Bobby's New Beginning

We finally have a surgery day to look forward to/worry about. Bobby's heart will be fixed on July 31st. He'll be one day shy of 17 weeks old.

In all honesty, we were hoping for a quicker date. His breathing is getting worse and he is often very uncomfortable. Plus, we just want to be able to move forward and focus on something new. That said, it's good news that the doctors believe he can wait another 6 weeks. We also have the chance to put another 2-3 pounds on him, which can only improve his chances of doing well.

Valerie goes back to work this Thursday. We're both anxious about leaving him - it's been so much easier for me to go to work knowing that Bobby was with Valerie. But, we have what we believe will be a wonderful option for Bobby. Synthia is a baby expert who has been taking care of kids longer than I've been alive. She's worked with special needs babies before, in fact she had one herself. When she holds Bobby he gazes at her as if to say 'Hi beautiful lady who knows what she's doing. Where the heck have you been?'

On the Bobby front, he's mostly about getting bigger and dealing with the heart problems. But he has also started an amazing new phase of baby talking. Valerie and I both talk to him non stop and he is rewarding us with a series of coos and one high pitched greeting that sounds like a drawn out 'hi', though maybe what's he's really saying is 'Can you mamas please stop talking so much? A boy needs his rest.' Who knows? It's all such a beautiful mystery.