He Sure is Fussy....Oh, That's Why...

Noah has been extremely fussy today, and we couldn’t figure out why until his momma noticed a little white spot on his lower gum. Apparently, our little boy is already teething. I’ve only had a son for a year (including the time he was in my wife’s womb), and I already feel like he’s almost grown up.

He's Huge!

Noah is now 23.75” long and 10lbs, 1oz. He’s growing extremely well, and has had no complications from his surgery. Noah regularly interacts with us, and we can play with him and make him smile and giggle. He routinely sleeps six hours straight at night.

Lord-willing, RSV season will end soon, and we will be able to start taking Noah out in public. We certainly miss church.

Please continue to pray for Noah’s protection from sickness, as his immune system is still weaker than a normal baby’s. However, we praise God for the protection He has already provided, as Noah has been almost completely healthy so far.

Just to help illustrate how much our Miracle Baby has grown; here is a picture of him at three weeks when we brought him home from the hospital, and a picture of him that Sarah took a couple of weeks ago:

And a few more of our favorite pictures:

Noah Smiles!

In the past few days, Noah has started to really interact with us. When we play with him, he's actually beginning to smile and his favorite game is to stick his tongue out in response to his mother or I doing the same.

He's 7lbs, 2oz, now and growing steadily. As you'll see from the following pictures, Noah has put on some baby fat and is becoming a healthy little boy.

Please continue to pray for his protection from sickness this season, particularly RSV, as his immune system is still quite weak.




Because of the short duration of the smiles, I’m afraid the picture came out blurry in our rush to capture it:

More Noah Pictures

Some pictures of Noah from earlier this evening:

Noah Visited the Surgeon

We took Noah to Oklahoma City yesterday to visit the surgeon for the first time since his surgery. The surgeon was very pleased with Noah's progress. In fact, Noah is doing so well that we don't have to go back until May. Originally, the surgeon had said that we would have to be taking him back for checkups every month.

Because of the fact that he was premature and had a heart condition, Noah is very susceptible to sicknesses for the first year or so of his life. The greatest threat is from RSV. The doctors say that if he does contract RSV it will put him back in the NICU, or perhaps even kill him. Because of that, the doctors are urging us to keep Noah at home until RSV season is completely over in May.

Please continue to pray for protection for Noah from RSV or other sicknesses and praise God for the protection he has already provided for our son.

And, of course, a few more pictures: