Our Sunshine Boys: Mother's Day

Friday, May 9, 2008

Mommy's Day at Ryan's school

Yesterday was Mother's Day at Ryan's school. All the Mommies got to spend the day at school with their little one. Yes, we color coordinated our outfits. He will probably cringe when he looks at these pictures 20 years from now. It was "Y" week at school. How appropriate. We wore yellow. We didn't plan for it to match the letter of the week....it just happened. The kids sang songs to us and gave us special handmade presents. He made a bobble head that was supposed to look like me. I will cherish it forever. You know me and my "hoarder disorder." The bobble head does serve a purpose. It holds recipe cards.

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.