The Tale of Two Preemies: That Summery Feeling

Saturday, April 25, 2009

That Summery Feeling

I meant to write this on Thursday, but didn't get it done, so here you go!
This was our high on Thursday...

90 degrees!!! Can you believe that!?! Unfortunately it was incredibly windy and we didn't get to be out much. I did get the kids in shorts though.

Now if that isn't a perfect ad pic for Welch's grape pop I don't know what is. Now Cole thinks that every time we go sit on the porch that we have to have a grape pop. That was taken a week ago on another gorgeous day.

Aren't they the cutest kids ever?

3 comments:

Kristi said...: Love those wisps of hair on the little guy!; 4/25/2009 8:42 PM
Anonymous said...: The photo of Cole drinking pop is adorable ... and love the photo of both of the boys outside. So cute!; 4/25/2009 11:38 PM
Anonymous said...: adorable!; 4/27/2009 8:08 PM

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Cole's Story

Cole was born at 30 weeks 3 days, much to our surprise, in 2006. I went in to the hospital because I wasn't feeling well and was afraid I'd get dehydrated. I ended up being air lifted to a larger hospital where Cole was born 24 hours later. He weighed in at 4 lbs. 2 oz. and was 17" long. He had some developmental delays, mostly due to acid reflux. He also had positional plagiocephaly and was in a remolding helmet for 6 weeks. At 14 months he underwent a cardiac catheter procedure to close his PDA. At 25 months he tripped getting out of his kiddie pool and broke his femur. He was in a cast from his hips to his toes for 4 long weeks. He also broke his shoulder at age 5 1/2. His latest medical drama has been a cyst in his left ear. He's had his adenoids removed and another surgery to remove the cyst. He'll have a second surgery in August. He's been through the ringer, but you'd never know it. He just rolls with the punches. He's 100% farm boy. He wants to know how everything works and why. He loves the farm. Farming is definitely in his blood.

Tate's Story

Tate was born at 34 weeks 2 days in 2008. Since I had a previous premature delivery, I was on high alert for another one. It didn't help. We had ultrasound after ultrasound and everything looked great. Tate, however, was not patient. I was admitted to the hospital with preterm labor. He held off for a couple of days, but was still born early. He weighed 5 and a half pounds and was 19" long. Fortunately he had no problems and was released from the hospital 3 days after he was born. He was born the middle child. He desperately wants to do what his big brother does, but has his own interests and wants Cole do to those with him. He's my trouble-maker, fit-thrower, and snuggle bug.