New heart, New beginnings!

I can't express enough how thankful I am to be on the other side of Dex's surgery.  Aside from some sleeping issues (that are getting better, day by day), he is just an amazing baby.  I never imagined that his recovery would be so quick, so seamless.  When I look back on the last 6 months, there were some hard days.  Hard weeks.  Sleepless nights.  But all I really see now is just a road filled with fun -- exploring first foods (see below!), crawling, walking, TALKING!  Agh, I can't wait for it all.  Now that we have this major hump behind us, we can just concentrate on the JOY that this baby brings us.  And man, does he BRING IT!

Dex has kind of monopolized the blog lately (for good reason) but I can't forget to praise his big brother and big sister.  They have been amazing big siblings and are conquering milestones of their own everyday!  They just started 2nd and 4th grades and they were SO excited to go back to school (that will be the case every year in the future, RIGHT?!)  It was so sweet to see them reunite with their friends and get excited about school again.  I don't love the early mornings (although Dex had that covered anyway) and the upcoming homework, but I do love that we are back in some sort of routine.  And FALL SPORTS are coming!  YAY!  Jacob will be playing baseball and football again.  Maddie will be playing soccer.

Cheers to a great school year!!

He seriously loves eating his feet

First time sitting like a big boy in the grocery cart!

Jake and Maddie's first day of school.  Jacob gets to wear red polos this year (this is a big deal) and he is now in the "big kids" building with the middle schoolers!

Dex is SO MUCH better in the car!  yay!

He really did NOT know what to think about his taste of his first food (peas!)

 

He LOVES his bouncy seat!