Tripp has been doing lots of new things lately! Its been really exciting!
- He is eating more table foods.. He LOVES Nilla Wafers!
- Making a little progress with sippy cups!
- He started sitting up on his own last Thursday and started really crawling on Sunday. Not his goofy army crawl, but real honest to goodness crawling!!
- Playing peek-a-boo, covering his face himself!
I know I said "lots" and there's only 4 things on the list, but in the preemie world 4 is alot especially when there are major milestones involved. :o)
We've also been really busy pretty much every weekend.. My dad visited the weekend before last, last weekend we made a day trip up to Savannah for our niece, Cloie's 1st birthday (she's Tripp's Birthday buddy, I'll explain), Monday he had minor outpatient surgery to close his g-tube hole, and this weekend we have the NICU Reunion at Shands UF in the afternoon, then a friend's wedding that evening.
The trip to Savannah went really well.. It was great to see Josh's brother and his family. Although Tripp wasn't acting like himself that day. Normally when he's around kids, he wants to get down to be in the middle of everything and check the kids out. But Saturday, he was being really clingy and anti-social. Only thing I could figure is his teeth must hsve been bothering him.
The surgery on Monday went great! He had no problems while under general anesthesia and his pain has been pretty minimal. Dr. Islam and Dr. Shaw did an amazing job on the incision! We think its going to look much better once it heals than it would've prior to surgery. Everything, happens for a reason, right?!
I'm so stinkin' excited for our NICU's Reunion on Saturday. I cannot wait to see the nurses and moms we met during our stay and also those whom either came before or after us. Once we got home, I honestly did not EVER want to go back. But now that I've gotten over the roller coaster ride, I miss our family at our home away from home terribly! The nurses and doctors were so amazing and patient with us! At one point, I think we were one of the noisiest families in there.. we loved cutting up with the nurses and having a good laugh. That's one thing I'm proud of us for. We were able to see the light at the end of our tunnel and make jokes to keep our moods light. Not that we didn't have down days, b/c there were plenty of those too. But I feel like we tried to keep ourselves positive, especially when were there with Tripp. No matter what our mood was though, the nurses and dr's were always empathetic, compassionate and understanding.
Ok, so about Cloie being Tripp's Birthday buddy. There are two pairs of cousins whose birthdays are just a few weeks apart in the Johnson family. The oldest two, Jacob Jr and Skyler were born a month apart, they're 4 years old. The middle child, Joanna, is all by herself..and she's 3. Then Cloie and Tripp were supposed to be a month apart. Tripp decided he wanted to be the oldest I guess, because he came 6 weeks before her instead of 4 weeks after her. But she's made up for it, because she has the advantage since she baked longer and has 2 older siblings.. that li'l booger is walking all over the place.. and has the funniest expressions.. She'll give you the "F-you" face and not think twice about it. I can't wait to see them get bigger and play together. I think these two are going to give the older kids a run for their money! ;o)
