Well.....Here I sit, trying to remember all that has occurred in recent weeks. My memory isn't what it used to be. Therefore, I am going to try to start updating the blog at least once a week whether anything exciting has happened or not. As you will discover, if you continue reading this riveting post, a cornucopia of events have taken place since my last update. This may cause my already wordy post to be even longer than necessary. Which is why my newest resolution to date will be to update weekly or biweekly, but one thing at a time.
Chris' appointment went as well as can be expected. He has once again slowed down on weight gain, and we are faced with the challenge of fattening this little guy up prior to surgery. His second open-heart surgery will be at the end of July unless something changes. His tricuspid valve is still leaking moderately, which is expected when one valve doing the work of many. The sheer volume alone is tremendous on this single valve. Christopher's heart medications have been increased since his check- up to maintain pressure, etc. We made the decision to remove the NG feeding tube, as it seemed no longer necessary. He had been eating all his food from bottles and it seemed pointless to continue to maneuver around the tube. Once I removed the tube, however, he has simply no interest in eating whatsoever. My only conclusion is that he has had that stupid thing down his throat more of his life than not. It is a comfort and a normality for him, and if watching Toy Story 677 times has taught me one thing (other than talking toys are kinda freaky and epically fearless) it's that babies, and children like familiarity. I will persist for a few more days, at which time, I will decide whether or not to put the tube back down (even though he doesn't use it for it's purpose, ie, tube feeding).
If you watched the video I posted, you will see that weight is the only thing this little man is lacking. He is full of personality and moves all the time. He is quite the chatter box and is taking after his mommy already. And when he wants you to listen, you had better listen, or it seems like he gets louder to get your attention. He is discovering his hands and feet, and following that familiar trend of putting everything is reach in his mouth. He is rarely fussy and only until whatever is the matter has been remedied. he holds his head up well, but still jerks around a bit. he loves his big brothers and is all smiles when they come in a room as if to say "I'm over here, the little one in the pj's, come play with me!" He is always wide-eyed taking in his surroundings and this big world. He likes to go for rides in the truck and pretty much just wants to go where ever daddy goes. He is still sleeping quite a bit, but lets mommy and daddy sleep for 6 hours at night. He is a joy to have, and I feel blessed for him to have chosen me to be his mommy.
In other news, Tyler still shows no signs of jealousy. Shocking I know. He loves to help mommy, and even volunteers to take poopy diapers to the trash for me. He loves to tickle and sing to brother, and always wants to know when he will be big enough to wrestle. His favorite songs to sing are the "Milo and Otis" theme, the spring song from "Franklin" and "she thinks my tractor's sexy" although we are trying positive reinforcement to help him forget about the latter one. He turned big boy 3 on the 4th and got two different birthday parties. He had a pirate birthday party at Aunt Nikki's and Uncle George's with all the Vancouver family. Mommy made a chocolate cake that got devoured, and cousin Emily, decorated it with a scary skull and crossbones. Then he had a Transformer's party at home in Warrenton with his little friends Ismael (4)and Alisandra (18 months I think). We got the kids little Nerf dart guns to play with, but Alisandra is smitten with Christopher and just sings to him and wants to hold him. Mommy made a transformer cake with the Egypt scene from the movie on top. We tried to find little palm trees but no one in our whole county had any. I made sand from nilla wafers and pyramids from graham crackers, then we put Bumble Bee and Dino Bot on top fighting each other. The kids thought it was pretty cool. (The only drama was that mommy hid the toys for the top of the cake in the linen closet so Tyler wouldn't see them till we brought the cake out. She forgot that she hid them and blamed daddy for not knowing where he left them. Then mommy and daddy spent half of the party looking for them because mommy didn't want to do the cake without them!!! But daddy found them and all was well.) All in all I think Tyler is pretty pleased with himself.
Anthony can't wait for school to be out and summer to start. He has a big pool at his Grandma's that he pretty much lives in during summer. He finally got a haircut which makes him look about 5 years older (tear). He had a choir concert that dad went to and took video so mommy and the brothers could see it too. He will be a tough 8th grader this coming school year. He doesn't know if he wants to play soccer, but I'm guessing he will be in choir again since he seemed to enjoy it.
That's all for now folks. Much love to all of you!
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