuggling with my oxygen free, feeding tube free baby boy. He's back up to 5lb 11oz after dropping to a low of 5.8. His head is so big that it makes his skinny little body look even skinnier!
Snuggled by Zayda (Alex's dad) after his bath yesterday...
Hangin' with Grandpa who hasn't seen him since he was born because he was away on a business trip (he actually postponed his flight so he could be there when he was born and left that next morning...what a grandpa!).
Little chicken legs...his onesie reads "Kosher for Passover"...passover is coming up soon, very appropriate I thought!
Daddy having a serious talk with him that went something like this, "listen little guy, you have to stop bradying...no more of that, it scares the sh-- out of me...especially when I'm holding you...just don't do it anymore and you can have all the candy you want once you get older!"
This is Charlie's reaction to hearing that baby Aaron (he pronounces it "errand") won't be home for several more days. I feel bad because every post for the past two weeks has been about me and the baby. Charlie still lives with us and we love him dearly. He's doing quite well despite all the upheaval...with some obvious acting out, but I have been acting out myself...who can blame him! It's very confusing! He brought pictures of Aaron to school today for show and tell and asks me every morning where he is. Something I totally spaced on and am now getting very nervous about is that his surgery is on tuesday and I have done nothing to prepare him or myself for it. I guess we'll do that this weekend. How do you prepare a 3 year old? Any ideas or experience? When he was 2, there was less awareness. Now at 3, he knows something's up and wants explanations. Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Charlie is also still loving puzzles. He's up to a 100 piece puzzle that my mom got him. He needs some help but is more patient with it than most adults would be. He just concentrates so hard and is so excited when it's complete!
Found his thumb...
Visiting with Aunt Christy (who has a little peanut growing inside her right now!!!!!)
Snuggling with my oxygen free, feeding tube free baby boy. He's back up to 5lb 11oz after dropping to a low of 5.8. His head is so big that it makes his skinny little body look even skinnier!
Snuggled by Zayda (Alex's dad) after his bath yesterday...
Hangin' with Grandpa who hasn't seen him since he was born because he was away on a business trip (he actually postponed his flight so he could be there when he was born and left that next morning...what a grandpa!).Alex and I are headed to the hospital in a little bit for monitor training and then he will hopefully come home sunday. He "woke up" two nights ago and decided that eating by mouth was so much cooler than having his food put in a tube that went into his belly. He scarfs his feeds down now and when I called in the middle of the night last night to check in, he was waking up early for his feeds and they were giving him a little extra to satisfy him. Today, they will put him on an "ad lib" schedule, letting him eat what he wants, when he wants, with a minimum, and if he gains weight the next two nights and passes his car seat test, he's ours! As Charlie often says, "hop hop hooray!"
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