1st Halloween!

A dinosaur during the day and Superman at night!

One More Month....

The big day is almost here! John's chronological 1st birthday is exactly one month away. Wow, where did time go. I remember this time last year I was just beginning to show. I LOVED being pregnant and I was so excited to be having a little boy. Little did I know, a month later John would be here. Jamie would always say it would be cool if John were born on his 30th birthday which is February 16th. We always laughed and said, no way, that's way too early (36 weeks.) Anyway, I still can't believe a year has almost passed and what a year it's been.

Weekend Pictures

Chubby thighs:)



Cheeeeeeeeeeeeese!



Watching Washington St. score a
touchdown:( Luckily, we still won!



Chug, chug, chug, chug...
No, he is not drinking, just chewing. We had to balance the bottle in his hand......for the picture!



This only lasted half a second!

Tooth #2

Yes, John has another tooth coming in and he wasn't a happy camper yesterday:( His poor tongue is going to be raw.......he keeps rubbing it over his tooth/teeth.

Last night, the 3 of us went out to dinner for the first time ever. I was a little nervous but it actually felt wonderful. We sat outside.......the weather was perfect however, the couple next to us was smoking......Yuck! I sure hope they pass that no smoking law.

John Tidbits!

John's on a roll in the weight department. He is now 17lbs 3oz. My arm actually gets tired when I am holding him.

Yesterday he took a 3 hour nap and he is going on 2 hours as we speak. Yeah!!!!

I rescheduled his Dentist apt. for next Wednesday. I didn't want him to miss PT today.

On another note, I check up on all our preemie friends daily and yesterday I heard the BEST news ever. Remember our friends we met in the NICU? They were the Christian couple from GA who had quads. Anyhow, I had mentioned before that their little girl Danielle had a severe brain bleed like John. Well, on Sunday she stood up all by herself!!!!! I get teary eyed just thinking about. It just goes to show how good God is and the incredible power of prayers. We are so happy for them!

I Couldn't Resist

Could he possibly be any cuter.........I doubt it!


The IFSP is at 1:00 today. I'll update later.

Update:
The IFSP went well. We went over John's likes and dislikes, reviewed old goals, and set some new goals. His new goals are:
1. Sit unassisted
2. Crawl/army crawl
3. Bring toes to his mouth
These are the goals we already set with PT last week. We will review them in 6 months and go from there. Please keep all of those goals in your prayers.

Mr. 17 Pounder

The title says it all. Our LITTLE micropreemie has come a long way. As stressful as our life may be, I can't imagine it any other way nor would I want it......Okay, I could live without the vomiting.

This week we have PT, Dentist, and his IFSP. Don't ask what an IFSP is because I really don't know. It is some sort of evaluation. However, I'll let you know how it goes:)