It's been 6 months. . .

. . . since Landon's last surgery.  It's hard to believe- I didn't even realize it until this morning in a doctor's appointment I was asked how old he has at his surgeries and I realized that it's been 6 months.  It's amazing to me that at that point he had spent so much of his life in the hospital but now it seems like so long ago and I'm sure he remembers nothing about it.  It has been incredible to see him come so far in 6 months and to turn into a somewhat normal happy baby.  He is still a little bit behind developmentally in a few areas- we went to a child development center today to see a phsyical therapist and she said that he has low muscle tone and some weak muscles which is probably why he's not really crawling more than an army crawl.  We'll do some physical therapy to help with this and hopefully he'll catch up at some point.

Gary mentioned that he was waving in the last post but his newest thing now is clapping.  It doesn't actually make much noise but he definitely claps his hands and it makes Gary very happy (anyone that knows Gary pretty well, knows that he claps ALL the time).

He's getting more into watching little videos on the TV like baby einstein, sesame street, etc.  It's fun to watch him totally dazed out and in awe of whatever is on the screen.  He's a pretty happy kid for the most part and we are so grateful to have had 6 months of no hospital stays!

Wave Landon... Wave!

It's been a little while since we posted so I wanted to at least get a short post out there.  We just got back from vacation, from which we will have a detailed post in the coming days. 

Landon has been doing great over the last month and a half since we last posted.  He is growing stronger and taller every day.  I think Allison said he was in the 32nd percentile yesterday which is astonishing.  It has gotten to the point where I don't really worry about that anymore.

Last week Landon started to wave at us upon request.  Some times more quickly than others but an exciting event for us to see him mentally develop.  He is still not crawling yet, but "inching" is the best way to describe it.  A little closer every day.  A little behind the eight-ball there but gets closer and closer.  He is putting weight on his legs now and can hold himself up against the sofa/coffee table for longer periods of time.  He can't lift himself on his own there, but I have a feeling this will happen once he starts to crawl.  He is also learning how to place his blocks into the container (sometimes better than others!). 

His attention span is also markedly increasing.  It is fun to watch him watch things intently.  He loves his bottle, any piece of paper given, our kitchen faucet, any puppet and any animal sound mommy makes.  Mom does this way better than daddy.  Updated pictures will be coming in the next post.

Gary