Watch me grow!!

I know I'm a little late posting this but here is Link's SEVEN MONTH picture! He's getting so BIG (for him)!

Here is his 1 month picture so you can see how he's grown!

Here's a couple more pics just for fun!!

And Just an FYI: Link is scheduled for the Glenn Surgery on September 14th. Then we will be at Primary's for a couple weeks. After this surgery we will hopefully be off oxygen and done with surgeries for a few years. We'll keep you all posted.

Pictures

It's time for another picture post of the cutest baby ever!! So here it goes...

This is what we do all day- stare at each other.


He loves the camera... really any kind of technology. But he usually just tries to grab it and eat it.
Oh my goodness! This could quite possibly be my favorite picture yet of the little guy!
Link loves his feet! He is always grabbing them and trying to eat them!
Links favorite toy at the moment (thanks Tristin!). He's getting so old!!

And I forgot to post his six month picture (and he'll be seven months in three days. Oops!)
LOVE the BLOOPERS this month!!

Checking out his feet!
Attacking the dog!
And of course, he has to eat him!We love our Linkers!!!

I love Jane!!

Who knew I could be a Jane Austen fan... but I am! I read 'Pride and Prejudice' in High School because it was an assignment and that is the last of my Jane Austen days... until now. About two weeks ago I watched the BBC movie of 'Persuasion' and though it was kinda a budget film, I loved the story and decided to read it.

I absolutely LOVED it!!! So I decided to read Emma...

Loved it as well, so I read Sense and Sensibility.

I just finished and liked it as well! I highly recommend them.


What to read next...?

Put a fork in me... I'm DONE!!!!!

After...

58 credit hours

411 clinical clock hours

83 adult clinical clock hours

2 years of full-time work

1 preschool

1 elementary school

1 high school

1 rehab center

3 summers

2 school years

Multiple 'motivating' emails from our coordinator

Multiple CHANGES to our program

1 Comprehensive Exam

(Study sessions at Primary Children's for the Comprehensive Exam. Thanks girls!)

1 Praxis Exam

Lots of laughs (especially during the summers- you've got to laugh after spending 9 hours a day in a classroom or you will go crazy!!!)

A couple tears

Thousands of dollars in tuition

10+ text books

13+ final exams

Who knows how many papers and projects

1 very supportive husband

1 very cute baby

24 incredible classmates/friends who made it all worth it

I have finished my MASTERS!!! I finished all my coursework about a month ago but have been waiting for all my grades. You may now refer to me as Master Whitney, Master Mommy, whatever you want, as long as it has a 'Master' before it!!!! (jk!)

I can now sign my name Whitney Ferry MEd SLP (or something like that!)

Heart Catheter Surgery #3

Link had his third heart catheter surgery yesterday. This cath was a preparatory surgery for the Glenn surgery he will have sometime this month. The purpose of the cath was to get an inside view of the heart and take dimensions, pressures, etc. They also ruled out a couple other surgical options and we are definitely going to do the Glenn now. Link was so good and so brave all day long. Here's a play by play.

Link getting all his stats checked in preparation for surgery. Mommy getting in some last kisses.

Getting a last minute nap in before surgery. It didn't last long. He was ANGRY from not getting to eat. I think one of the hardest parts is not being able to feed him and him not understanding why and being VERY UPSET...then waiting forever for the surgery to start! Russ was so good to take care of him and try to calm him down.
Even though he was starving, he was all smiles when he saw the cute nurses. After the surgery, the nurses told us that he is such a pretty baby that they couldn't tell if he was a girl or boy!

Here is Link going into surgery- he was braver than mommy and daddy.

After surgery we had to stay six hours to make sure everything was okay and to keep his legs still. Link was a rockstar and slept most of the time.He was so excited to eat after surgery!

We took him home last night and he's been doing pretty good. He only woke up a couple more times than usual last night. He's been a little grumpy and sleepy today but has still given us a lot of smiles. What a trooper!!

We don't have the Glenn surgery scheduled yet. All we know is that it will be sometime in August. After that, he should be off oxygen and hopefully be done with surgeries for a while.

How do I change font color?

So, my background disappeared and they made me put a new background on my blog but I couldn't change my font color from blue to black. I did it before but I looked all over this time and could not figure it out! So I had to go back to a temporary dark background. Can someone help me!!!!!?