Today is Ty's third birthday and he was not excited for it. We kind of had to talk him into the fact that today is supposed to be "his" day. He started to come around tonight when he got to order cheese pizza and have some chocolate ice cream from the Dairy Queen down the street. But he still wasn't sure. I asked him tonight if he had a good birthday and he told me "I guess." Perhaps next year we should build up to it a little bit more than we did this year. In the defense of the parents- it's been kind of a crazy two weeks.
The picture below is one of Ty enjoying his birthday pizza. We asked him if he wanted a candle on it and he told us no.
Here is one of Ty enjoying his ice cream. He was so excited to have a cone all to himself- and after watching him eat it- I'm glad it was his. The kid goobered all over it.
This was the main reason I was glad that we weren't sharing tonight. Ty doesn't really understand the concept of a lick. Instead of licking along the sides to keep it from melting all over the place- Ty just took bigger and bigger bites from the top. It resulted in a cold headache- but I think he was excited just the same.
However- Ty finally got to meet his baby brother today. No Ryan hasn't been discharged. But since he did so well last night without his oxygen (it was turned off last night at 11:00), the nurse that was on duty decided that it was okay to take Ryan out into the "Bonding Room" to meet his older brother. Ty was so cute. When Grandma Janet brought Ty into the room- he immediately ran over to Ryan and gave him a love and a kiss. He looked up at me and said, "Look Mama- it's my baby Ryan." It was really sweet. There's a few pictures here- so I'll just post them below.
Ryan is getting really close to coming home. He will have officially been off oxygen at 11:00 tomorrow night and if he passes his "car seat test" tonight- then he'll be discharged on Thursday morning. We're trying not to get our hopes up- but really- how can you not? This has been an extremely long two weeks and I really feel for the babies and parents that have been there for months. Anyway- the car seat test consists of Ryan sitting in his car seat for two hours without his oxygen levels going haywire. The problem is his neck- it's pretty chubby and sometimes he slumps down and cuts off his airway- so think thin everyone and hopefully he'll be home by the end of the week.
3 comments:
Happy Birthday cutie Ty! I love that picture of Ty meeting Ryan. That's so exciting that he got to meet his brother. I hope Ryan comes home soon!
Happy birthday Tyler!! Sounds like a fun night. Isn't it funny how much they don't really understand. It has been a crazy 2 weeks for you guys. Ryan looks wonderful and I'm so glad that Tyler was finally able to meet him. I'm sure that helped his understand whats going on. Good luck with the carseat test. Let me know how it goes. They are sure cute boys!!
Happy Birthday Ty! That is so exciting about Ryan, I really hope you get to bring him home in the next few days! I still cannot believe how chubby of a kid he is, he totally out weighs little Aiden :) I am glad they are so close in age, it will be fun to swap stories! Hope to see you guys soon. Are you planning on staying at your parent's house for a while once Ryan is discharged???
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