update for september

So October is Spina Bifida awareness month and I want to start this off by telling all you ladies of childbearing age, trying or not, to please take a folic acid supplement. It is very cheap and significantly lessens your chance of having a baby with spina bifida. Also, babies born with spina bifida are miracles, and they are children who can love, and live a happy, full, productive life, but many are still aborted during pregnancy. Please take a minute and just google spina bifida, or go to my very first post, and learn just a little bit about spina bifida and pass the word along.

Now.... what you really want to know. Lane is doing FABULOUS. His doctors appointment went great. He is 14lb 9oz and 25in long. Thats a long way from the 4lb 12oz 17 in baby he came into this world as. The doctors did have to do a minor surgery the following day to remove some tissue from his trach stoma, and that went well too. The major news....they are going to try to take out the trach this spring. YAY!!! Lane starts physical therapy this week so we are excited about that. Nursing starts tomorrow so Roger can finally get back to full time work. As for Lane, he is the happiest baby I have ever seen. He is so full of smiles and coos and laughs. He has two teeth which is amazing for a five month old. Lane has said mom three times and my mom and grandma witnessed it so I officially declare mama as his first word. Sorry Daddy. He is getting some nice head control and PT is going to work on starting to get the skills ready for crawling. He is growing up too fast. Goal wise we are hoping for a swallow study soon to get Lane on a bottle finally. Otherwise he is just a happy, amazing little boy. Be looking for more frequent updates as my internet is finally in my house. Here are some pics of the cutest baby ever of course! Love ya, Danielle