NICU Reunion

Today was the NICU Reunion at the Denver Zoo. The hospital puts this on every other year, and it was impressive! They covered all admission costs, plus had a buffet lunch, a photographer, hats and binoculars for the kids, and they gave us coupons for free cotton candy. =) This was Jack's first time at the zoo. It barely got up to 50 degrees, but we still had a blast! He really liked the peacocks that wander around the pathways.

Steph, one of Jack's former nurses.

Jackie, another former nurse. It was great getting to see so many people - we saw some of his former roommates and their families, nurses, his developmental therapist, and his 2 main NICU doctors.

I was telling another mom yesterday at our Mommy and Me class about it, and I think you have to have gone through the NICU experience to understand why we'd all want to get together again. The doctors, therapists, and especially the nurses were who I spent most of my time with, every day, (and Jon too, on the weekends) for the 3 months Jack was in the hospital. It was strange to suddenly not see them every day, so it's nice to be able to keep up with them. And of course, to show off how great Jack is doing!

Jack's Crawling!

He crawled forward for the first time tonight! We got it on video - Jon will probably upload part of it to Picassa. Jack is also good at opening the drawers on our coffee table.

We keep some of his clothes, blankets, extra wipes, etc in there.

Emma looking on.

And leaving. The cats aren't thrilled that he's mobile now. =)

Weekend update

Thursday night Jack didn't want to take his bottle, and he did it again Friday afternoon. He also seemed a little fussier than usual, so we took him in to the ped Saturday morning. (I love that they're open on Saturdays!) He has an ear infection again - right ear for sure, the dr couldn't see in the left ear because of wax buildup. So he's on amoxicillin again. We're hoping that he'll be feeling better soon, because I was planning to leave Friday for Dallas.

He loves standing up against the sofa back and looking over, especially if the windows are open or if there are kitties down below.

He's moved into 18 month sized clothes already! And we started him back on the Zantac. We had taken him off a week or so ago when he ran out (per dr orders), but he was spitting up through his nose every other day. So when we went in on Saturday he gave us a new script, and he hasn't spit up since then.

He does have a runny nose though - we're not sure if it's just because of the ear infection or if he has a little cold. So we've been taking it easy and having lots of reading and cuddling time to try and make him feel better.

Jack's First Driving Lesson