Keeping Up With The Petrosians: September 2012

Thursday, September 13, 2012

She's not a baby!

I got a call on Monday evening from Brynlee's new daycare. The director said they had a staff meeting and talked about Brynlee. My first thought was, "What? Already? I'm ALREADY getting calls about my child being discussed in a staff meeting??" LOL she IS her Father's child...

Anyway, the director asked if it was okay with me if they move Brynlee from the infant room to the "2 year old" room. They said she needs to be challenged. She's very independent, runs and walks with no problem, eats all table food/milk/uses her cup, and mastered sleeping on a mat. To be honest, I was worried about that part because she always sleeps in a crib or pack 'n play at home and at her old daycare. It took her less than 2 weeks to get used to it.

They said she is very smart and they think she will do just fine with the older kids. They sing songs, paint, do free play, blocks, reading, crafts, etc. Brynlee is 13.5 months and the next youngest is 18 months. The oldest is 2.5 so I was a nervous Mama for her first day in there.

Here's her first day report...

She had a good day :) Today was her 3rd day and her report has been great every day. The infant room provider told me that Brynlee was "bored with the babies". She's not a baby??? When did that happen??

If you use Facebook and wouldn't mind voting for Brynlee in the Gerber Photo Search contest, here is her link:
https://nestle.promotions.com/gerberps3/mobiledetail.do?type=search&pos=0&entry_id=109331

You can vote every day until September 24th. If you vote...thank you :)

She wanted to wear Mommy's glasses!

She's so crazy (but super cute)!

My little lovebug...

Joey got his staples out today. He goes back to work on Monday! The surgeon said his bladder problems are normal. He has a bunch of scar tissue and such. Hopefully my honey bear is back to normal soon!

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Drive By!

I know it has been a month since I've updated and I always promise to go back to blogging all the time like I used to, but let's be honest here...I suppose I suck! Work keeps me busy as well as a crazy little 13 month old. We just started a new school year and there's a lot of changes so I have been extremely occupied with work. By the time I get home, I am so exhausted! I figure I'll do a drive-by and update you on Joey's health issues and a few pictures of Brynlee.

He had his 2nd surgery on August 23rd to revert the colostomy bag and put his colon back together. Finally! He had the colostomy bag for 14 weeks. His surgery was about 5 hours long. I was at the hospital from 12pm-almost 10pm. It was a long day. His surgery went well though. They ended up having to remove another 4-6 inches of his colon that was infected with the diverticulitis. They couldn't remove it last time because it was embedded so far in his pelvis that they could not get to it without slicing and dicing on his bladder. They did find a hole between his bladder and small intestine so they repaired that. They had to put in ureteral stents during surgery and he had them in for a couple of days. The surgery took extra long because the surgeon ended up having to sew him up by hand instead of using the normal staple machine that they use. He is healing nicely. He doesn't feel very well, but he seems to be getting better. He went to the doctor today and they said he is doing okay. He goes back next Thursday to get the staples removed and should be able to go back to work on September 17th. If all goes according to the plan, he will "only" miss 3 1/2 weeks of work. It's still a long time, but it could be worse.

What's been going on with Brynlee? Well, she is still crazy. She is 13 months old. She has 8 teeth now. She pretty much got 4 of them at the same time. Yikes! She is no longer on a bottle or formula and hasn't been on either for a few weeks now. It was surprisingly easy to transition to whole milk and easy to get her off the bottle. Here's some pictures for you!