Always remember to point down

I could not resist posting this. This morning before we left going to school I had ask Ben to go potty. While in the bathroom he calls me asking me to come see. I ask what it was I needed me to see because I was still feeding Brooke. He finally came to the living room. He had his pajamas half way unzipped and said they were wet and his eye was burning. All that I can think of is he didn't get his pee pee out of his underwear good before he started to pee. Hence the title "always remember to point down". I could not help but laugh. I laughed so hard I cried then went and cleaned up the mess.

Unsupervised Play

Monday Ben and Brooke had been playing in our bedroom. Tim and I both noticed at the same time it was rather quite. You know the quite that your kids are up to no good. So we walked in our bedroom and this is what we found. Ben had gotten out some of my swimsuits and was playing dress up. I guess it could have been worse. It was a good laugh.

Summer in December????

Last week when it was so beautiful out the kids and I enjoyed a few afternoon out playing. This is some pics of them loving the warm weather.

A Visit with Miller

A few weeks ago we went to T-town to visit everyone. I thought this was a cute picture of Ben and Miller. He was at the time 5 1/2 wks old. He sure is growing fast. It looks like Todd and Allison may have a lineman on there hands.

9 mth check-up

Today Brooke had her 9mth check-up. Her doctor was very pleased at her progress. Overwhelmed I should say. The only concern he has is her right eye has a tendency to float inward. So I called her ophthalmologist today to see if he wanted to see her sooner than March. He wants to see her on Dec. 20 for a full eye exam again. Everyone please pray for her that her eyes/vision are okay. She weighed 17#15oz (25th %), 28 1/2 in tall (75th %) and her head circ was 16 3/4 in (10th %). Since microcephaly (small head) is part of the CMV disease process Dr. Brian is not worried as long as her head continues to grow. She got 2 shots which was terrible. She cried more with 2 shots than the 4 in the previous visits. But big brother Ben was there to help comfort her and make her laugh and forget about the pain. All in all we had a great visit. Oh yeah her left ear is looking better from the infection.

St. Vincent's NICU Christmas Party

Yesterday I took Brooke to St. Vincent's for there annual NICU Christmas party. It was nice to see the nurses and doctors again. They were all amazed at how well Brooke was doing and has done. I also got to see some of the other parents/children that were there the same time we were. Below are a few pics of two of our favorite nurses. Almost all of the staff we saw committed on how nosey Brooke STILL was. They use to have to put her in the middle of the pod in a swing so she could see everybody. She would not have it any other way. Several of them referred to Brooke as "Pod C last one on the left" which is where we were in the NICU. How did they remember that? We had a great time.

This is Pam. They were making faces at each other which I just missed.

This is Adrianne. She was there from day one. We love her.

Before we went to the party

"Swow Poke"???

When Ben and I went out today to get the mail he came running by me saying "you swow poke, I run fast by you". I wonder where he has heard that from?

He has also been quite the tattle tale lately. He tells on Brooke when she pulls his hair, hits him, pinches him, or when she is playing with the artificial plant. He will say mommy her pulling my hair etc...... Looks like it has already begun.