Trick or Treating

The friday before Halloween we took Brinson out to Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital for their Halloween carnival. Brinson got to meet some of Nana's co- workers and to see some really neat costumes. Ned has some more pictures on his camera so we should be posting more later.

Getting a balloon kitty

Swinging her Dora trick or treat bag

Playing Pluck a Duck

Picking out candy with Grampa

Getting a kitty painted on her hand

She's such a girlie girl. When given a choice for her cheek or hand for a painting, she chose hand...lol

Pumpkin carving

Ned and I decided to carve pumpkins for Brinson this year. As I'm posting this the pumpkins are long gone.....they molded pretty quickly. She wasn't very interested in the process, she was happy to ride her plasmacar around the kitchen.

With her halloween headband

Hey I had good intentions.....



but got very frustrated and gave up on Dora.

Ned had more patience...and better carving equipment :P

Ned's vampire bat

My sad pumpkin...lol

Doesn't she look thrilled??

B and Z in their Halloween Costumes

It is nearly impossible to catch these two together at the right moment! Brinson was tired, so no smiles. Zachary was all over the place! Getting them to both sit and look at the camera just didn't happen...at least not in my pics lol!

Outside time

With Mommie out and about, Brinson and I had some fun time outside.

Mini Update

Lots of great things have been going on since our last update. Brinson is doing great, she's talking more and getting steadier on her feet.

She continues to go to Broadway Babies dance class which she loves. They will be doing a recital at the end of the year. When I took her to class this past week, when we were leaving there were these little 5 yr olds dancing/tapping to "The Chipmunks Single Ladies". Brinson was so funny, she just couldn't figure it out.

Tonight we went to our first Tumbling Tots class. It totally kicked my ass lol. Very fast paced but Brinson was having a ball. I had originally planned to do this class every Fri morning, however, one of the teachers named Ariel really bonded with B. She, herself, was a preemie. She practically begged us to keep coming Thurs so for the time being we'll stick to it.

On November 2, Brinson starts school!!!!!!! I had been looking for a Mommy's Day Out program, but all were filled and had waiting lists. Some were booked up until next fall. Brinson's ISR teacher recommended the school her daughters go to. We checked it out and were very pleased. Even Cindy, B's speech therapist, had good things to say about Ms. Campbell the teacher. She will be going Tues and Thurs from 9-1. They follow a curriculum and the schedule is Aug-May. I truly think this will be awesome for her and Cindy says it should help her come out of her shell and to start talking more.

I cried when we got to the classroom. Thank God that Ned and Kit were with us. When we were leaving, Brinson threw her first real temper tantrum. I guess that's a good sign!!! Here's the website for the school The Woods Private School.

Last week we met the Baldwins, along with Gamma Marla out at Dewberry Farms. We had an awesome time, but missed the Rahmans who were there with us last year. Ned's working on the photos as well as pumpkin patch pics he took last night. We are going to attempt to carve 2 pumpkins this year....one will be Dora...stay tuned. That should be a funny picture.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL!

P.S. Our hot tub comes tomorrow, finally!!!

Discovery Green

A few weeks ago Brinson and I spent the day with the Baldwins at Discovery Green in downtown Houston. The kiddos had alot of fun! The adults did too!

Training

Here are some shots of Brinson doing her ISR training with Shauna. It's a little difficult to tell what she's doing, except for the floating shots lol. We thought we might be done this week, but had a little setback with her reflux.

Look at that grin

Mom what are you doing there?

More from NICU reunion

Here are some random pics from the NICU reunion. We had a great time! Brinson loved shopping in the "HEB" store as well as playing in the toddler room. Once we got upstairs, we never left lol. We met the Baldwins for dinner before the reunion at Southwells, which was one of our regularly visited restaurants when the kids were in the NICU. It was really cool being able to go there WITH the kiddos!

I was a little disappointed that alot of the nurses and docs that treated B were not at the reunion. We did get to see Cheryl, who was B's eye nurse. I didn't get to take a pic of them, it was so busy. It was great to get to chat with her a little bit!

Noah Rahman and his mom Laura

This is the only pic I got of B and Z together!

Zachary comin down the stairs

In the back of a pickup

Playin with Daddy

The giant Lite Brite

Say hi to Kim!

Goin down the slide, she couldn't get enough!

Shopping at the HEB

Will that be paper or plastic?

Beep Beep

Hey! Where you goin?!

Dinner at Southwells

Interesting story here...see below pic for more...

When we went upstairs to the toddler room, as soon as we went inside Brinson made a bee line for this little car. She was lookin at the little boy, she sat in the car etc. Most of the parents put their kids nametag on the back of their shirt so they wouldn't pull them off. When this little boy turned around I saw his name....Cooper.

More blogs and pics coming soon!

I just got a new Mac which I am still learning to operate. For those of you who keep asking me when we're gonna post, I promise it will be soon. I have lots of videos also. Brinson is saying 3 word sentences and it's so awesome. Yesterday I asked her if she wanted some banana...her reply was "Mama, please, banana" . She also says "Mama(Dada), teetee (TV), please". And yesterday her new word...."No" and mind you, it's not just one no....it's "no,no,no,no,no" She's so much fun!

Dance class is going well, she sings with Miss Sarah and interacts with the other kids. ISR is going well too. Shauna told me we should be able to take a few quick videos sometime this week. Per ISR rules, we can't post them here, but will be doing them on the Flip.

We went to a general meeting with the School district last night. We obtained tons of information for the transition in March. For those of you who don't know, ECI stops seeing Brinson on her 3rd birthday. Any therapy she needs after will be either handled by the school district (free) or by a private therapist ($$$). This is assuming if she even qualifies for any therapy. Cindy seems to think by March she may possibly not need anything further.

We are still trying to wean off the Prevacid. She's down to 1/2 tsp daily. We tried over the weekend to take her completely off, but we weren't able. She had alot of belching, burping, farting etc. Nana said she also vomited a little bit on Sunday night. So last night I started her back on the med.

She goes back to the dentist next week. I'm happy to report that we are brushing twice daily. Okay let me rephrase that...MOM is brushing BRINSON'S teeth....I need to get her to help more!