Making progress!!!

For those of you who read about his devolpmental delays it is good to know that if u keep doing things over and over they really do kinda get it. He is getting better at the grasping which is what he was at a 2 month level. He holds a blankie now, and can even hold his bottle ,but not for the whole feeding but it is a start!! He also still doesn't sleep through the night, blah for me, but last night he went 8 hrs between bottles!!! about 6 of that was sleeping so i got to sleep about 5 hrs in a row!!! That is so rare haha!!!
( I know that isn't holding it i just can't find that picture, but it is cute anyway)


So with the holidays coming around, my favorite part is here.... Cookies and decorating the cookies!!! I have about a weeks worth of baking to do and about 2 days worth of decorating sugar cookies and Ginger bread men!!! I know it sounds like a lot but I LOVE IT!!!! If anyone wants some let me know!!!!

HO HO HO!!

We went and saw Santa, And Gavin had been smiling just 15 min. before and then we got there and he decided that he was just going to stare at everything else in the room and not want to smile at all! It is better then crying though.

5 months

The Big Boy is now five months. 16.6 lbs and still 24 in.
Can't believe how time flys. We are still working on some stages that he hasn't hit that he should. But we are getting there and that is part of him being born early his mind wants to do what his body isn't ready to do yet. Just put us in ur prayers. Him being delayed on some things is really hard on me right now, I know he will catch up, Just have to take it one day at a time!!


Can you find Gavin? Christmas Smiles!!!

And the Great use of the bumbo !!!! Never thought she could fit in it!!

Gavins Developmental Follow up

The Hospital that Gavin was born at has a program where they track the progress of the preemies and watch for developmental delays and then tell you how to bring them up to the stage they need to be or if you need to go to a specialists they well catch it earlier then a dr would.

Well Gavin's chronological ge is 4 3/4 months, but his corrected age ( what he should have been) is 3 1/2 months.

He is doing great growing, His head size is in the 90th percentiles, his weight (16.4 lbs) is in the 75th percentiles and his size (24 in.) is in the 25th percentiles. It looks like he got cursed with being short like me. We can hope not.

His reflexes are at a 5 month level, grasping is at a 2 month level, visual motor skills is at 4 months. his expressions are at 3 months and comprehension is at 3 months.

Over all he is doing really well, Just have to work on using our arms and holding things. He is doing Great and now we are just waiting for Christmas!!

Really Late Thanksgiving

Here is gavin in his cute thankgiving outfit. It just took forever for me to upload them!!