Great Week

Big smiles

Tummy time is paying off.

The beginning of sitting up, even though it looks like Nick is holding him up, he is not.

We have had a great week. Nick got a job and Vince continues to do well. On Thursday last week Nick had an interview and was offered the job that day. His new company is based in Indiana, but he will be working from home. He will be traveling about four days a week, but will be home most nights. Because of this we have been in the process of finding day care for Vince and we think we have found a couple of really great options. It will be hard leaving him at first but we will all adjust very fast I am sure.

Vince had an MRI as well that day and it showed that the blood was going away and that there is just a little bit of staining left. Hopefully that means when we go back for an EEG it will show normal activity and we will be able to take him off of the phenobarb.

Vince continues to do very well with his physical therapy and keeps showing improvements. He is getting better at tummy time and sitting. He does not have sitting down yet but he is able to hold himself up for a few seconds at a time with his hands. I know it does not seem like very much but it is really exciting for us. He has also decided to giggle at therapy on Friday after his therapist bounced him on the ball. It was very cute.

Today we went to the GI specialist to have a check up due to the blood in his stool and it looks like it has cleared up. He thinks it was fissure, so Vince is on Miralax until November to make sure it does not come back. I think that is all for now. We hope you are all having a great end of summer (hard to believe that school is about to start). Oh and congratulations to David, he left to college today. I can't believe my little brother is starting college.

Love,

Nick, Andrea, and Vince

Busy Weekend

They wore matching outfits up at the cottage

A very nice sunset after a very cold day.

Vince all bundled up and ready for his first boat ride. He slept through the whole adventure.

Vince at 3 months old

Vince and Sam

He had crazy hair when he woke up from his nap.

Emmie and Vince. They are about three months apart in age.

Vince dipped his toes in the water at Paul and Kathys house for the first time, he was not to sure what to think.

The Bellmore Boys, at least the ones that were there. Luke, David, Nick, Tom and Vince, and Andy.

The Bellmore great grandkids minus Ethan. Korine holding Emmie, Madeline, and Chloe holding Vince.

I can't believe it is already August! Where has the time gone? We had a very busy weekend, Grandma and Grandpa Santini came down on Friday, and we went to Uncle Paul and Aunt Kathy's house on both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday we went and saw the newest addition to the family Emmie, Andy and Amy are her parents, Andy is Nick's cousin. She is only a week old and so cute. Vince and Emmie got along very well, they looked at each other, held hands, and Emmie even sucked on Vince's hand when he put it in her mouth. It was so sweet watching them together. Nick's other cousins were there too, David, Courtney, their kids Korine, Chloe, and Madeline, and Becky. We had a wonderful dinner and stayed pretty late but Vince did very well.

On Sunday we went back to their house to see Luke before he left for the Army. All of the people above were there plus Tom and Aunt April. Being that it was about 95 degrees and very humid Paul and Kathy's pool came in handy. Overall it was a great weekend.

Vince also turned 3 months old on the 4th so we took some pictures again. He is getting so big. On Monday he weighed in at 12 pounds 4 ounces. You will notice in the pictures that the jean overalls he has on in the 3 month pictures are the same ones that were huge on him in the pictures of him trying on clothes at about 1 month old. We have had to start putting away his newborn clothes.

Other than all of this, last week was a pretty slow week with the exception of Vince having a little bit of blood in his stool. Last Sunday we ended up at the ER because he had quite a bit of blood in it but after all of the tests they ran they were able to rule out any infection and they sent us to a GI specialist the next day. They are still not exactly sure what is causing it but we are trying to figure it out. They are treating him for a fissure right now but if that does not work they are going to look into him having a milk protein allergy. If he does have that the doctor said that most kids outgrow it by the time they turn one, so that is not too bad.

This week is going to be a busy one. I am going to be working Monday through Wednesday for sure and possibly Thursday. I was able to get some work writing curriculum for the ISD. It will be a good test for what it is going to be like when I go back to work in September. Vince has physical therapy like usual, his first Early On home visit, a MRI to check the blood that was in his brain after the seizures, and a Neurosurgeon appointment. We hope that everyone is having a wonderful summer and that it is not going to fast.

Love,

Nick, Andrea, and Vince