12-10-08

So it has been quite a long journey for us but Blake is finally getting to be a normal baby...almost. Anyway, I took him for his second flu shot and asked if they would weigh him because he seemed like he had gained a lot of weight. The week of Thanksgiving he weight 13 lbs 7 oz at the doctor who gives him his synagis shot and he was 23 1/2 inches long. So they weight him yesterday and he is 14 lbs 5 oz. He gained a lb in two weeks. And he is now 24 inches long. Holy cow the boy had a growth spurt. Blake got to go to our friend Felicia and Aaron's little boys's Caden's second birthday party. Besides Caden, he was pretty much the only little baby boy there. Lots of little girls for him to look at. Later that night, rob decided to let Blake lick a lolly pop. I wasn't to happy about it, but all the guys thought it was funny. Blake loved it and was drooling over it like crazy. Today Rob brought home the new insurance info from his new job. So they told us originally what the price was supposed to be per month. Apparently that person was misinformed and that was the price for each paycheck...OMG I am freaking because now we are going to have to pay double which is the same price as the cobra we had to pay for, for the past month. Does it ever end? Can we just start 2009 already please? We did get a surprise this evening here in Houston. It snowed....and a lot too! We bundles Blake up and took him out in it to play. The first time we went out, he loved it. The second time he wasn't too thrilled and wanted to go back inside. So Grandma took him back in and Rob and I stayed out and played. Blake got to see his first snowfall and that is so awesome since it is his first Christmas! Oh I forgot to update about our friends from the NICU. Isabelle got to go home last month for Thanksgiving. She went home on oxygen and an apnea monitor like Blake, but she is doing fantastisc....better than Blake did with his....they are going to take her off her apnea monitor soon since she isn't having any episodes...Thank you Lord! We love them to death and are so happy for her doing so great! So next week my parents are flying in from Ohio for Christmas and I can 't wait! They haven't seen Blake since Labor Day when he was a lot smaller and still on oxygen and monitors. I am super excited about getting to spend Christmas with them and all of our family in Kerrville. Ok, I have rambled enough so I am going to bed now. Night.