tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46898545159206654602024-03-13T06:09:09.874-07:00A BITTY BLOGthis blog is all about my son devin. just a place for me to update family and friends and anyone else whos interested on his daily life, activities and new things he does! enjoy :)~gretchen~http://www.blogger.com/profile/15239962567267734089noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4689854515920665460.post-74252420042226499172010-09-09T21:32:00.000-07:002010-09-10T10:58:50.987-07:001 year ago today...<script>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WAS THE BEST DAY EVER! on 9/9/09 our sweet baby devin came home from the NICU after a 79 day stay. he weighed 7 lbs. and was still 2 weeks away from his original due date. he was beautiful, perfect and healthy and we were so scared, happy, excited, nervous, anxious... those words seem so bland in comparison to the way we actually felt. there are no words to describe how wonderful it was to finally bring our boy home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we got to the hospital at around 11am and didnt leave until around 3pm. we had so many instructions, papers to sign and healthcare professionals to meet with. when the time came to dress devin in his cute little "go home" outfit, i about lost it with happiness! then came the most exciting part... unhooking him from his last wires! he was just on a monitor at that point but it was AMAZING to finally walk into the hall holding him with nothing attached. it was surreal. i was, of course so afraid that he wasnt breathing even though he was fine. they wheeled me out in a wheelchair holding him. this was hospital policy and i wasnt about to complain. i DESERVED that ride and so did devin! i had watched woman after woman be wheeled out of that hospital with their babies every day while i was taking the elevator to the top floor to visit mine :( being pushed through the doors and out to my waiting car while holding my sweet baby was my first "normal mom moment" and it felt wierd and wonderful! looking at us, you would never know what we had been through and that i hadnt just given birth 2 days before. at that point, i think i let go of a lot of emotional baggage i had been storing for the last months. not all of it, but most of it :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when we got home we laid our bundle in the co-sleeper fabian built for him and gave him his first feeding at home. we were nervous but confident at the same time. we had already gotten to know devin a little and he was sort of on a schedule for feeding at least so that was nice. he settled right in and adjusted very well to his brand new, much more comfortable surroundings. it was the best day of my life and i will never forget it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this was his last picture taken in his hospital crib :) i consider this his newborn hospital picture that we never got to have taken!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TIms0WPRKqI/AAAAAAAACFc/dQfF_rAxwa8/s1600/gh8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TIms0WPRKqI/AAAAAAAACFc/dQfF_rAxwa8/s320/gh8.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here are the pictures i took of him today in celebration of our special day. i couldnt resist putting him in this outfit! i LOVE it! im so so happy that this adorable little boy is all mine! he has officially lived in our home for 1 year and has officially stolen my heart long before that :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TImr6_vYX6I/AAAAAAAACEE/BB7m9HyOOFE/s1600/DSC03303.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TImr6_vYX6I/AAAAAAAACEE/BB7m9HyOOFE/s320/DSC03303.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i finally got around to uploading devin's birthday party pictures! my mom ended up taking most of them because i just didnt get a spare moment the whole time. we had the party on june 25th, 2 days after his actual birthday. it was supposed to be ocean or sea life themed and i had all these elaborate plans to make it super fabulous. unfortunately, not many of them came to fruition. i feel badly complaining about it so much but please just bear with me! NOTHING worked and it was HORRIBLE doing it alone!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> a few examples are: the 6 fish that we bought to use as party favors for each of the 6 kids who would be there. i bought them all the night before (those 35 cent goldfish) and transferred them to their new homes (pretty glass vases with rocks and shells and cute stuff that i put together). when i woke up in the morning, all of them but 1 were dead! :( apparently they needed a filter. oops. the rest of the day went pretty much just like that from there on. the wagon full of decorations and candy and stuff fell down our stairs and everything spilled out right as we were leaving, i had to go to the park and decorate alone because fabian was the only one who was able to watch devin, i was only able to get over there 2 hours before the party was scheduled to start so i was rushing around like crazy trying to figure out how to hang and attach stuff to the HUGE pavilion, it was like 105 degrees, basically the second the clock struck 4:30 (the time it was supposed to start) there was a thunderstorm with pouring rain so all my table arrangements and plates had to be taken down because they were blowing all over, and the real kicker was not 1 person showed up for at least an hour. fabain, devin , my mom and my aunt and i were the only people there for a while and i honestly thought nobody was going to come after all that but they eventually showed up. it WAS friday during the beginning of rush our so its totally understandable they were late but it was pretty rough at first! the first part of the day was sooooo annoying and i swear to NEVER do that again! i will always have someone else do all the everything from now on! i enjoyed making things like his birthday banner and his cakes but thats pretty much all i ever want to handle again in way of b-day parties. oh! AND fabian had quit smoking cold turkey (after almost 10 years), just 2 days before the party. he has always promised me that he would quit smoking for good on or before his first child's first birthday. unfortunatley, he chose ON the birthday and was a royal asshole for the entire day of the party. that just happens to be the day he decided to START being an asshole and did'nt STOP for about 2 weeks. THANKS ASSHOLE! it was worth it though because he really did great and has'nt smoked a cigarette since. im very proud of him for sticking to his word like that and accomplishing the excruciating task of NOT smoking! yay fabian! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the party itself was great and i think everyone (especially devin) enjoyed themselves. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we set up a little kiddie pool and all the kids loved it! it was such a tiny, crappy pool but they were all about it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i loved making the cakes. i actually made 2 of the shark cakes. one was used for his <a href="http://abittyblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/happy-first-birthday-sweet-baby-devin.html">1st birthday photo shoot</a> that was on his real birthday, june 23rd. he actually demolished that cake. he did'nt really want to eat any of it but he really dug into it! on his birthday he wanted nothing to do with it. we put it on his highchair tray and he just gave it the cold shoulder pretty much :) he was like "been there, done that!" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he knew exactly what to do with all the presents and had a good time opening them. he was really tired at this point but he stuck it out till the end. it was a great day after everything calmed down (in my over stressed, worried, party planning mind) and it will always be a great memory for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">devin is sick for the second time :( he has diarrhea this time and its pretty miserable... for me anyway! he seems to be in great spirits but im stressed and worried. we have'nt brought him to the dr. yet because hes happy and eating and staying very well hydrated but the last 48 hours have been icky and stressful for me. in case it s contagious i've been keeping him indoors because i just cant stand it when i see sick kids out at gymboree or some other baby/child oriented function! its so selfish of those parents to not only bring a sick child out when they should be resting, but also to expose so many other kids to the illness!!!! so we're on lock down again but devin has found a few ways to stay entertained...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">yesterday, this teething biscuit was his best friend. he was carrying it around in his mouth like a dog! he would bang it on the windowsill, on his toys, then stick it back in his mouth...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">another great way to stay busy is to get into trouble. something devin is becoming quite good at! yesterday he somehow managed to scrape under his nose with something sharp, im still not sure what even though i keep a constant eye on him. he also insisted on pulling up on his air purifier in his room and ended up pulling it down, falling with it and having it land on top of him! he cried for a minute and seemed just fine after but i was a mess! he has a little red mark in between his eyes from that little adventure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i went to an awesome consignment sale last night that started at 6pm and went to 9pm. i thought that was cool because it was the first day and it was'nt early in the morning like they usually are. so i went and there was actually a bunch of good stuff still available. there were also a ton of people but i made out pretty good. i got 2 new big toys for devin and 2 outfits for $16. he loves that little chair almost as much as he loves his play house! our living room is closing in on us and brightly colored plastic is our new "style" but its so fun to watch devin explore and learn from these ridiculous toys! they're so much better now than they were when we were little! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's been almost 2 months since i last made a blog post and you have NO idea, the guilt i have been living with everyday because of it! i've literally felt bad every day that i haven't posted but just couldn't bring myself to do it! the thing is, is the computer is hooked up to our t.v. in the living room and its almost impossible to be on it while devin is awake because all he wants to do is pull on the keyboard and be a distraction in general. i just got out of the habit of blogging. i check things like facebook and babycenter on my phone and thats about it. i also haven't taken nearly as many pictures of devin this last month and a half as i usually do because he never sits still anymore. im always chasing him around! as soon as i pull out the camera he springs up and tries to take it from me. he is so much work right now but so much FUN at the same time! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he crawls so fast, pulls up on everything and cruises around. he climbs, pushes toys and walks behind them, he chases the cat and stuffs everything into his mouth. i find myself extracting bad things from his mouth several times a day and trust me there is NOTHING visible on the floor that he can get to. i sweep so many times a day but he still manages to find paper, tape, a staple once, old goldfish crackers, and so much more. he climbs on stuff and bumps his head alot. he LOVES sneaking into rooms that usually have closed doors and terrorizes the cat all day long. he is a HANDFUL to put it lightly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">our days start out around 9-9:30am. he's been sleeping great because we ended up "sleep training" him about a month ago. we had to do this because he was waking up about 4 times a night and we were all exhausted and insane! it took 3 nights of crying and guilt on my part but he now knows how to soothe himself to sleep. that makes bedtime much smoother and middle of the night wake ups are no longer a struggle because when he does wake up, hes not crying out for me to come rock him like i used to. he just goes back to sleep :) its nice. hes down to one 1.5 hour nap a day which he takes at 11 am. somehow he manages to stay awake and not show any signs of being overtired for the rest of the day. bedtime is 8pm and he sleeps 12 or 13 hours through the night. of course we still have an occasional off night where he gets up for unknown reasons and all he wants to do is play for 2 hours at 3am, but those are thankfully, few and far between.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he loves playing with his toys at home and no that hes older, its so fun to watch him doing different things and to see him learn how certain things work. he goes from toy to toy, activity to activity and quietly babbles and squeals to himself. he has a "book nook" that he loves! we filled the bottom 2 shelves of our big bookcase with all of his board books and he will just sit there pulling books down and looking through them like hes at his own little library. he spends up to a half hour there some days. of course i play with him alot too, but he really is great at using his imagination and playing alone which is pretty nice. in the afternoons i get him out of the house to one place or another. usually gymboree, the library, toys r us or some other store, grocery shopping, thrift shopping or just for a walk around the mall and a visit to the awesome baby play area there since it so hot! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hes eating great these days. i still give him 5 bottles a day (about 5 ounces each time and an 8 oz bedtime bottle.) he eats breakfast lunch dinner and a snack throughout the day too. he has decided hes not a highchair baby and eats all his meals in his walker. hes eating dairy now, cheese, eggs and yogurt. he also eats meat! chicken, beef, turkey, really whatever we have. he loves goldfish crackers, cheerios, cereal bars, yo baby yogurt, cottage cheese. he eats pretty much anything we give him! i plan to continue giving him bottles until hes past the one year adjusted mark (end of sept.). at that point i will probably end up giving him just a morning and bedtime bottle. we're working on the sippy cup right now. i mainly just give him water or juice in it. he still only sips out of it and likes to chew on the spout so hopefully he actually DRINKS from it soon so we can start him on organic cows milk in a few months.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sorry, this post is so long and all over the place, i figured id just do a huuuugggeeee catch up post with lots of pictures. i hope to post more often from now on, i know ive said it before but i really do love having this blog and i dont like the feeling i get when i dont update as often as i like. this whole almost toddler stage has really been kicking my ass lately! so here are a TON of pictures taken over the last month and a half...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">first time on a ride on at toys r us! (look at the loving look hes giving bob the builder ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGo6tQQB1I/AAAAAAAAB4E/9jRfU9BE5Eg/s1600/new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGo6tQQB1I/AAAAAAAAB4E/9jRfU9BE5Eg/s320/new.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGo_bWHqhI/AAAAAAAAB4M/PAQzVePEXxg/s1600/new1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGo_bWHqhI/AAAAAAAAB4M/PAQzVePEXxg/s320/new1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he got himself under there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGpGVZFIlI/AAAAAAAAB4U/jg-gS3UUdHo/s1600/new3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGpGVZFIlI/AAAAAAAAB4U/jg-gS3UUdHo/s320/new3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">almost too big for this chair!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGpJdGYv5I/AAAAAAAAB4c/JDpAxPsMLaw/s1600/new2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGpJdGYv5I/AAAAAAAAB4c/JDpAxPsMLaw/s320/new2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">simply adorable...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGpOjNrfCI/AAAAAAAAB4k/8eI3K__9O1k/s1600/DSC02175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGpOjNrfCI/AAAAAAAAB4k/8eI3K__9O1k/s320/DSC02175.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGplrThHwI/AAAAAAAAB4s/eHfMMWKdwT8/s1600/DSC02183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGplrThHwI/AAAAAAAAB4s/eHfMMWKdwT8/s320/DSC02183.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGp3DNCoRI/AAAAAAAAB40/9Kbm20M7F9I/s1600/DSC02177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGp3DNCoRI/AAAAAAAAB40/9Kbm20M7F9I/s320/DSC02177.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">trying to taste the rain :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGqLtOyRgI/AAAAAAAAB48/Aq3EG4lKllY/s1600/DSC02582.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGqLtOyRgI/AAAAAAAAB48/Aq3EG4lKllY/s320/DSC02582.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this is where he likes to eat. he eats on the go!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGqzkGbAYI/AAAAAAAAB5M/zdPKl2HnXEw/s1600/DSC02638.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGqzkGbAYI/AAAAAAAAB5M/zdPKl2HnXEw/s320/DSC02638.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">trying to poke daddy in the eye... or ear, which ever his finger fits better in!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGrXUwaBwI/AAAAAAAAB5c/8bOO8HErPrs/s1600/DSC02670.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGrXUwaBwI/AAAAAAAAB5c/8bOO8HErPrs/s320/DSC02670.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">pool time in the front yard!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGrpXNUVOI/AAAAAAAAB5k/GrgcHO0XeEY/s1600/DSC02699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGrpXNUVOI/AAAAAAAAB5k/GrgcHO0XeEY/s320/DSC02699.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGr7kc5jbI/AAAAAAAAB5s/pN3h3Lh7s5M/s1600/DSC02707.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGr7kc5jbI/AAAAAAAAB5s/pN3h3Lh7s5M/s320/DSC02707.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGsN1Wvf7I/AAAAAAAAB50/Iv0ukMYkVQ0/s1600/DSC02721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGsN1Wvf7I/AAAAAAAAB50/Iv0ukMYkVQ0/s320/DSC02721.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGsf2fuApI/AAAAAAAAB58/q1cq75IwNLk/s1600/DSC02731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGsf2fuApI/AAAAAAAAB58/q1cq75IwNLk/s320/DSC02731.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we went to the georgia aquarium today! it was very crowded and not too fun because of it. there were just too many people! it was annoying and devin didnt really care about anything because he was too distracted by the crowd. we saw some cool stuff but had to wait and shove past people to get a look at anything. not very enjoyable at all :( we'll try again when devin is a little older.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this is devin's favorite new expression. he makes it many times a day. i dont know why, but its very cute. hes never angry or upset or anything when he makes this face, i think hes giving a little attitude when he does it. who knows? scrunchy little munchkin!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGut06c0fI/AAAAAAAAB60/TBsT1rhR8r0/s1600/DSC02939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGut06c0fI/AAAAAAAAB60/TBsT1rhR8r0/s320/DSC02939.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGvF8E-h0I/AAAAAAAAB68/5W2k6rAyNyk/s1600/DSC02941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGvF8E-h0I/AAAAAAAAB68/5W2k6rAyNyk/s320/DSC02941.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGva1hZYsI/AAAAAAAAB7E/qpgWgJAqSKw/s1600/DSC02944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGva1hZYsI/AAAAAAAAB7E/qpgWgJAqSKw/s320/DSC02944.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGvwM2CMxI/AAAAAAAAB7M/Wh6sjZbto5g/s1600/DSC02950.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGvwM2CMxI/AAAAAAAAB7M/Wh6sjZbto5g/s320/DSC02950.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">devin and uncle luke! his middle name is luke after him- he LOVES him so much :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGwF_Bd_ZI/AAAAAAAAB7U/_KyE-xfD4kE/s1600/DSC02956.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGwF_Bd_ZI/AAAAAAAAB7U/_KyE-xfD4kE/s320/DSC02956.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i found this fisher price laugh and learn house at a thrift store the other day for $4.50. devin is OBSESSED! its the first thing he goes to in the morning and the last thing he plays with at night. he loves it! he played with it for 1 hour and 10 minutes straight without any breaks the other morning! what baby does that?! this could quite possibly be his all time favorite toy. the novelty hasnt worn off yet and its been around for a week or so. he loves every noise it makes, all the little things it does and im pretty sure he would cuddle with it if it could go in his crib ;) thats it for now, im sure i forgot to add a whole lot of tidbits but i really did try to catch up here! i hope to be back soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGwZ3RfEtI/AAAAAAAAB7c/hIAZcKd4EcA/s1600/DSC02964.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGwZ3RfEtI/AAAAAAAAB7c/hIAZcKd4EcA/s320/DSC02964.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGwwS6rSPI/AAAAAAAAB7k/ADfFCfC6KrI/s1600/DSC02990.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGwwS6rSPI/AAAAAAAAB7k/ADfFCfC6KrI/s320/DSC02990.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGxL9kBMxI/AAAAAAAAB7s/37w-otY21r4/s1600/DSC02966.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGxL9kBMxI/AAAAAAAAB7s/37w-otY21r4/s320/DSC02966.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGxnZmnstI/AAAAAAAAB70/orO-hOmLIms/s1600/DSC03009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/THGxnZmnstI/AAAAAAAAB70/orO-hOmLIms/s320/DSC03009.JPG" /></a></div><script>
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devin has 3.5 teeth now! his two middle bottom teeth, half of one to the side of those and one top front tooth. he has been biting everything including us! it feels like a hamster bite and a hamster bite feels like shit! its a sharp quick pain that gives you chills it hurts so bad! this is what our sweet, handsome little "preemie" is doing! he is also going to work on everything wooden that we have in the house. he was trying to bite the wall today! and he head butted it about 8 times because it would'nt give up its impossibly flat surface to his hamster mouth! this is what a few of our belongings look like now...<br />
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<div align="center">this is the bottom of his high chair and part of our stool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TC6zrVaI3tI/AAAAAAAAB0o/tzKtVzDXAQg/s1600/DSC02235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TC6zrVaI3tI/AAAAAAAAB0o/tzKtVzDXAQg/s320/DSC02235.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he wiggled his way out of the buckled napnanny and into the fun side of his crib to play with his stuffed animals...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TC6zwpd_b4I/AAAAAAAAB0w/Za8RDfR-8Qs/s1600/DSC02293.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TC6zwpd_b4I/AAAAAAAAB0w/Za8RDfR-8Qs/s320/DSC02293.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and then went to town on his beautiful crib :(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TC6z3Y_zVyI/AAAAAAAAB1A/0z9XKzv156g/s1600/DSC02311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TC6z3Y_zVyI/AAAAAAAAB1A/0z9XKzv156g/s320/DSC02311.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center">this is what it looked like after one picture's worth of time had passed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TC6z7a5f6MI/AAAAAAAAB1I/sJhiG-EGa8c/s1600/DSC02312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TC6z7a5f6MI/AAAAAAAAB1I/sJhiG-EGa8c/s320/DSC02312.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">i got him some gymboree bubbles yesterday after his class and i really want to recommend these for other parents. they are awesome and babies are just mesmerized by them! they are also super fun for me! you blow them out of this little thing that looks like a kazoo and they're really tiny and float all over. devin loves them, i sing the song the teacher sings when she blows them in kids faces. she literally blows them in the babies faces and they love it! its the only way ive been able to change devin's diaper without him squirming away in the last 2 weeks.</div><div align="center"><br />
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i've been taking a much needed blogging break the last few days. all those pre-birthday posts kicked my ass! devin had a nice birthday at home last wednesday. fabian got off early and devin opened his presents. he got a radio flyer wagon, a huge scrapbook of his first year, a little plastic pots and pans set, and 2 books. he loved the wrapping pare and balloons! later in the day we went to his photo shoot where as you can see from the last post, he was an absolute perfect little guy and smiled and posed like he wants to audition for a commercial or something!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we had his birthday party on friday, i'll have to post those pictures soon, i don't have any on my camera and need to get them from my mom. it was stressful getting things set up but after the thunderstorm and after NOBODY showed for an hour things were great! i'll post about it soon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">since his birthday devin has all of a sudden decided to act just like a true one year old! hes all over the place getting into trouble. he crawls under things and gets stuck, chases the cat and actually succeeds at catching him a few times a day! he pulls up to standing on just about anything and has started to cruise the furniture. hes still perfecting his technique and needs to be spotted the whole time. this can be difficult because its pretty much all he wants to do for the last few days!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">he's also eating solids much better. i give him 2 meals a day for now. usually some of what i eat for breakfast and some of what we have for dinner. he picks stuff up, pops it in his mouth and actually chews! such a big boy! i've introduced cheeses and eggs so it gives us a huge variety of foods for him to try. he likes scrambled eggs, cinnamon toast with butter, noodles of any kind, croissants, shredded cheese and LOVES watermelon! hes just not a baby food kinda guy and i don't blame him. i don't even offer him purees anymore because he never liked them. he likes flavor and spice and real texture so that's what he gets!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he got so many toys for his birthday and loves them all! even though he just got so much new stuff, i could'nt resist getting him this fabulous activity cube thing the other day! its so cool! he loves it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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this last month has been so crazy! so much has happened and <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin</span> is really like a different baby! i never thought he would be able to hit so many milestones in just one month but he has. he learned to crawl at the beginning of this month. he also started pulling himself up into a standing position.<br />
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</div> he learned to clap and wave and has been feeding himself pretty well. he also learned to move forward in his walker, something he didn't really understand at first ;) <br />
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</div>needless to say, our lives have changed drastically in the matter of weeks. having a mobile baby is challenging and so much fun. its so amazing to see him follow me all over and just as great to watch him go places on his own. he crawls all over the house! he can make it through the dining room, down the hallway and into the bathroom in 17 seconds! yes, i counted the other day! hes also all over the place when we give him some time in his walker. that thing is pretty big but he maneuvers it easily through the skinny hallway and around furniture. he chases the cat in it-he chases the cat while crawling too. hes always going after things he shouldn't be touching even though i make almost 100% sure the complete house is safe for him.<br />
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</div>we had a nice father's day. <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin</span> made <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">fabian</span> a nice picture. it was his first masterpiece and <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">fabian</span> loved it!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">things have changed so much. <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin</span> just seems so much older and so much more capable of well... everything! he does little things just to get a reaction from us and thinks its funny if we say no. we can redirect him 80 times and make it nearly impossible for him to continue doing whatever it is he shouldn't be doing (going after wires, crawling under the chairs and so much more) and he will find a way to keep it up, laughing at us the whole time! its pretty hard to get frustrated at things like this, its just so funny and <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">im</span> so proud that hes a little trouble maker! <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">im</span> sure it will get old when hes an older trouble maker so <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">im</span> going to have to figure out some discipline eventually. not now though! hes too cute for discipline!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">becky</span>, does this look familiar? i remember seeing <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">issac</span> doing a push up just like this! i had no idea <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin</span> would be right behind him trying to keep up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TCGCy-4oBdI/AAAAAAAABwc/4m01oFjinM0/s1600/DSC01876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TCGCy-4oBdI/AAAAAAAABwc/4m01oFjinM0/s320/DSC01876.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this past year has been the most rewarding, life changing year of my life! <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">fabian</span> and i were just saying the other day that we had no idea what it would be like to have a baby. we thought we did but it has been so much different than what we imagined! i cant describe it, sometimes <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">i'll</span> be putting <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin</span> in his <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">carseat</span> or watching him learn something new and i snap into reality and cant believe <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">im</span> his mom! since when did i have a baby? since when was he so adorable, smart, funny, healthy, advanced, <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">amzing</span>? since when did i have a <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">boddler</span>? (baby toddler ;) its such a wonderful feeling to know that hes mine and i get to enjoy him all the time. my heart skips a beat when i think of how far hes come and how great hes doing. <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">im</span> so proud of him. hes the best thing <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">thats</span> ever happened to me and i love him more than anything!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>and finally, here are the last pictures of this perfect little boy before he wakes up in the morning (who am i kidding- at 3am) and has turned one whole year old!<br />
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devin had a fun 10th month! he had a few different playdates and started going to gymboree. his social life is much better than it used to be! he goes to gymboree once a week and i bring him to play with other babies as often as possible. he loves other kids!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he started to figure out how to get around during this month. he would pull up to his knees on everything possible and began scooting a tiny bit on his but. he would also lunge for toys from a sitting position and i could see him figuring out that he might actually be able to achieve forward motion sometime soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i got my favorite baby carrier this month and have loved using it since then! its awesome ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">devin continued to explore new foods and enjoyed feeding himself more than being fed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because of his increasing mobility and desire to get into trouble he started spending more time in his pack and play. this is what he does to show us it time to come out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">overall, devin's 10th month was a whirlwind of learning and discovery. we could tell that it really would'nt be long until he was crawling and doing so much more. this is also the fateful month when he decided to stop sleeping through the night. ever since his 3rd tooth (big front tooth) appeared he has been waking up at least twice through the night. its halfway in now and i highly doubt he will break this pattern any time soon :( at the end of this month, i sent out his birthday invitations and started getting things together for his big birthday party!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin's</span> 9th month tonight is a repeat because apparently i cant count! i messed up his months somewhere along the way so this is what happened during his real 9th month! i will have to modify the last days of this, <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">i'll</span> do his 10th and 11th month summaries tomorrow and a birthday post on his birthday... which is 2 days away! i cant stand it!<br />
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<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin</span> was officially a free man at the beginning of his 9th month!<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">april</span> 1st was the big day we ventured out into the great big world! we brought him to toys r us and out to eat. that started his new adventures "living on the outside"! it had been a long road and we were so glad/proud/nervous to be at the end of it! <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin</span> was pretty shocked when he got his first introduction to <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">flouresent</span> lighting and bright , plastic toys all over the place but trust me, he got over that quick and now loves to go shopping! he didn't NOT like his first trip, he was just in awe.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">next, came <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">easter</span> and his first real introduction to his cousins! we spent the day at aunt <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">michele's</span> and <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin</span> did great! it was like he had always been around a large group of loud family members. i made him a cute <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">easter</span> basket and got him lots of goodies of course ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he got his first tooth followed by his second tooth the next day, poor guy :( he wasn't very happy for a while about all that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">he got sick for the first time at the end of this month. it was really difficult and scary but he got through it in a week or so and all was back to normal. he got lots of therapeutic baths and cuddle time.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he finally rolled over from his back to his belly and realized he could do some fun stuff like get into a sitting position by himself. his new favorite pass time became choosing toys on his own out of the toy basket.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at the very end of his 9th month we had a 10 month photo shoot which resulted in some of my absolute favorite photos of him ever. he is such a handsome little model!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin's</span> 9th month was fun! st. <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">patrick's</span> day came and of course i took tons of adorable pictures that will of course be a source of embarrassment for <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin</span> later in life!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we had a nice visit from aunt <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">kathy</span> and since spring was creeping closer and closer we went for a walk along the c<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">hattahoochee</span> which was fun...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">could'nt</span> wait until <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">april</span> which was the next month because we were finally going to bring <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin</span> out in public and reclaim our lives! i was nervous and excited. this month was a long one waiting for that time. <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin</span> started to become more interested in food this month and was able to master the "pincer grasp". he was able to feed himself more and more so we went with it! he started eating puffs and yogurt melts that month. we also introduced the <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">sippy</span> cup for the first time. he seemed to like it but as we kept offering it to him it became clear that he <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">was'nt</span> quite ready. he would just tip it over and bang it on things ;) i plan on starting that up again in the very near future to see how he does.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he had gotten so big and like i said about last month, he really became independent and started playing on his own more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he didn't have any teeth yet but teething was on full force! everything went right into his mouth and his shirt was always drenched in drool!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he was still sleeping through the night and had fallen into a nice routine of regular naps at this point. hes such a pleasure and just the sweetest little guy! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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during <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin's</span> 8th month he was becoming a very strong sitter and getting stronger everyday. he had been sitting unsupported for a while but this month he really mastered it and was no longer prone to toppling over at random times ;)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he found his toes this month and still cant get enough of them! its so great to watch your baby discover new and exciting things! <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">fabian</span> was the one to witness his first toe exposure! <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">im</span> usually the one to see the firsts but he got lucky with that one and was quick enough to take some great pictures of the moment!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cute little <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">mis</span>-matched toe lover!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TB1x_fsbr9I/AAAAAAAABn8/-8lzcZr0UDs/s1600/DSC08610.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TB1x_fsbr9I/AAAAAAAABn8/-8lzcZr0UDs/s320/DSC08610.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we celebrated valentine's day in his 8th month. well, we didn't really celebrate, just did the usual... cute outfits and lots of pictures!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">devin's</span> kick ass stroller came this month too! i love his stroller and so does he! its just such a great pattern, very comfy and works perfectly for us. we were just starting to have a few warmer days so we ventured out to the park once in a while and he loved seeing the sights from his sweet ride!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i also got up the courage to bring him to the park and put him in the swing... after stalking the park to make sure there were no other kids there, sanitizing the swing like a crazy person and positioning a blanket just perfectly so he wouldn't come into any contact with the surface! <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">im</span> so glad those days are behind us! he didn't love his first swing ride but we've taken him a few times since and i think hes coming around.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he also had his first bath in the real tub this month. he liked it and the bath seat worked <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">ok</span>, but we've actually gone back to bathing him in his whale tub on the dining room floor. its much easier because our bathtub is ridiculously small and almost impossible to bathe a child in. i cant wait to move!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">devin started teething this month and began to put everything in his mouth! toys had a whole new meaning and he LOVED them! we got him a sophie the giraffe and i have to say, that toy was one of the best purchases we made! its still his favorite!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">then a few days later, it snowed in georgia and we took him outside in his favorite outfit to get a few shots of his first snow...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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before i sart this post, i have to say ... DEVIN WAVED TODAY! we went to gymboree and i dont think i even saw any of the babies waving so maybe that didnt have anything to do with it, but when we got home he was crawling around and i saw him stop and open and close his hand a few times. while he did this he saw the shadow of his hand moving and he got a kick out of that so he did it a little more ;) then i started saying hi and bye bye and waving myself and he was kind of doing it but was a little distracted. when my mom was leaving later on she said bye and he brought his hand up and open and closed his adorable little fist in her direction while looking at her! it was SO obvioulsey a wave! then when fabian came in he said 'hi baby!' and he did it again! i cant believe it! hes so adorable!<br />
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anyway... devin's 6th month started with thanksgiving, another holiday i love. we stayed home because we were keeping devin away from people/public and it was actually very nice and relaxing. we made dinner and ate a ton of good food while devin napped in his pack and play. then we took a million adorable pictures of him wearing a ridiculous turkey headband. so cute!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a few days after thanksgiving, i started decorating for christmas and stocking up on some presents for devin. i've never really decorated the house before except for christmas lights. this last year, i went all out and plan on doing so every year for devin to enjoy. we set up the tree and devin loved to sit in front of it and stare at all the ornaments. i just realized how difficult christmas will be this year! we're going to have to put baby gates around the tree! how attractive that will be! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i also started taking christmas pictures of devin. we had many different "photo shoots" which resulted in many, many pictures. pretty much all of them are the cutest things i've ever seen!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we got devin a jumperoo this month. he needed a phone book to touch his toes to at first! this is another one of those things that i jumped into, well, pushed him into really. he was'nt quite ready, but loved it after a few weeks. we just retired the jumperoo recently. he really loved it while it lasted though. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">overall, devin continued on being the world's best baby this month and we loved every minute of it! i found it so nice to prepare for and experience the holidays with him and cant wait to do it over and over again.</div><div align="center"><br />
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devin's 5th month brought his first "fun" holiday... halloween!!! i love halloween and if you read my blog regularly, you know i love a good excuse to dress devin up in ridiculous outfits, so this one was really great for me! he was a hotdog ;)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">an adorable hot dog that will probably say "moooooom! why did you do that to me?!" one day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">another great thing that happened in this time period was his first smile! im sure the first smile is wonderful for all moms and dads, but after watching him suffer through the NICU i believe it was even more rewarding to me when i saw it! he hasn't stopped smiling since!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he really started watching toys and enjoying things more. he has a rain forest mobile that he just loved, loves actually, hes still intrigued by it today. in those days though, sometimes it was the only thing he would smile at despite everything we tried to do to get a smirk. it was such a fun time realizing that this baby has a personality that was starting to shine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we got him a bumbo seat towards the end of this month that he wasn't quite ready for yet. i convinced myself he was so strong and loved sitting in it even though his head would get very heavy after a few minutes ;) if only i knew how quickly the squishy , adorable, newborn days pass, i would have savored it a bit more. oh well, im still doing stuff like that every day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like i mentioned last night, we finally found a solution to his restless nights. he was just so uncomfortable sleeping flat and we ended up letting him sleep in his bouncey seat overnight. i didn't sleep very well because i didn't like the thought of that so i was very relieved when the <a href="http://napnanny.com/">napnanny</a> arrived and devin actually slept through the night in it! im obsessed and have recommend it to everyone i know with a baby. devin still sleeps in it every night and he's almost a year old!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this is also the time when i first started this blog! here is my <a href="http://abittyblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/first-entry.html">first blog post ever!</a> im so glad im a blogger now. i think its great to look back on old posts now and i imagine it will be even better as time goes by. i hope devin likes it one day too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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devin's 4th month began with his original due date! he was due on september 24th 2009. all preemie mamas have mixed emotions when their child's due date rolls around and up until that day i really had no idea how i would feel. i ended up feeling happy and excited. i didn't have bitter feelings at all. im sure i would have felt much, much differently if devin was still in the NICU. thankfully he had been home with us for 2 weeks and we were already settling into a routine. for me, the day felt like a fresh start. i could finally stop thinking devin should still be growing inside me! this thought had haunted me his whole life up until that day. i finally had a "newborn" and i felt like i could put all the scary times we had gone through together behind us. to celebrate and capture the moment, my mom came over and we had a photo shoot. she was using her old 35mm camera that used to take great pictures. key word is used to... apparently the flash battery was weak and she may have been a little rusty as well and most of the would be adorable pictures came out dark and blurry. we did manage to get a few good ones though...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i think of this month as the month of the bouncey seat. devin loved his bouncey. he spent most of his time in there and by the end of the month, had taken to sleeping during the night in there too. we had issues with him sleeping flat on his back. the NICU had the head of his bed elevated for the entire time he was there. they did this in hopes of easing reflux symptoms which he never had. he never suffered from relux but i guess because so many babies do, they were trying to help. it really didn't help anything though and we were left to suffer the consequences at home. he was much more comfortable in an elevated position so we had him in the boppy at first, then the bouncy seat. both of them made me nervous because they are not for sleeping unsupervised. we found a solution the next month that i will talk about tomorrow. but basically, this whole month devin was in the bouncey seat. i dont know what we would have done without it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he was still an easy going lovable little nugget and we loved getting to know him and catering to his every whim! i was getting used to life as a stay at home mom, i wasnt getting much sleep of course and fabian had gotten back into the swing of things at work. he didn't have nearly as many dr. appointments as i thought he would, just about 2 a month for the first few months. not bad at all. since he still slept most of the day, i spent alot of my time on babycenter.com talking to other moms of preemies who were going through just about the same stuff i was. it was a lifesaver at the time. we were all a little over paranoid about our newly non NICUized babes and it was nice to have some people to bring you back down to reality when you needed it ;) i really cant remember anything specific happening that was out of the ordinary this month so this will be a post with a bunch of pictures. devin got chubbier and cuter by the day, what a sweet, sweet boy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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i think devin's 3rd month of life was the best month of my life! he finally came home from the NICU after 79 days on 9/9/09! he was 2.5 months old when he came home but was only 37 weeks 6 days old at the same time! the fact that he came home before his original due date and of course the fact that he was perfectly healthy and didn't require any oxygen or monitors was just so satisfying for me. he weighed 7 lbs.at discharge, which was also pretty impressive. he really proved so many drs. and nurses wrong and amazed his dad and i. the day he came home was a busy one. we had "roomed in" the night before. this is when preemie parents spend a night in a hospital room with their child alone. we had to prove we were capable of taking care of our own kid. in many instances i think this is a great thing, but in some, its just degrading. devin didn't have any special equipment or anything we needed to learn and get used to, so it was just an uncomfortable situation. needless to say, the next night when he was home with us was totally different so i don't really see a point to the whole rooming in thing even though we loved spending alone time with devin, it just wasn't fun. nurses were bothering us for silly things all night and it was a really crappy room. so the morning he was being discharged was a loooong one. we had to sign a bunch of stuff and bring in proof that we had made appointments for his first drs. appointments after discharge. we had to wait for a pharmacist to come and explain how to administer medications, we had to watch a demonstration of how to mix formula in pumped breast milk for added calories and so much more that i cant remember!<br />
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</div><div align="center">this is one of his last NICU pictures. since we never got to get one of those newborn hospital pictures, this is the one i consider ours ;)</div><div align="center"><br />
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i finally got to dress my little one in his going home outfit and the nurse stripped him of all his last monitor wires! we finally had a cordless baby! i picked him up and stepped out of his little cubicle into the hall i think i almost died! it felt so weird/scary/wonderful. hospital policy was to wheel the moms out of the NICU in a wheelchair and i honestly couldn't have been happier about that rule. i felt like all the moms i had been watching for the last 11 weeks. i would see them sitting in the lobby waiting for their husbands to pull the car around. they would be holding their healthy baby and most likely had never seen the NICU- while i was going up to watch my son grow in a plastic box. man, i hated those women for the longest time, but today, i WAS one! the only difference was that i was sitting next to about 6 HUGE bags of pumped breast milk stored in little bottles that had been kept in the NICU freezer. oh well, to me, it felt normal.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">driving home was crazy, fabian was driving and i was in the backseat with devin. every little thing made us jump and i was so nervous about devin not being hooked up to any kind of machine. for all his life we had relied on a screen to let us know he was safe and we didn't have that anymore! i dont know how i got over that! but i did... and quick ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">finally home!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TBa_oQd-mxI/AAAAAAAABbk/WzR1rm8u7VY/s1600/gh3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TBa_oQd-mxI/AAAAAAAABbk/WzR1rm8u7VY/s320/gh3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fraggle meeting devin for the first time. (devin is yawning not screaming in agony despite what it looks like). i think fraggle was like "hey! that was my bed you made for me pulled up next to your bed! why is there something in it now?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TBa_pKtVnXI/AAAAAAAABbs/QNW2J2ubJTA/s1600/gh4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TBa_pKtVnXI/AAAAAAAABbs/QNW2J2ubJTA/s320/gh4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this is the picture i stared at constantly while i was in the hospital. this is what i was waiting for the whole time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TBa_uucCz3I/AAAAAAAABcE/okxUaCwvjQk/s1600/gh6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TBa_uucCz3I/AAAAAAAABcE/okxUaCwvjQk/s320/gh6.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the day after he came home we ventured out for the first time to his first pediatrician appointment. the office was way too far away and the dr. was really weird. we didn't go back again but here are some pictures of how cute devin looked all ready to go!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we finally felt like a normal family. we had our healthy baby, home and happy. he liked his swing and liked to cuddle in his boppy and nap for a good part of each day. he was just a normal newborn and it was great! thats how i remember it at least. i know it was stressful and we didn't get much sleep but in my mom brain, i remember it as being a wonderful time. i think we're programmed that way so we force ourselves to make more babies! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">devin really was easy going in those days. i would put on soft music and he would just relax and do brand new baby stuff. i was pumping every 3 hours and we kept him on a 3 hour schedule which included a diaper change, breastfeeding, then a bottle as well so that was pretty rough. pumping was just horrible but i did it for 7 months and im pretty proud of that! like i said, devin was laid back and just slept alot. we gave him tummy time a few times a day and he seemed to like looking at little toys placed close to him. he liked bath time also. even with all the new activities going on in my life it seems like i had alot of free time those days! devin was just a joy and getting to know him at home was just wonderful. it felt even more special because we had all worked so hard to get to this point!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>devin's second month was much better by far than his first. things were looking up and devin began putting on weight steadily. i visited him twice a day for 3 hours or more each time. it was so difficult to just sit there and watch him through plastic. he slept for 90% of the day or more. he was still supposed to be inside of me and it was just insane to watch a plastic box and wires and tubes finish the gestational process for me. i settled into feeling ok about that fact. i wasn't overly angry about our new situation, although i did have my days. after the first month i just realized this was how it is, lets just go with it and try to make it bearable. i started bringing sweet comfort things in for devin. a stuffed lamb that was mine as a baby, soft blankets and part of his crib bedding to cover his isolette. it made me feel better and i like to think it comforted him as well. i would carry small pieces of cloth or washcloths in my shirt and bring them in to let him sleep on. babies, even tiny preemies can smell their mother very well.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by the end of the second month i got a call while i was away from the hospital. i panicked when i saw the number because its usually not good to get a call from the NICU. they told me that devin was being moved upstairs to the nursery. he didn't need to be in intensive care anymore! they needed the space for babies who did. i rushed to the hospital to check out devin's new pad and i felt like singing the alladin song "a whole new world"! it was wonderful! the babies had their own little cubicle type rooms with a nice rocker and a dresser type thing. they were spread out from each other and it was such a laid back atmosphere! downstairs was basically an open room full of alarms and critically ill babies with nurses rushing around all over. i took a deep breath that day. it felt great! after a week or so the big day came... devin was moved to a big boy crib! he needed to be able to maintain his own body temperature and he did great at it! so he got to keep his new open crib and we were able to take care of him easily and gaze upon our boy without squinting through plastic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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we were able to start offering him the bottle and i was able to let him practice breastfeeding as well. we would weigh him on a very precise digital scale before he breast fed and after to see how many ounces he took. this is his first bottle experience ever- i cant remember how many mls. he took exactly, i think something like 10! that is such a tiny amount but it was actually very good!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">meanwhile, at home we were setting up his nursery. something i definitely didn't have done before being admitted at 22weeks! the only thing we had gotten actually was the wooden letters you can see on the dresser. fabian and i had painted them right before everything happened. it felt nice to know his room was ready and waiting for him!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">so by the end of his second month of life devin was doing quite well. just learning to eat and putting on weight. he was still on oxygen but that was about it. he started getting just a tiny bit "chubby" (at least to us). i could'nt wait to get my boy home but knew he had a bit more of a journey to get there. more to come tomorrow ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TBWdie65t7I/AAAAAAAABZM/NHC-uRapqEU/s1600/d24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TBWdie65t7I/AAAAAAAABZM/NHC-uRapqEU/s320/d24.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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i decided to take a great idea from a fellow blogger mama i found through michelle over at <a href="http://plus1blog.wordpress.com/">plus one</a>. her name is emily and she has a darling, beautiful daughter named poppy who recently hit the big 1. her blog is called <a href="http://poppymilkface.wordpress.com/category/reflecting/page/3/">last train to pooksville</a>. the link i provided starts you off at her first countdown post. there are 12 days left until devin turns one and what i will be doing each day is creating a post (with pictures of course) describing exactly what was going on in each month of devin's life starting with his first month. on the 12th day i will be making his birthday post! i so enjoyed knowing that emily would be pretty much forced to grace us with her blogger presence each and every night leading up to poppy's big day and loved getting to watch poppy grow all over again. so here goes...<br />
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jue 23rd 2009 was the day devin was born. i had been in the hospital on the high risk floor for the last almost 5 weeks. i had a very difficult scary pregnancy. i started having bleeding at 5 weeks, just one week after i found out i was pregnant. for the first 20 weeks of my pregnancy i thought i was having a miscarriage pretty much every day. at 22 weeks i had yet another very heavy bleed and went to have my 20th or so ultrasound to make sure things with the baby still looked ok. they always had despite the scary unexplained bleeding. this time, things were not ok. i had no amniotic fluid. my water had broken at 22 weeks 6 days and i was admitted to the hospital. i was told i would stay there until i had my baby and the chances were that would be very soon. drs. gave me a less than 10% chance i would ever bring my son home alive. it was the most devastating day of my life. i was in complete agony over the aspect that my perfect baby could die and most likely would. drs. said the most a woman could go with 0 amniotic fluid is about 2 weeks and of course that still didn't give me much of a chance. fabian and i were asked to make a decision about whether or not we would want our son resuscitated if he came at some point in the 23 week mark because this was the "grey area". they would take life saving measures but they didn't recommend it. it was up to us.i refused to make that decision and fabian stuck by me. he told me things would be ok. our baby was strong and he would be just fine. i really wanted to believe him but man was it hard when every dr. and most nurses were preparing for the worst. <br />
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i laid in a hospital bed only getting up to use the lovely "bedside commode". i drank gallons of water a day and started researching preemies and pprom (preterm premature rupture of membranes). <a href="http://www.kanalen.org/prom/">kanalen.org</a> was a wonderful resource and taught me that there was real hope in a situation like ours. also, i started stalking the preemie parenting board on babycenter.com.<br />
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i started having contractions june 22nd overnight. the dr. checked me in the morning and it was official... i would be having a c-section today, at 25 weeks 6 days gestation. my baby was estimated to weigh 2 lbs. 3 oz and i was scared to death. he arrived at 10:51 am on june 23rd 2009. my birth story is actually awful, its <a href="http://abittyblog.blogspot.com/search/label/birth%20story">here</a> if you feel like reading it. this day began our NICU journey. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he weighed 2 lbs. 6oz and was 13.5 inches long. he was very sick for the first few days. he needed to be on the oscillating jet vent and his blood pressure was dangerously low. they had him on every possible medication to bring his blood pressure up to normal. nothin seemed to be working. we were told once agian we might lose our son. the first days were dreadful. it was such a blur. i was so scared and so happy and so sad all at the same time. fabian was very strong and of course remained positive the whole time. devin had jaundice and needed to be under the bili lights for quite some time. it seemed he was under those lights for months, but it was only a few weeks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we had some wonderful nurses taking care of devin for the first few days and i was able to interact with him on the very first day and hold him on his 3rd day. i started pumping breast milk about 20 hours after he was born and as his condition improved over the next few days and weeks, small amounts were finally introduced through his feeding tube.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">things were very stressful. he was doing ok, but new things popped up each day. bad news, then good news, then worse news and so on. it was the most difficult time of our lives! i started doing kangaroo care after a week or so and it was wonderful. most of his nurses were great and allowed us to be very hands on. we bathed him, changed his diaper and held him alot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the last week of his first month he was allowed to wear a real outfit! this is the first really happy picture of me, i was so glad to see him in a real baby outfit! i was so proud! the next day i was able to dress him myself! i hated that i had to be "allowed" to do things, but thats preemie momhood in the beginning. its hard, but oh so worth the wait! im a big fan of milestones and being mama to a preemie gave me waaaay more milestones to celebrate! devin hit so many milestones in his first month! coming off all blood pressure meds, coming off the vent, coming off c-pap, being held for the first time, first feeding, first bath, first time wearing clothes, first time taking a pacifier, first holiday (4th of july), and just plain surviving- not only surviving, but kicking ass at surviving were some milestones crossed in his first month. he had alot more to go, but we had made it a month and things were looking up. he was out of the woods... the dark scary part of the woods at least and things were becoming more routine and relaxed, well, relaxed isn't the right word, i guess things were just a tiny bit less horrible by the end of the month. each day, got more and more exciting as i slowly started to realize i had way more than a 10% of taking this amazing baby home after all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> it's been so long since the last time i posted! here's my excuse... DEVIN'S CRAWLING!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TBGhaEbhbdI/AAAAAAAABUs/uPHwKa-ps6k/s1600/DSC01647.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TBGhaEbhbdI/AAAAAAAABUs/uPHwKa-ps6k/s320/DSC01647.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and not sleeping through the night anymore. that part sucks big time but its so fun to watch him crawl all over the place! hes also pulling up to a stand on everything possible and looks like he'll start cruising furniture soon. he crawled and pulled up for the first time on the same night (5/29/10) and has been mobile ever since. we had to baby proof our ridiculously dangerous straight from the 70's house so now he has free roam over the entire upstairs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TBGgYqB6vOI/AAAAAAAABUM/4254_3Qz3Og/s1600/DSC01629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TBGgYqB6vOI/AAAAAAAABUM/4254_3Qz3Og/s320/DSC01629.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i have no time at all to get on the computer for more than 5 minutes anymore so my blog has been neglected. fabain has been working until 8 every night for the last week so that makes things extra hard and like i said, devin has decided the sleeping through the night thing is for babies and hes not one of them! he had slept from 10-11pm until 9-10am every night since he had been home for about 2 weeks. i think his top tooth thats about halfway there now is the culprit. its very hard to think about the fact that teething is just beginning!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">not much has happened recently other than what ive already said. we did visit fabian's boss jack and his wife and daughter the other day. elisa is 5 months old and very cute. devin was very pleased to make her aquaintance! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TBGfVQjp28I/AAAAAAAABTs/pydYULWXtU0/s1600/DSC01611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/TBGfVQjp28I/AAAAAAAABTs/pydYULWXtU0/s320/DSC01611.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">oh! he also got his first bruise from bumping his head on the floor while crawling. it was very traumatic... for me and me alone. the bruise just faded today and it happened again, so now he has a slightly larger bruise in pretty much the same spot. im guessing it never ends from here? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ive been taking any free minute i get to create a huge scrapbook of devins firts year and plan on giving it to him on his birthday which is approaching very fast (6/23). it conatins about 10-25 of the best shots in each month he has been here. im very excited about completing it and plan on taking a picture of each page to blog about when it's finally done!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this time im not lying when i say i promise i'll be posting more often and i'll explain why in the next day or so ;) here are a few cute pictures, i have much more to say, but its late now....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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ok, this is CRAZY! i cant believe this is the last month before my sweet little one turns a whole year old. im feeling quite numb about it all and im afraid im going to have some sort of a breakdown as the realization of next month's huge milestone sets in a little more. i've started planning an extravagent ocean themed first birthday party and its actually helping me cope. im pretty excited about all the little details that will go into it and will definitely go into that in future posts. i havent been posting much because it has been a rough week. well it started last weekend, but devin is cutting one of his two front teeth right now and nightime has been especially difficult. hes just very hard to relax and fussy pretty much always. hes still happy and adorable for the most part but its been tough. i cant wait to see that tooth when its a little bigger! what a big boy! 11/8 months old... wow.<br />
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</div><div align="center">we had a yard sale this weekend, it was kind of annoying, we did ok, but not great and still have lots of crap to donate or try to sell on craigslist. devin hung out in the pack and play. we had to cover it with a sheet because it was mosquitopalooza out there. we would turn our backs for a minute and people would be over there inspecting the goods like the whole thing was for sale!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/S_nyVaWgDJI/AAAAAAAABRc/aPCheY10Uto/s1600/DSC01461.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/S_nyVaWgDJI/AAAAAAAABRc/aPCheY10Uto/s320/DSC01461.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">devin, feeding himself grilled eggplant. he LOVED this and ate quite a bit. he feeds himself very well now, its just challenging to figure out good stuff to offer him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/S_nwUbrDfLI/AAAAAAAABQk/avBxriBGmv4/s1600/DSC01363.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/S_nwUbrDfLI/AAAAAAAABQk/avBxriBGmv4/s320/DSC01363.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i love my handsome little sweetheart more than anything! hes just perfect. happy 11 months baby devin!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/S_nwAo1m-FI/AAAAAAAABQc/3VNuQHg9w94/s1600/DSC01354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vOQazktXUi4/S_nwAo1m-FI/AAAAAAAABQc/3VNuQHg9w94/s320/DSC01354.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center"><script>
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