Man you sure are cute.
Monday, February 22, 2016
Man you sure are cute.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
so cute
Today was a follow up doctors appt for you, theo. Your doctors name is Dr Sasala. (He is a very nice man who always touches my arm and is very smiley and when I complained about my itching breasts he said he knew a lot about that and could take a look if I wanted. ha! Brady thought he just wanted to cop a feel. Later, the next day i found out he is gay and has been married to his partner for 12 years! He has triplets from his previous marriage which is what can throw you off) Anyway, he is so great. We really like him. So today we were sent by the cardiologist for a weight check.
I have been stuffing you full feeding you every time your eyes open just for this weigh in. We go to all lengths to get that milk in you one way or another. Since you are not keen on the bottle, I have been known to squirt it in your mouth or syringe it. Both take a really long time but we'll do it for your fat cells to increase.
Well, i am sorry to say that my toil and trouble was for no use this time. You weighed 9 pounds 1 ounce 2.5 weeks ago and today you weighed a mighty 9 lbs 3 ounces. I have got nothing left in me. The crazy thing is that you have been growing i thought. Like you kick and kick and kick and you are awake a lot more lately. And today when the first developmental therapist came, you turned your head from left to right and then right to left by tracking a picture of a face. So therefore I thought you were doing much better than the scales tell us.
So now we have a new plan, your heart surgery will be sooner. It was going to be in the middle of march but now it will be earlier. The pediatrician's office gave me a container of Formula which you will get tonight. Either through a syringe or a squirted. i am praying so hard that you will be able to gain weight. Fingers crossed. And you are just so cute!
And earlier today, during one of your feedings, Jude needed no entertaining. He went and got his baby. His baby Feo, and sat on the couch.
jude: My baby feo is crying
me: why is he crying?
Jude: he wants some milk.
Jude proceeded to climb on the couch, laid the baby on his lap while he lifted up his shirt, held it with his chin and then placed his baby against his chest to eat.
Jude: He is eating good.
haha he clearly has heard a lot of that lately.
I have been stuffing you full feeding you every time your eyes open just for this weigh in. We go to all lengths to get that milk in you one way or another. Since you are not keen on the bottle, I have been known to squirt it in your mouth or syringe it. Both take a really long time but we'll do it for your fat cells to increase.
Well, i am sorry to say that my toil and trouble was for no use this time. You weighed 9 pounds 1 ounce 2.5 weeks ago and today you weighed a mighty 9 lbs 3 ounces. I have got nothing left in me. The crazy thing is that you have been growing i thought. Like you kick and kick and kick and you are awake a lot more lately. And today when the first developmental therapist came, you turned your head from left to right and then right to left by tracking a picture of a face. So therefore I thought you were doing much better than the scales tell us.
So now we have a new plan, your heart surgery will be sooner. It was going to be in the middle of march but now it will be earlier. The pediatrician's office gave me a container of Formula which you will get tonight. Either through a syringe or a squirted. i am praying so hard that you will be able to gain weight. Fingers crossed. And you are just so cute!
And earlier today, during one of your feedings, Jude needed no entertaining. He went and got his baby. His baby Feo, and sat on the couch.
jude: My baby feo is crying
me: why is he crying?
Jude: he wants some milk.
Jude proceeded to climb on the couch, laid the baby on his lap while he lifted up his shirt, held it with his chin and then placed his baby against his chest to eat.
Jude: He is eating good.
haha he clearly has heard a lot of that lately.
theo is such an easy baby. Like almost TOO easy! If i wasn't nursing then I might forget that he was in our house ha! He is so quiet and it is all too easy to feed him and then lay him down and come back 3 or 4 hours later to feed him again and he is in the same position that I left him.
So now that he is getting a little bit larger it is a little bit easier for me to carry him around. He still can't hold his head up and he is still very sleepy but more awake that i am able to carry him around in my little solly baby wrap. And he makes the cutest noises. like a little puppy.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
my babies are growing up
the other morning when jude woke up, it was earlier than I would have liked. A ripe old time of 8. ha! yes that is much earlier than i would have liked. Brady was at the gym so it was up to me to be a mom and get my child out of his crib. Every morning he yells from his crib. "mommy i'm awake?" and then quickly he knows that I won't be the hero to get him out so he says, "oh daddy!! i'm awake?" very pleasant this one.
So this particular morning I picked him and brought him into bed with me. Instantly he says, "I want daddy's cereal". meaning, i'm starving and feed me. Because i wasn't ready to get up, I stalled telling him a story about how when he was little I would bring him in bed with me...yada yada. i went on and on and on just making it as long as I could so I could stay lying down that much longer. When i was finished with the story, jude quickly said, "good story mommy". he being all serious and sincere. Oh how could I not get up and get him cereal now.
Theo is growing so much bigger. To me anyway. It is pretty apparent these days that he is special needs. When we went to Charleston, and people saw him and his age, they would say, "oh he is so small for 7 weeks". So we nicely tell them he has down's syndrome and it makes sense in their eyes. There is nothing I love more however, that to hold and snuggle and have his sweet little 7 lb 9 ounces lay on my chest.
Despite all the issues and heartache that having a down's baby is, the positive is I get to have a newborn for 7 weeks thus far! a newborn in the sense that he is limp and sleepy and soo cuddly. he still sleeps all the time. But when he is awake, oh those eyes. Man he has my heart. My second heart. Jude has my first one, theo has my other one.
we recently went to charleston, south carolina with our friends, the Penas. Actually it was pretty funny how it turned out. Brady was out of town and I thought it was be a fantastic idea for me to take both boys and drive to Pilly to Courtney and Christians house ALONE. Fat chance. I was running around like mad trying to get out of the house on wednesday. I planned for noon and barely left at 4 ha! right on time. Our car had died and I needed to get it jumped. And as smart as I am, USAA jumped our car and then i turned it off. I called her back and she flat up charged me $20 for her own personal needs! How dare she. Anyway, so i get to philly and they were thinking of leaving around 6. Well, Pena's are just like I am. Maybe running a tad bit behind schedule. One of the reasons we are so nicely fit for one another. We finally leave around 9 and end up at her parents house in DC @ around 1130. That was fine. So next day.....we played around and wanted to leave around 8 isn so the kids would sleep in the car for our 8 hour ride. Christian loads up the car yada yada goes to start it and it is dead! No fear, USAA will come! I call them and they come and jump it. We all get in, pi's on, buckled in, driving down the road when the TV turns on and off and the lights are flashing and it is jerking. What?! Something with the fuse. Christian turns around and USAA reliably comes back again! He suggests we don't drive the car. So we pull back in, prop the boys in front of the boob tube and think. Christian calls Courtneys uncle and we end up driving their car and getting in (by the skin of christians half open eyes) @ 545 ish. Phew. It was a great time. We went for Sara Jayne and Robyn 's marathon. We cheered them on, walked around and just had the best time! They are some of our greatest friends. Dearest souls I would dare say. jude had a hoarse voice almost the entire trip. And it was a bit cold but we still managed to get a family picture on the beach.
So this particular morning I picked him and brought him into bed with me. Instantly he says, "I want daddy's cereal". meaning, i'm starving and feed me. Because i wasn't ready to get up, I stalled telling him a story about how when he was little I would bring him in bed with me...yada yada. i went on and on and on just making it as long as I could so I could stay lying down that much longer. When i was finished with the story, jude quickly said, "good story mommy". he being all serious and sincere. Oh how could I not get up and get him cereal now.
Theo is growing so much bigger. To me anyway. It is pretty apparent these days that he is special needs. When we went to Charleston, and people saw him and his age, they would say, "oh he is so small for 7 weeks". So we nicely tell them he has down's syndrome and it makes sense in their eyes. There is nothing I love more however, that to hold and snuggle and have his sweet little 7 lb 9 ounces lay on my chest.
Despite all the issues and heartache that having a down's baby is, the positive is I get to have a newborn for 7 weeks thus far! a newborn in the sense that he is limp and sleepy and soo cuddly. he still sleeps all the time. But when he is awake, oh those eyes. Man he has my heart. My second heart. Jude has my first one, theo has my other one.
we recently went to charleston, south carolina with our friends, the Penas. Actually it was pretty funny how it turned out. Brady was out of town and I thought it was be a fantastic idea for me to take both boys and drive to Pilly to Courtney and Christians house ALONE. Fat chance. I was running around like mad trying to get out of the house on wednesday. I planned for noon and barely left at 4 ha! right on time. Our car had died and I needed to get it jumped. And as smart as I am, USAA jumped our car and then i turned it off. I called her back and she flat up charged me $20 for her own personal needs! How dare she. Anyway, so i get to philly and they were thinking of leaving around 6. Well, Pena's are just like I am. Maybe running a tad bit behind schedule. One of the reasons we are so nicely fit for one another. We finally leave around 9 and end up at her parents house in DC @ around 1130. That was fine. So next day.....we played around and wanted to leave around 8 isn so the kids would sleep in the car for our 8 hour ride. Christian loads up the car yada yada goes to start it and it is dead! No fear, USAA will come! I call them and they come and jump it. We all get in, pi's on, buckled in, driving down the road when the TV turns on and off and the lights are flashing and it is jerking. What?! Something with the fuse. Christian turns around and USAA reliably comes back again! He suggests we don't drive the car. So we pull back in, prop the boys in front of the boob tube and think. Christian calls Courtneys uncle and we end up driving their car and getting in (by the skin of christians half open eyes) @ 545 ish. Phew. It was a great time. We went for Sara Jayne and Robyn 's marathon. We cheered them on, walked around and just had the best time! They are some of our greatest friends. Dearest souls I would dare say. jude had a hoarse voice almost the entire trip. And it was a bit cold but we still managed to get a family picture on the beach.
Saturday, January 9, 2016
To my fellow family and friends across the country,
We, the clifford's from az and utah and most recently from ca, and NOW living in nyc, would love to share a bit of our lives/overload of pictures of our children with you that live around the country! I realized that you, our dearest family and friends, are just DYING over the fact that I don't text you more pictures of my kids. So....here you are!
Baby theo is now 5 weeks old and continues to be a great sleeper
We, the clifford's from az and utah and most recently from ca, and NOW living in nyc, would love to share a bit of our lives/overload of pictures of our children with you that live around the country! I realized that you, our dearest family and friends, are just DYING over the fact that I don't text you more pictures of my kids. So....here you are!
Baby theo is now 5 weeks old and continues to be a great sleeper
and here he is: Theo (?) clifford
12.5.15
6 lbs 11 oz. 18.5 inches long
its a true bummer this is blurry. although i think it is appropriate. he stood for about .3 seconds for the picture. if you blinked...it was blurry:)
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