Whats in a Name

We were sitting around this weekend, and Kinley commented that Tenna had a lot of Nick Names. So I thought it might be fun to list all her nick names and how or why she got them.

First and formost.... (1) Tenna Shoe. This nickname came before she was ever born...

when I told Dannika what I planned to name our baby on the way, the first thing she said was....I'm going to call her my little Tenna Shoe....so from that day on...we all called her shoe...

well when she was in the hospital and daddy was able to go see her. they had her on a CPAP machine...well the hose for it is hooked up and strapped on your face and connected to your nose...so kyle started calling her (2) tennaphant...so she had her second nick name.

with being called tenna shoe......it got shortened to (3) Shoe...and then (4) shoe-bop....

someone had heard a saying of hip-hop-a-pottamus....and of course tenna was talled (5) shoe-bop-a-pottamus.....

Seems like they keep coming too, each new day that she does something, someone tags her with some new nick name, she has been called (6) tenna toad, (7) toad , and receintly when she learned to squeek.....(8) squeeky..... (9) MISS T (10) T......(11) T-Bop...... And...Eventually....Ataya says once someone has a kid and tenna is an Aunt....she will be (12) AUNT TENNA (antenna).......

If you have a name that you think she has been called, post a comment here so we can add them to her running list.....

She is growing and getting taller and braver each day. she is now trying to stand here and there,and she will walk if you hold her hands. About 3 weeks ago, she started sitting up on her own. It is quite funny, because we have made such a production out of it, that now when she does it she looks around as if to say" OK...We are all supposed to be clapping now...Go ahead and she starts clapping her self." Although I cant say this has been easy, It does have days that make me glad to be her mom

thank you for following her story......she continues to make progress

So much time has passed by.

In 5 days, Tenna will be 14 months old. What started as something that I was sure we would not make through a month, now we are 14 months into. It hasn't been easy, but it has added much to our lives. Tenna continues to make progress. She started out at 8 pounds at birth. Now she is 17. So she has added 9 pounds....4 of those in the last month and a half. And she is eating from a bottle and little bits of table food now. we are looking forward to being able to get rid of the feeding tube, AGAIN....hopefully once and for all.

Tenna is still on Oxygen, though we have cut back from 1.5 liters an hour to 3/4. She will probablly be on it for another 6-10 months.

If you really push, she will sit up by her self...she doen't like to, she would rather you help her.

She is learning that throwing a fit will usually get her what she wants. She has learned that there are 5 people in her home who either love her lots or don't like to listen to her cry and shriek.

She loves to stand up against the couch, coffee and end tables and anything she can. she would rather stand than sit, usually. She is starting to try to take steps to get around the table or couch or what ever she is standing at.

We want to thank all who have followed us on this journey...It will continue, and we will keep you updated as much as possible where there are things to report.