My boy is growing...he is now 14.5lbs. He put on another 18oz the past 2 weeks. He is falling into the normal range for a 3mth old nicely. Its great. He still seems to be nursing around the clock. We're starting to get him into a nice night time routine. He goes to be around 7pm and sleeps until 10:30 or so and then he's up to eat and goes back down my midnight. Its nice to have evenings free again. On the other hand he really wants to be held a lot through the day. I think he is board in his bouncy chair. I had him in the exersaucer at my parents and he seemed to like it, so I just have to get mine back from a friend. I'm also thinking about a jolly jumper. I'm sure he'll like it. He's so smiley now and is starting to giggle a little which I love. Tomorrow he will be 6 months old. I can't believe it. What a crazy year it has been. I am looking forward to the end of 2010 and to a fabulous 2011.

Its been a very quiet and uneventful week. With 3 snow days and close to 100cm of snow we didn't go anywhere. We had lots of great family time though. It was kind of nice. Benjamin is great. I didn't get him weighed this week because everything was closed due to the snow, so I'm anxious to take him Tuesday to see how much he's grown in 2 weeks. I bet he's close to 15lbs. I think he'll be the biggest of my babies when it come to his corrected age, because he doesn't seem to be slowing down. He slept a couple nights for 5 hours straight. It hasn't been consistant, but I'm hoping its a start. He is becoming a lot more animated and chatty and is even starting to laugh a little. I love it!! He's such a good boy! We're just enjoying life, getting ready for Christmas and loving him up as much as we can. God is good!!!

A big day

Today was a great day. Benjamin's baptism was so nice..although he cried a lot. He slept through church, but when I had to get him out of his carseat to go up he was not happy. There were quite a few other people getting baptized so it was bit of a wait and he complained the whole time. He finally quieted down and then when the minister poured the water on his head he really started to cry.. Afterwards we went to my parents house and had cake and lunch with my family. It was great. I'm so thankful for today..its something we'll always remember. Benjamin is so special and to be able to thank God publicly for him is amazing. What a day!!

Well I haven't been posting much because I really don't have anything to tell everyone. Benjamin is great. Growing daily. This past week has been a record for weight gain..he put on 15oz. That's crazy...I can't believe he's still growing so fast. He now weighs 13lbs 5oz. He's so chubby. He's been eating alot..around the clock so obviously he was having a growth spurt. We have no appointments this week which is great. I think we'll only have one more in December for Ben's second RSV vaccine and that's it until the new year. We're just visiting some friends and finishing up shopping before the stores get to crazy..I don't want to take Ben out into packed stores. Benjamin is being baptized on Sunday which we are really looking forward too. I'm just so excited to finally be able to do this. Hopefully I can keep it together in front of the chuch. We have so much to be thankful for.

What a day...We saw the surgeon and she is so happy with how Benjamin is doing. She was impressed with his growth. But he has a remarkably large hernia where he's had his surgeries...the abdominal wall has seperated and his bowel is pushing through. The doctor said it was one of the largest hernia's she'd ever seen. So Benjamin will have to have 1 more surgery. I'm so bummed. She's in no hurry so she's planning on doing it when he is 6mths corrected, so probably in March. Compared to his other issues this is minor, but she will have to re-open his original incision and push his bowel back down and sew his abdominal muscles closed. I think this will be the hardest surgery. He'll be so much bigger and aware of what's happening. Luckily the 7th floor will be over in the new building and we'll have our own room. I'll be able to stay around the clock...I'll have to anyways because he's nursing. Anyways, its disappointing but we're going to focus on what's going on now and he's great.
Yesterday we saw the physiotherapist and she was thrilled with his progress. We've been working hard at home and she really noticed that. So that's great. He's doing above and beyond what a 2mth old baby corrected should be doing. He's grabbing for toys and he's found his tongue :). So we are happy. He also had his RSV vaccine yesterday and did great..the doctor weighed him and he gained another 12oz this week. So he's up to 12lbs 6oz. Crazy.
Benjamin is on the cover of the NICU cookbook which is available now..so we picked up a few copies..so exciting.
Anyways that's about it for now.

We have a busy week with Benjamin coming up..We have 3 appointments. Tomorrow we are going back to St. Joes to meet with the physiotherapist again. I'm hoping the work we've been doing with him has helped. Benjamin is starting to protest a bit when I try to do his physio with him so it makes it hard. He's also getting his first RSV vaccine this week. I'm glad that we're starting that..it makes me feel better. We also have an appointment with the surgeon. I'm looking forward to seeing her again. I'm sure she'll be so happy with Benjamin's progress. We're having Benjamin baptized on December 5th. I'm really looking forward to that. Any one is welcome to show up and witness such an awesome event. Our church is a come as you are type church. Wear your jeans..bring you timmies. If anyone is truly interested in coming let me know and I can email you the information. I think its going to be fantastic.
Anyways life is good..