Our Sunshine Boys: date

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Their Turn

This is our 2nd week trying to have one on one time with our children. It was Daddy and Jack's turn. Jack wanted to go to the Science Center. The two of them went to Panera Bread for breakfast and then spent the morning at the Science Center. Jack got a ladybug painted on his cheek. The next few weekends will be family time and then Ryan and Daddy will go on a date. I hope this helps with the extreme jealousy that seems to be happening between the boys.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

WALL-E

Our family is going to try and do dates with our kids individually on Saturday afternoons. This was our first Sat. I went with Ryan to a movie. Daddy and Jack will go somewhere next Saturday afternoon. The boys are always together. We thought maybe they would feel real special if they got some special one on one attention.

We went to see Wall-E. It was a cute movie. My buddy Gooddog was with us-I should have had her take a picture of both Ryan and I in front of the movie poster....I know she probably would've rolled her eyes...but that's O.K. she knows I'm quirky like that and have to take pictures of absolutely everything.

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.