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Merry Christmas 2008

Here are a few of the pics that Daddy took for our Christmas cards. I'll try to get some Christmas action shots online soon! We had a wonderful Christmas for Tage's first holiday celebration. Hope you are all enjoying the holiday break too and all of the beautiful snow!!!

Playing and Reading

Tage has been practicing sitting up by himself lately. His therapists lent us a cute little stool that is the perfect size to use as a little desk. Tage is getting stronger all the time and can now sit at his desk and play for over ten minutes at a time! Way to go little buddy!

Tage's first Thanksgiving!

All dressed up for Turkey Day!

Grandma and Grandpa were here for dinner.

Tage and his balloon


Tage enjoyed spending his first Thanksgiving at home with Mom, Dad, Grandma Sara, and Grandpa Kent. It was a small crowd this year to help in germ control, but we still had lots of delicious food and lots of fun. Tage got a HUGE helium turkey balloon for Thanksgiving since he couldn't have any of the good food (although we did let him taste the gravy, potatoes, and fruit salad by dipping his binkie :0) His new balloon is his favorite thing these days. He will play with it for hours! He holds the ribbon and shakes his arms like crazy and watches the balloon smack around. He smiles and even laughs when he's playing with it.
We definitely have a lot to be thankful for this year!!!
We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving too!

Our Handsome boy!

Dressed for FALL! Do you recognize this sweater Marli and Paula?

Tage in his frist pair of Grandpa Pants

In our family, we LOVE overall bibs. One of the most vivid memories of my Grandpa Norman is him working on the farm wearing his bibs. He always had on a pair of overalls, with tools, and doggy treats in his pockets. When we were kids we always wanted to wear "grandpa pants" on the farm too. So since Tage was born, Grandma Robby and I have been collecting various sizes of bibs for Tage. He finally fits into the smallest pair we have. We think he resembles Grandpa Norman too with his bald little head, cute face, and nasal cannulas. So Cute!

Comfy and Cozy in Fuzzy Fleece

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The sweetest little boy!

"one more thing, I kinda like my jumparoo"

Tage will play in his jumparoo for up to a half hour at a time now! No jumping yet, but loves to play with the animals and it is good for his developing trunk and neck control! Yay Tagey!

Another Dr.'s Appointment!

We traveled to Helena and Billings this week for more Doctors appointments! Tage HATES being in the car so we decided to try the DVD player. It worked to keep him happy for about half the trip. Tage's pulmonologist was pleased with Tage's "progress." Although his oxygen requirement has not gone down at all, we are noticing small steps in the right direction in his medication and overall breathing comfort. We have not needed to increase any medication for about a month now and have actually been weaning the steroids a little. Yay! We'll celebrate every single small accomplishment! We like having good Dr. visits!

Oh ya, Tage is now about 15 pounds 3 ounces and about 26 inches long! His corrected age today is 7 months, he is actually 10 months and 6 days.

Physical therapy!

Can sit in the bebe pod and play now for a few minutes at a time!

BIG stretch on those shoulders!

Tummy time is more fun with Daddy to look at!

Getting better at holding his head up during tummy time instead of face planting!

Lately we have been cracking down and really working on physical therapy in the Carrier household. Tage has some troubles with stiff and weak muscles in his neck and left shoulder so we are always working on stretching, massage, and head control. He is showing little improvements all the time and tolerating tummy time and sitting up more and more! Way to go little buddy!

Halloween!

We had lots of fun dressing Tage up as a little monkey on his first Halloween! He was so cute and didn't mind being in his costume at all. The weather was beautiful so Tage, Grandma Robby, and I went on a stroller ride and looked at all of the other cuties that were trick or treating downtown. When Daddy got home we trick-or-treated at our neighbors. It was a fun first Halloween!

Loves playing with helium balloons!

Toys!

Visiting with Hannah

It was so fun to walk with Tiff and Leslie from Pennsylvania

Me and My Mommy and Daddy

Looking around

Practicing my head control... I'm getting better! I like to sit up and look around now!

Happy Autumn!

Love the baby flannel, just like Grandpa wears.

Didn't like it when Mommy put the hat on...

"Are'nt we done yet?"

Early this week, we took advantage of the nice Fall weather to get some photos of Tage. The sun was going down fast, so the photographer (Daddy) didn't let me prop and pose Tage as much as I would've liked, but we got a couple good pix. We're planning another try soon as long as the snow stays away a bit longer!