Long Overdue!

Well, I tried to post this once earlier in the holidays but it didn't post, not sure what the issue is/was, but I'm trying again...

Kadin has come a long ways in the past few months.  It seems that he just started doing everything at once.  Once he learned to army crawl, the "normal" crawling was upon us before we knew it ... and though his therapists kept saying that he needed to be sitting up before he crawled, he did both within a few weeks of each other (crawling first) and it didn't seem to make much difference in him.  HE IS DETERMINED!  He began crawling and then sitting himself up on his side, then he was finally strong enough to sit all the way up and now, today, he is pulling himself up onto everything and cruizing along furniture, walls, doors, ANYTHING he can hold onto, he is GONE! lol  He is so precious!

Kadin was sick for a couple of months and we were really concerned.  I was having to give him breathing treatments two and three times a day, he rattled, he coughed, he threw up ... it was not easy and definitely not pretty, but we managed our way thru it and today he is just fine ... guess it was mostly allergies because no one has really been sick.  We went to the doctor once every week for a couple of months so they could monitor his sats and even had some xrays to check for pneumonia and any other infection that was keeping him stirred up ... glad all of that is over now.

Our little man is even clapping now.  He claps when he is happy or when he likes something, especially if you ask him if he wants a bottle and his answer is to clap, that means YES!  He also throws his hands and arms up in the air when we say YAY! ha ha  It's so precious.  He laughs uncontrollably when you growl, and he even growls when he wants something (like food) and needs to get your attention!

I can not believe how much this baby is eating.  I have to feed him about six or seven times a day.  He eats big people food and really turns his nose up at baby food ... but he just barely has 2 teeth showing so he can't eat much other than soft mushy things.  It's still awesome to see him enjoy all of our meals with us.  If you are evern chewing anything, even GUM ... he knows it and wants whatever you have. 

He has become so strong willed lately, but I actually think this is a characteristic that was present in him from day one, it is part of the reason that his fiesty little self made it thru all he has been thru, with little to no problems now, but for instance, he wanted my daughter's laptop tonight and had a throw-yourself-backwards-type of fit when she wouldn't let him have it!  I missed it, but I heard about it when I got home, and I can so envision it anyway that I'm almost glad that it was Daddy who got to deal with that one and not me!  He is very demanding, he requires a lot of attention, loves to be held, and is slowly but surely learning to cuddle with us.  Cuddling is not something that he has ever done.  I attribute that to him being used to not being held once he was outside of the womb ... yes he was held in the NICU, but for 10 weeks he was on the ventilator and if I got to hold him it was for an hour at a time and not every day, depended on his strength and issues present at the time....

So I guess we move on continuing to see our pediatrician and specialists as the appointments come up and work with him every day as he continues to grow ..... and just love him.  He is the greatest blessing I think we have ever had.  No matter what he does, he brings tears to my eyes (especially when he tries to rip my lips off, lol) and a smile to my heart.  He is so loved and adored with everything that is within us .... THANK GOD for our little SPOILED miracle baby!

Thank you all for your continued prayers, and if you would like to see Kadin dancing to the tunes of my 8 year old playing Rockband, go to www.youtube.com/redlady88 and you can get a good belly laugh!  There's a little air guitar in there too, just watch....

Blessings.....

Leslie