Liljenquist Family: November 2008

Fatty Magee

Fatty Magee will be 6 months on the 11th. I can hardly believe that it has been 6 months since our ordeal in the hospital. He is quite the growing boy and just solid. He loves to laugh and when anyone pays attention to him. This month I have a total of 9 doctors appointments. He had his EKG/ECHO last week. The EKG is showing some thickening of his heart wall but the ECHO was clear so the cardiologist doesn't think that it will amount to anything but we still have to follow up in 6 months. He had a GI appointment on Thursday. He is still having problems with his acid reflux and taking Previcid(Follow up in 2months). The appointment with his Physical Therapist went well and she was impressed his progress and how strong he is. He has his 6 month appt with his pediatrician next week along with a RSV shot at another office. The following week we will see the pulmonologist again. They have taken him off caffeine and the apnea machine. The week of Thanksgiving we have an appointment with the Neurologist to have a head ultrasound to check the brain bleed. Also we have an appt to see the radiologist to have a Modified Barium Swallow. This is when we will find out if we can thin out his feeds or if he will still aspirate it into his lungs. Right now he is on a honey thick formula(1Tbls of rice cereal to every 1 oz formula). This is all of the fun that Brody and I get to have and poor Bailee will be dragged along. Luckily the older ones will be in school. I can't imagine if I have to entertain all of them at the dr.s

Brody was a pee in the pod for Halloween. We didn't get many shots of him so I took a few today before we put the costumes away. He is so stinking cute if you ask me:)

Bailee is 10 months older but you can hardly tell in this shot. Bailee is on the small side so I am sure it will not be long before Brody catch ed up.

His Physical Therapist wants him to sit as much as possible so here he is in a Bumbo. He will only stand it for a few minutes. He is still pretty stiff which is common for preemies. We do exercises with him everyday.

I thought this pic was cute. He was getting upset at being in the Bumbo and making faces.

Bailee's Update

Bailee has been such a trooper through out her hand injury. I figure she must have a high pain tolerance because she really only cried the day it happened. She didn't really fuss everyday when we would have to change her bandages. In fact we would have to stop her from taking them off and picking at them. This pic is of Bailee a week after it happened when the doctors said that she didn't have to wear bandages any more. We just have to put lotion of them a few times a day and stretch them and they don't think that she will have any scars. YEAH!!!!

This is of Bailee today. Her hands are just pink and looking good.

Halloween

Here are a few shots of the kids on Halloween. We hung out on the neighbors carport and ate pizza then took the kids around the neighborhood for trick or treating. The kids loved it. Kodee would say trick or treat all the way down the street, up the walkway and then when they would open the door she was suddenly shy. Go figure.

Thanks to Papa Tom for toting a wounded Bailee around.

This is Kodee and Maija, our neighbor. They are best friends and held hands while trick or treating.

Halloween Party

OK-So it took me a little while to sit down and get things uploaded. I have been trying to catch up on all the crazy loan stuff that is going on right now and that takes up my nights. Which is the only time to sit down and use the computer without 4 kids in my lap. Here are some pics of the kids at Kodee and Rylee's preschool, Little Scholars Academy. It was so cute. They had face painting, arts and crafts, food and games. The kids did a little presentation of a pumpkin song which my kids refused to do because they were too busy eating. Apparently they take after me.

This is Rylee, her cousin Ana Milan, their teacher Miss Jenna, and some of the other student.