Jason and I celebrated our 8th anniversary yesterday. Actually, celebrated is probably not the correct word, maybe noted or observed would be more appropriate. He had been out of town at the Rolla career fair and got back late, just as I had got the boys into bed. He walked in with a water bottle that had been a freebie at one of the other booths and said "Happy Anniversary". He was kidding of course, he had actually gotten me a necklace with a stone for each boy. I had wanted it for awhile and had seen the charge when I balanced the check book, so it wasn't a huge surprise, but it is nice to finally have it. Kyle would have spoiled the surprise anyways. He made me a bracelet and as he gave it to me said "this is from me and the necklace from Dad is from me to". When I asked what necklace he got really frustrated and said " well, I'm not going to tell you which one, so just try to act surprised, ok?". It was really cute, Jason had showed it to him when he got it and one morning I was getting ready and he handed me the necklace I usually wear and I said "what I really want is a necklace with a 3 stones, one for each of my boys". When I looked in the mirror, he was smiling from ear to ear looking at the ground and then ran out of the room. He is usually so focused on his own things that it was nice to see him excited about someone else receiving. In other Kyle news, he is now insisting on wearing his old Nike's to school as opposed to his new tennis shoes, which are New Balance because "he just wants to". I can't believe his in in kindergarten and already has a brand preference. I'm just glad I don't have any girls to worry about clothing. We also just finished reading our first chapter book. I read a chapter each night from Star Wars, Clone Wars and while it's not a classic, it beat reading the same short book night after night, as he usually gets into a rut with his story selection. I am trying to think of another that would be good to start.
In addition to us, my grandparents are getting ready to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. They are having a card shower, so I made a card from each of the boys on Shapfish. Attached is the picture I used for Ryan, who I am afraid is coming down with his first cold. I am doing pretty well about not panicking and he seems to be breathing well despite the small bit of congestion, but I am keeping my fingers crossed and trying to give him lots of rest by not going anywhere, which makes us all a little stir crazy. Everyone says how quickly the kids grow up, and I know that, but day after day in the house with the 3 of them doesn't exactly make it seem like the time is flying by. We are going to try to go to lunch or dinner this weekend, if we can coordinate a time between soccer, birthday parties and nursing Ryan.
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Hi! I found your blog and had to comment. My son Jacob was born with Transposition also. He is now almost 18 months old and doing really well. We did not know before he was born but he was so blue the doctors knew something was wrong. Jacob had his Arterial Switch operation when he was 5 days old at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
A note about the RSV shots, because Jacob's heart was "repaired" he was not approved by our health insurance for the shots even though both our Pediatrician and Cardiologist wrote letters saying he needed them. We appealed twice but the insurance company still refused payment. We had to keep our little boy home and his two-year old sister away from other kids for the four months of winter. It was hard but Jacob stayed out of the hospital so it was worth it. I hope you have better luck getting approved for the shots!!!
I have documented our journey with Jacob at www.jacobsheart.blogspot.com
Happy Anniversary! I hope all continues to improve with Ryan's diaphragm!
Heart Hugs & Prayers,
Christina
christina@intermountainhealinghearts.org
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