New Firsts

We spend so much time updating about his progress medically that we never take time to tell of how he's doing just as a normal baby!! Peyton turned 3 months old on July 2. He can smile, laugh out loud, coo like crazy and tries to turn over. He can make it over onto his side. He follows your voice and will listen to you talk to him all day long. He sleeps all night long (with the help of cereal in his formula) and stays awake so much more through the day now. He loves lights and music and anything with bright colors. He hates shrill voices (Brady's screaming specifically) and hates a dirty diaper. He has more strength in his right arm and will actually try to lift it up when he gets excited - he even makes it a couple of inches above his body level when laying down! It seems as if he is trying to reach for stuff! He gets fussier after being held for so long, his body just can't take it. He wants to be held, but I think he gets sore. So he still cries if you lay him down. Sometimes we just have to let him cry it out =(. He slept right through the fireworks last night. We thought for sure he'd wake up but he didn't! He's getting chubby - and the hair has yet to thin out. It just keeps growing! Morgan and Brady do so well with him. They love him and it shows. Morgan is so proud of him; she'll just walk up to people and start talking about his arms and legs and what's wrong with him. I'm anxious to see her reaction when we go to convention and she meets so many other children with the same condition. He's a pretty easy going, layed back baby for the most part. The only problems we have are keeping him comfortable at times, and then when one of us is alone with the 3 kids through the day - Brady wants to play outside from the time he wakes up until he goes to bed at night. Poor Peyton can't tolerate the heat with his casts so we're in and out like mad checking on him. A lot of the time Brady just has to suffer and stay inside - we usually can only go out when Peyton is napping. Thankfully we have people to help from time to time with one or the other so the day isn't so difficult and neither child is miserable. And of course Morgan isn't responsible enough to keep an eye on him outside, she gets too involved in her own play and he could hitch hike across town before she'd take notice. So anyway- just wanted to add this to the records in case people are wondering . . .