9 Months Old Today!

9 months ago today Livie decided she to make her appearance 10 weeks early!

My how time is flying by.  I can't believe she is getting close to turning 1!  It helps to remind myself that she is actually only about 6 1/2 months old for her adjusted age. This morning she has her usual physical therapy and Thursday will be her weekly Doc band appointment.  We hope to hear if Feb 7th will be her graduation date from the helmet but we will have to just wait and see. 

Kayla joined in on the photo fun before school this morning!

Livie stylin' in her Doc Band Helmet & our Super Star 3 1/2 year old!

Finally we got our Doc Band Helmet decorated.  Check out how cute it turned out!  Thanks the The Wrap Shoppe for an amazing job and it was free!

More Amazing News!  Livie is doing great in her treatment and they said she may be graduating from her Doc Band Helmet on Feb 7th!  

Livie also had her Developmental Pediatrician appt last week.

Here are her stats:

Age:  8 1/2 months actual (6 months adjusted)

Height: 23 1/4

Weight 12.9 pounds

Head: 40.5 cm

They are concerned about her weight since we have had some set backs so we are upping her calorie intake to from 22 cal to 24cal with her formula feeding.  Regular formula is 20cal per ounce.

I know it's only Jan but this mama is already starting preparations for Kayla and Livie's birthday parties!  Can't believe Kayla will be 4 on April 12th and Livie will be 1 on April 29th.  Where does the time go?

Our Super Star Kayla singing:

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Good Bye 2012 Hello 2013!

 2012 brought many challenges our way but I am thankful it ended on the most amazing note ever!

Love this.  Guess what?  The Mayan's were wrong!

Here is to an Amazing 2013!

Christmas 2012 with the Watsons!

I know I know I'm a total slacker.  I haven't posted in forever.  There has been so much going on.  I guess I should start with holiday pictures. 

Christmas 2012 with the Watson's!

Kayla showing off her new boots!

Livie in her Doc Band Helmet showing some Christmas Spirit!

wearing their matching PJs!

We had a wonderful Christmas despite the stomach flu that made it's way to our house as an early Christmas present.  I was so sick and nauseous I even took a pregnancy test to make sure we weren't going to be needing another baby carrier in 2013!  lol.  Thankfully it was negative.  I'm not ready for another pregnancy now and I'm not sure if I ever will be again.  After our long journey I don't think I want to push my luck. I am happy with our two beautiful girls.

Please join our Team and donate in honor of Livie Marie

Source: marchforbabies.org via Lisa on Pinterest

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The Adventures of the Doc Band Helmet

Last Friday Livie received her Doc Band Helmet from Cranial Tech.  She is doing okay with it but today she goes in for her weekly check up so they can make some adjustments.  I put the order for the design in on Tuesday so we should have a proof in about 8 days!  I can't wait to girly it up!  She also had her follow up eye exam on Tuesday and thankfully her eyes are perfect and she does not have ROP.

ROP is: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), previously known as retrolental fibroplasia (RLF), is an eye disease that affects prematurely-born babies. It is thought to be caused by disorganized growth of retinalblood vessels which may result in scarring and retinal detachment. ROP can be mild and may resolve spontaneously, but it may lead to blindness in serious cases. As such, all preterm babies are at risk for ROP, and very low birth weight is an additional risk factor. Both oxygen toxicity and relative hypoxia can contribute to the development of ROP.

I was pleasently surprised when the doctor said she didn't have to be seen until she was 4 like any other child.

Below are pictures of Livie's DSL scan to create the helmet as well as pictures of her first fitting.

DSI Pictures being done to make her helmet

Her first fitting

what is this thing?

starting to get used to it

playtime!

Pretty Girl!

Rockin' the Helmet!

The reason Livie has blue eyes

The reason Livie has blue eyes

I thought this was interesting and was wondering myself.  I always assumed she would have brown eyes since Weston and I have brown eyes but here is the reason in the article below:

Note: Weston's dad, brother, and sister all have blue eyes
My Grandmother(my mom's mom) had blue eyes too

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How Two Brown Eyed Parents Can Have a Blue Eyed Baby

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When my husband and I had our son numerous family members told us that his tiny blue eyes would eventually turn brown. My husband and I both have brown eyes so individuals who were unfamiliar with genetic laws assumed that two brown eyed parents would inevitably have a brown eyed baby.

When weeks turned into months and our son's eyes actually turned lighter blue rather than darkening to a shade of brown we had some individuals joke about the paternity of our child. While they may have done so in a humorous manner I did not find the comments funny at all. My husband and I are deeply in love and in both of our lives we have only had intimate relations with each other. The implication that my son might not be my husband's child was both insulting and offensive to me. After the first comment was made I thought back to my high school biology classes and remembered that both dominant and recessive genes could affect eye color. I then did a little bit of research so I could give and intelligent, scientific reason for my son having blue eyes.

When humans are born we inherit genes from both parents. Some genes are considered to be dominant and some are recessive. Dominant genes are more likely to produce a certain characteristic than a recessive gene. For instance, the gene for brown eyes is dominant over the gene for blue eyes or green eyes. The gene for green eyes is more dominant than the gene for blue eyes.

Two brown eyed parents can produce a child who has blue eyes if they each have a blue eyed parent of their own. This is the case for my husband and me. My husband's mother has blue eyes (b) and his father has brown eyes (B). Thus the genes he can pass on to his offspring are Bb. My mother has brown eyes (B) and my father has blue eyes (b). The genes I can also pass onto my children are also Bb. This means that our children could be born with either brown eyes (BB) or blue eyes (bb) even though we both have brown eyes.

Science Daily reports in an article from October 23, 2006 that two brown eyed parents who each carry a recessive blue eyed gene from one of their own parents have a 25% chance of having a child born with blue eyes. It is much more likely that two brown eyed parents will produce a brown eyed child because the gene for brown eyes is dominant, but as long as each parent also carries a recessive gene there is very real possibility they will have a blue eyed baby.

We had a second baby when our son was eighteen months old and though she is only nearing her fifth month of life we can already see that her eyes are turning brown. Unlike her big brother she inherited the dominant brown gene that we both carry. Biologically they are similar because they both carry our genes but the characteristics we passed on to her are different than her brother. Each has their own unique features that make them special and beautiful.

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