Another Anniversary

Tomorrow will be the 1 year anniversary of Nina's homecoming. She was 14 weeks old and 4 pounds when she came home that day. She came home with the apnea monitor and O2 for when she ate. I stressed out most times while feeding her b/c I was afraid she would stop breathing(like she did on occasion in the hospital and a couple times at home) We ALWAYS fed her sitting up until she could hold the bottle herself.

Little by little, we got our act together and I was able to work from home with her napping in her swing next to me. Less then a month of her coming home, we kicked her out of our room(she was in a bassinet) and put her in the crib(she was too noisy for us to get sleep) Soon after, her naps were taken in the crib as well. Nina has always been a great sleeper and I think it's b/c we never rocked her to sleep. Hopefully she will continue being a good sleeper.

I shake my head when thinking back over this past year-the doctors appts-the weigh ins- our home nurse, Cindy who checked on Nina once a week- the Cigna case worker- getting her ears tested, hoping she could hear in both ears b/c she keep failing- the eye exams-the constant fear of germs-purelling my ass off-making everyone else Purell themselves-putting a net over her stroller so nobody would touch her--LYING ABOUT HER AGE-- oh man it was an insane year for new parents.

Having those baby girls 4 months early was heartbreaking.
I count my blessings everyday for Nina and Jason.

Happy Father's Day Jason!!! xxoo

Nina's fun day

Nina had a great day today! She spent the late morning with her friends Gianna and Adelina and met baby Lucia! Had a huge nap then really played hard at Gymboree. Nina is becoming more social in class and leaving my lap to explore the kids and instruments. She was standing more than usual today(even moved to the beat) and lots of the moms were commenting on how much she has improved in her balance.

Nina's 15 month check up was good. She grew a half an inch and a few oz. And I threw ALL the bottles away. (shhh...don't tell Jason I did not keep his emergency bottle.)

My Cup Runeth Over

Hello, this is Jason checking in for a guest writing appearance. Judith does such a great job with the updates but I thought I would give her a break.

Well it looks like we hit another milestone as the SIPPY is now the cup of choice. We had been mulling this move for a while and Nina was not exactly thrilled at first about giving up the bottle. In reality I think it was our hesitation but we are now over that. As of Sunday, June 8, we have moved on from the bottle.

It also helps that the number one person in Nina's life, Elmo, is on the cup and we are now referring to it as Elmo water and Elmo milk. And in grand Fox style we did not go small on the conversion but we headed out for a trip to the Limerick outlets. I, of course, wanted to bring along an emergency bottle but Judith talked me out of it, saying if she is thirsty she will drink(it didn't hurt that it was about 100 degrees Sunday).

As with everything Nina continued to amaze us and downed her sport cup full of milk and we had to go to the food court to get more. So far, so good, we will keep you posted on sippy progress.

Play Ball!

We took Nina to her first Phillies game today! We were in Jason's company's suite which made it all the better! The Phillies won and are now in 1st place. Yeah Team!

Joys of summer

Nina slipped into her bathing suit for the first time this year. (size 12 months seemed a bit tight) She also had her first taste of water ice (mango)! She preferred playing with/in the water ice over eating it. The weekend she also played in a bouncy house which she loved.

Nina LOVES being outside. She is really into birds and planes. She gets super excited when she sees or hears them and points up to the sky when you ask her where the bird/plane is. Very cute.

Memorial Day weekend-Livia

Here we are, one year later...memorial day weekend. the one year mark of Livia's passing.

At the time we were just going through the motions... just wanting her to live. We would have been faced with many tough decisions had she stayed with us. Can I be bold enough to say that God made up his mind for us, and we got a break?
Having triplet 24 weekers, I knew the chances of me going home with three babies was slim.
It was just so damn hard after holding and loving and dreaming about life with Livia that she was taken away after 2 1/2 months of knowing her. Even though she was super, super sick and her body was shutting down, it just stung.
Livia was a sweet baby. I hope she was not in much pain. I hope she heard our hearts beating as she laid against our chest. I hope when we held her she felt very loved .