Olivia Had Progress!

I appriciate everyones thoughts and prayers. Olivia is now rolling from back to belly and tolerating tummy time more, which is huge! She has been very happy lately and giving lots of raspberrys. The doctor raised her Diuril dose yesterday so maybe we will be able to kick the oxygen soon! Logan has started a new high pitch scream that normally would be annoying but we are just happy that he is happy so its great. Caden started saying, "Ba ba ba ba" just for the sound, not for his bottle. Hopefully we can turn it into Mama. We did get the Easter photo CD finally but we do not have any edited pictures yet. They are all self entertaining more which is the biggest help. Hopefully soon they can start taking more trips. Thanks for your time :)

Please Say A Prayer For Olivia

We are seeing alot of progress in the boys. This week they both learned how to hold their bottles for entire feedings and for once it wasn't difficult to teach them something. But Olivia hasn't seen much progress other than head stability in months. She still needs oxygen when she sleeps and still has major voiting and reflux issues. The reflux has been torture for her so if anyone out there can say a little prayer for progress for her it will be very appriciated. It's hard to see her go through this, although I realize it could be worse. On a lighter note Olivia is 15 lbs, Logan is 18lbs and Caden is 22lbs. Thanks for your prayers and time. e

How Photo Shoots Really Go

Photo shoots never go well. Although we get some pretty cute pictures, if I do say so myself, it takes alot entertainment for them to look at the camera AND smile.

April Was A Hard Month-8 Months Old

This has been a hard month for me. It started great with a fun late Easter but then someone caught a cold and spread it. Having everyone sick, as everyone especially all the parents of babies who have been on the vent in the past know, is the worst. Logan just cries a sad cry and wants to be held and cuddle the whole time which makes you soft and is very cute but its hard with 3. Caden never learned a real cough and does a cough/scream hybrid to clear his throat. Olivia suffers more than anyone though. Since she has reflux any little thing can trigger it and having a cold makes her vomit almost every meal. Her oxygen need only went up a little thank god, but since she is only on it when she sleeps, she hates it on now. Anytime it is on, her only goal is to pull it out of her nose making our nights hard. We try to give her air and she pulls it out, we try to give her food and she vomits it, we try to give her medicine and she spits it out...,"Help me help you!" We are finally over the cold now but there is a layover of habbits. Logan still wants to be held all day and Olivia is still vomiting. I decreased her feed by 1/2 ounce and burped her more often yesterday to try to break the habbit and she only vometed once all day, wish her luck for today. I was waiting to post my next blog to share out Easter photos, but our photographer can't seem to get time.(Family friend=conflict of interest) She does have her work cut out for her though, she is taking the wet spots out of the boys shirts. The had their dress shirts soaked in less than 2 minutes much like all of their outfits. Still teething >< id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">suprisingly well. The kids are learning new things; Logan is starting to like to sit in his feeding chair and play with toys(life saver). Logan is also rolling from his back to his tummy yet somehow forgot how to roll from his tummy to his back which he learned in December lol. Caden is walking when we hold his hands above his head. (Don't tell the therapists! Walk before crawl=bad!) Both boys are pivoting their hips when on their tummy so crawling may be just around the corner. Olivia's head is getting better since we bought the new reflux wedge, her core/neck muscles are getting alot better and I'm pretty sure she said,"dad" yesterday. I don't log it until they do it more than once though :/ Besides all the hard times this month I believe my wife and I are closer than ever and life is good :) Thanks for your time.