Merry Christmas!Hi everyone! Hope you enjoy all the pictures of Greyson and Gunner on the Christmas card that I just managed to get out in time! I took so many it was hard to choose just a few! The card already says it, but it has been one crazy year! That’s right, we learned all sorts of new things this year we didn’t want to, like what pPROM means, that 1 in 8 babies are born prematurely, and how much it costs to be a guest at the hospital for 12 weeks between Mommy and Baby. But at the end of the year we couldn’t be too much happier and healthier so we count our blessings daily!
Here's our little family on Mother's Day, my first weekend of hospital bedrest!Boys, Boys, Boys…what else can I say! It used to be a more equal ratio, but it is official, I am seriously outnumbered. Yet, I must say that I am loving be a Mommy to two big and healthy boys!
Our first “baby” Greyson: He is an amazing BIG brother! He loves “his baby Gunner” but doesn’t understand why he has to be so quiet all the time; that darn baby is always sleeping! Yes, we still think of him as our baby, but he is growing like the cutest weed you have ever seen. He is a very active little boy, and when I say boy, he is ALL boy. He climbs, jumps, and does all sorts of things that make us cringe. He has no fear and is so energetic. He is very smart too! We saw an amazing change in his vocabulary and skill level when he started full time preschool (with Aunt Lindsey) over the summer while Mommy was in the hospital and it is amazing what he seemed to learn…including the dreaded potty training! He loves his school, friends and his cousins. He still has a serious allergy to milk, so that means we have to be over-vigilant making sure he has nothing with milk in it and carry an epi-pen everywhere just in case.
Greyson and his cousin Keegan while I was on bedrest, he hung out here a lot!
Our second, but “miracle baby”, Gunner: I am in complete awe of this boy. Yes, boy not girl like I swore I was having a girl, and it was even confirmed for a day. After coming at 33 weeks, at a tiny 4 lbs and 17 ¼ inches, he kicked NICU butt and made it home before his actual due date! He is such a little fighter, which is what his name means! Overall, he looks and acts perfect, but on the inside I know better. His lungs are the lungs of a preemie, so they won’t really be the same as a full term baby for at least another few years. At 34 weeks to birth is when Mom passes antibodies and immunity to baby, which of course he was born before, so he has no immune system right now. So we have spent since October in hibernation mode. Other than that, he is growing like crazy and developing according to his adjusted age very well. He is a whopping 15 pounds now, which is about 14 oz smaller than Greyson at his age! He is just an angel baby.
Of course, the parents of these amazing children are doing ok too. We sincerely love having two boys and just really enjoy everything Gunner does even more because of what we went through to get him here! In fact, due to the happenings of the summer, Mommy now has a cause or a soapbox that she likes to stand on and that is joining with the March of Dimes to educate and try to fight for the babies that are too little to fight for themselves! I have formed a team in honor of Gunner will be doing my first walk in April of 2010. So please consider joining me to walk, making a donation, or just raising awareness with me! Here is my team website: http://www.marchforbabies.org/team/t1363932
Daddy passed his journeyman’s test, which for non-trades people, is the equivalent of a bachelors degree in the electrical field. He also bagged a giant buck off the back 40 acres that we will be building on if this economy ever recovers!
Latest updates can be found at:
www.babysites.com/sites/clyoungsey (which will be my project over Christmas break, I have been spending too much time on Gunner’s Blog)
http://www.babyyoungblog.blogspot.com/
Or catch the boys in action at:
http://www.youtube.com/ (tags: Greyson and Gunner Young)
http://www.theyoungboys.shutterfly.com/ (pictures, pictures and more pictures)
So all is well in the Young Household! Hope this letter finds you healthy, happy and in great Christmas spirits! Better watch out, better not cry, better not pout, I’m telling you why…..Santa is visiting our house again! Thank goodness for children!
Love you all,
The Young Family
www.babysites.com/sites/clyoungsey (which will be my project over Christmas break, I have been spending too much time on Gunner’s Blog)
http://www.babyyoungblog.blogspot.com/
Or catch the boys in action at:
http://www.youtube.com/ (tags: Greyson and Gunner Young)
http://www.theyoungboys.shutterfly.com/ (pictures, pictures and more pictures)
So all is well in the Young Household! Hope this letter finds you healthy, happy and in great Christmas spirits! Better watch out, better not cry, better not pout, I’m telling you why…..Santa is visiting our house again! Thank goodness for children!
Love you all,
The Young Family
