Heart Check!

We went in today for James' last post-op heart check-up.  Yay!  We were so excited to hear that his heart looks good and he does need another check-up for a whole year!  Way to go, James!  There are still some pulmonary insufficiencies that we need to monitor as, over time, things could degenerate to the point where he needs a new pulmonary valve, but, if that happens, it won't be for awhile.  And our cardiologist hopes that by that time medical technology will have advanced enough to do this procedure in a catheter lab instead of open-heart surgery.

James has been doing really well!  He is settled into our new house and enjoys rolling all over the new floor.  He thinks the kitchen is a great place to make "floor angels."  He is trying so hard to crawl but just isn't there yet.  We'll keep working.  We broke out the baby backpack when he was really grumpy (teething, ugh!) and tried it again.  His legs fit through the right holes this time and James enjoyed being snuggled close to Mommy or Daddy.  It is actually much more comfortable than I anticipated.  He also went on his first train ride with lots of fun family members and enjoyed crabs in Annapolis (well, we enjoyed crabs, he enjoyed hitting the table).

James is using his highchair now!  Our good friends gave us padding that their daughter used for extra support in the high chair and it has been a big help for James.  The car seat wasn't cutting it anymore as James liked to hunch forward which doesn't make for easy eating.  Check out our happy, messy boy!

I like being messy!

Taking ANOTHER picture?!

Just kidding.  :D

With love.