Tiger and Fireguy

Good times

Grandma Parrish had a birthday in September....proved so successful that Wyatt got a nice racetrack and Audrey smiled real nice in this photo just before she rolled over for her first time ever. Wyatt loved helping Grandma blowing out her candle...boy loves cake and is real good at singing that song these days. So sweet his voice, and in the last month we've really heard him make great strides in his conversation and song singing. Delightful.


We've been very impressed by his phone conversations lately too, so if you wanna give him a ring I'm sure he'd love to speak with you.

I do believe he must be the sweetest big brother ever. Audrey's eyes light up for him like no one else...even me. He got to pick out a new toy a few months ago while shopping with Cici...and he selected a Thomas the Train exactly like one he had at home. He told Cici the other one was for Audrey. How sweet is that?



She is our little Audrey Bear...and her reach is deceptively longer than her sweet little arms. Love to pull them both up into my own arms and snug the sweetness in my deepest breath.

Summerrrrtime two thousand nine

OH MY GOODNESS...

Our girl Audrey is thriving...I think she is 8 lbs now, which is almost triple her birth weight. I can't help but think all the love she gets is helping her grow. David commented how he sees all of our grandmothers and Audrey's great great aunt Louise sit and hold her for hours at a time. I know there are theories that she could be spoiled, but right now in my mind she was deprived of two months she should have still been in my womb. If we can give her some extra love out here, so be it.



Wyatt went to the zoo this week with me and Cici. He has been to the zoo a few times in his short life, but this is the first time he really appreciated it. He cried when we started to leave the elephants, adored feeding the birds and talking to the parrots. I can't say enough how much fun it was, only sad having to leave for nap time.

Wyatt turns TWO...and loves his planes, trains and automobiles.


Assorted photos we neglected to blog, but great memories nonetheless.

Little Moose

I can't believe it has almost been a month since we posted an update. On March 31st, 2 days after she had moved to room 1 in NICU, I was there giving her a bath when the doc doing rounds started discussing us rooming in with her. "Rooming In" are big words in NICU. That is what parents do the night before they let their baby go home. I overheard him talking to the nurse about it, and started stammering...was he talking about this coming weekend? We weren't expecting her home for at least another 2 weeks...maybe 3. He looked over at me and said he was thinking about doing it immediately, and asked if that was okay for us. My head was spinning, and I wished real hard I could have David there to hear this...of course it was okay for us! We didn't exactly have her room ready, but close enough...and I sure wasn't going to leave her in the hospital when they are telling us she could come home.

On Wednesday April 1st, David and I spent a LONG night in the small and strangely organized room with a foam bed and plastic covered rocker and our amazing little girl. The next day was our favorite little guy's 2nd birthday...and the first day he ever got to lay eyes on his mysterious baby sister. Mimi and Gramps took care of him Wednesday night and dropped him off at daycare on Thursday. Grandma and Grandpa Parrish picked him up and had him home when we arrived. At 3 lbs and 12 ozs, 3 weeks and 2 days after birth Baby Audrey finally came home!

Today is David's birthday, and it is about the time we thought she would be leaving the hospital. She had her second pediatrician visit yesterday and weighed an impressive 5 lbs 6 ozs. She has gained over an ounce a day since her last visit. An amazing little girl, a sweet big brother and two relieved and grateful parents are adjusting quite well to being home together!