my son grew up in the NICU

I realized the other day how truly deep my child sleeps now thanks to the NICU. I had gotten up with andrew when he was going to go to work and made his lunch, than fed devon and we went back to bed. I only wanted to sleep for about 45 minutes more so I set the "NAP" alarm on our clock. On the NAP setting it doesnt give you the option of hearing the radio or the buzzer, it just does the buzzer. He fell immediately to sleep, and I tried and tried to go back to sleep but it just wasn't working. So I quietly got up and left him in bed and went outside to do some things. a little later I hear this buzzing noise coming from inside........I had forgotten to turn off the buzzer alarm when I left! I ran inside, only to find my little boy snoring so loudly straight through the noise. It was directly next to his little head and he wasn't even bothered by it hahaha :) AND it's a LOUD buzz that beeps!! Now, that is a TRUE sign he grew up in the NICU.

August Rush

Wow has August flown by! :) Here are a few updates and highlights of our month! :)

We went on a short day-trip to Portland to go and visit Sara and Juanita! We had a blast going to the Saturday market, voodoo donut and than just walking around downtown. It was super hot though so we only stayed outside for a couple of hours. Saturday Market!Mama likes to take random pictures :) Andrew is very good about it too haha

Andrew and I had our first real date since Devon has been born! We went to a nice dinner on the water and a movie for his birthday! He is 26 now, and says he's "so old!" hahaha Just wait my sweet, just wait! haha just kidding!

Not the best picture because of the lighting, but oh well! :)

This is Devons first play-date! Shyla here is only 2 weeks older than Devon...such a difference huh! Mom and dad played in the pool and let the kiddos hang out

And these are just a few photos from our latest collection :)

Our little kitty cat being a bear for the day:) He makes these noises that sound EXACTLY like a little kitty cat, so we call him our little kitty cat! It's hilarious, because he does it all the time! :)

Devon glaring at me with his cute little mohawk! Daddy and Devon! :)

latest photos :)

Devon is such a sweet, sweet child! He is such a good baby so far! :) He is always ripping his nose prongs out, thus pulling out hair from ripping the bandaids off his head, but other than that brief moment, he hardly cries at all! We are super blessed! Everything is PERFECT" :)

"What up, yo? Listening to my music, chillin ....."

Daddy nd Devon. Still so small, but SO big !

Mama likes to take random pictures of me....she's wierd.

This is my favorite photo of him so far too. It's a little old, he was still at uw, but I love it. He's perfect. We also found out he has my other dimple....I have only one on my left side, and you can now see that he has one on his right side :)

Suzie Home maker

Well I suppose you can't really tell, but I refinished this old army locker I got at a garage sale, and made it look like weathered wood from an old barn...so now it looks like it actually is made from actual wood pieces...you can kind of see the lines I put in it.....those and the apple baskets I got for 50 cents from the "new to you" store haha. I love that place....for some things.

This is an old cradle that we got for free and I sanded it down and refinished it in a dark red mahogany color....love it.

And of course the blanket that I made for devon. It has 15 tractor squares on it and finally, his information and a copy of his little footprints, yes they are really his, on the bottom corner.

a photo of one close up...they are all embroidered in really bold bright colors! i lvoe this blanket, I want to steal it! :)

Well with Devon coming home and everything, i decided to take on some projects for his future room! We took him home on the 8th of July, and as you can see, yes he is still on oxygen, but that's okay...hopefully it wont be for too long. He is a sweet sweet baby, and always talks to himself for a while, and only cries if he has been talking for a while and we dont give him attention haha. He was 5 lbs and 3 ounces at his first doctor's appointment on friday, and hopefully he has gained more now!
He is a good sleeper, and is a slower waker.....he lets out a good wail, and than goes back to sleep for a while, and does that at least 4 or 5 times. Just a simple ONE WAIL and than SLEEP. If you try and feed him after the first couple of times he cries or fusses, he wont wake up to eat, and than you've wasted milk.
1 more cute thing he does is screech like a cat. May not sound very cute, but when he cries, he starts off by screeching and just sounds l ike a little kitten crying..sad to say we laugh everytime
This is his little hat by the way that I made
for him.....I spent hours, literally days
working on it.....my bad, dont try and learn
to knit by a book...go to a person! haha

A baby boy was born weighing a little over a pound.
His skin was wrinkled his belly was round,
They said it was a miracle if he would survive,
Here it is six weeks later and you are still alive.
You came before your body was ready,
I tried to keep carrying you, but you would not let me.
You were anxious to see this place,
I remember the first time I saw your tiny face.
You were red all covered with tubes and IV lines,
At that moment I started crying.
Then I realized that you are my miracle boy,
since the moment I found out I was Pregnant
my heart has been full of joy.
So on this day I want to say
God has blessed me in every way,
by bringing me such a wonderful child.
Every time I see you I cant help but smile,
because I know miracles are real.
Words cant express the feelings I feel,
about my little boy who I will always love,
I want to thank the man up above,
who sent you to me. I love you Devon and that's how it will forever be.