New utensils!

I bought Parker some new utensils the other day from an online company called Uncommon Goods. They have some really neat stuff, like these utensils. Each utensil is a different construction vehicle and there is a matching plate as well. I wasn't sure if Parker was going to like them, but he really does. He loves construction vehicles like bulldozers!

This past weekend, while I was in Seattle for work, I video chatted with Parker during dinner. I asked him to show me all his new utensils. Below is a sequence of screen shots I took from that video chat where he shows me each utensil individually, then together. The last two shots are of Parker actually using the utensils, then not so much. :)

Learning to eat with utensils

Parker has been working hard to learn to eat with utensils. He started with a spoon a few weeks ago and he just recently introduced the fork. Check out his wicked skills!

What a Week!

Well, it has been almost an entire week since I last posted anything. A lot has happened in that week, which is part of the reason I couldn't update this blog like I wanted to. Anyway, Parker was finally able to come home on Wednesday. He had been off the IV for almost two days and his blood sugar had stabilized. That means that they didn't have to find a place to stick him again after the IV in his head fell out. But, they did have to remove and replace his feeding tube (from one nostril to the other) because he pulled his first one out. You can see in the picture below that the feeding tube is now in the right nostril whereas before it was in the left nostril.

But at least Parker started eating more regularly. Christen and I went to the hospital three to four times a day on Monday and Tuesday to check on him and feed him.

Once we finally got him home, he crashed in his Pack-n-Play. You can see from this picture that he is quite comfy in it.

Since then, we have been just trying to adjust to Parker's three hour sleep-eat schedule. It's been challenging so far, but we are up to the task. We will let you know how it goes in the weeks to come.