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We are super, super thankful to be home!  Nathan is doing well and has been giving up lots of smiles.  Madison is beyond thrilled to have Nay-Nay back and usually express that through getting so happy to see him she doesn't know what to do other than to hop, hop, hop her excited little body :)



Thanks for your continued prayers for us as we adjust to Nathan's new feeding needs (g-tube) and get back into the full swing of "home life."  Nathan will keep having his roatating physical and ocupational therapies on a weekly basis and we will also begin adding speech therapy to that in the next few weeks to hopefully begin the process of helping him become an oral eater again.  

The biggest thing for the next few months is for Nathan to STAY HEALTHY.  The concensus among the Dr's is that we need to do everything possible to keep him "perfect" from a respiratory standpoint between now and his surgery in July.  Here's to hoping...

Your prayers and support and care for us continue to be overwhelming, life giving and deeply humbling to us.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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