Thirty Five and Thirty Six weeks old

Actual: Thirty five weeks (May 5 - 11)
Corrected: Twenty two weeks
Weight: 14 lbs. 2 oz. (May 11th)

I had Evan's quarterly review for his Early Intervention services (Occupational and Physical Therapy) this week. Evan is hitting his goals. The therapists feel he is about a month and a half behind his actual age. 

Not much else to report on... we also headed to Rochester for some grandparent time.

Milk! Gimme my milk! How else do you think I've gotten this big!?

Hehe. I like foxes.

Milk coma complete with milk belly.

We're going on a walk around the block, right?
Cuz you have enough toys as if you were taking me shopping. We're not shopping right?

TJ Maxx puts me right to sleep. (Actually, most stores do!)

Baskin' in the sun on the porch.

Huh? How do these "selfie" things work again?

Uh Momma? I don't think I'm ready for the stroller-stroller part yet.

Bob Marley work shirts on? Check. Hangin' out with my Dad? Check.

Yo ho ho and a boobie for me.

When can we go fishing?!
Momma says I have to wear protective glasses in case the hook comes flying at me.

Actual: Thirty six weeks (May 12 - 18)
Corrected: Twenty three weeks
Weight: 14 lb. 6 oz. (May 18th)

Evan had a few doctor's appointments this week. We first headed down to the hospital to take part in a follow up session regarding the Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program (PROP) study that Evan is part of. We signed up for this study when Evan was just a few days old. It is a non-invasive study that tracks Evan's health and development over the course of his first year of life. I don't remember too much about the study since we signed up for it so long ago. This week's meeting was just a questionnaire regarding his health since discharge. I was happy to report that he's been a healthy and happy little boy!

Evan also met with the urologist. Poor guy, he has no idea what's coming at the end of summer. Evan was not able to be circumcised when we were discharged because he was still too little. Now that he's bigger, it is apparently treated as a same-day surgery performed under anesthesia. Thankfully, we're able to time the procedure with a "looksee" scope on his throat. 

Developmentally, Evan is doing great. He has started to pull letters off his face if you put them there. Previously, he would just look startled and wiggle around until the letters fell off. He's so deliberate and careful when he's reaching for toys.

We also had our first fun family outing - not to a doctor's appointment or the hospital! We walked around our old neighborhood down in the Elmwood area. We met up with friends and had a really nice afternoon.

A couple of videos:
Evan gets tickled
Evan can't get enough of Mother Goose

So whaddya guys think? Do the Bills have a chance this season?

I. love. bathtime. I LOOOOOOVE IT!

Packin' on those ounces!

Zzzzz. Hanging on to my letters just to make sure they're still there when I wake up.

On I have drool on my face? Well you try lifting up your big noggin'. It's hard work!

Gooooooooo Yankees!

I can't wait to pull her tail. It's going to be awesome.

Just hanging out with Captain Calamari. He's my pirate twin!

Thirty Three and Thirty Four weeks old

Actual: Thirty Three weeks (April 21 - 27)
Corrected: Twenty weeks
Weight: 13 lb. 13 oz. (April 27th)

This little boy keeps me busy. Since he's not much of a napper, he likes to be entertained most of the day. This leaves little time to sit to blog! He doesn't seem to understand that I'm doing this so he has something to look back on when he's older!

I took Evan to the doctor this week due to his rashes. He is covered in various rashes from his head to the backs of his knees. Thankfully we were prescribed some hydrocortisone and sent on our way. Evan has lotion for his head, cream for his face and ointment for his body. Yeesh, babies and their beauty routines! I also talked to the doctor about Evan's crankiness in the afternoons. She said that it sounds like he's bored. I'm going to try to do a better job of keeping Evan occupied. I think he is also exhausted by the time 3-4pm rolls around. Maybe if he took naps...

Evan rolled from his tummy to his back during PT this week! It was completely accidental and his face was priceless. It was: "Whoa. What just happened?" Now that he's done it once, we've got to try to get him to do it again and again and again.

Do you see my hand Great Grandma?
I don't think you've ever seen a hand as awesome as mine.

Rats, you found me.

Just hanging out with Grandpa and Monster.

Seriously Momma, we're going to have a little toy intervention.

I want this. I want it in my mouth.

Please rescue me from Tool belt Thursday cleaning.

How long before I can have my Wegmans cookie?

I love my burp cloth. Snuggle snuggle.

What do you mean Easter is over? I didn't say it could be over.

Hood up, lookin' for trouble.

Actual: Thirty four weeks (April 28 - May 4)

Corrected: Twenty one

Weight: 13 lbs. 14 oz. (May 4th)

Andrew had to travel for work again this week. Evan and I took a trip to Gma and Grandpa's house. Evan and I are quite the team while we're out running errands. He has no trouble nursing in the car. We're skillfully managing backseat diaper changes too. He's such a patient little shopper too. Gma has set about teaching Evan to blow raspberries (or zerbers). He has the concept down, but hasn't quite mastered it. In the morning, I wake up to him practicing his zerbers. It is the cutest thing. (Nope, he's still in the pack n' play in our room. Maybe by the end of May we'll have him moved upstairs.)

We had a visit with the eye doctor as well. Evan's eyes are looking fine. During our discussion about his nearsightedness, the eye doctor mentioned he would like to try Evan out with a patch. Evan will wear a patch for an hour a day until his next appointment (end of July). The doctor doesn't want to overcorrect the bad eye (his right) so that's why Evan only has to wear it for an hour. So far, Evan doesn't seem to mind it too much. After I put it on him, he immediately held up his hand to make sure it was still there.

During PT, we were discussing his 5 month goals. His therapist said that she'd like to see him rotating in a circle on his belly. As we were discussing the goals, Mr. Pants was working on rotating around. He stayed on his belly for almost the whole 30 minutes. He was shrieking like a little dolphin and rocking back and forth to rotate. Naturally I tried to get him to do it again for Andrew, but no deal.

Gma, this story is funny. Keep reading!

Hehe. I'm Batman!
(Better than Ben Affleck, not as good as Christian Bale though...)

Whisper, whisper, whisper.

Uh oh Daddy, Momma caught us conspiring!

Just hanging out with the toys in the toy store.

Wait! Don't forget me!

Goooooo Yankees!

Sitting up is fun (for 5 seconds before I slide).

Argh me mateys. (Momma said those are dragons on my eye patch.
I think it's silly to have a design on the outside. I can't see through the patch! It should be on the inside.)

  

Yeah, if you could change the channel, that'd be greeeeeaaaat.
And someone bring me a bottle of cold milk. Baby had a long day shopping.

At Gma's house, I get changed on the poop deck!

Fabric puts me to sleep. Yawn.