Sunday, February 10, 2008

Now we know!

Hello Hello my Fellow Abby Goers,

Before I jump into the meaning behind the title of this post, let me get a few updates out of the way. Abby is doing better, but she is still a bit sick with a runny nose and still throws up just about every morning. Sometimes we can run in and catch all the "goodies" before they land on the sheets but other times, like this morning, we're not so lucky. I have to say though, we have the whole process down pretty good. Kelly grabs Abby and starts pulling her clothes off while I grab new jammies and proceed to yank the matress out of the crib to put a new set of sheets on. The key though is to NOT get too excited or move too fast, because then the Abbers only gets excited too. And at 5AM, that ain't what we're looking for.
Today, Abby was in a great mood. She was making all kinds of sounds with her voice today too. All kinds of Bah Bah sounds and Mah Mah sounds and Dah Dah sounds (none of which were purpose though I'm sad to say.) Oh! She has learned to stick her tongue out too! This is so great! I picked her up Saturday morning from her crib and she just started sticking her tongue out at me. I loved it! This is good because Abby as you all know has trouble eating. She has trouble eating because she can't get her muscles in her mouth or her tongue to work as well as you and I can. And sticking out her tongue ON PURPOSE means that neurologically she has a stronger ability to control the actions of her tongue. Lets not forget that she is SUPER CUTE when she does this. We're still learning it though, so it's hard to get a picture of it. I can't get the tongue on cue like I can the O Face, or Kissy Face, or Very Serious Face. Have you guys seen the I Don't Know Gesture yet? Shoot, I don't think you have. I need to get that one too. Alright, lots to do.
Abby has become EXTREMELY needy and clings to momma like velcro. It basically goes like this: Abby wakes up, momma gets Abby out of bed and takes Abby downstairs. Momma puts Abby on the ground to play....but no. Instead, the Waaaaambulance comes screamin' into town. The sirens turn off only when momma picks Abby up again. This is so much fun I can't even explain it. Thank Goodness Eddie is so calm and sits up on his own now. Kelly can sit him up with some toys and he'll be okay for a short while and won't move. Unless of course he topples over. Then he proceeds to roll like crazy, inevitibly smashing his head into whatever lies in front of him. It's usually a chair leg, a toy, the ottoman or a wall. Either way, the impact of said smashes don't seem to phase him. The dude just keeps on rollin'. He's just a happy go lucky spirit.
Okay...J Tube update. Luckily, the J Tube which was suppose to last 8 weeks is still hanging in there. We have a J Tube replacement surgery scheduled for early March. We hope this J Tube will last as long as then. If it stops working, Kelly is supposed to take it out and put the spare G Tube we have in. That's right, Kelly does this. She's done it before. Crazy huh?
We are hoping the new J Tube will be as successful as this one has been. Abby has really gained some good weight and we think we're close to the 20 lb mark, which means we can turn that car seat around and Abby can face forward.

Okay, so I'm light on the pics, but the one I do have is PRICELESS! Now we know where Abby gets her O face.....

So here is an all time classic O Face picture of Abby....



AND HERE IS KELLY AROUND 2 YEARS OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



How great is that? I love it!

That's all for now. I hope this blog takes care of your Abby fix for now. I'll work on the tongue picture and the I Don't Know Gesture picture too.

 
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