7 months old!

"They grow up so fast" is the phrase everyone says about kids, and boy is it true! I was even told this phrase yesterday as I was leaving the pediatrician office by a lady leaving the same time as me (no kids with her), she opened the office door for me as I carried Ethan out to the car. It's hard to believe that Ethan is officially 7 months old today! So much has happened, yet it still seems like just yesterday that I first held him in my arms.

Today also makes 7 weeks since Ethan's 2nd heart surgery - the Glenn. One more week and we can pick him up under the arms (not like I'm counting down or anything!). After visiting the pediatrician and hearing Ethan now weighs over 18 pounds, no wonder why I feel like I'm getting a workout by holding him and picking him up so much every day! We still have our home scale that we used to use for weekly weigh-ins but since we don't have to do it anymore, we have boxed it up and it's not worth getting back out so I was curious to see how much weight he'd gained since his 6 month checkup.

By the way, speaking of picking Ethan up so much, Dan hurt his arm/elbow about a week and a half ago from falling off his road bike and hasn't been able to pick him up very much. Dan doesn't think his arm is broken so he hasn't gone to the doctor yet, and it started feeling better towards the end of last week, but now it's hurting pretty bad again so he hopes to see the doctor about it today. You can keep him in your prayers that his arm gets better soon so he can have full use of it again (and get to hold Ethan more - he misses that!)