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Happy Birthday Max and Wes

Jeff and Kerry — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:56:01 +0000

And we’re back. Nothing changed with the blog, just wanted to focus on the boys for a while, without all the clutter. The post is now open for comments, as I am sure many of you had wanted to.

Has it really been a year? I know that it has, but it’s just so hard to believe. It seems like just last month we were still going to the NICU every night

to spend time with the boys. Every day brings something new, something we never thought we would have. One day they learned to drink from a bottle,

the next they learned to roll over. And then it was sitting, and then standing. Next it will be walking and talking.

Is it always easy? No. But we know it was all worth it. The 3 years of trying. The heartache every month of another pregnancy test that said NO.

The consultations. The blood work. The shots. The failed IUI’s. And finally the IVF. And now after all that, we have 2 happy, healthy, beautiful boys.

And it was all worth it!! No one can ever tell us otherwise, ever!

Can this all really be happening? Are our boys really growing this fast?

If you have ever taken a look at the slideshow in the sidebar of the blog you will recognize most of the pictures, however there is a new set at the end.

Since the blog has told so much of our story, we didn’t want to say too much. And, pictures say so much more than we ever could. So, without further adieu,

a year in photos…

4 month appointment

Kerry — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:13:22 +0000

The boys’ 4 month appointment went so well today! Their pediatrician was super impressed with their motor skills (especially for their adjusted age of just 7.5 weeks), and doesn’t think that we need to think about EI yet (EI = Early Intervention, which is a common follow-up program that a lot of preemies need to help with their development). That made Jeff and I really happy, but we know we’re not quite “in the clear” yet – Dr. B will continue to monitor Max and Wes throughout their first year of life to see if anything changes in regards to needing EI.

Here are their stats -

Max – 10 lbs, 9 oz, 22 1/2 inches long, head circ was 15 1/2.

Wes – 12 lbs, 8 oz, 23 3/4 inches long, head circ was also 15 1/2.

I didn’t ask about percentiles (because I just don’t want or need another thing to worry about), but Dr. B offered them up anyway. Without posting percentages, I’ll say that for their adjusted age, they are both doing really, really well – Wes is on the charts, and Max is almost there!

They both had their 4 month immunizations, and were little rockstars, only crying for a few seconds. They’ve been a little fussy since we got them home, so they both got a little bit of infant Tylenol. It’s bath night tonight, so hopefully that will help to soothe them a little bit.

We confessed to Dr. Brandon (and I don’t think I’ve mentioned it on here yet) that we were giving Max and Wes rice cereal in their nighttime bottles, and to our surprise he was totally okay with it! Thank you SO MUCH to my friend, Alexis, for suggesting that we try doing this – Max has been sleeping through the night (from 10:30-6!) since last Friday, and Wes is working on it (he usually gets up at least once or twice during the night and just needs to be rocked back to sleep). I can’t even tell you how nice it is to get a solid block of sleep at night (Jeff gets up with Wes) for the first time in probably about a year – absolutely heavenly.

Speaking of eating, we also took Wes off the Axid (reflux medication) and switched him to Enfamil AR (from the waaaay more expensive Enfamil Nutramigin), and he’s doing so awesome on it! I would say his spitting up has been reduced by at least 80%, and the reflux has seemed to subside as well. Hallelujah!!

Oh, one more great bit of news is that Dr. B doesn’t think Max and Wes will have to be re-circumcised, which is FANTASTIC!!!! At one of their first pediatrician appointments we were told that it was a high possibility that one or both of them would have to be re-circ’d, so this news was a HUGE relief!

After their appointment, we went to Salty Rita’s for some queso dip and mushroom and goat cheese quesadillas (and an adult beverage for mom and dad to celebrate another successful pediatrician visit). Max and Wes got their afternoon bottles, but I think they really wanted to try our drinks!

Max eyeballing daddy's margarita

"No Wes, you can NOT have mommy's mojito!"

Kerry

4 months old!!!

Kerry — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:26:45 +0000

(gestational age is 8 weeks)

J&K

3 months old!!!

Kerry — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:54:45 +0000

(gestational age is 4 weeks)

J&K