Micah's big brothers and sister. They truly adore their little brother and cheer him on when he makes another milestone.

Micah at 22 months!!! He is getting so big and so chubby!!! Loving his progress every day!!!

How time flies...

It's incredible to think it's already June 1st. It's been a whole year since Micah's health finally turned around. On May 27th it was the 1 year anniversary of his Cleft Palate repair. Before that Micah was in and out of the hospital every couple of weeks since January 2010. He was small and weak and was barely growing at all. He would randomly stop breathing and send us into a panic trying to get him to restart. He battled infection after infection, every treatment/procedure they did to fix one problem another one would pop up. Then his palate was repaired and tubes were placed in his ears. Suddenly everything changed!!! He could hear!!! He could take a bottle!!! He could eat baby food!!! He began physical therapy and began to use his body to travel. It was as though he was a different baby. He was always a fighter, but you could see how weak he was. Suddenly it was as though he got a second wind and he was pushing against every barrier put against him.

It wasn't until last December that he ended up back in the hospital for something; and even that was minor, just observation for the croup. He did end up having the emergency circumcision last December as well but that he recovered from very quickly. Though the winter was a little hard on him, he pushed himself to get better every time. He was not about to be taken out of the game for the sniffles or a cough. He has things to do and he was going to do them no matter what. Isn't it amazing how a baby can show you how to live life even when they haven't been on this world very long?

It took Micah 9 months, from the time he started PT for him to start walking. Every week Miss Hannah would come and work with him and push him to get stronger and just before she would leave she would show Micah a new trick. When she returned the next week he would have mastered it. Miss Hannah would always say how impressed she was with his personal drive to get stronger and do this things a "normal" kid would do. 9 months to go from just laying in a corner on some pillows, doing nothing but watching his siblings play and having his meals pumped in through the feeding pump, to rolling over, sitting up, scooting, crawling, standing, cruising and eventually walking. I know that's normal for most babies from birth to 9-10 months, but Micah was almost 10 months old when his palate was repaired. He was seriously delayed and he pushed his little body to do more than he had even done before.

Now we are getting ready to celebrate his 2nd birthday in August and he is walking, running, eating normal food, and even trying to talk (kinda). I can't believe in just a few days he will be 22 months old. It seems unreal all the changes and growth he's made. With everything his little body has gone through; all the pain and set backs, I know God has big plans for him. I can't wait to see what they are!!!!