Bits and Pieces...

Uncle Jon is coming to visit today! This has inspired me to bake something for dessert tonight. So in addition to the standard bread chronicles I thought I'd show off the Chocolate Chip Peanut Blondies we made. Just writing about them makes me get a sugar high. But we are going to serve them with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce on top....because Happy Weekend to us! Mmm, all so good. Heaven.

I really don't know where the week went. The summer always seems to fly by much faster than the rest of the year. We had a follow up appointment with Dr. GI. There was granulation tissue around the hole so they burned it off with a silver nitrate stick. The nurse said it didn't hurt Noodles, but we'll let him be the judge of that. Hopefully the button will fit better now. And drumroll please! I changed his tube/button ALL BY MYSELF. With the nurse's moral support of course. But I did it. No more trips to the ER. The biggest lesson I learned was not to let him pull it out right after a feed. (Note to file...there's lots of oozing stomach contents). Props to me:)

We also got brave and attempted a trip to the pool. (I'd be most happy if this activity could occupy most of my time these days.) Didi met me there to help with the boys. We split up and I was an old hat to Nate anyway, so Didi went swimming with him in the big-kid pool, while LJ and I rocked out in the baby pool on his new baby boat pool seat. He wasn't a happy camper at first but once he got acclimated to the water he relaxed for about 45 minutes.

I'll skip over therapy since PT, ST and OT weren't that great this week. We'll chalk it up to just being an off week. He's gained 1 pound in the last month- fatty now weighs 16 pounds and 4 oz. But next week we are going to Dr. Pediatrician and Dr. Pulmonologist and a pre-op appointment for the eye surgery. In addition, we are trying out Aquatic Therapy with Noodles' physical therapist. So that's what we're up to. I'm a little worried about next week, but we'll get through it.