Today our boy is a year old!  It seems just like yesterday we were bringing him into the world, watching and waiting to see if he’d pull through his heart condition and surgeries.

I vividly remember the sights and sounds of the NICU at UAB.  I remember scrubbing up and carefully manipulating the wires attached to him just to be able to touch and hold him.  We saw him for all of two minutes after he was born, then had to wait six hours to see him again.

He was the biggest baby in the NICU, but he was still tiny and had a hard road ahead.  I remember seeing him for the first time that December morning.  I cried so much looking down at him.  We prayed, and we stayed with him.  We loved on him as best we could.

Three days later he had his first heart cath.  Three weeks after that he had a shunt implanted above his heart.  Three weeks later, we brought him home.

Now the little man is eating us out of house and home, and he brings so much joy to our lives.  He’s a happy boy.  He smiles a lot, and he loves to flirt with the ladies.    That’s my boy!

He’ll have another heart cath in January, but they’re not expecting anything major.  In fact, during our cardiologist visit last month, his ventricle is growing nicely, and his oxygen levels are awesome!  We don’t know what’s next, but we know his doctor is very happy with his progress.

I haven’t updated the family photos page recently, but I hope to over the Christmas break.  If you’d like to read and remember with us, you can go back and start here.  There are more entries about him before that one, but that’s the entry after he was born.

Happy birthday, my precious David.  I love you so much, and I know God has so many wonderful things planned for you.  I’m so happy you’re mine.