HAPPY NEW YEAR 12 days into it!!!!

Here is how we rang in the New Year, eating ice cream sundaes!!! Boy how having a child will make you mellow out! He made it until 11:30pm alomost big guy.



Heres after the big guy left!

We had the Merriest of Christmasses, having a child at Christmas time makes you feel like a child all over again. I had that same feeling I remember from when I was a kid at Christmas time the anticipation. I could not wait for James to get up Christmas morning and see all his gifts that Santa left, He still is talking about the cookies and milk we left for Santa.

Gramma and Pa Pa Santa Claus got this for James, now if he could only ride it! He tries but wants to push the pedals backwards which puts on the brakes. My back is killing me from pushing him around.

On the g-tube end of things, James is doing terrific. The surgery site has finally healed with no more ugly GRANULOMA'S to deal with, a little red at times, but no leakage. It also no longers seems to be painful or tender to him so connecting him to the tube is no longer a battle. He even says tube now. He is now as of last week 22.05lbs and his reflux seems to be better. Our surgeon at the time of our consult stated that 25% of kids with tubes get better, 25% stay the same and the remaining 50% get worse, I tell you I am so pleased with our outcome and so proud of James he is such a trooper and a great kid. I feel we are the 25% that have gotten better! We still have our off days with eating, but, I no longer need to stress over it, because I know that later he will get in his needed calories not to mention I can even bump the caloric intake by adding baby food. It really is easy once it heals and you get the routine down and adapt. We go back to our GI January 29th, so lets hope for another pound.

I see great things to come in 2008 for James and us, I finally feel at ease. Hope everyone is off to a great 2008!!!!

Until next time, Tracy and P.S. James has gone poo poo on the potty a total of 5 times now, still not really recognizing the urge but sometimes during diaper changes or between bath time he will say ca ca and by golly he goes. He goes pee pee to but still just when we initiate it. But hey at least he is interested and has been introduced to the idea. I need to get more serious about it but I feel we still have some time. Or should I go for it since he is interested?????