Saturday, December 10, 2011

Thanksgiving Day

We celebrated Thanksgiving with both sides of the family at our house. After dinner we had a little celebration for Brooklyn. She got a little cupcake with a turkey on it. She had fun playing with the icing.

I wanted to update you on her stats now:
Weight: 20 pounds
Length: 29 inches.
Teeth: Two Bottom front in full view, three on the top poking through, and two more on the bottom poking through
Food: We have transitioned to cow's milk and are introducing real food even though she mainly still eats baby food.










Friday, December 9, 2011

November Update

It's hard to believe we celebrated Brooklyn's first birthday and second Thanksgiving!! She was born last year the day before Thanksgiving and this year her birthday landed on Thanksgiving Day. This year was the best Thanksgiving Day ever. We had both sets of grandparents over for dinner at our house so we could celebrate Thanksgiving and Brooklyn's birthday. Then the Saturday after Thanksgiving we had a party for close friends and family to help us celebrate Brooklyn's birthday. She started crawling the Monday before Thanksgiving so she was able to show off her crawling skills to everyone on the day of her party. She now has two bottom teeth and I can see the tip of five more teeth poking through. She is also starting to pull up. We have also had to put up a gate in our living room to keep her away from the Christmas tree and to keep her contained in one room since now she likes to crawl all over the house. We are looking forward to a wonderful and exciting Christmas at home this year.







Saturday, November 5, 2011

October News

October flew by so fast. I can hardly believe we are in November now. In just three weeks Brooklyn will be one year old!! I certainly can't believe that. She has come so far in a year. She is now 18lbs. 12ozs. Brooklyn is getting pretty good at sitting up be herself and she is working on crawling. She can get up on both hands and knees by herself and rock back and forth. She wants to crawl so bad but she just can't seem to go anywhere yet.


We took Brooklyn to a pumpkin patch for Halloween and took some cute pictures. She seemed to really like all of the pumpkins. We dressed her up as a Dino for Halloween. She sure looked cute.








Saturday, October 1, 2011

Updates Updates

Brooklyn's button has officially been gone for two weeks now. She is doing great. The hole in her belly is healing up very nicely. We keep a bandage on it that we change daily. It should take up to six weeks to completely heal. It has stopped draining so it should continue to heal without any problems. Brooklyn eats solid food three times a day now since her button has been removed. This is in addition to her Neosure formula. She has really gotten down the whole eating thing. She went to the pulmonologist (lung doctor) and the cardiologist (heart doctor) last week. She got excellent reports from both of them. She is growing like a weed. She is now 17 pounds and 2 ounces and is 26.5 inches long. She is outgrowing all of her 6 month jammies. I had to go and buy her some 9 month ones. Her little toes were about to bust out of the feet of the 6 month jammies. I am so thankful to be able to say she is outgrowing her clothes. There was a time I was just praying for her to get big enough to wear clothes. I remember when she hit the 4 pound mark and was allowed to wear clothes for the first time. What an exciting day that was for us!! More exciting news comes in the form of two front bottom teeth. Brooklyn was gnawing on Matthew's finger the other day and he felt something sharp so we looked in her mouth and we saw the tips of two bottom front teeth. It was an exciting moment for us. In addition to her new teeth she has also started saying "daddy" more clearly. She has been saying it for a while but we can hear it more clearly now. She doesn't say it all the time but when she does we know what she is saying. She is working on her sitting skills. She gets better everyday. She still has to use her hands to hold herself up but she is trying to balance. The OT still comes to our house every two weeks to work with her. She is working on trying to get Brooklyn to crawl. Right now she kicks her legs like she is swimming but she doesn't go anywhere. We are waiting on Brooklyn to get her RSV vaccine this month the doctor will call us to let us know when it arrives. She has to get one monthly during RSV season which runs from October 1st to April 1st. She already got her flu shot so now her mommy and daddy just need to get theirs.



Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Brooklyn's Count Down to the Button Be Gone

Just two and a half more days and the button will be gone!! We can hardly wait. Friday is the day we get the button out. This week seems to be moving so slow. I am so happy I can't believe it is now just a couple days away. We have been counting down the days since she stopped using the button. We are just so thankful. Here are some pictures of her adventures with food. We have recently added carrots and squash to her diet. She seems to like them both.


Carrots are yummy!!!

 Who me?
Eating is fun.
Brooklyn's first tea party. I love to have tea parties and this year Brooklyn got to participate too!!

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Here are some pics from the month of August and the first few days of September. August was a busy month. We had lots of doctor appointments and then Matthew and I had to get ready to head back to work. Brooklyn turned 9 months old on the 24th. It is so hard to believe she is that old. Her adjusted age is 6 months. Thankfully the OT said she is on track developmentally for her adjusted age so she is doing well. She can roll from her back to her tummy and from her tummy to her back. She can also push up on her arms all the way up. She can now sit up with her hands on the floor and use one hand to balance and the other one to grab a toy. She is eating oatmeal, peas, and green beans twice a day. Her formula was increased to 180mls per bottle. We no longer have to feed her at midnight. She can just get all of her food during the day now. She is now 26 inches long and as of August 15th she was 15 lbs and 6 ozs. so by now she is probably 16 pounds. She got a clean bill of health at her last checkup with the Pedi. She doesn't have to go back until her first birthday. We saw the surgeon and he said Brooklyn could get the g- button out on September 16th since she hasn't had to use it since July. We are so thankful and can't wait to get the button out. She has started to grab it alot more. I'm sure she wonders what it is there for. Brooklyn has been using her high chair for her solid food. She likes to sit in it like a big girl. She has also recently gotten an exersaucer. She loves to play in it. The month of August was hard because I had to leave Brooklyn to go back to work. Thankfully Mimi is able to take care of her at our house so it makes it a bit more bearable.  Well, we have a checkup at the end of this month with the pulmonologist and the cardiologist. Hopefully we will have great reports from them as well.


Brooklyn and her daddy. Don't they look a lot a like??

 Brooklyn's new high chair. Oatmeal is yummy!
 See my new tricks. I can push up.
 Fun time in the exersaucer.
 Giddie Up Cowgirl.
 Her new sleeping position.
Brooklyn and her Mommy on her Mommy's 35th birthday!!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Update for August

 Brooklyn after eating rice cereal.
 Yum!
 Doing tummy time in my crib.
 Me and Uncle Stew!!



Brooklyn has had a busy last couple of weeks. She has been eating her rice cereal everyday. Her eating skills are getting more refined with every attempt. She is convinced that she can feed herself and she takes every chance she can get to rip the spoon our of her mommy's hands so she can be a big girl and feed herself. This of course doesn't go over very well and she ends up grabbing the spoon and rice goes all over her. Today was her first attempt at oatmeal. She actually seemed to enjoy the oatmeal more than the rice. She ate all of her serving today. Although I'm thinking about 50% might have gotten in her instead of on her. This is quite good compared to the 5% that usually makes it in her rather than on her. Her favorite thing to do is squish the food between her toes. We just strip her down to her diaper and let the her have fun with her food. When we put a bib on her she just tries to lick the food off the bib and she forgets about the spoon.

On a more serious note we went to the Geneticist for a follow up visit last week. Brooklyn has officially been deemed normal. She is developing at the rate she is suppose to for her adjusted age and she is physically developing normally. The Geneticist was very pleased with her progress. The doctor doesn't feel there was any  genetic correlation between her heart defect and her prematurity. She also referred us to a perinatal doctor to discuss all of my issues that I had regarding the pregnancy and the future risks of having more children since my body had so many issues.

Tomorrow we go to see the surgeon regarding Brooklyn's g-button. We are hoping to get it out soon. It has been a month since she has had to use it.

Brooklyn learned how to roll over from her back to her tummy. Now she does tummy time on her own when she feels like it in addition to her regular tummy time. She worked so hard trying to rollover. She would always get her one little arm stuck but she finally figured it out!! Go Brookie!


Matthew's brother, Stewart came for a visit over the weekend and got to hang out with Brooklyn. She had fun spending time with her Uncle Stew.