This past Sunday I got to celebrate my first Mother's Day with my very special little boy. It was a great day spent with my boys and then later on with the rest of the family. Eli got to see his cousins (really my cousin's kids) and he just loved fitting right into the family. You can tell he really wants to be more mobile and able to play with kids, he is just so entertained by people it's wonderful.
We are STILL waiting to hear back from Early Intervention. We did his evaluation on April 17th or so and he qualified to receive both physical and developmental therapy. They are taking their sweet time getting back to me about who will be his therapist and when we will actually see them. I've called and left numerous messages but have yet to get a response, this mama is getting frustrated. He is really working on crawling, it's just those darn arms of his he hasn't figured out yet. I'm surprised he hasn't given himself some sort of carpet burn when he manages to push off with his legs. Like I've said before he can roll anywhere he wants to go so he just doesn't find much necessity in the crawl. He still fights us on sitting on his butt too, he really just wants to go flat and roll. He will sit if there is someone sitting behind him supporting him but even that doesn't last very long. Either way I'm sure he will get there and once he does catch up he will be a mobile madman.
We went to the cardiologist a week and a half ago for his monthly check up and Eli is doing great. He was happy with his progress and test results from his 24hour holter monitor and his echo and ekg look great. We have now progressed to the every 4 months appointments! Yay!!!
I am so happy and relieved to say that Eli got his mickey button (feeding tube) removed today! He did so well and only cried for maybe 10 seconds, such a strong boy. He did develop some keloids around it so we are hoping it will heal on its own without having to be stitched up. If it does have to be stitched up that would be considered a surgery and he'd have to be sedated. I was planning to schedule his circumcision at that time if surgery was required since he would be sedated anyways.
Eli's 1st birthday is planned and invitations are officially in the mail! Time flies when you're having fun! Through all of the ups and downs and scary times in the past 11 months I can honestly say Eli has made it all worth it. I couldn't ask for a better child! I told my friend yesterday, he has turned into a little person and not so much of a baby anymore :( I am lucky in the sense that I got an extended version of him being a baby.
