Special Times

We have had a busy week, but it has been a very good week.  Kai had two eye appointments and the consensus so far is that his eye is slowly getting better.  We are still putting in the antibiotic eye drops every two hours and we can see a tiny bit more of his iris.  Additionally, he is now reacting to light in that eye, which is a good indicator that there is still some sight available in the eye. 

The OT came by for the first time since Kai has been out of the hospital, and she did some new exercises with Kai.  He can touch his toes (I didn't know he was that flexible)!  He really seemed to enjoy it as well.


As you can imagine, having the ventilator makes life a little more complicated, especially in the transportation area.  We are looking into a bigger stroller to carry all of Kai's stuff when we leave the house.  Even giving him a bath has become more complicated, because we have to transport Kai, plus the oxygen and the ventilator with all the connecting tubes.  My solution is to implement the stroller in our excursions from the crib area.  Thus far, when we have had Kai in the stroller, it has been solely in his infant car seat, which attaches to the stroller.  For transportation around the house, I have been putting him in the stroller seat, and to our delight, he loves it (and fits quite nicely)!   I attach the ventilator on top and put the oxygen tank in the basket underneath.  Voila!  We have a transportable baby! 


On Monday, my mom, my sisters Breanna and McKenzie, and my brother Dallas came to visit.  It was a fun visit and my mom got to spend some time with Kai.  The two of them have a special bond.

McKenzie and Zuri kept checking up on Kai.  When Zuri was certain he was okay, she went off playing again, but one time McKenzie stood by the crib just watching him.  I asked if she wanted to hold him and she said she did.  When it was time for them to leave she didn't want to put him down.  It was so sweet.  


During their visit, Kai did the funniest thing--he found his nose!  He kept sticking his finger in his nose, although he hasn't done it since.  We all had a good laugh and I was able to snap this hilarious picture!



Wednesday, my grandparents came in from Sacramento and spent a couple days with us.  They hadn't seen Kai since the end of June (when he was still only 4 pounds) and were amazed at how big he has gotten (he is now almost 17 pounds).
While Grandma was holding Kai, Grandpa kept Zuri occupied by reading to her.  Just before dinner she started to get really whiny and not feeling well--I attributed it to a missed nap that day, although she did have an elevated temperature and kept complaining about her head hurting.  Grandpa rubbed it for her and she fell fast asleep.   



After dinner, Grandpa spent a couple hours holding Kai.  Grandma even tried to steal Kai away but Grandpa wanted to hold him longer.  Priceless!


Thursday, Grandma started to not feel very well, so she didn't spend much time with Kai (just to be on the safe side).  Kai, for his part, slept most of the day, which gave Grandpa and I some time together (while Zuri napped).  It has been a long time since Grandpa and I have had the chance to spend some quality one-on-one time together and it was really nice.  We spent a good three nearly uninterrupted hours just talking, and had a chance to talk more Friday night as well.  I miss the long conversations that we used to have like that when I was younger.  I remember I would go into his computer room, usually early in the mornings before grandma got up, and I would watch and talk with him as he worked on the computer.  Those were special times with just the two of us.

We really enjoyed the time that we had with my grandparents.  They are up in Logan now visiting some family and will be returning to California in the next day or so.  We look forward to seeing them again in a few months!