One crazy thing that happened in April was that I took my first away trip since before Natalie was born. It was my first work trip in years and absolutely first time away from Natalie. It also happened to be April Fool’s Day the first morning I woke up in Austin.
And got a phone call from my mom (who nicely offered to go help out Matt with the kids). Thankfully she started the phone call with “Everything’s ok…”
But Natalie was hanging out in the ER with Nonni and her very new nanny. Sometime in the night, her g-tube balloon had popped and the whole thing had fallen out. By the time mom was getting her up in the morning, the hole had already started to close! (This is why we always care a spare in an emergency kit). She did manage to get a catheter tube of a smaller diameter in the hole to keep in partially open, but not they were hanging out in the ER trying to get the hole back to where they could put in a new g-tube.
It took several hours and obviously Natalie couldn’t eat until it was replaced. She didn’t melt down too much, but did take an extra morning nap to pass the time. She was finally cleared to eat a few hours late and everything worked out ok! Luckily my mom was there or we might have scared off her nanny in the first few weeks. Whew! :)
Not a very nice April Fool’s joke, my little one…
Thomas’ school had a spring carnival and we all walked over to join in the fun - it’s so nice being in walking distance from a school. Especially with no mountains to traverse… ;)
We’ve had the small honey bear for her to practice drinking since the swallow study last year. I decided to buy a few more so we could try both milk and water. She’s definitely improving on her straw skills! :)
Also, she was supposed to be asleep, but after an hour of her marching around her crib - I gave up and let her come hang out again for awhile. Milk and crackers should help her feel sleepy, right??? (Lol - nope!)
I think this photo captures the randomness that usually happens when we get home. No matter what her brothers are up to, Natalie wants to hang out with them! Also, the shopping ads are my favorite mail to get these days. I can’t get over how cheap the produce is and I have to text Kathryn photos when it gets ridiculous - like 3 mangoes for $1!!!
The third Superbaby to grace the family! :)
I love getting to hang out with Natalie on our Friday’s off while the boys are at school! But her nanny tends to miss her on those days, so I sent her a photo of Natalie wistfully thinking of her favorite nanny! :)
The rental house is in walking distance from Target! Sooooo dangerous. And she clearly needed some summer clothes for this heat… ;)
Another road trip means another stop to feed homegirl! This one was at Buc-cee’s and I fed her while Matt took Eliza for a walk to go potty.
Sometimes she gets a little tired of me taking her photo all the time. Too bad for her! ;)
You can also very clearly see the safety line on her BAHA in this photo. It is very similar to clear fishing line, so sometimes it hides pretty well!
She didn’t want to eat the food I packed for her at lunch, but she did want to gnaw on my lemon slice. I figured she’d try it and spit it out, but she gnawed on it quite a bit. Guess she inherited her dad’s lemon eating tendencies…