No More Cranial Remolding Helmet!

Colin has graduated! After 10 weeks, Colin's head has been successfully remolded to the tune of 12 millimeters. His head WAS 15mm out of whack looking at diagonal front-to-back measurements, and now it is down to 3mm - which is considered normal and done. Those last few mms are the hardest to get and really, we're all set. His head looks great!


You can see his flat spot on HIS back/left - or the top/right of the picture.

He is having trouble adjusting back to sleeping at night WITHOUT his helmet on, believe it or not, so he's been waking a few times a night pretty upset. We've been weaning him off since this last Saturday night and last night (Weds) was the first night he's slept through the night again.


Ava inspecting for roundness...

All-in-all the helmet was a big success and we're glad to have done it. Now, to get that appeal letter out to Aetna to persuade them to reconsider their DENIAL of the service!

Pics from the Weekend

What we were up to this weekend...

We hung out downtown at the Boston Common... mom ate some candied nuts!


We went out with our next door neighbor Jack - also a monkey - on Halloween evening. Dad ate all our candy :(


We went for a walk. It was pretty nice out...


We went through the cemetery by the river, it was beautiful.




We ate lots of food...


And got real messy.


And enjoyed it!






We lounged around on the couch...


And we played in our tent! We love our tent - we're gonna love camping!


Have a great week!

Green beans - still hilarious!

Just in case you were wondering if "green beans" was still as funny today as it was three months ago... it is!

Happy Halloween!!!

Costume trial run...


Colin is a happy monkey - he seems to like his costume.






Ava is a not-so-sure ladybug. Her costume is limiting her movement and she doesn't like that!


We'll see if they're up for a stroll this evening for some trick-or-treating!

Happy Anniversary!

Four years later... and twice as many family members!

Eleven Months!

Check it out! We're 11 months old today! Mommy is lucky to even have these sub-par pictures because Ava is always on the move these days...



Here is Colin acting like such a big boy.



Case in point. Ava on the move...


Where is that remote???


Got it!!!

Colin Before and After

Looking through old pics... The changes the babies have gone through are amazing!



And they are not even a year old yet!!

Colin has changed quite a bit - back then (this is about 1.5 months old) he was very fussy because of bad reflux... we felt so badly for him and gave him baby Zantac twice a day. Thankfully, he eventually grew out of it, but feeding him and worrying about his eating during that period was not fun for him nor, consequently, us!

His eyes were still blue back then, they've morphed into his daddy's and grandpa's more hazel/green/gray color you see here. And he's grown into his nose!