Life Is Good: Weekend Fun!

Monday, July 7, 2008

Weekend Fun!

I have a lot of catching up to do. So here goes...

This weekend was AWESOME! We had a great time. Ryan's Gammaw and Pawpaw were here for the weekend. On Friday we also had more of the family over to the house. We cooked out...hot dogs, hot links, hamburgers, all the fixin's. It was a great "stuffing" time.

Ryan participated in his first baby pageant. It will probably also be his last for I am not one for pageants, but who knows...I could possibly be swayed to think otherwise. He didn't win, but it had to be rigged because he was the cutest baby on stage. It was decided by landslide vote taken in my home. All four of us agreed unanimously! The winners were all very cute babies, and many of the babies who were chosen as the cutest I'd have to agree (fully understanding that I still think my kid is the cutest). Several of our friends won!

We spent most of the day playing inside the house and around the yard. We went to the park a couple of times just to see what was going on. Friday evening we watched the fireworks in the park. Ryan thought they were great for the first 5 or 10 minutes, but the sleepies eventually got the best of him and he was more ready for his pillow than the next big bang.

This picture is for Ryan's Uncle David who is actively serving in the military overseas.

His shirt says: My uncle loves me enough to defend my whole country.

Hats off to you, my brother! I love you!

Saturday morning we got up and went to Edmond for a nice breakfast at the IHOP. I love breakfast. It's my favorite meal of the day. Ryan likes breakfast too. In fact, he ate most of mine. Actually I had plenty, but he did eat one of my pancakes. After our delicious breakfast we cruised over to the pet store and got a couple of things. After that we went to the Harley Store.

"Look, mom I want this one!"

Since mom said, "no" he had to resort to the next best thing....

Check out his new outfit. He's all ready to go for a ride on his Harley.

"Cool Dude!"

2 comments:

twin power mommy ♥ said...: Sounds like a busy weekend, but tons of fun, nonetheless.
I do like the new outfit he's sporting.; July 8, 2008 at 8:36 PM
My2BoysNMe said...: LOVE his little t-shirt - and we thank his uncle too! Sincerely.; July 8, 2008 at 9:32 PM

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Brandy Danielle

Brandy is our firstborn, our precious angel baby girl. Her entry into this world wasn't without excitement. At 26 weeks I started preterm labor with contractions 5 minutes apart. With 10 weeks of strict bedrest, most of which were in the hospital, she made it to 36 weeks.
Brandy was diagnosed with "possible/probable" heart defect around 28-30 weeks gestation. After her birth she was whisked away to the NICU for monitoring and after a few days her defect was formally diagnosed and labeled...atrial septal defect and a cleft mitral valve.
Brandy, upon indications of failure to thrive and pulmonary hypertension, underwent her first of 2 open-heart surgeries at 4 months of age. A week after her surgery on the day of her anticipated discharge home Brandy coded for 13 minutes...a stoke.
From that point on Brandy's life was full of doctor's visits, endless crying, pain and suffering. She underwent another heart surgery, fundoplication and g-tube surgery, treatment for infantile spasms, and a mountain of tests and procedures. Her brain damage was extensive.
Upon counseling of our wonderful, most amazing heart surgeon, Dr. Christopher Knott-Craig, and many hours of prayer, we finally called in hospice and called off all of the extensive medical interventions and surgery needs that would prolong her suffering while possibly prolonging her life. Brandy, our precious baby girl...our angel...passed out of our arms and into the arms of her Saviour, Jesus at the tender age of 17 months.

Ryan Andrew

Ryan, our micro-preemie miracle, is a ball of life. After nearly a year of trying to conceive imagine our delight when we finally knew he was on the way. My pregnancy with Ryan was uneventful at first. It seemed perfect and with all of the precautions for preterm labor being taken and monitored we entered this pregnancy with cautious anticipation covered over by a whole love of naive excitement.
At 20 weeks we discovered our "Baby Peanut" was going to be a little boy. We began to make plans and began dreaming about the day we would meet our son.
Almost 2 weeks later everything changed in our lives. It wa a whirlwind of fear and emtions as I began to bleed, was sent for monitoring in L&D and eventually had an appointment with my OB only to find out that it was serious. I had incompetent cervix with hourglassing membranes. The doctor admitted me to the hospital immediately and an emergency cerclage was placed. The statistics were grim, but the hope was to keep our son inside for at least 10 more weeks. We only made it 10 more days.
Early in the evening of February 11, 2007 our son, Ryan, came into this world in emergency fashion at only 23 weeks 5 days gestation. He weighed 1 pound 8 ounces and was 12 ½ inches long. He was so tiny. All I could think of was “oh my goodness is he really that tiny? And is there any way he could actually make it?” I tried to hold on to hope, but in all honesty I had never met anyone with a baby born that early and that small that ever made it.
Ryan did make it! It was a long, hard road, but in the end he spent 90 days in the NICU. He was on a ventilator for 2 months. Finally on one fine glorious day in May we bundled up our 4 pound 4 ounce baby boy and went home...May 11, 2007.
Ryan is now a spunky, lively, strong-willed little boy. His laughter is contagious and his spirit is compelling. He is our miracle. There are no words strong enough to share our delight and joy that God has blessed us with this little boy.

Evan Alexander