*there's an 8 month old!

Happy 8 months of life Will!

Believe it or not, in Will's 8 months he still has not yet reached more days of being at home than in the hospital. In a couple of days we will have passed the 127 total days he spent there. That is more than half of his short little life. On Friday, July 9th Will will go back to the hospital briefly. He is having a G tube put in which requires a minor surgery. Our hope is that he is able to leave in the typical amount of time - 23 hrs. A G tube will let us feed him through a button on the side of his stomach and we can pull the NG tube out of his nose...hopefully forever! Wish him luck and send up lots of prayers please!

Here is the latest:
-Will has had several "play dates" with the kids of my friends. By play date I mean he either stares at them, plays with his toys as usual, cries, or sleeps. He does seem entertained by bigger kids.
-We made our first trip to the grocery store together this week. I was wearing him in a wrap thinking he would go to sleep. I didn't realize he would want to see everything in the store! He was craning his neck to take in all the sights. Also, we had several people stop us to tell me how cute he was. (of course!)
-Each week we have an early intervention teacher, a speech language pathologist, and a physical therapist come to the house to work with him. He's getting practice with a bottle and being more comfortable with us touching his mouth. He's rolling over from his tummy to both the left and right. He has no interest in rolling from his back to his tummy though.

Here he is in action:

Happy floor time on his quilt pallet.

 This is the only way to keep him on his tummy. He can't roll over with a Boppy pillow on both sides! Thanks for loaning it to us Jill!

 

 

We hope everyone has a happy Fourth of July weekend!