I really wanted this shot.? The baseball shot – that was for Poppy.? The football shot – that was for big brother Tanner.? Troy though – had his own plan.?? In the first quarter, Troy scored the touchdown.? Mommy accepted her loss (with a big pout) and cuddled baby.? Second quarter proved Mommy is a true driver and does not accept defeat easily.?? He will thank me for this someday.? ;)?? Let it be on the record that mom was his first football coach.? 😉

Today he had his first appointment with his pediatrician.? He is up to a whopping 5 pounds 4 ounces.? Go lil’ buddy.? Despite his tiny size, I am convinced he will be a big boy.? Every seen a tiny lab with huge paws?? That’s what we got going on over here.?? Long arms and legs too.? All was well at the peds office but when I explained about the reflux and the difficulty for him to get past the choking (more so than what I have seen before with my other children), the Dr. was quick to say “Want an apnea monitor?? I’ll get you one tonight.”?? That is what I love about working with the same great pediatrician for over 7 years.? He knows me and I know him.? We work as a team and there is mutual trust.? We have both been through this before and he knew right out of the gate that an apnea monitor was what would satisfy me.? As the Dr. explained, most babies reflux.? Very common occurrence.?? However, premature babies have difficult remembering to breathe when they reflux thus the apnea events.? Because Troy is at risk for this and because we have seen difficulty in the area on more than one occasion now, we want to just take precautions.? He is truly doing awesome so I don’t have major concerns but I want to know that should he have trouble when we are both sleeping, that an alarm would alert me.?? Thanking the Lord for a great Dr. who had no problem giving me the extra reassurance that I hoped for.

Also wanted to mention that Dr. agreed that his likely gestational age was 33 weeks.? He showed me Troy’s feet and explained that the wrinkles of a newborn appear all the way down the foot including the heel.? Troy’s heels are still very smooth.? Based on where the wrinkle line was, and guesstimating back 11 days, he judged Troy was right about 33 weeks.?? Thought that was kind of interesting.? And now you want to see his feet I bet…

This picture taken while in the hospital.? When the Dr. showed me, he pulled his foot more taut so it was more obvious and you can’t see the whole heel in this shot but this gives a bit of a view of it.? See how the wrinkles are pretty prominent until you get to the bottom 1/4?? You would see it better if we pulled his toes back a bit.

Tori Quotes:

(Troy sneezed) – “Mommy he blushed at you.”

(To Tanner) – “Do NOT touch him I said.”

(To Me) – “Can Tanner pet him?”

(To Uncle Dusty) – “Do not take him anywhere.”? (Dusty was holding him in the kitchen and Tori tailed him to make sure he didn’t make off with her baby).

(To Mommy) – “Don’t go back to that big hospital with Troy.”

(To Troy) – “It’s okay.? It’s okay baby.? (Kisses and patting galore)