So lets start with Parker! He is doing so great! We have been off of the oxygen for almost a month now! And I have to say it is so nice and SO much easier having a wireless baby!! At his last appointment he weighted 11 pounds and is around 26 inches in length! We started speech therapy last Friday and it went great! We will go see Ms. Connie once a week. Those of you who do not know, of course this is not for actually speaking!! The speech therapist will be working with him on learning to properly eat from the bottle. We will soon be starting both occupational and physical therapies. We will more than likely continue therapies through his first year to try to catch him up developmentally to his actual age. He is actually 5 months old but is on a developmental level of 2 1/2 months. He is starting to hold his head up really well on his own, with an occasional bobble!! He has started rolling over to his sides but not all the way yet! He is always smiling and talking to me...he is such a happy baby! We have an appointment with a kidney doctor in March at Childrens in LR, followed by an mri that afternoon. If you did not know, Parker was born with only his left kidney. But so far it seems to be functioning correctly. I will post after his appointment. Overall, he is doing so well!!
As for Nathaniel and I, we are busy busy!! I am going a lil stir crazy being stuck in the house 24/7. It doesnt help that Nathaniel has been working at least one day each weekend since the new year. Dont get me wrong, I am so thankful they have work. But this momma would like a lil break every now and then! We cant wait for warmer weather and to finally get through this awful flu season. So we can get out of this house some! I love staying at home with him but at the same time I am really missing my kiddos and classroom. Not to mention, my lovely teacher friends!!
In other Big news: as of this coming Wednesday are house will officially be on the market!! We are so excited. I have been working hard on boxing things up and decluttering the house to help it show better! And when Nathaniel has a day off he helps with the bigger things. Though, it is a tad bit stressful at times I truly feel it will make it alot easier when we do sell and move temporarily into a rental home. We have searched and searched and just can not find what we want. So, we have decided to build at the family farm in Wesley! I can not express enough how excited I am to get out of the city and back to the country!! I cant wait for Parker and I to spend our days outside with the cows, garden or just playing in the dirt!!! Nathaniel and I are both so excited to build and choose everything to do with the home. BUT, I at least am so anxious, nervous, scared etc about it! There is so many choices to make and if you know me, I can be a bit indecisive!! The decisions have already started and we are already having trouble....picking the house plan. Whew....what a decision that is. You can change interior things down the road and even tear down walls or out new ones up but the main structure/design of the home cant be changed....well at least not easily! We have always talked about building our home and doing it ourselves. But, now that we have Parker that has changed. If we built ourselves it would take awhile do to only working on weekends/days off. So we have found a builder that we will be meeting with soon and so far have a good feeling about him!! Ideally, we hope to sell our house right away, to break ground on the new home the day we close and to be moving in just in time for Parkers 1st birthday!! But, we will put all our trust in the Lord to lead us during this big step in our life. We know that his timing is always perfect and so is his plan!! So, we just pray for direction and the path to be clear.
So, in a short! story that is our current life!! We are doing great!
Oh, as for our first born...fur baby!! She is doing great and has adjusted well to Parker being home. To say there is a little bit of jealousy would be an understatement!! But, she seems to really love him and be interested in him. I cant wait till they can be in the backyard running and playing being the best of friends!!
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