Forget Me Not: Alexander

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Alexander

It has been nearly a month of having our little one home. Tuesday he will be six weeks old. He has shown us even before his birth that he was demanding and had a temper. He came into this world on his own terms and continues to demand that he gets his way. After all he is a red head. If he doesn't like he will scream till he gets what he wants. Which is usually cuddling with Mommy, being feed or changed and mostly return of his binkie from his sisters. We have been blessed that his heart condition is improving each week. Our first appointment with his cardiologist went well. His enlarged muscles, hole, murmur, obstruction have fixed themselves. We have another appointment in a week where he will have another echo cardiogram. His aorta is very narrow and if it doesn't improve we are looking at surgery before the end of the year. We have faith this will improve also. When Alex was only a couple days old he began to get worse. They were talking about transferring him to Primary's NICU. Matt and our former Bishop Wright came to the hospital and gave him a blessing that he would be healthy. Sadly poor boy has a cold right now.
His sisters adore him, sometimes a little too much. Emme wants to be right with him. She wants to see him constantly and give him kisses. She likes to rock him and sing silly made up songs to him. She declares he is cute and we can keep him. Anytime anyone holds him she tells them even Grandma they can not take him home. Livi likes to help feed him even when he doesn't want to be feed. We have to watch her as she will often shove a bottle into his little mouth or steal his binkie. She likes to pet his head and give little kisses. Of course they take advantage any time I am distracted with him to get into trouble. Let's just say crayons are currently banned at our house.