Updates!

Ok, we will start with the good news...

Landon has started baby food! And he loves it. He can already down a whole jar. And he love any kind. This is a big deal for me because Natalie would only eat the orange veggies or fruit, and she would only eat a few bites. The only bad thing is he is getting really gassy with the new food, but mylicon helps a lot! He had his 4 month check up a few days ago and he was 25in long (over the 50th percentile) and 13.1lbs (right at the 5th percentile). I thought he was pretty chubby, but the doctor said I have tall skinny kids. Yay for them right? I don't know where they get those good genes.

For the bad news...

Natalie had her cardiology appt Wednesday. We went in the previous day for her echo to save on time for her appt. It took an hour and a half for the test and she had to stay as still as possible. It was really hard because she was scared. We could tell it didn't look good because of how long he was taking. Sure enough after waiting 2 hours to see the doctor the next day (so much for saving time), her valve was leaking more than before. I thought ok well good thing we are doing surgery in the next 2 months... Nope, apparently she hasn't gained enough weight. She grew 3 in in the last 6 months, but only gained 1 pound. Her regular doctor hasn't been concerned about her weight because she is just small, and her heart has to work twice as hard so she burns calories faster. Oh, also her right atrium (i think it was) is pretty enlarged, but the cardiologist said it would go back down after surgery. So anyways, they are going to call me on Monday and let me know if we have to put the surgery off another 6 months or if we go ahead. Its funny, I always hope and pray that by some miracle we will go in and they will say, wow hew heart healed on its own, but in reality that is not a possibility. I just want to get this surgery over with before she gets old enough that I have to explain it to her.

My neice Makaylah came over to play with Natalie yesterday. It is so funny when they get together, they just start screaming together in a high pitch squeal! We tried to take their pictures together, but they wouldn't sit still.