February

February was a busy month filled with a lot of activities. We went to Sea World with Greg, Tina and Gwyn on the 4^th and then to we went to Disney World with them also a week later! Atom and Trillian did pretty well on those outings. Atom is just starting to appreciate some of the characters and activities in theme parks and Trillian was pretty happy as long as she was snug in the sleepy wrap that I take with me everywhere these days.

Greg, Gwyn, Scott, and Atom try to figure out where to go next in Sea World

Meeting Micky Mouse. Atom was excited about it in theory...

At the very busy Magic Kingdom

Atom reluctantly shares his snacks with Gwyn

They look like twins!

One of the unfortunate trends I’ve noticed this month however, is that being in the car does not soothe Trillian. If she’s not almost asleep when we start driving, then she just cries the whole time. This has started to make traveling with her very unpleasant for me and I kind of dread going anywhere right now. In addition, I’m still not having much luck getting Trillian to sleep anywhere but on me. She still spends most of the night snuggled in my arms and the same goes for naps usually. I have found that she does sleep much better on her stomach, but I’m too nervous to try that at night. I have been able to put her down that way for naps occasionally though, which has been nice. There still isn’t much of a nap pattern yet.

A rare nap in the bouncy chair

Atom is still very sweet and cuddly with Trillian most of the time.

Hugs!

Atom teaches Trillian his thumb sucking skills!

Trillian also had another transfusion this month on the 6^th, which we think may be her last one. Her labs have looked good ever since then, enough so that her hematologist said we could wait a few weeks in between labs now, instead of doing it every week. Fewer doctor’s visits makes me very happy! I’ve really had enough of dealing with doctors and insurance and medical bills over these last several months.

We had a great time visiting with Scott’s family this month. Matt, Mara and Vincent flew in from San Diego on the 16^th and stayed overnight at our house that evening. In preparation for that, I managed to clean out our office/guest room (which had become a catchall room) so they would have an uncluttered place to sleep and it looks great now! Having people over is always nice for it’s ability to motivate me to clean stuff up! Scott’s parents and Kelly and Travis all came over to our house on the 17^th and we had a nice day hanging out with them. Then on the 18^th we went to Gainesville for a party at Scott’s parent’s house. Atom had a blast playing with everyone.

Family brunch at our house

Kelly with Trillian (photo taken by Atom)

Atom with his Uncle Travis

Trillian naps next to Daddy

Setting up balloons for the party in Gainesville

Towards the end of the month everyone but me got sick. We might have caught it from Matt, Mara, and Vincent since they were fighting colds while they were here. It wasn’t bad, Atom just had a runny nose and a cough for a little while and Scott was similarly congested. Trillian had the same symptoms, but for her it was lasted a lot longer. As I’m writing this it’s about 10 days into March and she’s still somewhat sniffley, especially after sleeping. Hopefully it will go away altogether soon.