Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Two years old!!!





Bryson turned two on Sunday. We had the Blickenstaffs over for dinner and cake. Bryson got a bunch of Thomas stuff and a mega blocks garage set up with a bunch of trucks(thanks vincent!)It was hard to get him to open all his gifts because he just wanted to play with everything. I made him a Henry (from Thomas the train) cake and he seemed to like it. I put his Thomas sheets on his big boy bed, but I still can't seem to get him to sleep in it. We went to the pumpkin patch a couple weeks ago and Bryson picked out his own pumpkin. He helped me carve and decorate the pumpkins and runs outside to see them everyday. Kyle is doing great he is almost rolling over now and can hold his head up when he's on his tummy. He likes to watch Bryson play and he laughs at him often. Our insurance issue is being appealed and it sounds like there's a good chance they will pay our hospital bill, so that is a great relief. We are getting excited for our trip home, now I need to get packing!

Friday, October 2, 2009

October already!



Mara and John were here for a visit recently. We went to the zoo for a day and Bryson got to ride the train again. Mara and John bought him some more Thomas trains and some track. He won't stop talking about Henry (one of the trains). It's the first thing he plays with in the morning when he gets up. His new favorite book is Green Eggs and Ham he calls it 'ham'. He really seems to like the Dr. Seuss books. He's been a little crabby lately cuz he's getting his upper canine teeth in. (He's getting up pretty much every night crying)He got sick yesterday morning and vomitted a bunch of times, I was worried he might have the flu and we all were gonna get it, but it must have been something he ate cuz he was fine by the afternoon. He loves to go for walks and doesn't want to ride in the BOB anymore. It's making it a little more difficult for me to get exercise cuz he goes so slow. We're down to his last nuk! I'm hoping we won't have to buy anymore, but I'm thinking we made need a couple just in case for our trip to WI.

Kyle is doing great, he's getting bigger all the time! He's a real happy baby and smiles and coos alot. He is so happy in the mornings! It makes it easier to get up because he is so cute. He has had a few big out loud laughs now, but it's mostly just giggles and stuff. He has his first cold (his nose is a little stuffy)but seems to be handling it very well. He is able to roll onto his side now but can't quite make it all the way over. He is grabbing at toys and tries to sit up when he's in his bouncer chair.

I got some bad news yesterday, our insurance company is refusing to pay for Kyle's hospital stay (we didn't precertify it??). what good is it to have insurance if they can find ways to get out of paying for your bills! I sure hope something can be done in this country about health care, because it is a ridiculous mess! We're going through an appeals process now so keep your fingers crossed. If this doesn't work we're gonna be bankrupt (three weeks in the NICU is expensive!)

Happy Birthday Mara!