Our Sunshine Boys: Trip to PA to see my bro

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Trip to PA to see my bro

You just might crash on a big wheel-ya better put some knee and elbow pads on!

Here's Jack

Here is my sister in law, my niece and nephew holding our baby Evan.

Of course, the boys rode bikes while we were there.

A pic of Chad and I at the park near my brother's house.

We did not plan for them to all be in green. We walked around the corner to the playground-Jack had to stay back because he was in time out. He was supposed to meet us at the park with my brother but they never came. We made it back before my brother got ready. Imagine that! It was hard to have all the kids in one spot and cooperating.....so here are 3 of the 5 kids.

Here are 4 of the 5 kids. This pic was taken before we left to come back to NC. My nephew didn't want to be in the pic.

Steven and Jack

Jennifer, Steven and Callie

Me-The proud Aunt

Callie and Ryan

Steven, Steven Jr. and Jack

We didn't plan this either-they were all in blue- and again my nephew was photo shy.
L-R Jack, Callie and Ryan

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About the boys

As of 3/31/08

Ryan is 4 1/2 years old. He is in preschool and loves every minute of it. He loves to color and he loves Larry Boy, the superhero from Veggie Tales.

Jack is almost 3 and he is the aggressive one. He likes to pick on his older brother. Even though he picks on Ryan, he likes to do whatever his big brother does.

Evan is 4 months old but is the size of an average newborn. He was born 9 weeks early. He was only 1 lb 15 ounces and 12 1/2 inches long at birth.

All of the boys have had their medical issues.

Ryan was diagnosed at birth with hydrocephalus. He was shunted at 3 days old. That shunt failed at about a year old. That is when the docs performed a third ventriculostomy. That failed one month later and was redone. His last surgery was January 2009 when he was 5. He has MRI's annually to make sure the hydrocephalus is under control.

Jack was diagnosed at 3 months old with hydrocephalus. He was shunted immediately but that shunt failed at 7 months old. They performed a third ventriculostomy and he has not had another surgery since. He has MRI's once a year.

Evan was born Intrauterine Growth Restricted(IUGR). He was born at 31 weeks 3 days gestational age. He was only 1 lb 15 ounces and he spent almost 2 months in the NICU.