When James was 10 days old we took him in to his pediatrician.  We brought him in for a check up but we were also concerned about his breathing.  He was making lots of noise.  Not a noise that you would never hear a normal healthy baby make, but he was making them all the time.  The pediatrician listened to him and was very concerned.  I am not sure how she would have reacted if he had not been born with a midwife at home, but she said we needed to go to a hospital right away with him.  So we were told to bring him to the NICU because he was so small.  We brought him in and right away our fears were calmed.  He had plenty of oxygen and he had already exceeded his birth weight. But the hospital wanted to keep him overnight to monitor and make sure every thing looked okay.  He was noisy most of the time that we were there and I was told to burp him better cause he was full of gas.  Also we did xrays, blood work and even had an ENT scope hi...

Back to School time at my house.  This year I have 4 in school-Jacob, Thomas, Ari and Lily.  That makes for some pretty crazy mornings especially when it comes to packing lunches, doing hair, and finding glasses and shoes.  But certainly worth the mad dash to have some moments of peace in this house with Matt, James and me. Last week school started and Lily went to her first day of Kindergarten.  It is hard to believe that she is old enough.  She is so small right now.  I hope that she has a growth spurt soon.  She came home on her second day disappointed because some boy called her smelly.  She still is very excited about each day and I am glad that she is having some new experiences and truthfully she has been a bit of a handful lately so a break has been good for both of us. Ari is 2nd grade this fall.  She really took off reading this summer and so we are all grateful that her nystagmus is not affecting her reading much.  She is ...