Miles Collection!!!

Its the end of the month so I am collecting all the miles I can get! Lots of people have already sent me miles and we are making fantastic progress. I had no idea I knew so many runners! It touches my heart when people give me miles for Baby S. My own contribution definitely needs some improvement but I'm doing better than nothing at all. You can send them to my email or on fb or as a comment to this post. I'll get them up one day this week!

4 Month Well Check

Seren had her four month well check this morning. Since Seren doesn't get to go on outings like other babies we get her all dolled up for the Doctor. She looked quite stylish in her cute new bubble from Mimi. She's still incredibly tiny. She weighed in at 8lbs, 12 ounces and 22 1/2 inches long. She's grown only a tiny bit since she was born but she is still doing remarkably well for a baby that was "guaranteed" not to make it to the four month point. We think she has the dastardly reflux so shes on some medicine and a new formula. The only times she seems really fussy seems to be correlated to when she gets formula so we are crossing our fingers for an improvement! Poor S also had to get some shots so she was not pleased with us at all, but overall she recovered quite quicky. We go back for the next well check at six months, which, as her nurse pointed out, means that when we go to the next appointment it will be cold outside. Time really does pass so quickly!

Its been a while!

I just realized it has been a really long time since I made any posts about Seren. I have been traveling around with G a good bit-making sure he enjoyed his summer. Lots of our friends have been wonderful about inviting us to the beach or for visits and we have really enjoyed catching up with the people we love and getting to escape the heat.

Seren turned four months old last week. She got dressed up in the most adorable dress that Lance's mom gave her to celebrate. I didn't get any pictures because I forgot my stupid camera! Lately, Seren has been working on sucking on paci's--the success of that venture all depends on her mood. Some days she hates it and some days she will go to town for half an hour or more. She also went to the classroom and got propped up in a chair-she repeatedly reached out to a mylar pom pom placed in front of her with her right hand. The difficulty is determining whether her movements are purposeful or by chance but the more she does something the more there is an indication that her actions are purposeful. She also seems to pay attention to sound, noise and even hearing a book read. Her small victories are what keeps us going.

As for me-the running is going pretty well. Lots of people have contacted me about donating miles. Thank you!!!! If you just want to let me know I'll put up a post at the end of each month showing where we are. I'm trying to find a way to put up some sort of application on the blog where people can enter their own on a counter. I think we may get together some groups to do some 5k's too-of course most days I have a hard time getting it together so those things may take a while. I can't believe this summer is almost over and its back to school time already. Hopefully, I'll be better about posting when school starts and we get back into a set routine.

The Journey of a Thousand Miles...

A while back one of my friends posted on Facebook that she had heard a good way to ensure a good run is to run "for" someone else. She dedicated her run that day to Seren. It was very sweet. I have been running off and on since my very non-illustrious days on the high school cross country team. I started running again about a month ago since I desperately need to get back into pre-baby shape and I need a good stress reliever.

I like to make fun of Lance for making statements that are overly dramatic about simple events. After my first run I came back and told him I had not made it very far at all to which he replied "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." He must have memorized a bunch of those inspiration posters at some point in his life:) Even though he tends toward the corny sometimes, he does have a point (which is one of the many reasons I love him). So in the interest of public accountability and potential humiliation I'm putting this out there. I am going to run a thousand miles for Seren. Maybe with a little help from my friends?? I'm starting today and my goal is to have a thousand miles by Seren's first birthday-April 13, 2010. Anybody who wants me to count their miles toward the goal just shoot me an email. I'll try to update the progress about once a month or so as a reminder to myself to be thankful for what we have and what we can do and to take that time in honor of Baby S.

Happy trails to me! YIKES!!!!!

Fun Socks

I haven't been very good about keeping Seren's status updated. The main reason I haven't posted much is because there isn't much news. Its good that I don't have any news because it means Seren hasn't been sick or had a fever or any other complications. Its not so good that I have little to report because we haven't had any real advancements or milestones. She is growing a bit and generally doing well. Her seizures are much less severe and much less frequent and she definitely seems comfortable. The Governor Morehead School came and evaluated her and she responded to both sound and light so that was very exciting for all of us (we already knew that but it was nice to have it confirmed).

Poppy and Mimi were in town a few weeks ago which means...more pictures! I have attached a recent picture of Baby S sporting her fancy Trumpett socks. G had the boy ones that look like tennis shoes and a good friend gave S the Mary Janes. They are hysterical--I love them!!