2008, Aunt Jenny the life saver, a home health visit, an eye checkup and mommy returning to work...

So much has happened I barely know where to start...

Our most pressing prayer need is as good a place as any I guess. We have not found a baby-sitter for Tennyson at this time and as you can tell from the title I returned to work on Wednesday, January 2. Aunt Jenny has been a life saver and spent Wednesday-Friday with Tennyson last week and is here with us this week as well, we don't know what we would do without her. Monday however she's doing her college thing (you'd think she'd give up her last semester to stay here and love on Tennyson wouldn't you) and we're not sure what we're going to do. So if you know anyone in the Oronogo/Joplin area who would love to spend their days, Monday-Friday 7:30-5 with Tennyson at our home, please give us a call or email. Please be praying about this as well as I don't know what we're going to do.

2008 was very eventful for us, we had little smokies and nachos and I had such a migraine that Tennyson and I went to bed around 10:30, we're total party animals. Travis was still up at midnight but he was watching some daredevil jump a motorcycle over a bunch of buses or something. Tennyson was awake at midnight because some in our neighborhood were shooting of fireworks, and we're not just talking little bottle rockets, but hey I guess the first minutes of 2008 are only with us once.

Tennyson has been doing so great, when Lisa visited he and Aunt Jenny on Friday, our last home health visit (we're sure going to miss Lisa) as they've moved him to monthly visits only for his Synagist shot, he weighed in at a whopping 10lbs. 15.5 ounces and was 23.5 inches long. I can't believe it, we're nearly four months old and such a big boy. He's outgrowing or outgrown all of his newborn things. I can't believe it. He also got his vaccine that day however has tolerated those very well. When Lisa called me she mentioned we should consider trying to put rice cereal into his bottle before bed so he will sleep longer (he's doing three hours at a time occassionally so we're doing better). Be praying for this as we started last night and had a few choking bits but I think they were because the hole in the nipple had to be so large for the cereal to get through and he wasn't used to the flow.

She also mentioned she thought he was beginning to teethe. I don't think that is funny and can't believe that he's growing up so fast. They always tell you it's a blink of an eye, and Hollie always said when we looked back on our NICU adventures it would seem like so long ago but I didn't realize it would happen so quickly. She also mentioned that his hernia has spread (if that's possible) and he now has them on both sides, poor little baby. So we're monitoring that closely as well as his ROP (we also think his right eye is a bit lazy) but life wouldn't be such an adventure if we didn't have these minor obstacles would it.

We saw Dr. Jordan on January 3 and though he still is showing the ROP, stage 1, it has stabalized itself which he said is great news. Many times once they stabilize they will begin to heal themselves, so we're praying for that. The best part of the trip however was when we got there guess who was coming out, Willis, Kandi and Jai Potter, our old NICU roommates. They are doing great, and Jai is still the beautiful little princess she always was, though she's pushing 7 lbs now. Also please be praying for Kandi she had to head back to work this week, and for Willis, a stay a home daddy.

Now the huge prayer request for me is that I returned to work as you read previously. I definately wasn't ready, our time had gone too quickly however you have to do what you have to do. I had sure missed the people I worked with but have to say this past week I have sure missed my little one. I am doing better now, but each morning it's hard to leave him, even though I know I couldn't care for him or love him better than Aunt Jenny does (thanks Uncle Tyler for letting us steal your wife for two weeks). Getting back into the swing of things has taken some time but my dept. had a luncheon for me (mexican :)) on Friday which was fun. It was also good to catch up on everyones holidays.

Anyways that's the brief version of our lives the past two weeks, let us know what's happening in your neck of the woods.

Love you all-
Travis, Lindsay & Tennyson Myers