Recent pictures

Below are some more recent pictures (see my post below for a written update on how Jack is doing!)

Fourth of July with Mommy

All of us in the Fourth of July neighborhood parade in Houston!

Matt won first prize for stoller decoration!

Happy boy :)

Buddies

Jack's down dog pose this AM

and Matt's graduation in May!

Jack's Baptism Pics- April 27th

Jack's Godparents- his uncle Eric and Aunt Erin

July Update

Wow, it has been WAY too long since my last update!  We've been out of town almost every weekend since April, so life has been busy busy to say the least!  We've had weddings, seen family, gone to the lake, had baby showers- it's been a great summer, can't believe we're almost at August.

Jack is doing GREAT!  He got off the apnea monitor in March, right before I went back to work on April 1st.  It was amazing for him to finally be wireless!  We hadn't been able to walk around the house or take him out without some sort of cord attached, so it was definitely freeing to be rid of both the apnea monitor and oxygen.  I started back to work part time (4 days a week now) April 1st and that is also going well.  We were able to hire Greg and Erin's (Matt's sister) nanny (they moved to Oklahoma City for Greg's job in April), so the timing worked out great there (although we were so sad see them move from down the street in Houston!)  Marisol is wonderful- Jack loves her and we feel blessed that Jack is in such great hands when I'm gone during the day.

Jack is up to 16 lbs, 10 ounces- the doctor was very happy with his progress weight wise at our appointment two weeks ago.  It was his 9 month appointment- wow, time flies!!  We've been working on eating solid foods (stage 1) and he's done a great job in the last month.  We have ECI coming to monitor his eating and they are very impressed with how well he is doing.  Think we will be starting stage 2 foods in two weeks, so hoping that goes well also!

All in all, we feel so very lucky- thus far, Jack is perfectly healthy, which is such a miracle considering all that we were faced with in the NICU.  We are on normal pediatrician visits and no specialist visits, just like any other infant now!  Jack has started sitting up and is rocking on his knees- he has some pretty funny positions that look like some hard core yoga planks and down dogs to me!  Matt and I need to start baby proofing the house stat, think he could be crawling any day.

Below are some updated pictures from the last few weeks.  I'm trying to make sure that I start being more regular about posting, so please call me out if I'm not!  :)

Jack's first crawfish boil

With Tucker, Nana Opa and Mimi

Jack with his first Easter egg

Mommy and Jack before Easter service at St Martin's

Daddy and Jack

Our hip little man  :)

Jack and Grandpa Doug

Update

Jack is doing great!  Up to 11 lbs, 12 oz as of this morning. We head to the pulmanologist on Friday AM to get an update to see if Jack is able to come off of his apnea monitor.  We also had a meeting with ECI last week (Early Childhood Intervention).  They were looking at Jack's development and how he was doing compared to his adjusted age.  Jack did well- was on par for every area except one, which we can work on at home.  We will meet with ECI again in a few months to see how he is progressing.

Jack has also been sleeping really well- generally sleeps straight through from 11pm to 7am, so Matt and I feel very blessed about that!  He is still eating 8 times a day, so we are feeding every 2 hours during the day.  I am still pumping 8 times a day as well, so lots of feeding and pumping during the day!  :). Below are some pics from the last few weeks:

Love Jack's little pout :)

We got a smile!!

Mommy and Jack

Jack got a Wubanub!  so cute :)

Some tummy time

Oxygen

Jack is coming off of his oxygen!!!  We found out this morning and are just beyond elated!   I took Jack for testing last Friday at Texas Children's- we had four hours of testing (called an OCRG) and he was hooked up to an oxygen saturation monitor.  He didn't have any desaturations, so they told us today that he no longer needs it... YAY!!!!  He has been on oxygen since he was born, so this is such a huge step for him.  No more tape scrapes on his cheeks and lugging around the can or machine... YAY!!!!!  We can't contain our excitement  :)

Jack will stay on the apnea monitor for at least another month, so that will be another big milestone when we no longer need that... but the apnea monitor is much more portable than the oxygen, so will be much easier to get around now!  I'll post some pictures this week of him without all of the tape and cannula on his sweet cheeks.

Oh, happy day!!

Pictures...

Jack and Uncle Matty

With Nana on Valentine's Day

Jack and his daddy!

Taking a nap with Opa

Tummy time nap

Wide awake!  Ready to get these wires off...

Happy Valentine's!

Happy Valentine's!  (belated). :). Things are going well at the Weigle household!  Jack has been sleeping a little better at night, so Matt and I have been able to get a few 4-5 hour stints of sleep in.
Jack is up to 10 lbs now... Getting chunky!  He got his 4-month vaccines last week and we are headed back tomorrow to get his second round of the RSV vaccine.

We went to the pulmanologist today and it was a good visit.  From the apnea monitor downloads, the doctor was able to tell that Jack is still occasionally having a few apnea spells.  He says that is completely normal for how premature he was.  He does think Jack may be able to come off of the oxygen soon- Jack will do a sleep study at Texas Children's in the next week to confirm if he's ready to be off the oxygen.  I'll go with him and we'll have a 4 hour study at TCH.  He said that even if he does come off oxygen, we'll keep the apnea monitor until Jack can go 5 days without having an apnea, and at least for another month once he is off the oxygen so they get enough time to monitor.  Matt and I are at the point where we do feel comfortable with the monitor, so we are ok with that.  It will be nice when all of the cords are gone though!

My brothers were able to come and meet Jack in the last two weeks, so that was lots of fun. Jack will be able to meet his cousins at Jack's baptism at the end of April, so we can't wait for that!

Will post some pics tomorrow!