Thursday, May 28, 2009

Love being together

Do I have 2 red heads?
What a dad! :0)



(don't forget to scroll down and check out the new Tage and new Huntlie posts too)

What's Tage Been Up To Lately?


Tage still loves his jumper and thinks it is so fun to teach Huntlie how to jump and it's pretty cool to jump outside too.

Love this photo of Tager intently reading. I give him choices of what he wants to play with now. It was so neat to see him choose to look at his book over playing with his loud steering wheel. What a cutie!

Tage LOVES to be outside! He gets excited when he can tell we're packing up to move out to the porch or go on a car ride. He is really talking alot now...not many real words but making a ton of sounds and he uses different voices too. He has another tooth on the bottom and one about to pop through on the top too. He is about 21 and a half pounds. Weve been trying to switch him over to a "big kid" formula which is a little tricky with his sensitive tummy and new pooper! His oxygen is still up and down all the time and now his electolytes have been a bit messed up so we've been to the doctor every week since coming home from Denver to get his blood drawn. Last week, when Tage went back to get his finger poked, we heard a little girl say to her mom "Mama, that little boy is very brave." How cute and boy is she right. Tage doesn't even cry when he gets blood drawn anymore.

What's Huntlie been up to?

This picture was taken today of Huntlie and is perfect to show her silly side. She has quite a personality these days and is either laughing and having fun or completely ticked off! She sure knows what she wants and how she wants it. Her giggles, coos, and all the silly faces are so cute and almost make us forget about her picky, crabby side! Ha!


Her first time eating rice cereal! She wasn't quite sure about how to swallow or keep any of it in her mouth at first, but after a few tries she's loving it now.


Huntlie is almost 15 pounds...catching Tage fast! She loves to eat and has the cutest baby rolls. She is starting to play with toys and grab things. Completely opposite of Tage, she drools all the time and loves to put things in her mouth. She's trying hard to learn how to jump in a jumparoo. She watches Tage intently and really presses down on her tippy toes, but just can't quite jump yet. It is so cute to watch her look up to him and concentrate so hard.!

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

March For Babies 2009







Thank you all so much for your donations for the March for Babies. We had such a great time and got a good work out! The Bozeman area raised over 38,000 dollars for the March of Dimes. With your help, I was surprised to win a plaque for raising the 2nd most money as an individual. Crazy.

The weather for the walk was absolutely beautiful. Tage had a lot of fun and soaked up all of the attention! We were happy to have my mom, Justin's dad, Chandra, and her friend Jenna walk with us as Team Tagenator. Before the walk started, they read a little story about Tage. It was quite an honor to be nominated as Bozeman's March of Dimes Mission Family. Now Tage's poster will be on display every year.

Friday, May 15, 2009

At Home for a Year

Today is the one year anniversary of bringing Tage home from Denver. Leaving the security of our NICU doctors and nurses was one of the scariest yet happiest days of our lives. It is crazy all of the growth and changes that have happened in one year. (notice how big his G-tube looks next to him! Wow, he was tiny)


Just a tiny little peanut, a little over 5 pounds.


In only one year, our family photo has changed quite a bit!!!






Sunday, May 3, 2009

Caring Bridge reminder

Not sure if all of my blog readers remember that Tage has another website where I post more detailed explanations of his medical stuff...so just wanted to post a quick reminder. Check out his caring bridge page if you're wondering exactly what is going on with our Denver Children's Hospital stay. www.caringbridge.org/visit/tagedaniel