Last day of the Year

Happy New Year's Eve! Good Bye to 2006!

Playing and shopping!

Grandmom came over to play with Trey and Bella today! They had lots of fun playing and shopping at Sam's Club!

Miss you Daddy

Trey and Bella were sad that Daddy had to go back to work today and are very glad tomorrow is Saturday!

Playdate

Trey and Bella visited their friend Elise today!

Another Christmas

For those who are following, Trey and Bella wanted to let you know that Daddy's spinal tap has been scheduled for January 12th.

Trey and Bella had another "Christmas" today! This celebration was with the extended "D'Amico" family! Trey and Bella had lots of fun with cousins Olivia, Stephanie, Kimberley, Andrea and Luka.

New Toys

Trey and Bella had a great time with all of the new toys in their playroom today!

Bella got 3 new teeth today! Her bottom right lateral incisor, and her left and right top first molars!

Daddy played with Trey and Bella this evening while Mommy and a girls night out with her graduate school friends!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Trey and Bella spent Christmas Morning at home with Mommy and Daddy. We opened presents from Santa, had breakfast and went to Mass! Trey and Bella got lot of things from Santa but their favorites are a kitchen, a play house, a lawn mower and a stroller for dolls!

After this, our family went to Grandmom's house, where Trey and Bella were spoiled once again and had Christmas dinner with the family. A few of the gifts they received were the peek-a-zoo, sit n spin, trucks, little people, doll babies and a new stroller for them to ride in!

Bella got a new tooth today, which makes 8 teeth! It is her left bottom 1st molar.

Christmas Eve

Happy Christmas Eve!

Trey and Bella went to Mom Mom and Pop Pop's house for a Christmas celebration!They had a great time and were very spoiled. A few of the gifts they received were an Elmo tool bench, a baby care center and TJ Beary Tales!

Day with Mommy's Friends

Trey and Bella met Mommy's friend Kelly today as well as Mommy's friend Amy and her baby son Frank V. It was lots of fun!

Christmas Party

Trey and Bella went to Daddy's work today for a Christmas party! Trey didn't seem to feel well, but Bella had a ball!

Daddy got his bloodwork done today and everyone is now waiting to hear when his spinal tap will take place.

"Graduation day"

Trey and Bella were released from Early Intervention today. They had their official evaluation were able to complete all of the tasks appropriate for their actual age. They will miss their "teacher" Miss Donna very much! Donna gave them a lovely book to remember her by.

Daddy does have papilladema, or pressure on the brain. Bloodwork needs to be done and then a spinal tap can be scheduled.

Tubes

Bella had her appointment with the ENT today. We scheduled her surgery to have her tubes put in for January 8, 2007.

Trey and Bella had a play date and lunch with Skyler and Raina today!

Tests and shots

Bella had her hearing test today. She does have mild hearing loss. It is unclear as to whether it is caused by the chronic ear infections or by the antibiotics she had while in the NICU. There is also a great deal of fluid in her ears causing her eardums to remain still rather than vibrating.

Trey and Bella got their second dose of flu shot today.

Cookie Day

Today was cookie making day at the Damico House!

Trey and Bella also got their photo taken today with cousin Evan for Grandmom's birthday!

Breakfast with Santa

Mommy and Daddy took Trey and Bella to the Annual South Jersey Mothers of Multiples Breakfast wtih Santa today! Grandmom, Mom Mom, Pop Pop, Aunt Kim, Aunt Desiree, Evan and Olivia came too! It was so much fun!

Results

Trey and Bella were very happy to hear that Daddy's tests came back clear! Now, on to finding out what is causing the problem.

Visiting the NICU

Trey and Bella went to visit the staff at the NICU and the Ante-partum unit today while Daddy had his MRI and MRV done. They were very well behaved and everyone loved seeing them!

Playgroup Gifts

Trey and Bella each opened their first Christmas present today. Bella got a puzzle from Skyler and Trey got a firetruck from Owen! They were very excited!

ENT Visit

Bella had an appointment with the ENT today. She needs further testing to decide whether or not she needs tubes in her ears, but it looks like she does.

Pop Pop....

Happy Birthday Pop Pop!

Alone Time

Mommy figured out that Miss Bella likes her alone time.

When we put her in the crib for bed time, she play with and talked to her bear and her Eeoyre for an hour and a half, never crying once, just playing. She always plays by herself when she wakes up in the morning as well, before "calling" Mommy and Daddy to come get her.

Birthday

Happy 4th Birthday cousin Olivia!

And it just gets worse

Day 3 of Bella's fever. It is going down a bit now though.

Poor Trey now has a fever of 102.5 and vomited. Mommy called the Doctor and the on call person thinks it might be the stomach virus or just a result of the bad cough since its so many days after the shots!

Mommy and Daddy hope they both feel better soon!

Sick babies

Trey and Bella both have a cough and runny nose today. Yikes!

Fever

Bella developed a fever of almost 102 today. Hopefully its just from the vaccinations.

15 Months Old

Trey and Bella are 15 months old today!

Mommy was up most of the night with Trey. He is really teething and having a hard time with it. Mommy and Daddy were very surprised Bella slept through it all. She must have been tired since she was up a lot the night before! They have both gone from sleeping through the night to waking up again. The Pediatrician said that both have teeth coming in and to bear with them.

Trey and Bella had their "15 month" check up today! Both are doing very well.

Trey weighs 18 pounds exactly and is 30 inches long (3/4 inch less than at the NICU follow up! We measured twice today, so that one must have been off a little). His head circumference is 46 centimeters. This puts Trey in the 25th percentile for height and head circumference, but he is still not on the growth chart for weight, so he is considered "less than 3rd percentile".

Bella weighs 16 pounds exactly and is 29 inches long! Her head circumference is 46 1/2 centimeters. This puts Bella in the 25th percentile for height and the 50th percentile for head circumference, but she is still not on the growth chart for weight, so she is considered "less than 3rd percentile".

Trey has some new teeth coming in on the bottom and Bella has a new tooth coming in on the bottom in addition to a few molars. The Doctor said this is most likely why they have been having a hard time sleeping and recommeded giving them some motrin or tylentol if it helps.

Trey and Bella also each got 3 vaccinations. Bella knew exactly where we were as soon as we entered the ecam room. She cried from then until we left the building. Trey was very brave. He barely whimpered when we got his shots, but he screamed while Bella was getting hers - he was trying to reach for her. He's being a good big brother already!

Trey and Bella have another appointment for their second dose of the flu shot on the 19th of December. Their next check up with Dr. Dave is at the end of February. If they are not in for a sick visit in January, the Doctor would like us to bring them in for a weight check to make sure they continue to grow!

Christmas Photos

Trey and Bella got their Christmas Photo's taken today!

Birthday Party

Trey and Bella went to their cousin Olivia's 4th Birthday party today!

More teeth

Isabella got her 7th tooth today! It is her bottom left lateral incisor!

Bella and Trey love the Christmas Tree!