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Katie Lynn pulled herself up for the first time today! Video @ tomandmonica.com.

Katie Lynn now weighs over 16 lbs!

Katie Lynn is getting very close to her first words...it sounds like she is saying da da, Tom will post when it is official!

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Important update posted at tomandmonica.com!

Katie Lynn has reached the 14 pound mark! She's doing great and is excited about our upcoming move.

Katie Lynn's second tooth has broken through her gum and is right next to the first one!

Katie Lynn's first tooth finally broke through!! She has been working on it for a week now and you can now feel the sharp top of the tooth. Finally....maybe she will start sleeping a little better again.

Katie Lynn had her 6 month check up. Making progress: she weighed 11 pounds 13 ounces (after the stomach bug last week) which put her in the less than 3%, height was 24.5 inches which put her in the 10th% and then her head was 16.5 inches and was also in the 10th%. Overall she went from about 5% to 10%. We will have a weight check in about a month just to make sure she is gaining. Thanks for checking in!!!

Katie Lynn is six months old today!

Five month pictures posted at tomandmonica.com!

Katie Lynn now weighs over 10lbs.. finally! She's 10lbs 2oz to be exact. Unfortunately, she also now has early onset pneumonia, but the antibiotic should curb it fairly well.

Four month pictures posted at tomandmonica.com!

Katie Lynn is now baptized! Thank you SO MUCH for those that attended. We have also figured out why she has been throwing up every 24-to-48 hours for the past month.. we think she doesn't like the lactose in regular Enfamil formula! We switched her over to Enfamil AR formula mix and she hasn't thrown up in over 48 hours.

Katie Lynn's baptism will be this Sunday, February 10th at 10:30am at Lake Ridge United Methodist Church. If you're in Lubbock, we would love for you to join us in this celebration!

Katie Lynn is now broviac-free!

The broviac central line (IV) will be removed on Tuesday!

Katie Lynn is doing well off the TPN. Bloodwork came back looking good, so the GI specialist has stopped future labwork! Now we're just looking for continued weight gain and the broviac IV can come out!

Katie Lynn comes off TPN tomorrow! Next appointment with the GI specialist is in two weeks, and at that time we hope/think he will order the broviac IV removed!

2 month check-up today which meant 2 month shots. Katie Lynn did great and only cried a little. Doctor says she is doing great, she is up to 9lbs 10oz and 21 inches long.

Katie Lynn is up to 9 lbs 5 oz! She's excited about her first trip to Dallas this weekend!

Continuing our trend of spending holidays at the hospital, Katie Lynn is back admitted at Covenant to receive a blood transfusion. She should be (hopefully) released tomorrow at some point. Happy New Year to all!

Katie Lynn weighs 8 lbs 13 oz. Great weight gain!

Katie Lynn continues to hold down her feedings and her TPN will continue to be lowered.

Katie Lynn's stitches were removed today!

Our little Chunky Monkey is up to 8 lbs 10 oz!

Katie Lynn is coming home today! Fully functioning and no ostomy bag. What a true Christmas miracle. God bless you all and Merry Christmas!

Katie Lynn had a total of FIVE poopy diapers today! She was running a very low-grade fever as well, but it is tapering down.

Katie Lynn had a rather large poopy diaper at 7:30am!

The 11:30pm feeding did not go well, she threw it all up in 10 minutes of finishing it. She got some sleep and woke up super fussy at about 3am. Yea for her being hungry! Changed her diaper and found stool!!!! Who knew it would be so exciting. Took her 3:30 am feeding and so far so good. Looks like our prayers will be answered and Katie Lynn will be okay!! Love you all, thank you for all your love and support.

Today was a better day, Katie Lynn had an x-ray done and it looks as though gas is moving throughout her GI system. We stopped feedings last night, due the fact she was throwing up. We continued feeds today, her 11:30am and 3:30pm went well. She was able to keep them down for a little while but she threw up after a while. Her 7:30pm feed went great, she did not throw up at all!!! Lets up the 11:30pm feed goes just as well. Still waiting for more stool. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

Much the same for the 7:30pm feeding; Katie Lynn didn't keep much (if any) of it down.

Katie Lynn got a bath, she is all nice and clean now. Her 3:30pm feeding did not go so well, she has successfully thrown it all up with in 30 minutes.

Katie Lynn gets to eat again! She's only getting 1/2 ounce to start with, but she took her first one at 11:30am and kept 98% of it down. She continues to throw up the green bile, but it has gotten much more "liquidy", less green, less often, and lesser in amount. The surgeon said it's okay though and that she may even do that for a few months after surgery. There hasn't been another stool. Pray for poop!

Katie Lynn had a good night, no throw up since 9pm and no stool either. Doctor will be in first thing this morning to check on her, we should get to start feeding sometime today since she is not longer throwing up. This is a good sign things are moving in the right direction.

Katie Lynn pooped some green stuff around 5pm today! It wasn't a huge amount, but there was definitely a green hue/tint to it. Also, the nurse is hearing stronger bowel sounds in both her upper and lower parts of her GI tract, so that's progress as well. We appreciate your continued thoughts and prayers.

Katie Lynn had a decent night. No stool yet, but we didn't really expect it until at least a good 24 hours after surgery.

Katie Lynn is out of surgery and in recovery. Surgeon said things look good and we're awaiting a bowel movement. She'll be moved into a regular room in about 45 minutes.

Katie Lynn is going into surgery..

Katie Lynn's surgery is scheduled for 7:30am tomorrow morning. We all know that is always an estimate, but hopefully since she is the first one of the day, they'll be on schedule. Please continue to pray for our little girl's well-being, that the surgery will be a success, and that she will be able to put all of this behind her.

Katie Lynn goes in for surgery on Thursday to be reconnected. Please pray that this will be her third and final surgery. God bless you all!

Katie Lynn has her appointment with the surgeon at 10:30.

Granddad and Grams got to visit this weekend and hold Katie Lynn for the first time. Granddad sat and read to her; she loved it!!

Went to the hospital tonight; we were concerned with her ostomy. The on call surgeon got everything squared away and we will have a meeting with our surgeon early next week. The on call surgeon seems to think that Katie Lynn is ready to be reconnected, we could possibly be looking at surgery early next week. All indications at this point lead to a successful reconnection and hopefully no further problems once this is done. Please continue to pray for our precious baby girl. We love you all!

Katie Lynn is up to 7 lbs 9 oz!

Katie Lynn continues to improve! She now weighs 7 lbs 3 oz and roughly 50% of her diapers have some amount of stool in them. We just keep praying her improvement continues!

Grandma and Grandpa got to hold Katie Lynn today for the first time!

Katie Lynn loves her home! Aside from her feeding times, she slept throughout the entire night!

"Coming Home" pictures posted at www.tomandmonica.com!

Katie Lynn is home!

Katie Lynn gets to come home....TODAY!

More weight gain! She's up to 6 lbs. 7.2 oz!

Katie Lynn pooped from the Progestimil being fed through her stoma!

Two day weight gain!! She is now up to 6 lbs. 4.7 oz.

Yea! Katie Lynn passed her car seat test!

Her umbilical cord fell off!!! Feeding in the bottom ostomy has gone well and she has done great. She is such a trooper.

All Miss Katie Lynn has to do is gain weight! Please pray for weight gain.

Katie Lynn has now had six straight twelve hour shifts where her intake has been greater than her output!

A contrast study was performed this morning to see how her lower ostomy and "non-working" portion worked. Within an hour, Katie Lynn had a bowel movement. We think this is a good sign but have not spoken with the surgeon or gastroenterologist yet.

New pictures have been uploaded to tomandmonica.com!

Doctor may begin feeding lower ostomy this week. We'll know more tomorrow hopefully.

Katie Lynn now weighs 6 lbs. 2.2 oz. and is 20.25" long!

Katie Lynn's input was 77 CCs more than her output for the last 12 hour shift!

Katie Lynn's feeding amount was increased to 1 ounce per feeding! Waiting for output to be less than or equal to input. Thanks for everyone's thoughts and prayers.

Katie Lynn's tube is out. She also got her first bottle of real food!!

Katie Lynn is spending Thanksgiving at the hospital with Mommy & Daddy! :)

There's definite gas in the bag!

Her tube is already on gravity! So we're looking at roughly 24 hours until it is removed and her first feeding potentially tomorrow or Friday!!

Katie Lynn has been removed from the ventilator already! Not only that, the doctors are already seeing output in the jejunostomy bag!

Detailed information posted at tomandmonica.com.

Katie Lynn is out of surgery. Doctor has a positive outlook. More info will be posted on tomandmonica.com later.

Surgery will be today around 12 or 1pm. Please continue to pray for Katie Lynn.

Please pray for Katie Lynn as she will be having another surgery on Tuesday.