Here is his 1 month picture so you can see how he's grown!
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!!
We love our Linkers!!!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. 
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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!
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!!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!!!!!?
Russ's family took a trip to Island Park and Logan this past week. We went up late and were only in Island Park for a day and Logan for a day but it was great to be with family and be with Link on his first vacation. He was a Rock Star and was pretty good through it all. We visited Johnny Sack's cabin in Island Park. (sorry the lighting is so bad in this picture)
Then we went into West Yellowstone and got lunch. Apparently we had worn him out and this was the result!
He went swimming for the first time. Daddy swam with him while I walked around the pool with the oxygen!
And this last picture isn't from our vacation but it's one of our new favorites! We were changing his oxygen and he looks so different without it so we took a few pictures! And as you can tell, his favorite thing to do right now is to stick out his tongue!
Last Friday was my last day at my current elementary school. I am going to be working part-time at an intermediate (6th and 7th grade) school in my district. It's been a bitter-sweet experience the last few months trying to decide whether I should work part-time. I feel bad that it was a hard decision at all. I should have wanted to quit it all and be a full time mommy! I know the greatest joy I will ever have will be from raising my children but at the same time I love my job! I have loved the different opportunities and experiences I have had the past couple years in my current profession. I have loved the students and faculty that I've been able to work with! I went into the greatest profession and love learning something new every day. But one of the reasons I went into this profession (Speech-Language Pathology) was so that I could work part-time. I have the potential (in a month when I finish graduate school!!!!) to work in rehab, hospital, school, or private practice for as little or many hours I want. I am so grateful that I chose this field of work and hope to be able to keep up with my profession and work in some degree throughout my life. For those of you that have seem my little boy, you probably think I'm crazy that it was such a hard decision for me to work part-time because he is so dang cute! I really am excited to be a mommy! I am excited not be pulled so many ways and finally be able to focus on just a couple things at a time. I am so grateful for great babysitters that have raised my little boy- especially my mom who has gone above and beyond the last few months raising Link! Sometimes I think he is confused whether she or I am his mother!!! I am excited to not have to worry about school and have more time to become a better speech therapist and a better mommy!!!
