Trouble with a T

Eve and I were getting Seamus up this morning.  He was standing in his crib.  He hooked his armpit over the corner of the crib and hiked his leg up and actually got his foot over the top rail!  I said, "No, no." and gently removed his foot.  I was afraid of making too big a deal because I didn't want it to be something funny or attractive to him.  He's 18 months!!!  This is defintely something I've never dealt with before. 
I guess we'll wait and see if he does it again.  He shouldn't be able to do it when he is wearing his sleep sack because he won't be able to get his legs far enough apart. 

photos

In September, we had a professional photographer come to take pictures of the kids.  Unfortunately, she had her baby earlier than expected, so we didn't get our photos until November.  So, we had them printed and gave them to our parents as Christmas gifts. 
Here are some highlights: 

small hiccup

A small hiccup in the wonderful holidays was that Eve needed to go to Baystate to have her tube replaced.  It accidentally came out Saturday night (it got caught).  Fortunately, Jim remembered we had a spare mic-key button (her old g-tube) that he inserted to preserve the stoma.  Otherwise, the stoma could begin to close in as little time as an hour.  By inserting the mic-key we avoided surgery to re-open the stoma.  However, the hospital couldn't replace the g-j tube until Monday.  Additionally, it couldn't be done at our local hospital.  So, Jim packed up Eve on Sunday morning and they went to the ER at Baystate for fluids until they replaced the g-j (since without the tube she would get no nutrients or fluids).   They were back home by Monday night.  I'm going to make sure we have another mic-key on hand in case this happens again.  Apparently, Eve was not bothered in the least when it came out (I was still in FL). 

Jim and I were talking last night about Eve and her decline.  She barely says yes or no anymore, but you can still (usually) tell what she wants by her facial expressions, etc.  Jim also mentioned that he thinks she can no longer cry.  I've been saying for a while that I've noticed that she has stopped complaining, but it didn't dawn on me that I can't remember the last time I saw her cry.  Jim said at the hospital, they had to dig around to find a vein for the IV and she didn't cry at all or get upset.  That would have created hysterics a year ago.  Fortunately, she is not without emotion.  She continues to laugh every single day and shows such love for Josie.  She coos at her and at Seamus.  Mostly, she laughs at Seamus.  Especially when he is redirected.  This morning we were laughing at him in his crib.  He was running back and forth and bouncing off the rails.  He looked like a little wrestler in his mini ring. 

holidays are over

Now that the holidays are over, it's time to update the blog.  What a fun time we had!  We had Christmas at our house - just the four of us.  It was quiet, but nice.  Seamus really loved opening presents and would say, "Oooooooo!" as he opened  them.  The weekend after Christmas we loaded up the new van (can I say again how much I love it?) and drove to NJ for a super quick visit to my parents (Friday afternoon to Sunday after breakfast).  The kids did great and I was so proud of them.  They slept like champs at Oma and Pop's house and had lots of fun.  Uncle Scott was also able to come over for dinner Friday night.  Here are some pictures:

After that quick trip we headed back home and got ready for a visit from Grammie and PaPa.  They came New Year's Eve and stayed for a week while I was at a conference in Florida.  The kids had lots of fun and they were a huge help while I was gone.

Update:  Look at the picture below.  I just noticed that Seamus is in mid-fling.  He became quite adept at opening presents (this was his third round) and would quickly throw out anything uninteresting.  Here he is throwing  fleece pajamas.  

This is Seamus sitting in the box his toy came in.

So, a grand time was had by all.