We took the boys to see Santa on Saturday! Jake was really nervous, but Josh talked him into one picture. And boy isn't it a good one ? :)

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Here are the pictures I promised :) Enjoy! I sure think these boys are pretty stinkin cute!!! What do you think?

Josh's awesome boss let Josh borrow this 4wheeler so the boys could ride it for the weekend.

Still need to get a new card reader so I can get the pictures off of Josh's camera. Maybe I will get that done this weekend. :) Until then, this is all you get. I took this picture of Tyler a couple of days ago with my phone!

His appt at St. Vincent on Friday went GREAT! Like that doctor MUCH better than the Developmental doctor at Riley! I'm sure Riley is a good fit for a lot of kids, just didn't work for Tyler. Dr. Escobar was very happy with Tyler. They estimate his development to be at about 2 months, which is really good since his due date was October 18th! Tyler will go back to developmental clinic with Dr. Chua (NICU doctor) next Wednesday. I sure hope it isn't this cold next week for his appointment.

We don't have our Christmas tree up yet. We are getting it this weekend! I still have A LOT of Christmas shopping to get done. Ugh.

Don't tell the boys, but this will be under the tree Christmas morning! :)

Sorry it has taken me so long to upload more pictures. My laptop keeps overheating and when it is working correctly I can't upload photos b/c the card reader isn't working. Just been one thing after another for Josh and I lately. I took these photos with my camera phone. I don't have any of Jake and Brayden on my camera phone. I do have some cute ones on the camera, if I could only get them off of the camera that would be nice.

Tyler has an appointment with yet another developmental doctor on Friday. If I sound frustrated, that is b/c I am. He is doing sooooo good. He weighed 9 lbs a couple of weeks ago at the doctor. He is now smiling ALL of the time and now starting to coo. Such a cutie.

Prematurity Awareness Day !!!

I encourage you to click on the link above and learn how to fight for preemies!!

Finally had time to upload a few pictures. My computer is acting up and not letting me get the really good pictures off of Josh's memory card. Hopefully I can get them uploaded this weekend. As you can tell by my the pictures, Mr. Tyler is oxygen FREE! So nice to not have that extra piece of equipment. It was nice to see all the NICU nurses and especially Dr. Chua and Dr. Tipton. We had switched Tyler to rice cereal with his bottle a couple of weeks ago instead of Simply Thick. Dr. Chua watched him take a bottle and said back to simply thick. He choked a lil bit on the rice cereal and she did NOT like that. Of course, simply thick is A LOT more expensive ($65 for a box that lasts about a month) compared to the rice cereal. It's okay though. It won't be for long. (I hope!!) The muscles in Tyler's neck are VERY tight. He leans his head toward the left more than the right. So physical therapy was up to see him while we were in the NICU. They gave me some exercises to do to help him. I can actually tell a difference in 3 days. He weighed 8 lbs 4 oz (exactly what Jake weighed when he was born) on Monday when he checked into the NICU. Crazy! Tyler will go back in December for developmental clinic for evaluation. I spent one night away from Jake and Brayden and it was hard. I seriously do not know how I did it for 75 days. Wow. I am glad that part is over with!

P.S. Tyler's friend Emory is doing MUCH better. He is off the vent and his mommy finally got to hold him today. Yay!!!

Tyler on the way to Lafayette to get rid of his oxygen!!

TThe boys being sooo excited to go stay with Granny for the night, so mommy could stay in the NICU with Tyler. Poor guys. I think they really thought that Tyler was going to be in the hospital for a long time just like this Summer.



Hooked back up to the NICU monitors... He looks HUGE in that open crib now.

http://Freebies4Mom.com

I was happy to show off how well Tyler is doing to all the wonderful NICU nurses, but it didn't take long and i was ready to head home to be with all my boys. I don't know how i did it for 75 days.


Rocking the no oxygen....... such a BIG boy now!
Look at the size of those cheeks.





Taking the carseat test with NO OXYGEN !