I love these smiles!

Floating Hair

Buddy keeps on trying to capture Random's hair floating in the bathtub because he thinks it's cool. He doesn't think he's quite got the right picture yet. Here are a couple pictures that he took tonight.

Jumpin'!!!

Here are a few pictures of Perrin in Random's old jumper. He had a really good time bouncing around for about 20 minutes. Random came along to check Perrin out. Who can resist messing around with a bouncy baby?

Update on Perrin's Sedated ECG

Perrin's sedated ECG has been scheduled for 8:30 am on Thursday, June 29th in Shady Grove. So many things suck about this appointment. Perrin can't eat 4 hours prior to this appointment. We have to drive to Shady Grove from Bowie during rush hour traffic with a baby who hasn't had anything to eat in 4 hours. After the ECG is done, we have to stick around the Drs office for 2 additional hours so that they can make sure that he is okay. It just plain sucks. I keep reminding myself that we are lucky to have this child and that modern medicine has made his survival possible. I love Perrin and will do anything to keep him healthy and happy. In the end, we just have to suck it up, be grateful to have the child with us, and get used to it because I have a feeling that this whole sedated ECG process is going to become routine... sigh.

Growing up!

This one was taken on May 26, 2005 - one year ago today.

This one was taken today - May 26, 2006. My how he has grown!

What I woke up to at 3:30am on Monday :o)

When I saw this little face, I knew we wouldn't be going back to sleep. He was a happy little guy!

The Tents - For Mom

There were these two tents in the woods since January. I really didn't know if I should call the City about it or if I should just let whomever owned the tents be. I'm sure that there is no camping in the woods behind our house. So, I let them be. While my Mom was here after Perrin was born, she saw that the owners of the tents were a few teenage boys. In January, there was no foliage to hide the tents and now you can barely see the one tent that is left out there. The picture on the top is the view of the woods from our backyard. The picture on the bottom is a close-up on the tent that is left.

Perrin's visit to the Cardiologist

First off, this child now weighs 12 pounds and is 24 inches long. He's only 10 weeks old! He has gained 5 pounds since he was born and is now wearing 6 month sized clothes. Phew! It seems like he is in a big hurry to grow up. He must know that there are video games and Heroscape to be played! :o)

Anyhow, the appointment at the cardiologist went okay. We've been going once about every three weeks. (To find out why we are taking Perrin to the cardiologist so often, look here. ) Well, Perrin refused to be still during this visit. Dr. Shapiro said that things looked the same as they did last time. He also said that we will need to go to the Rockville office in 6 to 8 weeks. Perrin wriggled around too much this time and Dr. Shapiro was unable to get a clear look at the valve. Next time, they will try to get Perrin to cooperate for the ECG. If he doesn't, they will give him come baby valium and do the ECG that way.

Mother's Day

Here are some pictures from Mother's Day. I am so lucky to have the family I have and I am very thankful for each and every one of them.

Perrin

Random, Perrin, and me.

Random

Random, Buddy, Perrin and me.

The locket I got from the boys.