Good News...

We took the kiddos to the hospital after school today and had a surprise waiting for us. Elliott is totally off any type of breathing aid! He kept removing the c-pap anyway, so they just decided to try it out. I was there until 7:00 and he was doing great. They decided they wanted to try nursing or a bottle (because he pulled his feeding tube out...3 times today). Just by these actions, I think we are in for a determined child. Don't quote me on it, but it will be interesting to see what he is like in a year or two.

We tried to latch him on to my "bumps" (as the boys call them) and he did not latch on. We then tried a bottle and he would not take that either. I guess he wanted the old school way with the feeding tube. We tried for about 1/2 hour and decided that it was time to break and put that tube back in. The nurses tell us that this is very normal and it is something they have to learn coming out of the NICU. In time, in time.

Here is Elliott's new look....


Andrew loves, loves, loves, loves his brother. Owen does too, but Andrew has definitely taken on the oldest child role in caring deeply for his siblings....



A special candid moment of mommy and the boys. I love this picture. Aaron snapped it and I didn't know it....