merry christmas! Daryl had a good holiday; she got a wipe warmer and some toys so she is a happy girl. she has been doing good lately. At her last dr. appt., she finally gained some real weight (she now weighs 11 lbs 3 oz!) she is still small for a 5 month old, obviously, but she is actually doing okay other than the lack of weight gain. she is making normal baby progress every day, and is happy as ever. She still has her G-tube in her stomach, even though she doesnt use it, because the doctors still wants her to gain more weight before they take it out. i had the fun job of getting to change out her tube yesterday, for the first time. I was nervous because its a pretty major thing... i mean you have to pull the whole tube out of her stomach and put a new one in. it was weird, but it went well and i was proud of myself. a little shaky afterwards (one wrong move and it could really hurt her or mess things up) but otherwise ok! i cant wait to get that thing out of her. other than that, there is nothing much going on, so we have been able to enjoy the holidays.

Daryl's First Christmas Tree

Well, daryl didn't actually hang anything on the tree, but she drooled on it in a couple of places, so I guess that counts. she sure likes the shiny stuff. If you look closely, you can see my INCOM T-65 X-wing Snubfighter making it's way around the tree. All these extra lights and bells and whistles sure do make Daryl talk alot! she talked almost the whole time we were doing the tree, maybe she was singing Christmas carols, after all, she is a Rudolph!

Start em early

So we decided to go play with the piano for a while. it sure makes some cool noises. Daryl was impressed for like, 2 minutes before she asked where the guitar was at. Her name is Daryl, not Tori, and she knows it. since today is Dime Day, I'll probably have to dig out one of my guitars, so we'll see what she thinks of it.

Real Rudolph Girls

This is my second cousin Sarah. She is 21 years old. She was the last Rudolph girl to be born. Her Dad once told my mom that she wasn't a real Rudolph because she married in to the name! I can't really tell ya how many Rudolphs were born in that 21 years, but these two are very unique, and they don't even try! Good job girls.