Damon has been under the weather for the last few days. He's had a fever and cough. He was feeling better through out the day, but tonight his fever came back. He's really weak and cranky. Jeremy is out of town for some work training this week and next and I've been coughing some so just pray for all of us, that we can be well and sane and safe. Talk to you soon.

Sarah

Damon had an appointment with Dr Tong last week and it went so well. He grew 3 centimeters, gained over a pound and his sats were in the high 70's. Dr T said that we probably wouldn't need to start thinking about his surgery until around the time he turns 4, or maybe even 4 1/2!! (As long as he keeps growing and there aren't any problems.)

I was really surprised by all this info cause I was going there expecting to have him tell us we needed to go up for his cath. I didn't really think he had grown and he's been really blue lately so I thought his sats would be lower, but God proved me wrong. He is so faithful and I'm praising Him for this good news. Talk to you all later.

Sarah

Instead of brushing his teeth like he was told, Myles decided to have a starring contest with himself in the mirror. I walked in to hear him say "Haha, you blinked first!" Ahh, I love the comic relief.

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week is coming up soon. I'll be posting some info so stay tuned.

Sarah

We were playing Hi Ho Cherry O tonight and Myles got a scratch on his knee from something on the floor. I looked for a long time and finally found two tiny pieces of glass from broken Christmas tree ornaments. Now hold it right there, I know what you're thinking and I DID vacuum after anything got broken and then once really good after we took the tree down and then a few times since then too. But my vacuum is stupid and old and needed a new filter a year ago and it's just stupid and doesn't suck very well. So it wasn't my fault. Anyway, Myles had these two tine scratches on his knee that were bleeding just a little, mostly because he was squeezing them. He was complaining about them hurting, which is actually pretty low key for him. Usually he screams and takes full advantage of visible blood so I've got to give him credit. I asked him if he wanted a band aid. He says to me "Mom, you gotta get me one of the big ones, you know out of the First Date kit in the car."

You're welcome for the :~) Talk to you later.

Sarah

Damon likes to each Chinese because he gets chop sticks, which he promptly turns into drum sticks. We had Chinese two weeks ago and he kept his chop sticks and drummed around with them until this last Saturday when he proceeded to flush one of them down the toilet. The problems didn't make themselves known until this morning, but there were PROBLEMS! Thankfully we have a neighbor who is a maintenance man and he had the neatest contraption that just took care of that chop stick right away. So thanks so much to Mike. Damon will not be bringing anymore chop sticks home.

Sarah

Myles has a friend named Kylie that lives down the street. She comes over sometimes to play and they play outside sometimes with the other kids in the neighborhood. The other day she came over to see if he could go next door to play with the kids and I told him he could. He was only gone for about 15 minutes or so and when he came back he was upset. I went to see what was wrong and Damon came to tell me that Kylie broke Myles' heart. I looked at Myles and he started bawling and said "she did mom, she broke my heart." It took a while to get him to tell us what happened. Apparently they got into a fight about something and Kylie told him to go home because he couldn't play there anymore. He told her she wasn't the boss of him and then her dad came out and got her in trouble. Then she told him to go home again and she didn't want to be his friend anymore. It really hurt his feelings, which I totally understand cause I had a friend say that to me once and I never forgot it. Anyway, Myles said he didn't want to be her friend anymore either, but then later she came to say sorry and all was forgotten. But the funniest thing was how upset Damon was. He walked right to the front door ready to go find her and defend his brother's honor. He was very protective and so upset that someone had "bwoken his bubby's heawt." So cute!

P.S. I have no idea how either of them know how to use the phrase "broke my heart" in context.

Jeremy and I both are on Facebook quite a bit. He found a HLHS support group on there with a lot of people to talk to and get info from. I don't so much feel like I need support but there are some young people that are members that actually have HLHS, like in their 20's. So I'm really interested to talk to them, I have so many questions about what life has been like for them. That really is the unknown factor for all these kids; the future. So I'll keep you posted on what we find out and who we meet there. Talk to you all later.

Sarah

We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. We are excited to see family and exchange gifts but we must never forget the reason we celebrate; our Savior coming to earth, giving us the ultimate gift of His life for ours. I didn't used to understand why people always talked about Jesus dying on the cross around Christmas time, but a few years ago the light came on. Jesus came to earth to die. That was His purpose. He came to earth the picture of innocence. Thirty three years later he died for our sins on that cross, still the picture of innocence. You cannot consider Jesus' birth without also considering His death. So as you celebrate Jesus' birth today and tomorrow, also celebrate your salvation. And if you haven't received the salvation of Jesus, what are you waiting for? Please be safe and blessed as you celebrate our Lord's birth.

Damon has been doing so great with potty training. He wears big boy underwear during the day and a diaper at night, but mostly wakes up dry. He gets so excited everytime he goes on the potty, he makes the cutest face! He isn't telling us when he has to go poo, he usually just sits down and we can tell what's going on so we run him into the bathroom. But he's actually gone poo on the potty several times, so he can do it. I think he's just still a little scared, since he's had so many problems with #2 for such a long time. Anyway, just wanted to give you an update. We're excited about Christmas and will hopefully have some pictures of our decorating up soon. Talk to you later!

Sarah

You are growing up so fast and you make everyone so happy. Happy birthday buddy! We love you so much.