Yay for better days.

Today was a much better day. I did not feel like I was strapped to the tube all day. At one point yesterday, I thought to myself, "This is just like an umbilical cord. If I do this for nine months, this is just like being attached to the girls while they were in utero." I'd gladly do that for Esias. And you know how I was all worried about bonding because the bottle feeding would not be there? Well, tube feeding a one-year-old is very conducive to bonding because I basically carry him around for the whole hour, three times a day!

He was in a much better mood today too. We talked to the doctor for quite a while today, and she said that spoon feeding him thick purees is a great thing to do. So that makes me feel better. I think we will do that three times a day during meals so he feels a part of them. Still no liquids and that could be for a while. All in all, he is tolerating the tube feeds very well. His tube is staying in too. We changed the Tegaderm tape today and he didn't like that but it worked.

Here are some adorable shots of my adorable kiddlets. They are the lights of my life! Abundant blessings all around here in the Grimes home. You just gotta look up.


I put Esias' feeding pack on him- it was hilarious and weighs about as much as he does! It looked like a jetpack.

oops, fell over. Look at the cutest tootsies.


Annoyed at mom for strapping that thing on him!

Here's his getup- the tube goes into his shirt so he doesn't pull at it. Then I hold the other end in the backpack.


Our adorable brood.



Don't mind Esias' completely slobbered on sweatshirt. It's impossible to keep his shirt dry! Love the faces here.