4 month bday!

Annie turned 4 months this weekend. She welcomed her 4 month-day weighing in at 10 LBS and celebrated at our family summer place with Aunt Kit and Uncle Nate. Unfortunately, Annie is battling a cold and is has been very hard for her to keep her food down. After a rough night, we have found that we can avoid chronic vomiting if we feed her an ounce at a time. It takes a while, but it is a relief to see her keeping some food down.

The million dollar baby

Well, thank God for insurance. Annie's medical bills are starting to come in and we have already topped 100k. The girl knows how to spend money! Fortunately, our health insurance is quite comprehensive and we are comfortably covered. I share this with you because the nature of our health care system does not leave every family in a similar feeling of comfort. I can't imagine how families would survive this enourmous medical bills without insurance. This is an election year, folks. There are a lot of families out there who need the government to step up and provide adequate support in times of medical emergency. Do your homework and don't forget to vote!

Miracle Grow!

We had our check up with the pediatrician today and were shocked to find that she is up to 8lbs 2 oz!! Finally, after 3 long months she is the size of a term baby. It is just amazing to look at her and see such a healthy baby. What is hard is realizing we are just entering this phase now..at 3 months. It was hard to be asked developmental questions today and respond that she is just not there yet. Don't worry, we are all ok and have not lost sight of the real truth: this little one is our hero. She has been through so much in the past 3 months. Taking a little while to offically smile or hold her head up is fine with us.

Annie will have her early intervention assessment by the staff at Lenox Hill next month. We'll see where she is then. In the meantime, Luke has a birthday next week and starts school tomorrow. Annie has some BIG PLANS. Pics to follow.

Feisty toughens up

Annie is just doing so well and was offically discharged by her visiting nurse today! She is developing so quickly it's hard to keep up. She is grabbing at her bottle, batting at toys on her gym and trying to hold her head up. She actually FITS into newborn clothes now. Luke continues to just adore Annie. She gives him little kisses and grabs at his hands which leaves him elated and running in circles. When Luke wakes up in the morning, he goes straight to her saying. "Annie! Annie".

How did we get so lucky?

We see the doctor again next week - more later!