Baby Hulk ~ Catching up!

Why hello there! It's been a while... AGAIN! Sorry about that! We all were sick for a while, even Baby Hulk, his first cold, and it was miserable. I took him to the doctors office the day he really started showing symptoms and I couldn't pass it off as his normal snortiness.  I was so afraid he would get a respiratory infection since those are apparently common. I took his temp multiple times a day and held him in my arms all night long afraid he couldn't breathe. I basically didn't sleep for about 10 days. Okay not true on the weekend I made Darling Husband take Baby Hulk in the morning and then I passed out finally until 11am. We all made it through though!

I had a special blog post planned for 3/21, and what luck! It was even on my regular posting Thursday! Oh sorry, I suppose I should explain. 3/21 was World Down Syndrome Day. 3 21? Get it? Trisomy 21, 3 copies of the 21st chromosome? When I called NW Children's Heart Care to make Arden's follow up appointment to make sure his PDA from birth had closed up properly and the woman making the appointment told me the first available appointment was on 3/21 I just knew it had to be! The day before I went to Stitches' house and we had a wonderful sewing day and I made a skirt to wear just for the special day, gold and blue, the DS awareness colours. I had a panic attack in the middle of Joann trying to figure out what kind of fabric to buy for it. I even sent Stitches a text telling her I couldn't find anything, I wasn't coming. I stood there amongst the fabric and right as the tears were welling up in my eyes I got a text from Buttons. I told her what was going on and she rushed over and helped me pick out my fabric. My skirt turned out super cute!

 Oh right! You probaby want to know how his appointment went!


IT WAS WONDERFUL!

 (Darling Husband was beyond relieved)

Baby Hulk's heart is perfect! Still no doom and now that I have been through it all, I wonder if maybe there never will be any doom. Perfect eyes, perfect ears, perfect heart. He has a physical therapist who comes every other Tuesday now and he is doing so well with that as well! His one struggle is holding his head up while he is sitting. He is great at holding it up during tummy time but he slumps forward when he is sitting up right. Just this past Tuesday his PT gave us a new list of things to do and I am already seeing a difference!

As usual! This baby boy is awesome!

  

(4 month photo shoot) 

 

(Easter family portrait)