Troy got home from the hospital on Tuesday and seems to be improving.? He is still congested but no fevers and seems to have his energy back.? Unfortunately, Jim and I now have this cold thus the reason I have been pretty quiet.? Life doesn’t feel back to normal yet.?? Praying that Troy continues to improve and doesn’t get a round 2 because the Dr. told us he needs to be readmitted if he has any signs of fever or fatigue again.?? Sigh…thus the way it goes with preemies.? I thought we were so much safer with him being born during the summer but apparently not.? As you can guess, Jim and I have decided to lock down for awhile.? Not sure when we will reappear in public with Troy but for now we need to keep him protected.? We also won’t be letting the other three out too much because it’s too easy for them to bring illness home to the baby.? We just need him to get a bit older and bigger first because we do NOT want to find ourselves back in the hospital with a simple cold (much less anything more severe).??? I haven’t taken any pictures this week due to all this either.? :(? Bummer.

He will be five weeks tomorrow and I think I am going to swap out his preemie clothes for his newborn ones now.? :)?? He is looking like a full size newborn now.? I bet he is well over 8 pounds by his due date (August 15th).? His cheeks are really filling out these days.? He was 7.6 in the hospital this week.

The eyelashes seem to grow daily.? As I have said before, I doubt he could ever compete with Ty in the eyelash department but for a 36 week old baby (when this was taken), I’d say these are pretty substantial.

My friend Oleysa (BeezyMama on Etsy) made this hat and cocoon.? I especially love this soft cocoon.

A few cute kid quotes from the week:

 

(Standing at the Redbox)

Tori:? Mommy!? Pllllleeeaaaaseeee get the Justin Bieber movie.? I really want to see it!!!!? Braxtyn got to see it.? Braxtyn LOVES Jacob.

First off…I had no idea she knew who JB was.? Second off, thanks Brax.? Third, Braxtyn mixes up Jacob (Twilight) and Justin because of the fan following of Karsyn and Zandi and Jenna.?? Thankful that Tori and Braxtyn neither one really know what they are talking about.? And last…thanks to Kristi.?? I hear you are the true cause of all this.? 😉

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(Tori sitting at the kitchen table)

Tori:?? MOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM….Phineas and Ferb are building a rocket ship!

Me:? Thank you Candice.? I’ll talk to them.? Hey Ferb!? What are you using to build this rocket ship?

Ty (aka Ferb):? Sticks, snakes and rubber ducks.

LOL.

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(Tanner, Tori, Troy and I laying on the bed.? Troy was positioned on a boppie pillow with all of us laying beside him hovering and talking to him).

Me:? Oh look!? He found me!? He is trying to follow me with his eyes.

Tanner:? Can’t he see you?

Me:? Babies don’t see very well in the beginning and remember he still isn’t supposed to be out of a tummy for 3 more weeks.

Tanner:? Do you think he gets worried when he can’t see us?

Me:? Maybe.? This morning I noticed that when I called his name he stopped crying.? Maybe he just wanted to know I was close by.

Me (to Troy):? You are never going to have to worry about being alone.

Tori:? (She gets over the top of him and puts her nose real close to his.? She says this in her sweet sing songy voice)? Uh uh.? Uh uh.? I will be with you.? I will never leave you.

About choked me up it was so endearing and precious.? I love that all three of the older ones are so full of love for Troy and just gush it out all over him.? Sometimes too much because none of them want him to sleep.? 🙂

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Tori to Troy:?? Whhhhhhaaaaaaaatttttt??? Whhhhaaaaaaaaaaaattttt?

You have to say that in a super singy voice.? I thought it was so cute to hear but then later caught myself and then Jim doing it as well and we all say it the same way.? Who started it?

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Ty to Me:? Mom Tanner brought Troy into my playroom to watch me play Xbox and I think he really liked it.? Can we do that again?