What's up . . .

Loving Brothers

Woodside Wonders

We're in trouble when they get older- they're all so close in age!

Laughing together

Piggies! Cuddling on the couch Can you tell I like to be naked?!?!

Getting so strong with tummy time!

Bradley and Mama on July 4th

Bradley is on the left on his first July 4th and Austin is on the right on his first 4th in the same outfit. What you couldn't tell was that Bradley almost had to be cut out of the outfit! Their head is shapped very differently, but they have a lot of the same features

It has been awhile since I've posted anything. Chris has been working a good bit, leaving me to hold the "fort" down. We've been busy with the backyard; finally got the sod down and some mulch back there. We had 25 cubic yards of mulch delivered, dumped in our driveway, and we had to get it all to the backyard. The pile was bigger than our van! Then, the sod was delivered and thanks to a great guy, Matt, it was all put planted in one day. It looks awesome. We had a cookout on our street on July 4th. It was fun as usual; lots of yummy food and great company.

Bradley is having surgery on the 23rd. He has developed a band around the tip of his "tee tee" that is causing problems and some adhesions that developed around his circumcision site. It's a minor surgery that will be done as outpatient. He will have a few days of recovery and then have to be careful for a couple of weeks while he heals. Chris will be home with us through the weekend to help out. Praise the Lord! We haven't told Bradley about his surgery. I think he is going to freak when they take him from us, but I know he'll be fine. So, I'm praying they'll have some cool way to distract him. Bradley is still doing great with Austin and loves him so much. Austin loves Bradley too, and I often see them smiling and laughing at each other. Which by the way, Austin is laughing out with this big chuckle now. It's wonderful to hear. Back to Bradley. He helped us load the mulch with his little wheelbarrow and shovel and take it to the backyard; we were pretty impressed with his strength and endurance. He has always been a strong kid though, obviously physically and mentally.

Austin also had an appointment with the urologist for his circumcision to be schedule. They weren't able to do it in the hospital, because he was so premature. That will be done later this fall perhaps arond his first birthday to give his lungs more time to grow stronger. Austin is doing well. He had a well visit back at the end of June and had his 3rd round of shots. That appointment was equivalent to his 6 month well-visit, so I had to answer the developmental quesitons for a 6 month old. He actually did pretty well. His EI and the pediatrician both believe that his verbal skills are beyond a 6 month old which is amazing because he is just now as of yesterday 4 months adjusted. He has come overcome so much and come such a long way considering what he has been through. He is currently about 14.5 pounds! He was 24 inches long at his well visit. We started back on dairy based formula and so far so good for almost 2 weeks now. We're planning on trying breastmilk in a few weeks. We also are going to start him on solids in the next few weeks just for practice on eating. I think we're going to try bananas first. I'm going to start in the mornings, because he won't take a bottle anyway until after 10am or so. He wakes up, but he doesn't eat more than an ounce or so.

I guess that is it for now. It has been amazing to see all the miracles that God has given us, more to follow on that later!