Spring is on it's way

Today I noticed out the kitchen window that our daffodils were in full blooms.





The first signs of spring!! I'm so ready for warmer weather and hopefully we will be able to start taking Gage for walks around the neighborhood in his stroller.

Hand + Mouth = ?

Gage loves to put his hands in his mouth and chew on them. Lately he's been doing it at the same time he's talking or squealing. What fun can happen when Daddy helps out:

Playing with balloons

While in the hospital Gage received several balloons. He would stare and stare at them like if he could just get up and get them he would. Now that we are back at home he's started noticing them and can't stop looking at them again. So Kelly decided to attach them to one of his wrist rattles and put the rattle around his ankle. The following is the result:

Back to the grind

It's been a week since we were sprung from the hospital. Gage is doing great. We went to the doctor last tuesday and she told us that he sounded much better than he did while in the hospital and that we could do the breathing treatments as needed. Tonight is the last of antibiotic and we just pray that he doesn't get anything else during the last of these winter months.

Since being home he's been catching back up on his feedings and is eating like a champ. We are back to working on eating cereal and baby food. So far we've tried green beans and he's not huge fan of them yet.

Last night he starting trying to roll over again from back to tummy. He got over a couple of times and of course every time he got onto his belly he would get upset, he just hates being on his belly. Then tonight he's at it again. Anytime you put him down in the floor he's on his belly before you can blink. He's getting better and better at it and has started trying to roll from back to belly to back again.

He's growing up so fast. I can't believe it's been 5 months since out little man was born. Time really does fly.


Here are a couple of pics of Gage playing:


Playing is so tiring



Laughing a Momma upside down



Huh??

Monday afternoon update

WE GET TO GO HOME!!!!!

I'm so excited. He's doing much better today without his oxygen and they said as long as he does fine at 5 they are going to call the doctor and they will discharge us. Thank goodness. I can't wait to get my little man home. Thank you all so much for all of the prayers and thoughts during this. Believe me it was heard and much appreciated.

I will update (with pictures hopefully) soon.

Monday Morning

Today after Gage's breathing treatment they took the oxygen off all together and so far so good!!! He's holding his own and doing well.

The doctor should be here soon so we'll see where we are after that.

Sunday Night

Well today wasn't the day. They tired to wean Gage off the oxygen and he just wasn't holding his own so they had to turn it back up.

Tomorrow we're asking the doctor to do another chest x-ray to see where we are in recovering.

More then.....

Sunday Morning Update

Good morning everyone! I know it's early but the doctor has been in already and has said that we are going to try and wean Gage off the oxygen today!! I am praying that he does well and that we won't have any problems. If he does well today then we might possibly get to go home tomorrow.

I'll keep you updated on how it's going.

Saturday Update

Sorry about not updating yesterday. We were busy most of the day.

Kelly's parents came to visit yesterday. We all enjoyed seeing them and getting to spend time with them. Then Heather and Grandma Gore came to visit yesterday afternoon. Heather got several laughes out of Gage. Just a sign that he is getting
better. Then last night Lori and Matt came by to see how we were.

It was great getting to visit with everyone.

Well the doctor came by today and said that he's still a few days from going home. He's still needing the oxygen that they are giving him. And he's still a little wheezy and needs to be watched. So we will be here until next week sometime.

We can tell that he's really start to feel better since he's smiling and laughing again. He's also moving all over the place, I'm sure he's tired of that ol' hospital bed.

Thursday Afternoon

Today has been going well. Gage is getting back to feeling better. He's been smiling and talking most of the day.

And his appetite is starting to be back in full swing. He's eating 3 to 4 ounces every three hours. Now that it's not just pedialyte he's happy.

He's now wearing a hat to help with his IV so he doesn't grab at it as much and try and pull it off. He's just too cute in his hat that I had to share this picture.



Too cute, huh.

Hopefully we will know more about when we will be going home in the morning. I'll share more then.