Well...

I've been seriously slacking!

Midget has come out of his cast and completed another 6 weeks of wearing a brace.  Yep... it's been 12 weeks since he had his surgery.  He's doing remarkably well and is finally cleared to start therapy again (much to his therapist's dismay *snort*).  Unfortunately, Midget has been sick for nearly a month now.  Started with a cold that turned into the flu that turned into pneumonia and now he's got a cold again.  And he so kindly shared it with me!  *sniffle*

I am happy to say I'm no longer pregnant!  Weeeeee!!

Itty Bitty made his appearance at 11:20 am on November 8.  He was definitely an itty bitty weighing in at only 7 pounds, 4 ounces.... over a pound smaller than his brother.  But in every other way he was the same... 20 1/2 inches long (Midget was the same) and 13 1/2 inch head circumference (Midget's was 13 5/8 inches).  He has a beautiful head of light brown and very blond hair (like salt and pepper) and the most gorgeous blue eyes!  We just love him to pieces... yes even when he's throwing a "I don't want to go to sleep" tantrum at 11 at night.

The sad part to his arrival was that he was born very sick.  He has congential cytomegalovirus (CMV) which has caused issues with his liver and spleen (that should correct themselves as the virus goes dormant in his system), low platelet counts (which have corrected themselves), and mild hearing loss.  He has and will continue to be followed very closely by his pediatrician and the doctors at Children's.  He is currently on treatment for the CMV; although it's made a huge difference already, he's still got a fight ahead of him.

Now we are preparing ourselves and the house for Christmas.  We have invited our families up for lunch that day and are really, really excited about it.

I hope everyone has a very blessed and merry Christmas this year!  We certainly will be celebrating all of our many blessings!