SO MUCH GOING ON, SO BUSY....

I cannot believe it has been almost a week since my last post. I feel like there are never enough hours in the day. Last week Cooper continued to throw up but it seemed to be getting so much worse. It was not more often but much more volume. Terry and I were getting a little concerned so I touched base with Dr. Kelley. He decided to drop Cooper's volume of feeds from 120ml to 90ml. It has made a huge difference!!! The night feeding however was increased to 480ml but given over 8 hours. Cooper still throws up on this one. He starts about 2am and continues until 5am or so. Therefore, sleeplessness, has taken on another form. Terry has started to get a little more sleep now which is really good. The other morning he caught himself putting OJ on his cereal and we knew things needed to change. However, I was getting spoiled with getting some sleep and now I am up with Coop from 2am to 4:30am when I leave for the gym. However, if this helps Cooper stop throwing up through the day, it is all worth it.

On Wednesday, we drove to Salina to pick up Karli. Lisa was taking Thursday and Friday off so Karli came down to watch the kids. I think she had a great time and I know we enjoyed having her. She had hoped Cooper would pull his feeding tube while she was here so she could love on him without it and she was confident she could get him to eat. On Thursday night her wish came true. About 3am he pulled his tube. She was very excited on Friday and although she did get him to eat a few things, she was disappointed she did not have him eating steak and potatoes by noon.

Friday night Sherri, Cassidy and Chandler drove in. Sherri had some things going on for Partylite and the kids were here to see their Dad. On Saturday we headed to Deanna Rose Farmstead, a little petting zoo type place in Overland Park. We got to take Cassidy and Chandler with us too and met Jill and Taylor and one of their friends also. It was a fun day! Raelynn was so excited to see her cousins and we were so thankful they got to spend a big part of the day with us. The zoo was great and they kids were able to feed and pet many of the farm animals. We had a little picnic lunch and then headed home. We dropped Cassidy and Chandler off at Jeff's and headed home from there. They all left about 2pm today. It was really great seeing them all.

This week is going to be just as crazy as last but I promise to post more often. Raelynn will start preschool at the end of this week and we have interviews for Cooper's Cause with the Lazer and the LJWorld. I am so excited for all the upcoming events!