playing with pinwheels

My friend, Jenn, the professional photographer who also took the photos for Jonah's birthday party, came to help with dressing change on Monday. Right before she left, she grabbed her camera and took a few beautiful shots of Jonah. He was in a good mood and playing with his pinwheels, so all was right with the world. These images are unedited, straight out of the camera. (They make me want to buy a new lens, an external flash, a light diffuser thingy, and also a Canon... Thou shalt not covet, Thou shalt not covet. Thou shalt not covet...)

Isn't he beautiful?

"Ohhhhh, a big flower one."

And BIG news folks: As of yesterday Jonah can sit up from lying down. My mom went up to get him out of bed after his not-so-nap yesterday morning and he was SITTING UP in the crib. And then later in the evening, I took him outside and put him on a blanket while I watered the flowers, and he showed me three different times. Back, tummy, hands and knees, to sitting. He's a CHAMP!

We had a good g-tube day today. I went to four bottles instead of three in hopes I wouldn't have to bolus as much. He can handle a lot more with his first bottle of the morning, so he took eight by mouth, and I bolused two. That was around 9:15. At 12:30, he ate five, I bolused three. At 4:30, he wouldn't eat at all, so I held my breath and bolused five. And at 7:45, he ate four, and I bolused two. Except for his very first bottle, I vented his tummy every time right before the feeding. That gave him a total of 29 ounces, NO GUSHERS! Thank you so much for your prayers. I know we'll have bad days and good days, but I'm thankful that today was a good one. Did I mention he took a two and a half hour nap too? Woohoo!