Growing King Family!

Growth Hormone - AGAIN!

2012-01-21T09:47:00.002-06:00

Well, we finally got the go ahead to start growth hormone once again. The MRI was clear so they said we can start the drug. BUT we are still waiting for insurance approval. They filed appeal #1 on January 4th and they have to review his case, his medical records, etc and talk to the doctor via teleconference. SO nervous. They are supposed to give an answer in 30 days but I am not sure if that is 30 days from the date of the appeal or from the date that they talk to the doc. Either way, I am really hoping that this will all be over soon. Please please please let this be the only appeal that we have to file. My little man needs this medicine.

Christmas 2011 Pictures

2012-01-08T07:16:00.019-06:00

Trig and his cousin JonParker playing the piano at Momo's house

Trig loved this yummy reindeer cupcake!

Ronnie the happy elf

This car was definitely Trig's favorite gift, and probably the least expensive. Also, it was actually Grayson's gift. Kids are so funny!

And this tricycle was supposed to be for Trig but Grayson enjoyed riding it the most. Trig liked pushing Grayson around in it.

Dad and I on Christmas Eve

Grayson and his godmother Carly!

Baker and Drew

Trig loved Patti's reading glasses!

Merry Christmas Eve!

Pop Pop reading to Trig

Momo Maddock reading to Trig

Kari and Triggy on Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas from Grayson!

Baker and Kari

Aunt Kelsey and Triggy

Check out my Santa shirt!

Cousin Collin and Grayson

I love you Mimi!

The Maddocks and the Kings

Aunt Kelsey with (future) Uncle Matty!

Fun at Longhorn (Yonghorn) cafe!

I LOVE YONGHORN!

Baker and Kelsey at Yonghorn

Kelly and Baker at the Boies' Christmas Party

Trig with his Mother's Day Out teachers

Kelly and Lori (Yoyi)

At Trig's Christmas program

Triggy helping mommy fold diapers

Kelsey and Trig at the Christmas program

MRI results and Grayson WALKING!

2012-01-07T09:24:00.004-06:00

Let me start by saying that we FINALLY found out that Trig's MRI results were good. Nothing on the scan. YAY! But it took forever to get the results because I guess no one was at the office around the holidays. Makes me mad that I couldn't find anyone to call me back but whatever, now we know that things are fine. I still have to wait for a call from the doctor himself to say that the results were clear and that we can start growth hormone again. My goal was to get Trig started on the meds before the new year but that didn't happen. So hopefully he will get on them in early 2012.

Grayson IS WALKING! He started walking ON CHRISTMAS DAY. What a fun Christmas gift! For a few days he would rather crawl than walk so he would get down on the floor all the time but he is starting to walk more and more every day. I think that Grayson still thinks he is faster crawling (and he is) so he gets down to get somewhere more quickly. I literally have to RUN to catch him when he is crawling. Everyone that sees him crawl is impressed by his speed. Lucky me!

I am trying to be better about this blog because the kids are doing the CUTEST things and I know I am going to forget them. Trig is almost three and he is SO funny. The other day we were in the car and Trig found a toy penguin. He put it on top of his juice cup and said "Hello penguin! What are you doing? Are you drinking my juice?". I couldn't help but laugh out loud at that. He says things like that all the time. He will pick up a phone and say things like "Hello! What you doing? On my way! Play with cars! BYE!". He makes me laugh all the time. At the same time he is a very opinionated and stubborn little boy. He is always pushing his brother and looking at me like "What are you going to do?". I put him in time out and I ask him to put his nose in the corner and he will face the wall but refuses to put his nose in the corner. I say "put your nose in the corner and he will say "NO! I'm NOT!". He also has said "BAKER! GET ME DOWN RIGHT NOW!". He knows our names and it's almost like he uses them when we are in trouble. We were shopping a few days ago and he said "Kelly! Come HERE!" when he didn't know where I was. Maybe he is just like Baker - hurry up! Stop shopping! Ha.

VIDEOS!

Grayson walking:

In true Home Alone style, Trig is "Yiving Yone" (translation: I'm living alone!!!")

Christmas morning at our house:

Grayson says "Water please!"

Videos

2011-11-28T21:06:00.001-06:00

Here's Trig working with the manger scene

TWINKLE TWINKLE!

Makeover and MRI

2011-11-23T16:08:00.003-06:00

Well the blog got a makeover and I love it! Hope you guys do, too.

Trig's MRI was rescheduled. Boo. We were looking forward to getting it overwith this week but I guess that isn't going to happen. And do you know WHY they rescheduled it? They called me and said that they would have to reschedule and I asked why - they acted like they'd never been asked that question before. They said that it is because they are servicing the machine on that day (!!!). Didn't they know that in advance? And then it was rescheduled for Dec 6th but that just didn't work well since I am having my preop appointment for my wrist that day. SO much going on. So now it is Dec 7th at 4:00pm, sedation at 3:00pm.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Hopefully I'll remember to take lots of pictures to share.

MRI

2011-11-10T16:57:00.003-06:00

So the results of stim test #2 came in and it was under 10 (7.9 I believe is what the nurse said). So she says that the doctor has deemed him growth hormone deficient and that he can start growth hormone therapy once again. BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT - he has to have an MRI first. MRI? Yep. So it's scheduled for the day after thanksgiving. He has to fast for 8 hours and get there at noon for sedation at 1pm and MRI at 2pm.

So here we go with the next step. Hopefully they won't find any problems (they want to make sure he doesn't have a pituitary tumor, mostly) and he will start growth hormone again soon.

Deep breath and we dive in once again.

Some pictures and video

2011-11-06T14:50:00.007-06:00

Growth Hormone Stimulation Test #2

2011-11-06T14:29:00.005-06:00

Trig had growth hormone stimulation test #2 on Tuesday. He did really well. He really behaved himself and he took all of the blood draws, IV placement, infusion, etc really well. I was so proud of him. He had a good time playing with his cars, watching a DVD (really helped while his IV was being placed, and it had to be manipulated so that it would draw blood well - I was scared that the IV would have to be placed again!), looking at the fish tank, playing connect four and drinking bubbles (diet sprite and water were all he was allowed to have). Mimi came with us and it was so great having her there. Trig just loves his Mimi.

The good news is that he failed stim test #1 - he didn't make growth hormone adequately according to the test. He came back with a level of 9.5 and they were looking for him to have a 10 or above to show that he was making adequate growth hormone. We were very happy that he failed the test, now he has to fail this next test as well so that our insurance will approve his growth hormone therapy. It has really been a long road. I hope that we can finally start the treatment soon.

Here are some pictures of him at the doctor!

Halloween 2011

2011-11-02T22:41:00.006-05:00

Halloween was very fun this year. Baker has a week of vacation and he took his vacation this week particularly so that he wouldn't miss Halloween this year. Last year he was on call. We went to a few Halloween parties that were so much fun, and then Halloween itself was a blast. Trig was a red fish, Grayson was a baby duck, Baker was a zombie, and I went as Rainbow Brite.

Trig really enjoyed himself. We bought the kids a wagon and pulled them around to the houses in it. I think Trig would have rather pulled Grayson around than be pulled in it but he finally conceded to riding in the wagon. Trig took in the sights as we went around the block but Grayson actually found his way out of the seatbelt in the wagon. Trig went up to the doors, rang the doorbell or knocked, and we got him to say "Trick or Treat", "thank you" and "Happy Halloween!". He was so cute doing it, as you can imagine.

The Halloween family

Rainbow Brite and the duckling

Pumpkin Patch

2011-10-30T14:59:00.008-05:00

We went to a pumpkin patch last weekend and the kids had so much fun! It was an hour away but it was worth it.

A Day in the life - Trig And Grayson

2011-10-26T21:20:00.004-05:00

I thought I would post about what it is like to be Trig and Grayson these days.

Morning - Mondays are Gymboree, Tuesdays are Mother's Day Out (school), Wednesdays are playdate or kids club at the gym, Thursdays are school, Fridays we go to a gymnastics place called Aerial Athletics and the kids just run (or crawl) all over the place. Then they have lunch.

Naptime - can be anytime between 1 and 5 depending on the day. Trig is particularly unpredictable these days because he just transitioned to a big boy bed - he's really good about staying in the bed but I think it is just too thrilling for him so he stays awake for a long time before falling asleep. I put them both down at 1 or so but wake up time is pretty unpredictable.

Afternoon/Evening - depending on when the kids get up, they play before dinner and sometimes they don't. Dinner happens relatively early and we walk after dinner. We get out the double stroller and walk about 2 miles through our neighborhood and adjoining neighborhood. The kids (usually) like it and we get a chance for fresh air and a little exercise.

Bedtime - when we get home from a walk, it's time to play a little and have a bath. Throw two little boys in the tub after they run around naked while mommy and daddy try to catch them! After bathtime, mommy and daddy split them up to get dressed in their PJs. They meet in Triggy's room for teeth brushing and story time. Trig always listens intently to the story while Grayson crawls around the room like a silly little boy until he wears himself out so much that he has to go immediately to bed. After stories, they get split up again and Grayson goes to his room for a bottle, songs and rocking. Trig stays in his room to say prayers and sing songs like "Down at the Station", "Itsy Bitsy Spider", "Jesus Loves Me", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "I'm a Little Teapot", "This Little Light Of Mine", "ABCs", etc. He likes to play a silly little game where he strangles you until you play dead, and then he tells you to "SAY MILK!" and you say "MILK!" to surprise and scare him. It's really silly but very cute. Then when he finally gets into bed, he wants tummy rub back rub. Then he tells us to "go bye bye" so he can go to sleep.

I posted a video of the singing below, so here is a video of tummy rub:

Trig Singing

2011-10-13T23:29:00.001-05:00

Growth Hormone Stimulation Test

2011-10-13T22:43:00.002-05:00

Trig had his stimulation test! I was so incredibly worried but he did so well. He was amazing.

We got there and they put emla cream on a few spots on his arms to make his skin numb for the IV. After he was numb, they put the IV in and gave him a shot of glucagon. He didn't like the shot but got over it quickly. I was worried about being on my own with him while all of this was going on but he did really well. He had blood draws every half hour for 180 minutes (3 hours). Cindy got there after she took Grayson to Mothers Day Out (thank you!) and Trig loved that Mimi was there. She brought a bunch of hot wheels that were Baker's when he was a kid. He lined them all up on the floor, and when he was done, he would line up the cars once again in a different line in an angle to the first line. We went back and forth to another procedure room with a fish tank in it. We read books. We played with Baker's iPad. He dropped his glucose level a bit and started acting woozy so one of the docs came and talked to us. He was really nice and told us a little bit more about the test and kind of reassured me that we would find a way to get Trig his growth hormone. That really was a relief to me. And then before we knew it, 3 hours had passed.

Trig was amazing. During his many blood draws, he sat very still and watched the blood fill the syringe. We called it "seeing red". Today he even said "go to the doctor and see red!". We keep asking him if he would go back to the doctor and he said "yeah". So I hope he is okay with going back on November 1st!

First Words

2011-10-02T10:04:00.003-05:00

Grayson says a few words now! His first one was "thank you" (???) and now he says "light" when you turn the light on and "juice" - he LOVES juice and will do anything to get it and carry it around in his mouth while he crawls.

No sign at all of walking. Seems like he is on the same track as his brother in terms of walking. At least to this point he is. Just like his brother, I believe he is capable of standing and walking but he refuses to do it. Even when I take his hands and walk with him he picks his feet up and refuses to do it. I am perfectly fine with it, he will walk when he feels like it, but just like his brother, I think he is also frustrated and does want to walk but won't try. It surprises me a bit that he's not interested in walking since he wants to do everything that his brother does. Hm, wonder when he will walk.

One of my current favorite things that he does is clap to "If you're happy and you know it". I think he is a smart cookie to know that the song is telling him to clap.

Trig had a setback in his growth hormone treatment - our insurance denied it, saying that they don't cover SGA (small for gestational age). So the doctor is going to try a new approach - a growth hormone stimulation test. Trig has to go in and have an IV placed and given several drugs to stimulate growth hormone production. I am hoping that this goes well and I hate that Trig will have to go through this. He is a tough little boy though. So he actually has two rounds of this - one next week and one in November. Boo. But hopefully we get the results we need in order for Trig to get his growth hormone.

Trig seems to be getting a little better at tolerating his little brother. I think it is better every day. He is okay with him unless he is mad - in which case he seems to want to take it out on his brother. He just doesn't understand how to channel his anger properly and I guess that describes most two year olds, right?

Baker is doing well - busy busy but he seems to be enjoying his work. When people hear about his schedule they wonder how I do it - being alone so much. And of course also wonder how Baker does it working so much. I think that things are so much better than they were last year that I am actually happy with how much I see him. It's better than it used to be for sure!

I am okay - I have been through a bit of a hard time lately but I am doing better. And to quote Forrest Gump - "That's all I've got to say about that."

Up ahead we have my birthday on the 24th (ack! I'll be 31!) Halloween on the 31st (one of my favorite holidays, if you can call it that) during which Baker has a week off! No particular plans, just hanging out together, but I am sure that we'll do some fun activities with the kids. I have some fun plans coming up with my Alliance group - love those ladies!!!

One of the fun things I am dealing with is a ganglion cyst - basically an area of inflammation on my wrist. It really hurts and I am going to see a doctor but I can't get in until early November. So frustrating. But hopefully I will get it taken care of soon after that. I had the same thing a few years ago and I had it removed. No big deal.

That's about it for now!

Grayson's First Birthday Video

2011-08-28T16:40:00.001-05:00

We showed this at Grayson's party yesterday. Enjoy!

Photos

2011-07-29T23:23:00.003-05:00

GROWTH HORMONE!

2011-07-27T16:20:00.002-05:00

Well we saw the pediatric endocrinologist last week and he is recommending that Trig start growth hormone! We are very excited but also nervous about giving Trig daily injections. It will be interesting to say the least! We are very happy that Trig will have a real shot at being a normal sized adult now. It is very very good news. He was projected by the doctor to be 4'10" without treatment, and now he can grow to much bigger - we really have no idea how the treatment will affect him. Now we just await insurance approval and go from there. He will hopefully start treatment in a few weeks, as soon as insurance comes through and they can ship us the meds.

In house news, things are moving along. We got a check from the insurance company but it is not the full amount so we are waiting for a "supplemental check" to cover the rest. Roland has painted the living room and kitchen - we are going with a darker yellowish brownish color in the living room and a "light olive" color in the kitchen. It looks very nice, I think, but of course I am no interior designer. I think it will look really nice when we get all of the furniture and pictures in the room. They ripped out the cabinets and the wood floors should be going in soon. We are also putting in a new sink and granite countertops, YAY! Hopefully it shouldn't take too much longer because we are currently staying with the Kings and although it is a fun adventure, we are ready to be in our own house again.

Grayson will be 1 in just over a week. I can't believe my baby boy is going to be a year old.

That's about all that's going on here for now!

HOUSE FLOOD

2011-07-14T12:07:00.002-05:00

So our house flooded on the 4th of July. It's insanity. So I haven't been good about the blog. Must catch up!

We are doing our very best to get to the pool as much as we can. It's too hot to take walks in the afternoon like we used to so we head to the pool when Daddy comes home whenever possible! Baker is still enjoying anesthesia and it's so great to see him so happy.

So the house flood - yeah we had 1-2 inches of water in our kitchen/dining room as a result of our water spout on the refrigerator running ALL NIGHT. You know that spout that you get drinking water from? Well I woke up on July 4th and I smelled a weird smell and could hear water running. Walked into the kitchen and all of this water coming from the drinking spout. Craziness! Turns out that there was a short in the fridge (LIKE A BIG ONE that caused a small fire!) so we had to scrap the fridge and get a new one. Thank goodness for insurance because we had water removal people come out right away and they cut a good foot of sheetrock out of the kitchen and dining room, pulled up all of the baseboards, and pulled up a good portion of our wood floors (our whole wood floor has to be replaced). They also left lots of loud blue dryers. Luckily those are gone now because the kids were both scared of them.

So at this point we are waiting for an estimate from an adjuster and we'll have Roland start on the work as soon as he can. He's going to come by soon and give his own estimate and we'll see how they match up. SO crazy. This is one of the crazier things that has happened to me for sure.

That project is all-consuming so I am trying to manage all of that plus being a mom, housekeeper, and wife which was tiring enough by itself. I am trying to maintain perspective, though. We were told that the short could have very well burned the house down so I am thankful that we are all okay and the house is still standing. And at least we have my wonderful in laws to live with when we have to move out while this is all going on.

Oh and guess what - Trig finally sees the endocrinologist next week. I am SO NERVOUS about it. Either outcome - growth hormone or not - comes with it's own concerns. No growth hormone = no growth. I am hoping that if he doesn't qualify that he will continue to monitor his progress and see if he qualifies. If he DOES qualify, I will be very happy but very concerned about giving him a daily injection. Yikes.

So that's the news in this neck of the woods. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming :)

Swimming

2011-06-27T15:47:00.002-05:00

So we have joined a pool for the summer and we are trying to teach Triggy to swim and get Grayson used to the water. Trig gets really excited (sometimes overly so) about swimming and he plays really hard when he's at the pool. Grayson seems to be a natural in the water - he really enjoys it and doesn't mind being on his belly, back, kicking his legs, blowing bubbles, etc. Of course this is just part of his personality - he is an easygoing kid (unless he's hungry or tired!).

So we have already made great strides with Triggy - we got him some floaties and he loves swimming with them. He still hasn't understood that he needs to have his legs behind him but given that this was his first day with floaties, I am impressed. Enjoy the video!

End of Intern Year!

2011-06-24T15:23:00.004-05:00

So Baker's intern year is over (well, it will be in the next few days). We went to a very fun resident graduation dinner, here we are!

We had a great time and it was so fun to get dressed up and have a date!

The kids are doing well. Grayson seems to have gotten over his ear infection and is finally eating well again. He lost a little weight there from not wanting to eat! He's now up to 17lbs 10oz so I am not so worried anymore. Still a little guy but that puts him a full pound heavier than his brother was at 1 YEAR. I am impressed. Maybe Grayson won't be so tiny?

Trig is doing well, too. We finally convinced his family doc to put him on appetite stimulants and it was an overnight success, literally. He tries new things and can even eat with a spoon and fork. Craziness. So clearly it is a hunger issue, not a behavioral issue so I cancelled speech/feeding therapy. That will be easier on our pocketbooks for sure. Anyway he has gained a full pound and change since he started appetite stimulants and it has only been about 2 weeks.

Trig also said goodbye to ECI - no more speech, physical, dietary, or occupational therapy. He has caught up and is no longer eligible. YAY for my little Triggy! We knew he would catch up.

The area that he is NOT catching up is height and weight. Before he started appetite stimulants, he had neither gained weight nor gotten taller in 4 months. Bad news but perhaps good news for when we go to the endocrinologist and he will see his lack of growth and hopefully put him on growth hormone. Still crossing fingers on that one because I think he really needs it.

Enjoy the cuties!

Picture post

2011-06-07T15:01:00.007-05:00

Chillin' in my upstairs playroom with my Daddy

At the park

Fun at Gymboree!

Park with Mommy

I love Daddy's iPad

Slide!

My girlfriend Avery

Mommy and Daddy out for once!

Hanging out at Momo's

I love the sippy cup!

Whoa!

Hey Mimi!

Grayson loves Momo

This patio needs raking

Trig Jumping

2011-06-04T15:17:00.001-05:00

Fun at Aerial

2011-06-03T13:30:00.005-05:00

So we go to Aerial Athletics every Friday morning and the kids love it. Well, Trig does for sure, and Grayson is just now getting old enough to appreciate it. Here's a video that we took this morning. The other really fun one wouldn't upload boo....

I wish I could take a video of Grayson babbling or Trig saying "Bless You, Mommy". Must work on that!

Diaper rash!

2011-05-30T22:25:00.004-05:00

So both the kiddos have an awful diaper rash. I am not sure what is going on with them but whatever it is has caused them to have sores on their backsides. And they don't want to eat. Poor little guys. They are just in so much pain but they are such troopers. Grayson's has come and gone more quickly than Trig's, he's still dealing with a fairly open sore but he is such a trooper.

And that is really the point of this post, that my kids are SO tough. I mean, there are open sores on their butts and they are smiling and playing like nothing happened. Only when I change them are they truly upset about it. Poor Trig has been walking funny for a few days now but he just keeps on playing!

For Memorial Day, in the afternoon anyway, the kids played in Mimi and Grandad's backyard. Naked. That's right, naked. Silly, I know, but I hear it is a great way to dry out some nasty diaper rashes. I wish I could post some pictures, but sadly, that would be inappropriate. I will say that I took some pictures and boy are they cute! They had a good time splashing in the pool and then Trig ran around the yard while Grayson crawled around the playpen.

Grayson has now decided that he can not only crawl like a champ but he also pulls to his knees and even to standing! He is doing a little bit of cruising, I would say that he is in the early stages of cruising. Watch out, world, here Grayson comes!

Mommy is tired, Daddy is on call and Mommy is going to read for a bit (read: 5 minutes) before passing out.

Grayson pulling up

Paging Dr. Grayson

Update and Grayson 9 months!

2011-05-15T22:05:00.006-05:00

I'll start with the update on Trig -

His bloodwork came back normal! YAY! No celiac disease, no problems with his blood counts, all normal. And his x-ray showed that his "bone age" is correct for his age. Urine was normal.

So where do we go from here? Well, according to the endocrinologist, we look at his growth between his first appointment (March 31st) and his next appointment (July 21st) and we go from there. All signs point to him qualifying for growth hormone at that time.

In other Trig news, he is saying so many things now. We have some super cute favorites, like "papaow" is diaper, for example, which is so cute. But he is adding words to it to create two and three word phrases. Like he will say "bye bye red diaper". Also one of our favorite Trig-isms is him saying "found you". Let's just say it doesn't sound like "found you" and he will say "Found You Mommy" which is really funny :). He identifies everyone's car really accurately. He says "Mommy's white car" and "Daddy's Red Car", Mimi's, Granddads, even Momo's. He identifies things around the house, too. He calls our guest bedroom upstairs "Daddy's Room" because he sleeps in there when he is post-call. He says that the bed and room downstairs are Daddy's as well so I guess I don't get to sleep anywhere! That said, he says that the house is "Mommy's House" so there ya go. So he is really catching up speech wise. He goes to speech therapy now at an independent place and they seem to think that he doesn't need speech therapy so we are concentrating on the feeding stuff. Hopefully, they'll have some suggestions in that department. ECI is giving Trig his annual evaluation in June and they think that he may actually not qualify for services anymore. We'll have to see.

Grayson is 9 months old! He had his 9 month appointment and he was
16lbs 4oz
26.5inches
17 inch head

So like 5th percentile for everything. Trig was almost a pound lighter and a quarter of an inch shorter but who knows, I think that the measurements are probably off.

So those are the stats but I have to tell you, I think that much of this may be inaccurate. They just don't seem to be very exact. For example, his head measurement was exactly the same as his measurement at 6 months. I asked them to measure him again but they said that the other measurement must have been inaccurate. Um hello? Still, I really like his doctor there and the people are nice. I guess I will just have to trust that Grayson is growing well because he looks great!

He is crawling now but still not very efficiently. He can both army crawl AND crawl on his hands and knees but he does about 5 "crawls" and then gives up and lays on his belly. It's so cute. But he really is getting around rather well and can get pretty much wherever he wants to.

I am in the process of weaning Grayson. First of all, he has recently gotten two teeth (first was his bottom left tooth and now his bottom right has poked through). When he's finished eating, he bites me and I haven't been able to keep him from doing that. And you can probably guess that it doesn't feel too great. Also, I feel that he isn't getting as much as he would get from a bottle, and I think he would be bigger on formula. Lastly, he can hardly concentrate on the process because he is way too busy doing other things, which is why I say that he isn't getting as much as he could be. This may or may not be a slow process but I think it will be difficult for me to give up the night feedings for a variety of reasons - first, it's easy. Second, he actually feeds well. And, well, I will really miss breastfeeding him.

Baker and I are doing well. He's doing a SICU rotation right now and seems to be enjoying it. He took me out on a really great date for Mother's Day. We went to a nice dinner then to a comedy club and it really was a great night. Baker got me a really awesome and tiny video camera so that I can take videos of the kids! I also got two really sweet cards, one from Baker and one from the kids. I feel very loved and I am a very lucky woman for sure.

Kiddie Park Carousel

Riding with Daddy

Grayson and our friend Lindsay

9 months!

Time to update

2011-04-19T16:05:00.012-05:00

Yep it's time to update. I have really slacked on this blog!

The last time I updated, Trig had just turned 2, ugh!

So I'll start with Grayson. He's doing great. He's still small but he's growing like a weed. He's about 16lbs now or a little over which puts him at like the 6th percentile. Whatever, I'll take it, he's on the chart! He'll have a 9 month checkup soon and we'll see where he's at then. He was almost exactly the same size as Trig at his 6 month checkup (13lbs 4oz, 24inches) and he's now about 16lbs, 25.5 inches (as measured by the dietitian that visits Trig) So that's a pound and a half more than Trig at this age, according to my records. So yay for Grayson! He's coming close to sitting up on his own and also coming close to crawling. He does get up on his hands and knees which Trig didn't do for a long time. Still, I think he's closest to army crawling. He got his first tooth today, his bottom left, and I think that the other will be here really soon! He's had two bumps there for months but now I am seeing even more swelling and redness (poor thing!) so I think that they are going to poke through soon.

I also have to say that Grayson is a really really happy baby. Nothing really seems to get under his skin and he's really easygoing! I'm lucky that way. He smiles and laughs at everything. The only thing that bothers him is being left alone for too long - he definitely likes a LOT of attention!

Onto Trig - he's doing well. He finally saw the endocrinologist which was a really big appointment. I went in with high hopes but expected to be crushed again, being told that he is just a small kid that will eventually catch up. That's what everyone has told me so far and that has been so hard to hear because I know that's not the case. Finally, my persistence has seemed to pay off. The endocrinologist DID take me seriously on his growth issues and is determined to do something to help us. He ran a bunch of tests on Trig, lots of blood and a urinalysis, and hopefully that will all come back clear (as we expect it will). I am awaiting results now and actually put a call into the office today to see if they had the results yet. SOOOOO, assuming that all comes back normal, and and based on another measure of his growth in July, he will probably start growth hormone therapy at that time. Scary, I know, but I have had a feeling in my heart that growth hormone is what he has needed all along. This is all based on a bunch of criteria outlined by the FDA, which the doctor was familiar with (yay for being up on the research!). Okay, so he is SGA (small for gestational age), premature, and has had no significant catchup growth by age 2. Results are good when growth hormone is started soon, preferably before age 3. So this was the right time for this.

So what does all of this involve? Well, again, assuming Trig gets a clean bill of health except for his growth issues, he will start growth hormone in July. This means daily hormone injections administered by yours truly or daddy, depending on who is game for it and if daddy is home I guess. It is really scary to think about but again, I believe that this is the right course of action for Triggy. We'll see where we go from here.

Now onto the feeding issues - the doctor hopes that the growth hormone will increase his appetite, meaning that he may actually eat more! I hope that happens. In the meantime, I have found a place that does feeding therapy (YAY!) and so we are starting that next week. He will have weekly appointments to work on speech and feeding. I am very hopeful that this will help, because Triggy really does not eat at all.

That said, his speech is really taking off. He says SO many things now and I actually really need to write it down sometime. He identifies most basic colors and even some that aren't so basic (he loves to call things purple). He is starting to identify shapes. He came up to me today and brougt me a toy and said "purple circle". It was pink but he thinks that pink is purple! He can identify all of the letters and tell us what they say. For example, he can say that the N is an N and make the sound. He is starting to learn the alphabet even, he has a frog that sings the alphabet and I've heard him sing through G and anticipate which letters that the froggy is going to say. Like he will hear W and then immediately say X (which is one of his favorite letters I think).

Baker is in the midst of his month of Trauma, which I think is interesting for him. He works in shifts, 7am to 7pm or 7pm to 7am. It's fewer hours that way but it is really difficult for him when he has to switch between days and nights. When he's on nights, he comes home and goes straight to sleep and gets up in the afternoon. He actually gets to spend more time with the kids when he is on nights because when he is on days, he doesn't get home until 7pm, and the kids go to bed shortly after that so daddy is just there for bath and bedtime. Which of course he enjoys - Trig particularly is cuddly and fun at bedtime.

I am just busy being a mom. I know, I never have any particular updates on me. My life is consumed by all that I have written. It's my job and it's a good one! I do get overwhelmed sometimes but I have to have perspective - so what if the house doesn't look perfect (though I do a decent job keeping it up if I do say so myself), I am doing a good job being a mom and trying to find a little time for me. Reading a book here, cross stitching there, having a glass of wine when Baker is on nights and watching recorded TV - not all that interesting but fun for me to wind down. I have started going to the gym more often which is nice. Trig loves the kids club and they take wonderful care of Grayson. They're always holding him and playing with him. I am also keeping busy with the Alliance - my group of residents' wives. The group is always doing fun activities. Baker and I do go on dates when we can and when the grandparents are willing to babysit :). So we are trying to lead as balanced a life as we can given the circumstances. Only a few more months of intern year for Baker!

Here are some pictures for ya!

Our friend Melissa with Triggy!

Daddy and Avery, Melissa and Bryan's daughter

Daddy and Triggy at the zoo on a train ride

Mommy with Grayson on the train ride

Triggy loved the fish at the zoo

More train ride

Grayson loved smiling at his daddy at the zoo

Grayson loves YAYA!

Peek a boo!

Bluebonnets at Momo's church

Our landscaping project - not quite finished, I'll post more pics later

Grayson and his godfather, Derek

I want to ride the trike up the stairs, mommy!

Grayson loves crawling around in his cloth diapers

Admiring mommy's plants

Trig loves the mailbox right next to the park

At the mailbox again!

Grayson dancing on a rock!

He's TWO!

2011-02-18T15:17:00.002-06:00

So Trig is finally two years old. I can't believe it!
Eating went down the tubes again but he is talking up a storm. Yesterday was a wonderful moment when he said "I love you" and "bye bye" when I put him down for a nap. That's a far cry from not talking at all! He's obsessed with the concept of off and on and it's awesome because he knows how to apply it to all kinds of situations. He also literally just started saying "uh oh" yesterday and it really is the cutest thing ever when he says it.
And, Baker turns 30 tomorrow! Finally he's as old as I am :)
Wishing you a happy 30th, my love!

Almost 2!

2011-02-11T22:26:00.002-06:00

So Trig is really nearing 2 years old. WOW! I can't believe he's almost 2!

Today Trig had a hearing test. He passed with flying colors and he was such a good boy when they were putting things in his ears and putting him in a soundproof room to play sounds to him. Really really good boy, I was proud. He is saying more and more words now so maybe he's going to catch up! I sure hope so. Now we know that his problem is not hearing so at least there isn't a physical reason for his speech delay, though I suspect as I have suspected all along that he actually did lose his hearing in a significant way around his first birthday which really affected things - I mean he was starting to say a few words then suddenly stopped and really didn't pick things back up until recently.

Eating is going better too. Well, it was, and then Triggy got sick and eating ceased. Poor thing has allergies and I think it turned into a bit of a cold. Grayson has the same thing. Doc prescribed loratidine (Claritin) for both of them and it seems to be helping to dry them up. I mean, poor Grayson has had a hard time sleeping because he can't breathe! I think that they're both doing better now. But Trig's eating has picked back up - he actually ate a LOT for him this afternoon.

Grayson and Trig both had checkups this week.

Grayson's 6 month stats - 13lbs4oz, 24inches, 17 inch head circumference. Not on the chart for height or weight but 33rd percentile for head. Exactly the same as his brother at this age, weird, huh????? He took his shots like a trooper. Was sleeping and fussy afterwards but otherwise no worse for wear.

Triggy was 21lbs6oz, 32 inches, 18.5inch head (also 33rd percentile or so). Not on the chart for weight by any stretch but barely on the chart for height! Yay! And of course on the chart for head, that's how my kids are, giant heads!

I think that's about it for the kids. I had a laporoscopy last week to get rid of my endometriosis. No biggie but I was out of the game for about a week. Much better now, yay! Baker is having his 30th birthday party tomorrow and it should be fun. Can't wait to give him his gift, hoping that he loves it.

More talking for Triggy!

2011-01-24T23:52:00.002-06:00

So Triggy seems to be picking up more and more words. At least it seems like it. Some may sound funny but it is becoming clearer and clearer that he is trying to form words, repeat them, and is even jabbering. FINALLY! Some of his favorite words include clock, duck, truck (these all sound the same sometimes, though), grapes, off and on (A HUGE FAVORITE), Mimi, Daddy (but not Mommy, just mama, but only sometimes). I am sure there are more but it's late at night and my brain doesn't work. But I had to get it down on "paper" that Triggy is starting to improve. The point is that he is at least trying to say more words and communicate better. It's really great to see that he's finally making that effort and I think he will be happier when he can communicate better with his world.

In other news, I just made their doc appointments - Triggy's 2 year appointment and Grayson's 6 month appointment. Same day, I split the difference between their "birthdays" since they're not quite 18 months apart. I absolutely cannot believe that I have two children less than 18 months apart!!!

Also, Trig is eating more, I think. He is at least trying new things. Some things he doesn't like but at least he is TRYING them. He is really in love with bread right now. So we've expanded his list of favorite foods to include pizza, hot dogs, grapes, raisins, blueberries, banana bread, bananas (sometimes), bread, crackers, yogurt bites, and I think that's it for the absolute favorites. Sometimes there is a specific favorite on a specific day, and then it's not a favorite anymore. Like tonight he ate half of my BBQ sandwich. Probably because it had a lot of bread, but still. I think he is eating more consistently which is the most relieving thing. Like, if we sit down to a meal, Trig will eat at least SOMETHING. That really helps. Also it seems like drinking milk does not completely sabotage a meal. If he needs to drink milk, he will still eat food. It's not ideal to let him drink milk first but I say whatever we have to do to get through.

Ok it's late, nighty night.

Chugging along!

2011-01-15T14:29:00.002-06:00

So I now have a 5 month old and a 23 month old. Time really really flies, doesn't it? I almost have a two year old!!! One more month from today!

Trig is doing well. I think he is starting to pick up more speech every day. He's back in Mother's Day Out and he clearly loves it which is wonderful because I can sure use the time off, too :)

Trig had another speech evaluation from a place recommended to us by his doctor. We went there last week and there is good and bad news - his "reciprocal" speech, or what he understands, is right on par or even ahead for his age. This I knew but it is really good to hear it confirmed. My baby is a smarty-pants! BUT, his expressive speech, or what he actually says, they placed at 8 months. I think that this is a bit exaggerated but the point is he needs help and he clearly qualifies. They said that it may take a few weeks to process and get approval but he will start therapy 3 times per week (!!!). This is going to be really difficult but if it helps, it will be worth it.

Other than that he is doing great. He's getting over a cold and so his eating really stopped for awhile but has really picked up again. It really is a series of peaks and valleys when it comes to his eating. We'll have a few solid weeks of GOOD eating (well, good for him I guess) and then he'll get sick and we have to start over again. It's frustrating. I actually think that at his 2 year appointment he will actually have a documented weight loss and maybe doctors will take me more seriously when it comes to his weight and size. In the meantime, we'll just wait for pediatric endocrinology to evaluate him.

Grayson is wonderful. He eats way more than his brother ever did. He started solid foods and he is eating so much more enthusiastically than Trig. He gets so excited that he gets food everywhere. Things were never that messy with Trig! I might actually have an eater! He's still got two teeth on the bottom that are on the VERGE of poking through but it seems like they've been that way for awhile. He seems chunky to me but he's still a very little guy, not on the chart just like his brother. If he keeps eating the way he does he's GOT to catch up, I think.

Baker is working his tail end off. I miss him so much. I have learned to kinda just do things on my own, though. I just wish he was around more not only for my sake but so that the kids can play with Daddy because he is just so much fun.

I'm doing good! It's TOUGH but there are such wonderful moments. Smiles, laughter, Trig's new words, Grayson's stares with his deep blue eyes, makes it all worth it. They're both in mother's day out now so I may actually find some time to myself and I MIGHT get caught up on my huge to do list, and when that happens, I am going to teach myself to sew! Yep, it's my new goal. and I'm GONNA DO IT! I'll start with small projects but my goal is to make things like a few items of clothing for the kids and maybe a cloth diaper or two. But we'll start with pillowcases haha. It will be an adventure! Oh and while I am crafting I really should catch up on my scrapbooking. I am about a year behind. oops.

Other projects include two birthday parties. I swear there is always something going on that I need to work on! But I love throwing a party :) Triggy's will be at gymbor.ee and Baker's will be at his parents' house. Mexican fiesta, should be a good time!

Feeding appointment for Trig

2010-12-03T23:19:00.003-06:00

So I took Trig to the doctor today to discuss his feeding and lack of growth. It's really frustrating to me - I feel like I have been beating my head against a wall with doctors on this issue. They all seem to think that just because Trig has created his own growth curve just below the normal growth curve (yes, I am talking about NEVER reaching the normal growth curve) that he's okay. To me, this is unacceptable. I keep hearing, well, you're a small person. Well, he was born prematurely. He's almost 2, he should have caught up by now, and even though I might be small, I was never BELOW the growth chart. I just can't get a grip on why this isn't a bigger concern to Trig's doctors.

Okay, so today his doctor said many of those things (he was premature, you're small) but she did refer him to a pediatric endocrinologist, a developmental pediatrician and we're going to check his hearing just to make sure that's not adding to his speech issues. So, the overall outcome was positive but it does leave me wondering why this isn't more alarming to the doctors that he has encountered throughout his (almost) 2 year lifetime. In any case, we've got to move forward and pray that the doctors we see next will have some kind of direction for us.

I'm a really bad blogger

2010-11-30T00:12:00.003-06:00

I know it has been too long. Let me break things down on how it's been going:

Overall, wonderful. Having two under two is REALLY FREAKING HARD but also awesome at the same time. Definitely the most challenging experience of my life but also the most wonderful as well.

Grayson - doing so good!!!! At last check on November 15th, he was 10lbs 6oz. Still 2nd percentile for weight but doing really well. He eats like a champ ALL THE TIME and in the last few days has slept from about 10pm to 5am. YAY! During the day he is not a sleeper but I think he is going through a bit of the 4 month wakeful since he is coming up on the 4 month mark. He just wants to be awake all the time unless he's right against me in the Moby or has just eaten. And he eats ALL THE TIME. I really mean that. He's big on the eating thing, unlike his brother! He is making all kinds of sounds and has rolled front to back and is really close to rolling back to front. He's really close!!! I couldn't be happier with his progress and he really is a great baby. I am very blessed to have a new baby with an excellent temperament, just like his brother. I am totally in love.

Trig - he's so great. He didn't walk until 19.5 months but now he walks like he was never delayed. He was in ECI for his walking problems but now the physical therapist says that she is no longer needed. She comes once a month to make sure that he continues to progress but she says that "he has done 6-8 months of physical development in about 2 weeks". Wow, huh? A friend of mine says it is the preemie "slingshot effect". So wonderful. He is still very speech delayed however. His reciprocal language is wonderful - in other words, he clearly understands everything we say. However, his expressive language is severely lacking - he can't actively communicate effectively. we're working on it! :) His feeding issues continue to be a very large problem, though. He still just won't eat, which is very frustrating. I have an appointment to see his doctor on Friday to deal with this stuff. I think he needs appetite stimulants and/or growth hormone at this point. We have tried everything and are in need of serious intervention so that he can achieve his full growth potential.

These kids are very very similar but also very different. They both don't like a pacifier and both value their beauty sleep. Grayson values his food much more than Trig EVER did :). They look a lot alike. They both don't enjoy the swing but love the playmat. They both hate tummy time which motivated the need to learn to roll over ASAP. They both tolerate the car until we're stuck in traffic or at a light - they're both like, hey, let's keep this thing moving! This is a short version of the list.

I am WAY behind on pictures. In this case, I'll have to refer you to my facebook page because I just uploaded a TON of pictures for your viewing pleasure. You can see some more pictures in the Trig and Grayson album, plus Thanksgiving pictures and even Grayson's baptism, which took place on Sunday.

Thanks for reading! I really should be better about this. Writing all of this down is somewhat cathartic! :)

FINALLY: FIRST STEPS!

2010-09-22T20:53:00.001-05:00

My 19 month old boy has taken his first steps! He walked across our living room from the fireplace to the kitchen, probably 10-12 steps. YAY TRIGGY!!!

1 month and 19 months!

2010-09-13T15:14:00.012-05:00

So I need to update this blog, what else is new?

Things are going well so far - being mommy to 2 under 2 is difficult but also wonderful at the same time. I am figuring things out!

Triggy got sick on Sunday night and I took him to the doctor on Monday. He just had some kind of upper respiratory thing and he's much better today. He even went to Mother's Day Out today but only after being on antibiotics for 24 hours just to be safe. He's also taking cough medicine and he's doing better now. At the doctor both boys were weighed. I was disappoined about Triggy's weight because he has been doing SO MUCH BETTER with eating but he was 20lbs2oz. Grayson on the other hand, my eating machine, is now 6lbs9oz! That's a gain of about 1.3oz per day!

Baker is off today (YAY!) so we had a little fun. I had my 6 week post partum checkup today and that went well - all good! Then we did grocery shopping (whoopdeedoo) and then lunch at Cici's Pizza (Baker's choice!). Now relaxing at home and getting stuff done. I have bunco tonight with my spouse group but only if Triggy is doing okay and he should only be awake for an hour or so while I'm gone. I think it's important that I get out and socialize sometimes and Baker is home for once!

So we had a visit from the Maddock Grandparents and I know that I owe pictures, so enjoy! I will do my best to update more often.

Grayson with Auntie YaYa

Triggy loves his Daddy

Triggy loves plants

He loves pushing the walker around the Kings' driveway

Triggy loves his little brother!

2 weeks old!

They both love long walks together around the neighborhood. Well, Triggy likes it, Grayson tolerates it :)

Grayson and Aunt Helen!

Look! It's a motorcycle

Grayson loves to see Daddy after work

Fun with Mimi!

At the Children's Museum

With his best friend Max at the Children's Museum

At the mini-HEB at the Children's Museum

Hello? it's for you, Mommy.

Reading with Auntie YaYa

Now reading with Granddad!

1 month old!

Sleeping on my mommy

Grayson with my mom!

Feeding both babies. I do it more often than you think!

Grayson and the Maddock Grandparents

Triggy and the Maddock Grandparents

Grayson's weight check

2010-08-26T17:13:00.003-05:00

Grayson had a weight check today and I am SO PROUD to say that he gained 6 ounces in a week!! I am particularly proud of this because he is exclusively breastfeeding - no bottles, no formula, no pumping. This is a big huge giant victory for me and I am more pleased than I can possibly express.

So at 19 days old, Grayson is 5lbs2oz and 18 inches long. Trig was a month and a half before he hit that weight and was 2 months before he was ALMOST that long. So as tiny as Grayson is, he's much bigger than his brother was! So here's hoping that Grayson continues to gain like this - all of the nearly constant nursing is paying off!!! YAY!!

Grayson Video

2010-08-17T17:29:00.002-05:00

Introducing Grayson Paul King!

2010-08-14T22:07:00.006-05:00

So in the last few weeks I have been back and forth to L&D with contractions etc. I decided to go in on Friday morning (8/6/10) because I had some bleeding and the contractions were painful. I guess Baker knew I was serious about needing to go to the hospital because he came home very early from the hospital to take me in. Went to L&D and I was having strong regular contractions but still not dilating. They wanted to keep me for observation due to my bleeding, though. The plan was to watch me overnight and send me home.

So I woke up at 6am on Saturday morning(8/7/10) to the lights on in my room (until then, nurses and docs had checked on me every 30 mins but had been very quiet for the most part, I slept through it) and every doc on the floor (which is about 10 residents and 2 attendings in a teaching hospital) ALL in my room looking at me. They're unlocking the wheels on my bed and getting ready to move me for a crash c-section. They're starting ANOTHER IV in my other arm, lifting up my gown to make sure I am relatively shaved down there (!!!) and trying to get a good heartbeat on the baby manually. After asking them to slow down and tell me what was going on, I looked at the monitors and saw some very obvious decelerations in baby's heart rate - as my contractions went up, Grayson's heart rate was clearly going down almost perfectly mirroring my contraction. He did it 2 or 3 times and then I watched it happen, too. They made sure it wasn't my heartbeat by checking the pulse oximiter and he was dropping into the 40s. So they were going to wheel me back for a crash c-section but the chief resident said that he wanted to watch me and wait because baby had been fine ALL NIGHT and was just now acting up. He improved and everyone left the room saying they'd discuss my case. The chief was really nice and he came back in to tell me that while they're holding off on the c-section, they were going to induce me because what had happened was just too dangerous particularly with the bleeding, there was a high chance that I had an abruption, just like last time. So 6am on Saturday morning I called Baker to come be with me and told him what had happened. I sent him home the night before to get some rest!!!

So the first order of business was to start an epidural because in case of a crash c-section, they'd have access and could do a quick spinal instead of giving me general anesthesia. Epidural placement was not without drama, either. Just like last time, I dropped my pressure really low when it was placed and didn't feel well. I seemed to recover and anesthesia left the room. I started putting on a little bit of powder (I was determined to look decent after a night in the hospital!) and suddenly I decided to put the makeup down and take a rest - well, my blood pressure bottomed out and I passed out. Another rush of docs and nurses, doses of epinephrine, oxygen, etc. and I came back to life but boy was that scary. Poor Baker said I was ghostly white.

So then they placed the catheter, scalp electrode on the baby, and broke my water. Labor was pretty uneventful - I had a really good epidural and I snoozed most of the day. Checked me at 1230pm and I was like 4cm. They said they wouldn't check me unless I felt pressure so I wasn't checked all day. They adjusted the pitocin in accordance with my contractions and stuff but didn't check my cervix. Suddenly at about 5pm or so I felt overwhelming pressure. They dosed up my epidural and said that I was complete and it was time to push! Unfortunately, my doc was far away and wouldn't make it. Totally fine with me, I liked the residents that were there and the attending was in the room as well. Very nice people. They got me all prepped and I pushed something like 5 times and Grayson Paul entered this world at 546pm!!! The best part of the whole thing (besides baby!) was Baker- he was so awesome. He held my left leg and was just so enthusiastic and encouraging. He was telling me how great I was doing the whole entire time and bragged to anyone that would listen afterwards about how awesome I was and how good I did. These are the things I'll never forget :) Also, I made a NICU nurse cry because I totally basically flipped out with happiness haha.

So the NICU team was there for little Grayson. His apgars were 9 and 9 but after just a few minutes with me he went straight to the NICU. He spent 5 days there just learning to eat and hold his temperature. So although I was very very disappointed that this baby went to the NICU, his stay was very short .

After examination of my placenta, it was clear that I did have another abruption. History repeats itself, doesn't it?

Thank you all of you for listening and I hope you enjoyed my story - apparently, nothing I do is without drama!!!! :) And my blood pressure is high so they're watching me for that now, ugh...

PICTURES!

Dinner provided by the Kings after Grayson came home from the NICU!

Carseat swallowing Grayson!!!

LOVE this picture :)

Grayson's first home

Trig stomping around in boots with Daddy

Proud Daddy

Grayson loves his Momo!

Bottle time with Aunt Kelsey

Nutritionist

2010-08-04T22:26:00.002-05:00

Just wanted to post quickly that Trig saw the nutritionist - not too much help really. She said I am "doing all I can do" which I guess was good to hear but that doesn't solve anything for me. She referred me to a therapist who will investigate the behavioral reasons why Trig doesn't want to eat. I'll look into it.

In any case, she did measure him and get his weight, and he was:

20lbs 2oz - way way below the chart for weight
30 inches - 5th percentile for ACTUAL age!

So I have a tall (for him I guess) skinny boy.

Good to know he's on the chart for SOMETHING!

In other news, this baby in my belly has decided to stop growing as well. He has only gained a few ounces in the last 2 weeks. He was 4lbs 9oz on ultrasound on Tuesday. My fundal height went from 32 at 33 weeks to 30 at 35 weeks. Weird, right? So if this baby is in the 5th percentile or less next week, then I'll be induced immediately. The baby is doing okay, but I am very disappointed that I have another baby that won't grow. Luckily, this time, the growth slowed much later than Triggy did and I am still pregnant at 35 weeks.

Must stay pregnant a little while longer! :)

Okay okay, here's the house!

2010-07-28T14:06:00.024-05:00

I owe this blog pictures of the house. So here we are! There is still a LOT to do but I am pleased with the progress so far enough to finally post some pics :)

First, here's Triggy!!!

Me at 34 weeks

Daddy and Triggy at Momo's House

In Momo's Chair

On Skype with Kelsey

Hangin' with my Aunt Kari

By the baby pool

Lovin' the baby pool

Hey, Roxy!

My anniversary flowers - they still look this beautiful!

Bathing in Mimi's Sink!!!

HOUSE!

So you walk into the house and our kitchen is right there:

Pass through to the dining room

Dining Room

Baker's pride and joy - our TV. Was on the floor for a long time but we finally got the stand!

The light from all the windows is great, I hardly ever turn on lights!

Our bedroom

Entrance to the bedroom - to the right is a really great under the stairs closet, to the left is our backdoor.

Master bathroom shower

My jetted tub!!!

The bathroom, which leads into the closet at the back. So convenient!

Upstairs Bathroom

New Baby's Room!!!

I love my baby brother's bouncer!!! :)

We have lots of fun decor but much of it includes the name so I am not posting that! :)

Triggy's Room!!!

Triggy loves his books!

Upstairs hallway

Outside of the boys' rooms

Right outside of Trig's Room

The least finished room - the guest room/study:

Notice the burnt orange!!

The game room

Hope you enjoyed the pictures of our house! We love it!!!

17 months!

2010-07-16T12:30:00.003-05:00

Triggy is now 17 months old! YAY! He's doing so great. I weighed him on the King's scale and it came up at 21.5lbs - I don't know how accurate that is but if it's close, I am THRILLED. That would be so wonderful. He's doing well in his therapy, he has it once a week and he's making progress. We're wearing shoes every day now and after some adjustments to having stuff on his feet all the time, I think it's helping him to get closer to walking. He seems more confident and he's more tolerant of me holding his hands and letting him walk across a room. He used to just take 5 steps and want to sit down, and now he seems more motivated to do it and thinks it's fun. I need to take some pictures of Trig for 17 months but these below are close to his 17 month birthday.

I am doing well, I am ALMOST as pregnant as I have ever been. Today I am 32 weeks and 3 days, Trig was born at 32 weeks 6 days. I had the abruption and entered the hospital at 32 weeks 3 days, wow, huh? But things are really going well for me (knock on wood) and I am thankful for each day that I remain pregnant.

Baker is also doing well - his hours so far aren't too bad but he is certainly tired at the end of his days. He's off ALL WEEKEND this weekend, yay! We have an Anesthesiology party on Saturday, and Monday is our 7 year anniversary!!!!

Pictures!

32 weeks 2 days

Fun with Mimi!

I miss you, Aunt Kari!

Sitting like a big boy

Baker's first day!

We moved!

2010-06-30T22:52:00.006-05:00

Yep, we moved! Closing went just fine and we moved in. So we've just been spending every single day trying to get settled. Unfortunately, while we have purchased a good deal of furniture, it's not here yet! Bedroom set should be here next week, TV stand hopefully soon (right now our new 55" TV is sitting on the floor with no stand!!!) and dining room furniture not for another month or so. Roland, our painter, comes tomorrow to paint all 3 bedrooms upstairs and the half bath downstairs. We're watering a good deal to keep our grass alive since it's relatively new and the previous owners weren't such great caretakers. We're getting some good rain from this hurricane that's coming through, though.

Trig is doing great, he had his ECI evaluation today and he qualified for services so he'll start physical therapy and cognitive therapy soon and he'll start meeting with a nutritionist as well. He just needs to work on a few things, so I am glad to have help with that!

Baker officially starts his residency tomorrow. Wow. It's been so great having him around. Luckily, he starts out in the PICU which shouldn't be that bad - no call and one day off a week. I'll miss having him around so much, though, and Triggy really will, too. So good luck, Baker, we love you!

I am doing well - I made it to 30 weeks! I am very happy with that milestone. I have been having some trouble with dizziness and weakness, it just feels like my blood pressure is really low even though it's really ok. Doc suggested support hose (lots of fun) and LOTS of fluid. So, we'll see if that helps.

Pictures!

With Uncle Joe

With Brooke and Derek

New Baby's Nursery! (still a work in progress)

29.5 weeks!

Our house!

Mowing the lawn for the first time

Moving day!

Closing day!

No diaper for me....

I threw it on the floor! :)

Moving along!

2010-06-15T23:04:00.007-05:00

So we are going to close on our new house on Friday June 18th and hopefully move on Saturday. VERY exciting! It's going to be stressful but well worth our trouble, I believe. We're ready to have our very own house!

Trig had his 15 month checkup recently:
Weight - 18lbs 10oz
Height - 29 inches

We were a bit disappointed in the stats. He's in the 3rd percentile for height but several pounds below the chart for weight. He was also referred for Early Childhood Intervention services due to the fact that he is a bit behind developmentally. He really has been on par with his peers up until 12 months at which point he seems to have fallen off a bit. We'll see what the interventionists have to say in a few weeks at his assessment. Personally, I think it's a good thing for him to be assessed and I'm thinking that they'll be able to help me with his eating issues as well.

So in other news, with permission from my doctor due to the VERY large amount of support and help I would receive while there, we traveled to Rockport, TX for a family vacation. Baker, Triggy and I went down a night before everyone else to get settled and spend some time together. Then the craziness ensued - at one point we had up to 18 people at the house in 5 bedrooms and 5 baths. Luckily, we had one of those - a room dubbed the "dungeon" because of it's lower location and, well, it's status as a less than favorable room. But it was PERFECT for Baker, Triggy and I. Trig had his own little area and we hung a sheet between his bed and our bed so that he couldn't see us at night (which has disturbed him in the past). And, due to a VERY loud window air conditioning unit, Trig was able to nap while people were whooping it up right outside of our door in the canal. It really was a good time. So as soon as we got back from the vacation, it really hit that we were closing in a week! Lots to do!

Enjoy some pictures:

Trig's first haircut

Cozy Coupe with Granddad!

Swimming in my pool!

Hi Roxy!

With my cousins in Rockport

Swimming in the canal!

At a Corpus Christi Hooks game

Rockport group!

SO much fun with Uncle Pat

Triggy and JonParker lovin' on Momo

Triggy driving home from Rockport

All dressed up for the Resident Graduation!

Lots and lots of stuff going on

2010-05-19T23:02:00.006-05:00

So I haven't posted in a long time because we've been BUSY. And I do mean BUSY. Here's life for the last month or so in a nutshell:

*Baker finished up school
*We moved to San Antonio from Ohio
*We bought a house
*Baker graduated from medical school (including a large family trip back to Ohio)

Not to mention the strides in Triggy's life:

*LOTS of molars coming in. Too many to count.
*Lots and lots of "talking". He is clearly trying to express himself but we can't understand him.
*Triggy's first word = puppy! Second word: ELMO. Haha. Those are, of course, after mommy and daddy.
*Triggy's first haircut on Tuesday (May 17)
*Trig is now 15 months old!

That is a very very small slice of what has been going on. Here are some pictures of all of that stuff:

The Diploma!

Proud Parents

Mimi got Triggy a Cozy Coupe for his birthday and he loves it!

Being coy in the bathtub

Mommy and Triggy on Mother's Day

Trig loves to climb the stairs. If you don't know where he is, that's where he went.

Future doc?

Hanging out at Gymboree

With Pop Pop

Paul's Birthday visit!

Med school prom - Baker was proud to say that his date was already "knocked up" haha.

BIG WEEK!!!

2010-03-27T09:26:00.007-05:00

So to begin with, I had an OB appointment on Wednesday with an ultrasound to check on the baby and the state of my cervix to make sure things are closed. Baker, Trig and I all went to the appointment on Wednesday 3/24. Trig was a fussy boy but was good for the most part as long as he was allowed to crawl around on the floor and explore :). The baby looked great, measuring right on time for my 9/7 due date, all was good with my cervix and, in bigger news...

IT'S A BOY!!!! A BOY!!!!

My instinct was totally wrong so for those of you who think that your pregnancy is totally different from your boy or girl pregnancy, it DOESN'T mean that it will be the opposite sex! I was way sicker with this baby, the heartrate was MUCH lower with this baby than with Trig, lots of things were different. But, this one is a boy just like Triggy! I'm very excited that Trig will have a little brother. And, although I will buy some things, I'm sure, I don't have to buy a whole new wardrobe for a girl :)

And then, later that day, Trig had an appointment with the ENT. Baker wasn't able to come to this one, he had to work. So, at the appointment, the doc had Trig go for a hearing test and a test to see how much fluid there was in his ears. Turned out that there was still some fluid in his left ear but there was a ton in his right, so ENT decided that tubes were the answer. Given that the ears seemed to be bothering Trig, I asked how quickly it could be done, and he said, how about tomorrow? So we got scheduled for surgery the next day, Thursday 3/25. Mind you I had to make this decision all by myself because Baker was unreachable - his iPhone screen was messed up (which he got fixed, ask him about it, he'd love to tell you the story!).

So I had to keep him from eating all day, and he wasn't even allowed to have anything except pedialyte after 12:30pm. We got there at 1:45 and he was brought in for surgery at 3:20pm or so - ahead of schedule! I went down and got something to eat from the cafeteria and as soon as I got back, the ENT came out to say that Trig had done great. Got all the fluid out of both ears and cleaned out some residual stuff from his ear infection. We were able to see him soon after and he was so MAD! Poor Triggy was so agitated after waking up from surgery and totally disoriented. They had all kinds of monitors on him and he tried to pull all of them off. He even succeeded in pulling out his IV (although it wasn't taped in very well). He finally calmed down after a bottle and we were taken to the second stage of recovery. We weren't there for very long at all before he was discharged and we went home. He went down for a nap fairly quickly.

Unfortunately, I think he has a cold right now although the nurse that called to check on him said that drainage after this surgery is normal. Still, he's coughing and his nose is runny, but just clear stuff. So, we're taking care of a fussy baby and I hope he feels better soon.

Big week, huh? :)

Here are some ultrasound pics:

Getting ready for his tubes surgery

Night out with my Mom's Club!

MATCH DAY!

2010-03-18T19:59:00.003-05:00

BIG day today - Baker matched at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in Anesthesia - first choice! We're very very excited. Enjoy some pictures of match day!

Baby #2

2010-03-18T17:19:00.003-05:00

So in case you didn't see the end of Trig's birthday video, we are expecting baby #2 due September 7! I thought I'd start this little survey to document my pregnancy.

How far along? 15 weeks 2 days
Total weight gain/loss: about +5lbs I think
Maternity clothes? yep! Maternity jeans!!
Stretch marks? nope
Sleep: have some insomnia, hard to go to sleep at night
Best moment this week: Match Day!
Movement: not yet
Food cravings: anything sweet!
Gender:?
Labor Signs: some contractions already. Ugh.
What I miss: Having energy
What I am looking forward to: Finding out the sex, hopefully next week!

Ears okay...

2010-03-17T15:51:00.003-05:00

So we took Trig in to the doc yesterday to check his ears. He's been fussy for the last few days and I was worried it's his ears. His ears are apparently still filled with fluid but are still getting better. We'll see the ENT next week and see what he has to say.

In other news, he's going through some kind of huge growth spurt or something because he quit sleeping through the night in favor of waking at 4:30am for a bottle. And I'm talking he CHUGS a bottle. It isn't all that fun but he clearly is very very hungry. I hope that this doesn't go on forever!

All the eating has paid off, though, he weighed 18lbs4oz at his appointment yesterday! He's really gaining quickly, go Trig!

One more thing - Happy St. Patty's Day! And Happy Birthday to Pop-Pop!

Doing better!

2010-03-14T16:45:00.002-05:00

I just wanted to post quickly and say that Trig is doing much much better. Almost himself! AND he is eating like crazy. Unfortunately, he has taken to waking at night to eat again. I chalk that up to the fact that he didn't eat for a week but I sure do hope that it stops at some time soon.

He had a checkup with the pediatrician on Thursday and he weighed 17lbs 10oz - yay!!! Also wanted to mention that they measured him in the hospital at 28.5 inches so that's like 3/4 of an inch longer than at his 1 year checkup. I'm thinking that whoever did his height and weight that day must have been WAY stingy.

So he's doing okay now except we're going to continue to watch the ears. There's still lots of fluid in them and we've got to make sure that resolves.

In other news, he has the meanest most awful diaper rash ever! Well, not really, but he certainly is in pain. His little bottom is so red and he cries when he poops. So, we've been letting him run around without a diaper to dry it out and just cleaning up the mess when it happens, it's crazy how much that boy pees! It seems to be helping. Also, Baker went out and got every diaper rash cream known to man. First up - Triple Paste. We'll see how that works!

Trig's First Illness

2010-03-07T19:06:00.002-06:00

And it's a big one. A big big one. Where do I start? Basically, Trig did not recover from his ear infection and did not seem to be doing better. I decided that if his nighttime wakings burning with fever didn't end by overnight Saturday night, I would call the pediatrician and see what to do. Well, we called the pediatrician on Sunday morning and of course, it wasn't his doc on call and this doc was basically like, it's your decision on whether or not to take him to the emergency room. She even said "I would hate for you to pay the copay, but we're not open and can't see him". Um, if I am worried about him enough to call on the weekend, do you think I am that worried about the copay? Ugh. Mind you I have NEVER called the pediatrician after hours.

So I decided that we would be going to the ER. Once there, Baker saw that a resident he knew was rotating there so he requested him. The guy was really nice and took great care of us! We were so appreciative. So we saw the attending who suggested a cat scan (!!!) and we were like whoa, isn't this going a little far? But we went with it. Good thing we did, because after it was over, the resident came in and said "Well, the CT told us what is wrong". My heart dropped. I was thinking brain tumor (though I know that had nothing to do with his symptoms but I was just thinking, he had a CT, what did they find??). Every sinus of his little head was infected. So Trig was admitted to the hospital immediately for IV antibiotics. He was such a trooper - he had to have an IV and sleep in the hospital and deal with all the poking and prodding. We stayed until Tuesday morning. He was released because he really was doing better, but according to our pediatrician, his ears were NOT looking better, though the ENT that we consulted did not think it was time to intervene. When I was holding little Trig waiting for Baker to bring the car around, I knew in my heart that we shouldn't be leaving the hospital but I thought I was being an overprotective mother and didn't say anything. That was a mistake I regret.

We went home and Trig just went downhill. He refused to eat, he slept 20+ hours per day, and was generally miserable when he was awake. Finally on Wednesday I took him back to the pediatrician who confirmed that his ears were no better and worried that he was getting dehydrated. She sent us for bloodwork. She called later that evening to say that the bloodwork showed that he was a bit dehydrated but not critical, so she suggested that we go and see the ENT the next day to see what he thought. Well, the ENT was still not interested in doing anything but changing his antibiotic and I was very frustrated. I seriously considered taking him directly to the emergency room. On the way home from that appointment, though, our wonderful pediatrician called and discussed everything with me at length. After a good long conversation, it was decided that he would be readmitted to the hospital for rehydration and bloodwork to figure out what is going on with this little boy.

So we were admitted on Thursday evening (after I let Trig take a good nap at home). He was immediately started on IV fluids after one serious battle to get an IV line in him. Many many people tried at many many IV sites but his little veins kept blowing. So, they eventually called the "transport team" to get the IV - yep, that's the helicopter team that has to start IVs on helicopters. Wow. We did finally get the IV in and at least they didn't have to resort to his legs or head for a site.

On Saturday, we met with another ENT who recommended steroids to help his ears. We were very pleased to hear of SOMETHING that might help, since the other ENT wasn't willing to do anything. So, when our original ENT came to check on Trig totally unannounced, it was a very awkward situation because he said he saw that the other doc had visited and wasn't sure why, blah blah blah and told the nurses to take the other doc off the case. weird. So when he left, we made it clear to the nurses that we DID want to keep the new ENT on the case. They were like, yeah, that's awkward, don't worry, we don't even have the authority to take him off the case! So weird. Sorry, dude, people get 2nd opinions, don't take it so personally!!!

Unfortunately, being in the hospital was hell on earth for all of us. Poor Trig became scared to death of the crib in the room and would scream every time we put him in it. We had to listen to him cry until he would fall asleep. He was just so scared of people coming in and poking at him, which happened a whole lot. They were always taking vitals and poor Trig didn't know the difference between that and the stuff that would be painful. I stayed with Trig every night on this little couch in the room and, for the most part, got up to help when they took vitals and changed diapers. I sent Baker home each night even though he protested - I thought it best that ONE of us get some sleep and I could just not bear the thought of leaving Trig. My thinking was that Baker would be more fresh during the day and I could lay down for a bit if I needed to. It was absolutely worth it to be there for Trig but I am TOTALLY exhausted and I need about 24 hours of straight sleep to recover, I think!

The longer we were in the hospital, the more hellish it got for little Trig. He became more and more scared and got to the point where he wouldn't stop screaming. Luckily, we were released this morning and Trig is much happier at home. The problem we're having right now is that he is scared to drink from the bottle - not sure if it's a fear thing or if it hurts to suck or what, but he is doing a little better now that he's home as opposed to the hospital.

So here we are, hoping and praying that Trig's ears continue to improve because otherwise, we are headed for tubes. He really is doing much better at home so I have a good deal of hope and have a much better feeling this time than last time we left the hospital!

We're over the biggest and scariest part, I hope, but if you're reading, we sure could use continued good thoughts and prayers for Trig to do better and better. Thanks! :)

Trig's Birthday Weekend

2010-02-26T09:25:00.008-06:00

So Trig, Baker and I all headed to San Antonio for Trig's birthday party on Saturday February 20th from 2-4pm. We had to get Trig up at 5am on Friday to get to the airport on time, and Trig wasn't happy about that. Actually, he did fine until we went through security at which point he threw up on me! Going through security! Trig never throws up, so I was like, what's wrong with Triggy? He acted fine, just tired, so I thought nothing of it. Then he slept the whole flight both flights, and I just thought he was worn out from getting up so early. Nope, he was sick, I just didn't know it. He was running fever all day. Even when we arrived in San Antonio, he was lethargic and just wanted to sleep, poor guy! In the evening, he seemed to feel better so we decided to go on with the party.

Even though Triggy didn't feel well, the party was good. Everyone had a great time, the food was great, everything was wonderful. Trig got some great gifts thanks to the wonderful guests! And of course I couldn't have done it without the help, love and support of the King family. Thanks to Cindy, Ronnie, Kari, Kelsey (and of course my wonderful husband!) for helping take care of Triggy, helping me set up, letting me use the house, and all of the support involved in helping this party to happen!

So when the party was over, mommy and Triggy were exhausted and had to nap. I basically spent the rest of the weekend in my PJs, I was so worn out. Then, we had to leave on Monday, and Triggy seemed better but not completely. Took him to the doc when we got home - DOUBLE EAR INFECTION. Poor thing, I had no idea and I flew with him! He's on antibiotics now but still had a fever last night and he's still asleep at 10:30am this morning! I'm going to keep a close eye on him today, we may be heading back to the doc. Also, at that appointment, Trig weighed 17lbs 9oz. Granted, he was wearing his clothes and diaper but it was a very light one-piece so I think that maybe Trig weighs more than we thought at his 1 year appointment. Also, his 8th tooth finally came in - next to his top teeth on the right side :)

So, we're doing okay back here in Ohio but we're buried under a foot of snow! Hopefully, the snow ceases soon!

Enjoy some pictures :)

Playground at the Nashville Airport

Opening Presents, but he's fussy

I could only get him to wear this crown for like 2 seconds...

Blowing out candles!

Hanging out in my car at my party

Isn't the cake great? It's just a plain cake with these wood animal things that I bought long before Trig was born!

Playing raspberry with Daddy

Hi, Mimi!

I love my wagon and peach tree from Aunt Lori and Uncle Joe!

Mommy and Triggy are so tired on the plane!

Trig's First Birthday Video

2010-02-23T13:23:00.004-06:00

We made this video to celebrate Trig's first birthday and showed it at his party. Special surprise at the end, enjoy!!! :)

1 year stats

2010-02-17T19:45:00.002-06:00

So Triggy had his 1 year pediatrician appointment today and here are the stats:

Weight 16lbs 10oz (less than 3rd percentile for his age and adjusted age)

Height 27.75 inches (5th percentile for his age and 10-25th for his adjusted age)

Head Circumference 45.5cm (25th percentile for his age and 50th for adjusted age)

Pediatrician isn't worried about his weight - she said that he will catch up at some point. She said she'd be more worried if he weren't growing but he is (obviously). I am frustrated that he doesn't weigh more but the kid just doesn't like to eat all that much. She did refer Trig for a dietary consult due to him being a "picky eater" so I need to make that appointment at Akron Children's Hospital.

Personally, I am ECSTATIC that he is on the chart for height. That is SO awesome to me, I am so proud :) Of course I am disappointed in the weight but at least my little man is getting tall!!! I didn't think we'd make the chart in anything (well, except for his giant noggin, of course).

In other news, the poor little man has pinkeye. I just feel so bad for him, it's just making him miserable. The doc gave him eyedrops, though, so hopefully those will start to help him quickly. His first real illness besides the reflux, of course, so we actually made it to 1 year without a sick visit but not much past that haha.

Just a few days ago, Trig finally started really babbling. He mostly says DADADADADA and YAYAYAYAYA. Right now, everything is DADA, except when he's really whining or crying, and you can distinctly hear him crying for his MAMA. But only when he's crying! Silly boy! No milestone that he has hit yet has made me as happy as hearing him babble. I can't wait to get it on video, it's the cutest and sweetest thing I have EVER heard.

So we're getting ready to head to San Antonio early on Friday morning for Triggy's birthday party on Saturday and we're so excited!

Triggy is 1 year old!

2010-02-16T15:24:00.003-06:00

So Triggy turned one year old yesterday! We had a nice day together. He slept in for his mommy (YAY!) and after his morning nap, we went to a Mom's Club meetup at Sandy's house. We were celebrating lots of birthdays there, so we had cakes, candles, the whole thing. I need to get the pictures from the people that were taking pictures (I had my hands full with Trig) and I'll post them when I get them. He had his first bite of cake, which he enjoyed, but then when I gave him some icing he didn't like that! Trig had lots of fun and fell asleep in the car on the way home, then slept an additional 2 hours on top of that!!!

Then, later in the evening, it was clear that little Trig did not feel well. He had a little fever and maybe a little diarrhea, so we decided to skip the cake at home in favor of celebrating this weekend at his birthday party.

Triggy's Daddy and I reminisced about February 15th last year and looked at some videos of what he looked like when he was born (and even what Mommy looked like before Trig was born, YIKES!). After many hours of labor, he was finally born at 2:41pm on Sunday, February 15, 2009. (Note to future Mamas - try not to be in labor on Sundays - docs don't like to come in very quickly haha) He was so tiny but so beautiful all the same :)

Happy Birthday, Triggy. We love you!

Oh, and enjoy the new layout!

ALMOST 1!!!!

2010-02-10T14:19:00.003-06:00

So Trig is ALMOST 1 year old now. He's less than a week away. I can't believe it. I think back to last year at this time and I had no idea I was near the time that Trig would be born. I remember watching the Superbowl (though I was much more interested in the commercials and the Puppy Bowl), just over 30 weeks pregnant, thinking, wow, I've made it to 30 weeks, maybe I will go full term? That didn't happen. But, it was very good that we did make it to 32 weeks.

So were do we stand at 1 year? Well, it looks like walking isn't going to happen by 1 year. Not that I expected it with him being born 2 months early. I'm happy where he's at, personally - trust me, he gets around VERY fast and I can't imagine what it will be like when he's walking around. He is, however, cruising around the place. He's just not all that interested in standing on his own. He thinks crawling and pulling up are way too much fun.

He's got just about 8 teeth - the one on the top right is coming in now. So he's got lots of chompers to eat food! Still, he'd rather drink his bottles and he's a bit of a picky eater (see previous post). He hates the confinement of the high chair though it is a necessary evil - if he weren't in the high chair, there would be food ALL over the house, no doubt. He is very messy when he eats. He likes to squeeze food between his hands to see what it feels like, throw it to see what Mommy and Daddy will do, hit an incoming spoon full of puree, etc. I will say, though, that if he sees Mommy and Daddy eating something, he will eat it. But he cannot be fooled if we're not really eating it. He's a smart little boy!

Well, his 1st birthday party is coming up on February 20th in San Antonio. Those of you that can, we hope you come! It's going to be a blast. We just want to do something to celebrate this little man's first year of life.

More to come from his birthday!

Trig's favorite and least favorite foods

2010-01-28T08:30:00.003-06:00

So in an effort to keep up this blog much better, I am participating in a "Blog Hop". All you need to know is that a local friend of mine gives us all a specific theme to post on each week and we do it!

This week? Baby's favorite and least favorite foods.

Trig's favorite foods: well, he LOVES his morning yogurt (Yo Baby). He also cannot possibly eat enough puffs. I think he thinks that he could sustain himself on puffs alone. We recently introduced mini-pancakes and he loves those so much that he shoves the whole things in his mouth. Favorite veggie is most certainly Squash. Silly boy!

Trig's least favorite foods: Ugh, Trig can be a picky eater, sometimes you can never tell what he's going to like and not like. He's still not a big fan of anything with meat in it, though he'll eat it if it's mixed with a favorite fruit/veggie of his like squash. I think that the things he doesn't like are all about the consistency of the food rather than the food itself. For example, he LOVES freeze-dried peas but hates the pureed peas.

Basically, now that he's almost a year old, he likes to feed himself and doesn't like mommy or daddy to feed him anymore. He tolerates his morning yogurt feeding but as the day wears on he tolerates me feeding him less and less and he'd rather just feed himself. So, we give him an assortment of freeze dried fruits and veggies (they're easy for him to pick up and resemble puffs to him), puffs, peaches, sliced oranges, black beans, carrots, and the list goes on. Also, if I happened to cook (which I am trying to be better about) he gets some of our dinner, well, at least the parts he can eat.

He really is getting less and less picky and is better and better about being able to pick up his own food. At first, it was really frustrating when he decided to only feed himself because there weren't many things that he could easily pick up and feed to himself without getting very frustrated. Now he can pick up more things so we can give him a more healthy variety.

Basically, I've decided that it's way easier when they eat nothing but bottles. Now I have to prepare food AND bottles! Oh well, my little boy is growing up, that's what happens! :)

Trig 11 months

2010-01-17T09:56:00.003-06:00

Enjoy some pictures of Trig - he's 11 months old now! I think he weighs about 17lbs or more, he has 5 teeth and I think about 3 more coming in (he won't let me look!). He's cruising all over the place and I can hardly keep up with him! His favorite thing is to stand at the coffee table and play with whatever is on it. So Mommy has to make sure that the things on the table are Triggy-friendly.

Welcome back to Ohio!

2010-01-11T12:59:00.005-06:00

It's been a busy time in the King family - we had Christmas and all of the craziness that includes, and after Christmas, we packed all of our stuff up to move back to Ohio! Baker left with my car and a trailer full of our stuff on January 1 and Trig and I followed on January 5th by flying into Cleveland. Flying went surprisingly well! Trig was a good boy and we made it just fine, despite the snow and bad weather! We'll be here at our new place in Akron, OH until Baker graduates in May. It's been EXTREMELY snowy so far, but we'll make it through! :)

Enjoy some recent pictures!

Trying to climb out of the crib

In baby jail and loving it!

With daddy in our huge tub in Akron

I love my Granddad!

Stretching out after a big meal

Triggy opening presents

The King Family on Christmas

Trig's cookie dish for Santa - thank you, Lori!

Trig is so excited about Christmas morning!

Almost Christmas for Trig!

2009-12-23T22:52:00.003-06:00

So it's ALMOST Trig's first Christmas! Things have been busy at the King household getting things ready. Decorations are officially in full swing here and we're ready for Christmas. Lots of presents under the tree and all of that! We're trying to get Trig excited and tell him all about Christmas but I don't think that there is much that he understands yet. Still, there is lots under the tree with his name on it!

He got his 2nd round of flu shot and H1N1 shot so we're good in that department. We discovered at that appointment that he weighs 16 lbs 2 oz.... so still really small but we're getting there. We recently changed formulas (since I just ran out of breastmilk) and he is doing really well on the new stuff. Hopefully, it will inspire a growth spurt.

He officially has 4 teeth - 2 on the top and 2 on the bottom. AND he is now 10 months 1 week old. Wow, huh?

Enjoy some videos!!!

4th tooth and laughing at Charlie...

2009-12-03T23:06:00.003-06:00

Trig is getting his 4th tooth, his left top tooth is just now popping through! He's got this habit of rubbing his top teeth on his bottom teeth and it makes this awful squeaking sound!

Enjoy some video of Trig laughing at Jenny and Zack's dog, Charlie :) We had a nice visit to Houston and got to see beautiful Bekah and the wonderful Mrs. Burkhart. We missed you this time, Zack!

Had a nice time visiting the Maddock Grandparents and Baker had his UT Houston interviews. Check it out!

Third Tooth!

2009-11-25T23:24:00.001-06:00

Trig has been SOOOO fussy for the last week or so and his third tooth, the top right, has finally come in! After weeks of redness and swelling, tooth #3 is here, as of about 4 days ago. Congrats, Triggy! Pics to follow as mommy can get them :)

9 months!

2009-11-19T07:46:00.002-06:00

Check out these pictures of Trig at 9 months!!!

9 month checkup!

2009-11-11T14:52:00.002-06:00

Trig had his 9 month checkup today with a new doctor here in SA. I like him a lot! I had to wait a long time but I guess that's to be expected for a new patient because I spoke to several other patients in there and they said that they never wait.

Today he got his H1N1 shot and weighed in at:

15 lbs 8 oz (less than 3rd percentile)
26.25 inches (less than 3rd percentile)
Head circumference: 45cm (75th percentile!!!)

So still not on the chart (except for that GIANT noggin) but he's close as always! Following his own growth curve like a good boy :)

We have a crawler!

2009-11-09T22:17:00.004-06:00

Well, an army crawler at least. This was taken today. Check it out!

Mucduc

2009-11-04T12:17:00.004-06:00

Okay so there is an episode of "The Office" where Dwight is telling everyone that the letter "r" is a sinister letter. He says "that's why it's called MURDER not MUCDUC". So Trig thinks that the word Mucduc is really hilarious. Check this video out. So sorry it took me so long to post this, it's from October 17th.

Trig's Halloween

2009-11-01T23:14:00.007-06:00

Trig had a wonderful Halloween. I took way too many pictures because I LOOOVE HALLOWEEN but these are my favorites.

Oh, and I turned 29 on October 24th, so here are some pictures of that, too :)

All is well here. On Trig's 8 month birthday he weighed 14lbs 5oz, so I was a little sad that he only gained 1lb in 2 months, but he's just a little guy. He's obviously doing really well and he's really healthy, he just didn't gain as fast in these last 2 months because he is SO ACTIVE! I swear, he is going to crawl any day. He has moved a little bit forward doing the "army crawl" but he doesn't get far yet, and he can't seem to remember what he's done after he does it. It's so funny. Tonight when I was giving Trig his bath, he got up on his hands and knees and rocked back and forth a bit. I swear, Trig loves having his diaper off so much and he's always so happy and squirmy when he's naked. It's really funny to watch :)

Okay, here are some pictures!!!

Mommy on her birthday

Mommy with Erika

Mommy and Daddy celebrate!

Happy Halloween!

I love reading with Mommy

Playing with Aunt Kari!

At the Gymboree Halloween Party

With Daddy at the party

GYMBO!!!

Cutest.Skeleton.EVER

With my buddy Max on Halloween!

I'm a SCARY skeleton, huh?

Trig Video

2009-10-04T21:09:00.001-05:00

Happenings!

2009-10-04T20:33:00.004-05:00

So we've got lots of stuff going on lately and lots of pictures to update.

1) It's confirmed, Trig has 2 TEETH coming in! Yes, two! The bottom two. I can't get a good pic though but I'll post one as soon as I can get a good one.

2) Baker completed his rotation here in San Antonio and has moved on to Temple for a rotation at Scott and White. We miss Daddy!

3) LOTS of trips out of town - the Kings apparently really like having Trig and I around so they take us wherever they go. We went to Houston for a very short visit a few days ago and went to Round Top. Lots of fun! AND we'll be headed to Waco early this week to hang out with Daddy, yay!

4) Residency interviews are rolling in for Baker and we're so excited :)

On to some pictures:

Triggy rolling around his crib

Triggy loves his walker!

Trig and his aunt Kelsey!

We love Momo!

Fun with Mr. Penguin!

Trig got to meet his new cousin, JonParker!

My new trick: I can sit up all by myself!

I love it when Mimi gives me water!

Fun with my Grandparents Maddock!

First high chair experience!

First Tooth!

2009-09-27T16:26:00.002-05:00

Trig is getting his first tooth - it just poked through! It's so exciting :) He's enjoying being here in San Antonio - being with family, spending time with Mimi, Momo, Granddad, Aunt Kari - it's just been so fun for him! He's also been doing Gymboree classes twice a week and he loves that. That is, of course, if I can get him to nap right before because Gymboree wears Trig OUT! He always goes to sleep after class.

Baker has completed his Anesthesia rotation here in San Antonio and is headed to Temple today. We're going to miss Daddy! But we're hoping that he'll be around on the weekends.

Trig also got to meet his little cousin JonParker today - pictures to follow!

I owe pictures...

2009-09-15T20:56:00.008-05:00

I love my Daddy!

Gettin' exersauced....

On the road again, somewhere in Tennessee...

Hi Mommy!

I love to play the drum!

My first meal - oatmeal cereal!

At the doc's office for my 6 month checkup!

Dancing on the table at Daddy's school

Back in Texas!

2009-09-01T05:44:00.002-05:00

So we're back in Texas! After a very long drive with a U-haul truck, trailer pulling Baker's car, and driving the Lexus, we're here! It was total craziness - we filled a 26 foot truck with our stuff. Thank goodness we had movers, too, because otherwise I don't think we could have gotten it all to fit!!! I must say, I am impressed with Baker's truck driving skills. He seriously did a great job! So we made it to San Antonio and had movers unload the truck - I am very glad about that, too, because they did it in record time and organized the attic very well with our stuff. For now, I *think* that we are able to get to everything we need to get to! There are still tons of boxes in the game room, though, and it's my job to go through them and unpack. It's quite the task. Yesterday was spent mostly sorting through them and doing what I can. It's going to take some time, but we'll get there!

Trig is doing great. He was actually VERY good on the trip, just one major meltdown. I think he was having a hard time soothing himself to sleep and got overstimulated by my attempts to calm him down. We pulled over and as soon as I took him out, he fell asleep. So the trip went much better with him than I thought it would. His sleep schedule seems to have stayed on track fairly well, except that he has taken to waking up at around 5am for a feeding. He's genuinely hungry, though, so I don't mind feeding him - at least it's not just waking up to play or something.

He weighed 13lbs 5oz at his 6 month checkup (I know, I'm sorry, that was forever ago), he was 24 inches long and his head was 43cm. He is still not on the chart for height and weight but he's very close! His head, though, is in the 50th percentile for his actual age. He IS his father's son, haha!

He's rolling from back to belly VERY well now, actually, too well. He flips himself in the night and it makes him mad so he wakes up. He's becoming more comfortable on his belly, though, which is good.

He's eating some solids now, so far, sweet potatoes, carrots, pears and apples. He did NOT like green beans, we'll have to try that one again soon. I am going to start making his food as soon as we get settled, but for now, it's organic jarred stuff. I gotta find my food processor and find the time to get to the store before I can start making and freezing it.

Baker started his anesthesia rotation here in SA - it's going very well so far. Crossing fingers for an SA residency!

That's the update here - must get back to unpacking! :)

Diaper Sniffing

2009-08-15T21:58:00.005-05:00

Trig likes his diaper sniffed. Hahahahahahahahahaha.

6 months!

2009-08-15T21:31:00.004-05:00

Trig is 6 months old today!!!! Here are some pics.

Developments

2009-08-11T14:36:00.004-05:00

Well, Trig is doing really well! He rolls over back to front now which totally shocks me since he HATES being on his belly. He's doing it right now and doesn't seem all that upset about it. Wow. I am totally impressed with my little preemie :)

He also outgrew the smallest setting on his carseat, so I had to move the straps up to adjust my new big boy! I tell him he's on the BIG BOY straps haha. I could have moved them awhile ago but they tell you it's better that the straps be at his shoulders or above - and I just realized that the bigger ones would work now!

So he has his 6 month appointment on 8/17. I am dying to see what he weighs and how tall he is - my little boy is getting so BIG!

Trig after he rolled over back to front for the first time :)

Time to update!

2009-07-29T08:29:00.009-05:00

Wow, it is SOO time to update the blog!

So since the Maddock Grandparents left, the King Grandparents and Aunt Kelsey came to visit! It was a blast. I still need to get the pictures that the Kings took while they were here, because this is the only one I got - taken while we were out bowling!

We had a blast and really enjoyed having the Kings even though it was a short visit!

In other news we are MOVING BACK TO TEXAS. Yep, we're relocating. We will be back at some point to be determined in the future, but we didn't see the point in maintaining a residence here in Ohio when we are going to spend all or most of fall in Texas. So, San Antonio, here we come! Getting ready for that is a huge undertaking as you can probably imagine...

Trig is still spitting up quite a lot. To the point where I called the pediatrician on Friday... well, she called back and suggested that we thicken Trig's bottles with rice cereal. Between 1 tsp to 1 tbsp per ounce. 1 tsp per ounce didn't do anything, and 1 tbsp is too thick so we're doing somewhere in between right now. I don't know if it's helping, I am keeping a watch on that and if the heavy spitting continues I'll call the pedi again.

So Baker and I had our 6th, yes, 6th anniversary on Sunday the 19th. I bought myself some really awesome flowers at wal-mart for $8. They lasted a week and bloomed beautifully. They may be the most beautiful flowers I've ever gotten (2nd only, maybe, to the ones Baker sent me on my birthday when I was down in Cayman)

I decided to start cloth diapering Trig - I have some friends that do it and it seems like a good option. I should have started doing it in the beginning! It is a money saver and the cloth diapers are just so cute. Here's Trig in his new Bum Genius 3.0s :)

Been doing lots of fun stuff with the Mom's Club - yesterday we went to the West Branch State Park beach, and it was really neato. I took some pictures of Trig there, so cute :)

Well, off to play with Trig and maybe pack some boxes when he's napping. We had a nice adventure today going to see daddy at the hospital. It's been raining so it was nice to get out of the house and see him! More soon :)

Maddock Grandparents Visit!

2009-07-14T20:51:00.008-05:00

So my mom and dad drove up to visit us all the way from Texas! Here are a few pictures of their visit, including Trig's first time in the pool!

More pictures

2009-07-05T19:53:00.007-05:00

More pictures! Some fun ones of Trig and 4th of July.

Trig loves his daddy!

2009-07-04T11:34:00.002-05:00

How far we've come 2

2009-06-30T21:18:00.002-05:00

How far we've come

2009-06-30T21:02:00.007-05:00

Pictures

2009-06-30T20:00:00.012-05:00

REFLUX

2009-06-21T09:22:00.002-05:00

So Trig has reflux. He started not eating as well recently and the doc actually wants to start seeing him eat MORE, so we knew there was a problem. Sometimes he'd hardly take an ounce and fuss the whole time. I called the doc and the nurse practitioner told us to bring him in Luckily, Baker was home Friday afternoon so he got to go to the doc with us. She thinks it's reflux and I think he's actually had it all along so I'm glad he's on meds for it now. There has been a dramatic improvement in his eating since then! He seems a lot more comfortable now. The meds are kinda expensive but they're working so it's worth every single penny.

In other news we went to the drive in movie theater last night and saw Year One and The Hangover. Yep, both. And the first one didn't even start until 9:30! We made it! I had to drink a giant diet coke to make it but I did. Year One wasn't so awesome, but it was okay, but the Hangover was hilarious. It was a fun date night. Plus, the drive in is great because we can bring Trig in his carseat, I can feed him when he needs and pump when I need to. It was highly successful, we'll have to do that again.

And... today is Baker's FIRST FATHER'S DAY! Happy Faither's Day to a wonderful Dad. Trig and I are so blessed to have him in our lives.

4 Month Triggy

2009-06-17T16:47:00.001-05:00

That's about as happy as we could get him on Monday after those 4 month shots :) Happy 4 months, Trig!

All about the hands...

2009-06-17T09:38:00.003-05:00

So I have to talk about this developmental stage right now because it is SO cute and I know it will be over soon and onto something else.

Trig is SO into his hands right now. Not looking at them (we're not there yet) but playing with them. I mean he doesn't stop playing with his hands! And he LOVES sticking both of them in his mouth at the same time. Very cute - but he is always doing it, even when he wants to eat, so I have a hard time getting the bottle/breast in his mouth with his hands in the way and when he can't suck, he cries because he's hungry! And, if you hold his hands down, he gets mad about that, too. It's made feeding time very interesting at the King household, particularly at 3am....

In other news, I was awakened by Baker at 5:30am this morning to my worst breastfeeding/pumping nightmare. Our freezer in the garage was OPEN, yes, OPEN, with my entire freezer stash of breastmilk in it. I have no idea how that happened. So I transferred all of it to our freezer inside (I CANNOT BELIEVE IT FIT) and it's freezing now. I shut the door of the freezer outside and guess what - it's working now. We couldn't get it to close this morning so we thought it was broken, but it is cooling well now. There must have been something in the way of the door closing.

I have done a lot of googling on whether or not my stash is still good and it looks like I may actually be in luck - as long as there was at least some slush in the bags, they can be refrozen. Just to be safe, I'll have to do the smell/taste test on all of the bags from now on but that's worth saving the stash. I'd have to count it but my guess is that there are over 1000 ounces of breastmilk in there. Precious, hard earned stuff. I'm not going to sacrifice it unless I have to - because with that amount, I can continue with breastmilk for Trig for probably a month or more. So when I get sick of hooking up to a pump and/or just can't do it anymore for another reason, I have a backup. Thank GOD Baker noticed it this morning, I think it's salvageable. I'll have to see on a bag by bag basis. And, the freezer isn't broken, apparently, so that's good news as well. Still not a fun thing to wake up to.... Baker said "something kinda bad happened" and since Trig is okay, the world is fine, but losing his food was not a fun thing to face.

Going to transfer the milk back to the outside freezer now since Trig is napping. I'll probably obsessively check that freezer from now on. Ugh.

4 month shots - ouch!

2009-06-15T20:44:00.003-05:00

We went to the pedi today to get our 4 month shots! The stats:

Weight: 9lbs 13oz
Height: 21.25 inches
Head circumference: 39cm

Way to go Trig! Doing great!

The pedi is pleased but wants him to continue with the high calorie breastmilk, so pumping for me will continue. She also recommends that he not begin solids of any kind, not even rice cereal, until he's 4 months adjusted which will put him at 6 months. That makes total sense to me, his insides need time to mature.

She also said that Trig is like a normal 4 month developmentally in her opinion. According to the questionnaire that I filled out identifying his developmental milestones, he's at 4 months 1 week developmentally. She also agrees with that. I am going to go with her opinion for two reasons 1) I like it better and 2) She has seen him every 2-3 weeks since he was 2 months old, so she knows him better than a small "snapshot" of Trig's behavior. Not to say that the developmental assessment was not useful - they're going to follow him and make sure he's progressing appropriately - but it seems like he's developing better than they think. That's GREAT news. Yay for Baby Trig!

Anyway, then he had to have his 4 month shots. He was not happy about that and cried, poor little guy. Slept a lot for the rest of the day and I gave him Tylenol for a minor fever, but no big problems, thank goodness!

4 months old TODAY! So exciting. I'll post a pic when I figure out how to use this new computer :)

Developmental Assessment

2009-06-09T18:45:00.002-05:00

So Triggy had his developmental assessment yesterday at Happy Day School here in Ravenna. The place is great and they do the early childhood intervention stuff and it's also for the developmentally delayed all the way through 21 years of age or so. I was impressed.

Anyway, they had an occupational therapist, a physical therapist, and a speech therapist look at him, as well as his case worker from the county and his Happy Day School case worker. Trig had a regular entourage for his assessment. He was on his best behavior, flirting with everyone. They actually said that the babies they see are always cute but that he was particularly cute :) He cooed and played with everyone. They said he is doing great, functioning at just above 3 months, which is just behind his actual age and above his adjusted age. They were just looking for him to function according to his adjusted age so he's doing great. I was proud. The only thing that they said was that he doesn't want to look to the right. I was like, wow, I never noticed that! They gave me information on how to get him to look to the right and work on his tightness. Well, as soon as we got home, he turned his head to the right all the way. Clearly, he favors looking to the left but I don't think he has issues looking that direction. It's all a matter of motivation. All in all, it went really well, and he will be assessed again in August to make sure that all is well.

In other news, we found a babysitter for him! Not that I have any particular need but I wanted to find someone just in case I need someone. Baker is going to be studying a lot and if I need to get out for any reason, I'll need someone. Anyway, we went over to her house and met with her - she's great and inexpensive to boot. I am so glad that we have someone that I would feel comfortable leaving Trig with for a few hours (mom's night out! Wooohoo!)

Trig Smiling/Laughing

2009-06-07T15:36:00.003-05:00

Little Triggy has started smiling a LOT and has even started laughing more and more. It's hard to catch on tape, but we got a little of it here.

Spinal ultrasound = good

2009-06-04T19:23:00.002-05:00

Everything went well with the spinal ultrasound. Trig was NOT happy about being on his tummy and cried the whole time. I finally had to hold him and calm him down so that the ultrasound tech could get the pictures she needed. I felt so bad for him! He was just frustrated. Baker walked in and that helped him calm down as well. We had lunch together but then he had to run to a lecture. At least we got to see each other, even if it was only for like 2 seconds!

In any case, I got a phone call from the pedi's office that everything is clear! YAY! Haven't heard from the urologist that ordered the thing. Gotta love my pedi. She's the best.

I'm feeling better but not 100%. Nothing going on tomorrow so I will get some resting done and hopefully I'll feel better this weekend!

It's an ear infection...

2009-06-03T20:13:00.002-05:00

Yep, I have an ear infection. At Baker's suggestion, I went to the doctor this evening and was diagnosed with otitis media and sinusitis. Ear infection and stuffy nose. But now I'm on antibiotics and hopefully, I'll get better really fast.

Tomorrow we go for that spinal ultrasound for Trig - here's hoping it goes well!

I'm sick! Boo.

2009-06-02T19:17:00.003-05:00

Yep, I'm sick. And Baker is on call. I'm just worried that Trig will get sick! I hope he doesn't, I am trying to be vigilant about keeping my hands clean and I've given him pumped breastmilk that hopefully has the antibodies from this illness, but of course I still worry. So please, Trig, don't get sick! And man do I hope I get well soon - stuffy head, headache, sore throat, cough, ringing in the ears, it sucks. Seems I got Baker's illness - I thought I was in the clear because it's been several days, but no such luck.

So I joined a Mom's Club group, YAY! It's really nice to be able to get out and socialize with other moms, particularly since I don't really have many friends with kids yet. They're a great group of women and Trig loves going to the playdates and watching the other kids.

The group has also been good with getting me out of the house - I've decided that I need to do at least one thing a day, and get out of the house to do it, to stay sane. And so far it's working! It just helps to break up the monotony of the pumping and stuff.

Well, I gotta go to bed and get through this evening - thankfully, this is Baker's last call for awhile.

I was watching "Knocked Up" last night and something on that movie rang SO true for me. One of the characters gets caught sneaking out to hang out with his friends and lying to his wife about it. He's talking to another friend about the situation, feeling really stupid about the whole thing and says to him "She loves me sooooo much. The biggest problem in our marriage is that she loves me soooo much that she wants me around ALL the time." That's the biggest problem in our marriage, I'd say, is that we both want to be around each other all the time and that's just not possible. I wish that we could both be stay at home parents but that's just not how life works, is it? Oh well, we just do the best we can.

Trig Smiling

2009-05-31T18:49:00.002-05:00

Back from Pedi!

2009-05-28T12:37:00.002-05:00

We went to the pediatrician today for a checkup - Trig weighs 9 lbs! YAY! I am so proud of his growth. The extra calories are WORKING! He's still not on the chart but we're GETTING THERE!

So pedi is not concerned about the dimple in Trig's spine. In fact, she said that she wouldn't have ordered an ultrasound - the bottom is easily visualized and his reflexes are really good. She said that the dimples are fairly common as well. So, she said to go ahead and have the ultrasound anyway but she doesn't anticipate any problems. YAY! I can't tell you how wonderful that was to hear. I was concerned. Still, we'll see what the ultrasound shows.

It's been really stormy here - luckily, it wasn't too bad this morning when I went to Trig's appointment. But, it seems to be rolling in again this afternoon. And if you know me you know how much I have this weird love/hate relationship with storms.

I have to take a second to brag about my new talent - I have now learned to pump AND drive at the same time. That's right, I hook myself up to the pump and drive around. And, I LOVE it. It gets two things done at once and it helps pass the pumping time which I love because I hate watching the clock when I'm pumping.

Speaking of which, it's time to feed the little man and do some of that pumping.

Back from day at Children's...

2009-05-27T10:28:00.003-05:00

So we spent many hours at Children's yesterday - Trig had his voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) and saw the urologist. VCUG was clear and urologist wants to monitor his hydronephrosis several times a year for awhile. He thinks that there may be something in there making his system "sluggish" but he thinks that there isn't an actual blockage that is surgical. WOOHOO!!! But, he noticed that Trig has a dimple on his spine and wants an ultrasound of that. Googling "sacral dimple" is really scary so I hope it's nothing. Doc thinks that there may be some kind of nerve issue making his kidney sluggish? Man, I hope not. So, we're going in for that ultrasound on June 4th at 11am. We'll see.

On top of it all, Baker was REALLY sick and went to urgent care. He has conjunctivitis, an ear infection, and a sinus infection. Poor guy, I hope he gets better soon. You KNOW he's sick when he has to miss school. Get better soon, Baker!

Picture Time!

2009-05-22T16:29:00.009-05:00

Time for some pictures!

The day Trig found his thumb!

On the Monkey Gym

Gangsta Trig

Little Miss Sunshine Trig

Tummy time on mommy

Tummy time on Daddy

Story time with Daddy!

Makeover!

2009-05-20T21:05:00.002-05:00

Yep, the blog got a makeover! Like it? It was time. Blue in the middle for Trig and pink on the outside for mommy cuz that's how she rolls :)

I'm at home alone tonight - Baker is on call. I'm much happier when I have his help in the evenings! He's not feeling well and I hope he has a good night. Thinking of you, Baker! Love you!

Day 6!

2009-05-19T15:13:00.003-05:00

I am going to AW myself here- I am doing Jillian Michaels' 30 day shred and I am on day 6. I am not trying to lose weight, just get back in shape. After 4 months of bedrest and then not doing ANYTHING since he was born, it was time for me to get back in shape. So, the 30 day shred happens to be on my Exercise TV on Demand (FOR FREE!) so I am doing it. It is EMBARASSING how out of shape I am but I am getting there. It's a great workout and I'd recommend it to anyone - 20 minutes! So you new moms, we can all find 20 minutes - much more than that is not doable, trust me, I know, but I can find 20 minutes. Trig actually did really well with his afternoon nap today and I got to work out, take a shower (man did I need that), and I organized my dresser - when I moved back in, I just threw my clothes back in there. Nice to have things organized.

Okay, going on a walk with Baker and Trig! More later.

3 months old!!!

2009-05-15T14:27:00.002-05:00

My little almost 8lb man is 3 months old today! I can't believe it! YAY TRIG!

In other news, I spoke with the pediatrician about the results of the renal ultrasound and she recommends a voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) and a urology consult. So that will all happen on the 26th. I hope all goes well. If you have thoughts and prayers to spare, we could use them. I am really hoping that there isn't a blockage. Though, I have to admit, I'd be surprised, that boy has a FIRE HOSE. I was just thinking this morning, wow, he hasn't peed on me too many times (though his diapers are always really wet, so I wasn't worried). And, of course, I'd been complacent about covering his little wee-wee since he doesn't pee on me too much. Well, there it went and boy can that boy PEE!!!

So we'll see what they say on the 26th. Crossing fingers that it's totally nothing at all.

Back from Pedi!

2009-05-11T15:28:00.003-05:00

Back from the pediatrician! Today's stats:

7lbs 12oz, 20 inches! YAY TRIG!

Doc is very happy with his growth, that's almost a pound in 2 weeks. She says to continue with the Neo.sure and all of that. No problem.

She also said that apparently, the docs in the NICU did NOT do a renal ultrasound - or if they did, there is no record of it. Can you believe that? UGH. So he needs to be worked up again. I have no problem with that because if he needs it done, he needs it done. Hopefully, that will all come out clear. He goes in for an ultrasound on Wednesday.

Soo, all is well! He rolled over in front of the doctor to show off. It was so funny! I love my Trig!

Picture time!

2009-05-06T18:36:00.009-05:00

First trip to Luby's!

Daddy with Trigger

At the hospital after surgery

The new moms!

The new family

In the nursery

Found his thumb!

2009-05-04T20:24:00.001-05:00

Trig found his thumb today! Maybe he'll use it to self-soothe. Way to go Trig!

Growing King Family!

Growth Hormone - AGAIN!

Christmas 2011 Pictures

MRI results and Grayson WALKING!

Videos

Makeover and MRI

MRI

Some pictures and video

Growth Hormone Stimulation Test #2

Halloween 2011

Pumpkin Patch

A Day in the life - Trig And Grayson

Trig Singing

Growth Hormone Stimulation Test

First Words

Grayson's First Birthday Video

Photos

GROWTH HORMONE!

HOUSE FLOOD

Swimming

End of Intern Year!

Picture post

Trig Jumping

Fun at Aerial

Diaper rash!

Update and Grayson 9 months!

Time to update

He's TWO!

Almost 2!

More talking for Triggy!

Chugging along!

Feeding appointment for Trig

I'm a really bad blogger

FINALLY: FIRST STEPS!

1 month and 19 months!

Grayson's weight check

Grayson Video

Introducing Grayson Paul King!

Nutritionist

Okay okay, here's the house!

17 months!

We moved!

Moving along!

Lots and lots of stuff going on

BIG WEEK!!!

MATCH DAY!

Baby #2

Ears okay...

Doing better!

Trig's First Illness

Trig's Birthday Weekend

Trig's First Birthday Video

1 year stats

Triggy is 1 year old!

ALMOST 1!!!!

Trig's favorite and least favorite foods

Trig 11 months

Welcome back to Ohio!

Almost Christmas for Trig!

4th tooth and laughing at Charlie...

Third Tooth!

9 months!

9 month checkup!

We have a crawler!

Mucduc

Trig's Halloween

More Trig Video

Trig Video

Happenings!

First Tooth!

I owe pictures...

Back in Texas!

Diaper Sniffing

6 months!

Developments

Time to update!

Maddock Grandparents Visit!

More pictures

Trig loves his daddy!

How far we've come 2