Happy New Year

Our family hopes you all had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year. We had a crazy and wonderful Christmas. Jackson really understood what all this meant. He connects "presents" with "Christmas" now. He was sad when it was over. Our house looked like a Toys-R-us bomb exploded. I plan to post some pictures from the holidays soon.

I wanted to let you all know that your prayers for Jonathan to gain weight are being answered with a "yes." His last documented weight was 8.5 pounds -- last week at his pediatrician visit. With less scientific methods, we think he's over 9 pounds now. His appetite continues to be good. So, that's about a 1.5 pound gain over his birth weight. He's just needs to be adding 1/3 to 1/2 ounce per day. Please specifically pray for this.

We go back to the cardiologist next week. We won't know if this weight is enough schedule the big open heart surgery now or if he'll need what I call the "temporary fix" surgery. If you've been following this, a good weight gain makes it more likely that the surgeons can do one surgery (fixing all the problems at once) vs. two separate procedures.

I know you all have been faithfully praying. Please keep it up. I'll post more frequent updates now that the holidays are behind us. All your encouragement over the Christmas was simply wonderful. We are so blessed.

Jamie