The Preemie LIfe

Ummmm Hellllooooooo nurses!! I'm over here!! I don't care if you have 3 other babies today, my stroller isn't going to push itself!

HAHA.. oh,..OOPS, I just ripped my g-tube out!! Ding Ding Ding!! That will get their attention....haha!

Ready to go home and chase Kiki Sue around!

Mom NOOOO why are you force-feeding me wallpaper paste??

What is this foreign object you are shoving into my mouth and why does it taste like glue?

Waaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... Daddy's JV basketball team lost by 50 points!!!!

Little chubby boy hand... awwww..

Kiki Sue on the island.. I am not kidding when I say she was prescribed Prozac at one point but refused to take it! She is 15 and still kickin'!

Just a shot from when Cole and I went to California a couple years ago.. what a gorgeous pic of the coast!

Another one.. sorry.. just came across these tonight and reminiscing!

Cole and I took this pic and everytime I see it it makes me smile..

Linebacker.... what a chunk!

Just enjoying being with Daddy!

Mom, this is getting annoying....

Exhausted little boy....

Lincoln is on 9 cc's of Pregestimil per hour and is eating rice cereal and bananas! His Occupational Therapist is happy with his spoon-feeding progress...although it isn't perfect... we are just soooo excited that he even gets the opportunity!! Of course as soon as I found out they would 'consider' giving him cereal I spent $80 at the grocery store just buying every single flavor of stage 1 organic baby food, DHA rice cereal, spoons, organic yogurt juice and then a sippy cup and a toy....etc... haha.. he's worth it!!!!!!!!!!!! We may or may not have given him bananas baby food.. and he "may" have liked it...haha!! shhhhh... don't tell!!!!!!

He had his new eye exam today while I was there.. awwwwww.. I couldn't look... too awful with the torture cage they put on his little eye.. unfortunately the retinal hemmorhage has spread and now the retina is blocked by the blood.... we were hoping that it would've gotten smaller and less worrisome but..... that is not the case... so Dr. McGregor has called in a 'retinal specialist' to examine Linc this week.. we will update when we get results.. it is his left eye...right eye is good as of now..

We, are still hoping for a release date of December 15, 2009... I told the doctor if Lincoln isn't home for Christmas I will throw a stomping, screaming, TANTRUM!! and they know I mean it.. I did meet our 2 home nurses last week... really not sure how all of that will work but what we DO know is that we HAVE to have/require home nursing in order to qualify for the Medicaid waiver... trust me when I say we would NOT elect to have a nurse hanging out in our home 8 hours a day if it was not required.. my friends know that this is pure TORTURE for me as I am a very private person who needs my space but whatever it takes to get the Dink home is ok with me.. even if it means having a stranger in my house all day every day.... haha.. wow..

Hey, Obama! Look at ME!!! POSTER family for healthcare reform in America.. 2 working, educated.. (well actually Greg IS educated.. I was lucky enough to graduate from high school and do a year at OSUM) and responsible adults trying to get our baby home... :).. or come on TLC... let's do a reality show about PREEMIE life... haha... I know I didn't have 8 preemie's at once but I swear our story is interesting.. lol!