It's been going pretty well the last week or so. Drew has really improved with his developmental skills. He is getting better at grasping objects and moving his hands to reach them. He's also getting better at bearing weight on his legs. We've been told that the more muscle he gets in his torso the better his reflux will be, so I've been trying to give him more opportunity to lay on the floor and roll side to side or to be upright and working toward being able to sit. He really likes playing in the jumper. I'm not sure what the triggers are, but today Drew had a hard time with his reflux. He wretched and gagged more than he has for a few weeks. He would still smile, but he mostly wanted to sleep to avoid the discomfort. He had the saddest whine tonight. It wasn't even a cry, just wimpers. Hopefully he will get past it, or I will be able to prevent it somehow. He has a really hard time getting comfortable at all when he's had days like today.

Tyler is liking his brother more and more. He still gets jealous of me holding Drew and sometimes playing with him, but more and more he just joins in the play. The other day Drew had fallen asleep while playing on a mat on the floor. Tyler had been fighting his nap for several hours, but finally laid down by Drew and crashed. They were SO cute!! I stopped letting Tyler have his bink last Friday. He's asked for it a few times, but has done pretty well. I thought he'd have a hard time letting go and especially sleeping without it. I've started laying by him to get him to go to sleep and he's been fine.

Ryan has been just doing his thing. Work, home, sleep. He plays soft-ball on Tuesdays with a team from work.

Tomorrow I will start teaching piano lessons again. All of my students wanted to start again, so I will have 15. It is a blessing that I started last summer, because it's going to make it possible for us to handle Drew's medical bills.

We got the itemized bill from Primary Children's last week. Their grand total is a few dollars under $515,000!! That doesn't include x-rays being read, surgeries, anesthesia, or his birth. Thank goodness for insurance.