Just a quick update.....

Blair is doing great. He is almost 15 lbs now! It is hard to believe how big he is getting. Everyday is such an amazing gift! At our last round of doctor's visits, he was doing incredible. So much so that we do not have to see any of the specialists until the end of January. His reflux is much better. He still takes medicine, but his bed is now not inclined anymore!! His heart and pulmonary artery look good, but we head back to Egelstson in the beginning of 2007 for an MRI and another Cath. Until then, we will just keep praying that everything continues to get better and better. His breathing is much better most of the time. Recently, he has sounded a bit wheezy again, but again, until something else goes on, we will just hope and pray that his breathing will get better.

It is amazing to watch him grow and learn and become more of a little person. He is almost sitting up by himself. He loves the jump-a-roo. He bounces and bounces and giggles at himself! He is grabbing everything and putting everything in his mouth. No teeth yet, but I feel like they are coming soon. He loves to eat! Especially those sweet potatoes, carrots, plums, apples, pears and bananas. He still loves to smile and laugh. He screams in delight when he sees his daddy. He loves his grandmother's visits! Tonight, his uncle Ryan came home for the next 10 days, and he loved seeing him- especially when Ryan agreed to try to put him to bed ON HIS CHANGING TABLE! Uncle Ryan has a lot to learn, but the great thing is that he loves Blair so much, and he will learn everything very fast!

Blair is going to have the greatest time getting to see his grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins over the holidays. We are so excited for his first Christmas! I always love Christmas but this year more than ever. I have had so much fun thinking and preparing for it. I am so excited that we are starting so many traditions this year that will last for the rest of Blair's life, and I am so happy to be sharing all of our old family traditions with him as well.

The last 7 months have been amazing. We could not have special ordered anything as special as Blair. We are constantly reminded that we have truly been blessed with a wonderful gift from God. We have really treasured every minute with him, and as much as we look forward to all that will come in the future, we sooooo don't want the time to go by as quickly as we know that it will. The beautiful thing about being quarantined during these first few months is that we have been able to savor every second with Blair! There were (are) times when I feel like this small house is getting smaller by the second and like I will never know "normal" life again. As many of my sweet friends know, there are times when I have been lonely and anxious, but then I realize how incredibly lucky I am that I even have a child- much less one as extraordinary as Blair- and how incredibly grateful I am that Blair is doing as well as he is doing, and all of (well most of) my crazy emotions start to disapear.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

p.s. I cannot wait to update y'all after Blair's first Christmas.