Enjoying spring...in the desert!

Yes, I know Spring is not officially here...but for those of us that live in the desert, Spring arrives in late February and leaves us in late March! We have been taking advantage of the great weather with numerous trips to the park. Dane loves getting outside and sinking his bare feet in the grass, and Mom loves it too! It dawned on us that we missed Spring entirely last year, we spent all of our time the NICU and when Dane came home April 30th it was already in the high 90's...so this year we are extra thankful that we can put Dane in the stroller and just go! No oxygen or wires to slow us down!

Dane continues to do great during his therapy sessions. We have cut down on early intervention to twice a month, we will continue physical therapy once a week until he is walking well, and we have just added a speech therapist. The speech therapist is going to do an evaluation next Monday, to see how often she needs to see him. Though I must say that his babbling has gotten a lot better in the past two weeks. He is saying "mama", though he only says it when he is whining or crying. She is also concerned that he is still choking on water and juice, so we will explore that as well. Over all he is doing great, and progressing at rate that is quite unheard of for a 26 weeker with massive brain bleeds! THANK YOU JESUS!!!

Schult Manufactered Homes (Chad's main dealer) has expressed some interest in matching our donations for the March for Babies. There has been talk about them sponsoring us with hats too! We are so excited about this, though it's not a for sure thing yet...but they did call us today to get more information, so we are encouraged that it's going to happen!

A special thanks to all who have donated so far on my page:Uncle Dick & Aunt Judy,Mom and Dad,John and Julie,Scott and Margo,Lori and Pat and Aunt Terry. Thanks to Angela, Sandra, and Kelly for signing up as walkers and doing your own fundraising!