Daddy makes the best "babysitter"

Enough Said.

Hip Hip HOORAY!

Everyone that was supposed to get on the bus, did and those that weren't didn't!  Luke is going to review the rules of waiting for the bus.  Now what to do with only 3 children at home? hmmmmm the possibilities are endless!  Here is to a very productive day!?!?!?  Maybe we will find Luke some pants and a long sleeved shirt.

Guess who...

Guess who in this picture is mad they are going to school and who is mad that they aren't going to school.  All the first days are done and now we are moving foward to plain ol' school days.  Tomorrow the bus starts!  FUN FUN!

Sam update-

Sam broke the 7 pounds marker!  A good poop would have put him back under though!  7 pounds  .5 ounces!  He is now ATTEMPTING 5 nursings a day.  To come home Sam must take all of his food by mouth and maintain or gain weight for 24 hours.  He is fed 8 times in 24 hours, through the tube in his nose.  Even though he is nursing 5 times a day he also gets tubes (tube feedings) after most feedings.  Sam is now in a "private room" in the nursery.  It makes nursing him so much easier! 

Spa O Willaert Is Now Open!

We now are taking appointments for a day of beauty.  Our services include a delightful dinner (pizza), followed by a relaxing soak (in the sink), with dessert (eaten with a measuring spoon) to top off the evening.  After dinner we offer entertainment (doing the dishes in the sink next to you).  Look at those wrinkly toes.

Another One Bites The Dust...

And another one is out the door to school!  Lucia headed to her first day of preschool on Wednesday.  Lucia goes to school 3 afternoons a week.  She love every second about it, even the carpool was a hit!

1 Down 5 To Go!

And she is off!  New uniform, backpack and lunch bag rounded out the morning!  Gabrielle even hitched a ride to school with a friend.....as a first grader.....should I be worried?  Sitting at a new lunch table was going to be the highlight of the day for her, or so she told Brian.  Look out first grade, Gabrielle is on her way!

Starting over!

Nate and Gabs and The Stroller May 2005

So I decided to give this blog another attempt, probably because I have oodles of free time!

So with School starting, Sam working on nursing and tons of other "exciting" things I know that there will be mounds of fun things to share. My goal is at least one picture a day...maybe a caption too-

Ready....Set....GO!

Monday!!!

NICU nurses say 6am & 8am feeding....you say OK!
Monday Morning Feeding at 8am gets you:
1Broken double stroller
2 Skinned knees
3 Heart Rate drops
4 Attempts at latching
5 Kids mad at you because you have to walk BACK home, since you left the left the keys on the counter and the car is parked in the St. Mary's parking ramp.

Trying to nurse Sam with a never ending supply of hands to rub his head, Sadie trying to force a "mee mee" (blanket) on him, tripping over cords, trying to be quiet in the NICU, Fighting over who pushes the elevator buttons, thankful no Gatorade spilled, washing 10 hands with surgical soap, wishing the "private room" didn't have glass doors......Priceless......Right?

The picture at the top is a tribute to the faithful stroller that served us well through poop, puke and pee. Thank you for the good times and the wet times. I guess we should have understood that Max Capacity 2, didn't mean everyone.

+M