Yummy popsicle!

Here's the Brinson lying in Meme's lap eating a popsicle! Yummy strawberry!!

One beautiful day..

.....Brinson got to play outside.

And swing

Lounge in the SunWalk in the green grass

Slide

And even NAP.....and yes she fell asleep in the swing.

My gift to myself

Remember on Cooper's birthday when I said I had bought myself something special in remembrance of him? Well, here it is. It came in yesterday. It's on a necklace that I wear 24/7. And those are his actual footprints. The amazonite stone is indicative of his birthstone.
I bought it from My Forever Child, and man, did she do a good job.

Ready to kill zombies

This is how you know you've watched too many horror movies....especially about zombies.

Fun times in the Zaldivar household

The last week has just been so pleasant here in the house. Brinson had vomiting on Weds night, followed by diarrhea on Thurs night.....My mom started vomiting Thursday morning...her diarrhea ensued shortly after. She was so sick that she was unable to fly back to Indiana yesterday. Then last night after dinner, my tummy was a little upset. Before I knew it, I vomited all last night and have had diarrhea since. Now this is the kind where you aren't sure whether to sit on the toilet and look for something to puke in, or to puke and hope you don't...well you know. It's been so severe that all three of us had "accidents" at one time or another. I cannot believe how fast it hit also. Today I'm running fever of 100.3-100.8 and that's after Tylenol. Mom ran some and B thankfully had none. At least the sickness staggered so that we werent' all sick at exactly the same time. Mom and I were just talking about how neither of us have been this sick for as long as we can remember. I just hope Ned doesn't get it. Anyone know if this stuff is going around?!?

On a side note, Happy Birthday to Kim today. Also please pray for her family, her aunt just passed away.

"All the single ladies"

It seems Brinson is a Beyonce fan. What was really funny I actually missed on video. She was bouncing up and down and shakin her booty but by the time I got the camera she stopped. It's still cute to see her watch it. She had been walking by the tv when the video came on...and then stopped.

Sharing with her dollie

More photos from Brinson's 2nd

Quite often I don't get a chance to post photos as fast as I would like. So, here are some shots from the weekend of Brinson's 2nd Birthday Party!

Enjoying her Princess Lawn Chair from Meme!

Abuelo and Aunt KD

Zachary and Kim

Uncle Mike and Aunt KD hanging out with Brinson

Lydia and Wes. If you remember us talking about that child the NICU in the next pod over always being loud.....well that was Lydia. Now she is a beautiful behaved child....well at the party she was. ;)

Brinson is lucky enough to have Dava come out weekly to help here catch up from being a preemie and 6months in the NICU. Here is Dava's child, Sadie enjoying the playset (Thanks to family)

Sydny and Sadie (Dava's kids)

Z-man enjoying the swing

We had such a beautiful day and because of that....it helped spread people out in and out of the house. Thank goodness because 20+ people plus their kids in our house would have been crowded. The playset was a success!!! (Thanks to Uncle Mike and Abuelo)

Harry and Lucy hangin' out on the swing!

Brinson with Brooke (nurse from the NICU)

Brinson and Lydia doing a little bonding.

Weee!!!!

Cake time with Mommy

Matt with his son Levi

Nana and Grampa

TBFC - Kristi, Katelyn and Dy (McKenna....not pictured also came) watching the gifts to be opened

Mommy opening the gifts (look at the motorized bike below...Thanks Dy, Brinson loves it)

Joren (Arika's oldest) and Nichola holding her daughter Lucy

Playing with her grocery cart the next day!

Ummm....a little corn on the cob.

Hell on Wheels!

Brinson loves her new pink "car" that she got from Dy at her birthday! Thank you!! She rides it inside. She rides it outside. She rides it in her pjs. She rides it in her clothes. She's alot of fun to watch. Now, if she can just figure out that forward/reverse button....

Update on Brinson

This week is a busy one for The Brinson. Yesterday we saw Dr. Rossell (her pedi) and while they have her weighed in at 21lbs 1oz (its up from their previous weight) her height is 32 1/2 inches. The dietician sees her on Thurs, so that's where we've been posting the numbers from. She's in the 25th percentile for height, and the 5th for weight and height/weight ratio. This is NOT corrected. Yay!
So all was well at the exam except for her recurrent ear infections. We are on a new antibiotic, and will be going to see an ENT. I have a feelin we may be looking at tubes in the ears. But there may be other options, not sure.
Today we saw Dr. Coats, the eye doc. The good news is that the patching worked and her eyes are improved. We don't have to patch her anymore...WOOOHOOOO!!! The not-so-good news is that her eyes are still crossing, so we are scheduled for surgery on April 21. They are doing surgery on the eye muscle itself to change the position in the socket. Sounds fun huh? *Cringes* It's a fairly simple surgery, and is done as an outpatient.
I have to go the dentist (again!) tomorrow, and Friday Brinson sees the developmental doc, Dr. Williamson. I am curious to see what he has to say. I'll post something over the weekend with the results.
On a sad note....after 3 months, my mom is leaving Saturday to go back to Indiana. :( She has been such a humongous help and has really spoiled me. She spends alot of time with B, and I am not looking forward to the aftermath of her leaving. We are planning to go to Indiana during the summer at some point. It's been great having her here to spend time and to have someone to buddy around with. I hate seeing her go. :*(