it's been a while!

Geesh it's been a while since I posted on here!

I feel like we've been super super busy but really we haven't that busy. I work Monday's, a couple hours Tuesdays, and Fridays. On my days off Brant and I spend the day at home cleaning, playing, and more playing, and doctors appointments. Brant's baptism went really well on the 4th. He didn't cry or anything. We went down to the basement after and watched the rest of the service from down there because I knew he would start throwing a fit and wanting to eat in the middle of the sermon. And I was right. After that we went and had lunch at Darren's mom & dad's and took some family pictures. Amber showed me the unedited ones and once the fair is over she will get them edited for me. Can't wait to see those!

Brant had an appointment with his pediatrician yesterday. It was his 6 month check-up and he weighed 13lbs 8.5 ounces and was 24 or 25 inches long. I can't remember which. He is in the 5th percentile for height and just below the 5th percentile for weight. We are on the charts and thats all I care about! She is very impressed with how well he is doing, and how healthy he looks (LOVED hearing that). He had to have some immunizations... no fun... but the nurse did them super fast so he cried for just a second and I picked him up and got him calmed down right away. He did wake up with a fever this morning- I gave him some tylenol and mom watched it while I was at work and his temp. is back to normal now.

We have started giving him rice cereal. He doesn't really know what to do with it in his mouth; loves the spoon but spits the cereal out. Its still early for him but he started showing interest in my food so I thought we would try it.

In 2 weeks we go back to UW and Children's. Pretty excited and nervous for that! I'm nervous for the UW appointment. They will be looking at his development and determining if he will need any therapy and additional help. I'm excited for Children's because I'm REALLY hopeful that they will give the okay to take him off oxygen. It does make me a little nervous though because with oxygen I know he's okay and covered. I think when they say okay take it off it'll be hard at first because I'm so used to it now and I'm sure there are going to be some sleepless nights making sure he's still breathing!

I was on facebook earlier and saw a post someone had shared from a page called "Prayers for Corbin". I started reading and immediately started crying. It still amazes me how fresh our "wounds" are from our experience even though it seems like so long ago. Anytime I talk to another preemie mom or read other peoples stories I start crying. Any other preemie moms have this?? I am looking forward to visiting the NICU again when we go to UW. We stopped in after his last appointment but they were SO busy that we only talked to one of his nurses so it would be nice to see some other ones too.