A weekend spent out and about

Posted on November 7, 2011 by William 1 Comment

On Saturday we went to GrandRapids in search of some good deals on baby stuff since USA baby is going out of business. With prices like that it’s no wonder that they are closing their doors. We thought we could get a toddler car seat on sale but their “retirement sale” price was no different than what I can buy the same seat for on Amazon. We went to Woodland Mall and daddy bought got some good deals on clothes. Evan spent most of the time awake, taking in all the sights. Any fussiness was short lived. Carrabbas for lunch… we took some pictures while we waited for our food to come. We also went to the Carter’s store, the baby clothes mecca. We were hoping to get some non-onesie clothes since onesies will be a pain once Evan has the g-tube installed. We got a couple things. A little girl came over to me while I was pushing Evan in the stroller, she was probably 6-7. She wanted to know all about Evan, age,  name, why he’s making those noises, and most importantly what that tube on his face was for.  We give people, especially little kids, very generalized information about Evan’s condition.  We love talking about our warrior son and everything he has been through and how awesome he is, so don’t be afraid to ask us or others about their children.

On Sunday we went to Ann Arbor for the open house of the brand new U of M C.S. Mott Women’s and Childrens hospital. We stopped to see little Mia, Wendy, and Bobby Wilson and got to see a couple of Evan’s nurses. Nurse Bethany snatched Evan up as soon as I walked in the room with him. Everyone kept commenting on how good he looks. The new hospital was beautiful and the open house was a success, it was packed. Getting from floor to floor was a waiting game for elevators especially for us with a big stroller. Organized chaos. Unlike the ICU’s in the old hospital, the new hospital has all private rooms and every room has a beautiful view and a nice big flatscreen TV. The nurses have little stations outside each room with a computer and a window so the can see inside each room. In that sense the room isn’t private at all since anyone walking by can see into your room but at least your not sharing a room with a loudmouth anymore.

 Evan did exceptionally well with all of this weekend’s travels.  It was interesting being back in the hospital.  We definitely don’t get as many looks or questions because people just know.  We did hear that he is “definitely a boy” which means mama can’t throw a dress on him and slap a bow in his hair and think that people could be tricked into thinking he was a girl.  We have quite a few pictures in the gallery this time.  Some are  from hanging out with Daddy in his room.  A decent amount are from the hospital and have captions.  The last bit are the result from a busy weekend out and about. 🙂