2 months!

It's hard to believe that Henry is already 2 months old!  Since the day he was born he has been a great eater, taking perfectly to his special bottle - and it shows.  At his 2 month check-up, he weighed 13.1 pounds (90th percentile) and measured at 26 inches (98th percentile).  This is outstanding news because the doctors wanted him to be 10 pounds for his first surgery - and he still has 3 more weeks!  This has been an incredible blessing, as some cleft palate babies have to be tube fed just to keep on weight.  

Henry's first surgery is set for June 28th and will repair his lip and nose, the external elements known as the cleft lip.  This surgery will not correct the palate. We have been told that this first surgery will take about 2-3 hours and we only have to stay in the hospital for one night.  We go in Friday morning and if everything goes according to plan, God willing, we will get to come home on Saturday!  

Today in the mail, we received word from our new insurance company that he has been APPROVED for surgery at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford!!!  We went through months of ups and downs, and were starting to be resigned to other options.  This is truly an answered prayer, thanks be to God!  

The past 2 months with this little guy in our lives has been nothing short of wonderful.  Just in the last couple weeks he has started to make a lot of little baby talk noises, becoming more aware and has even begun smiling a lot.  While his eyes started at a blue/grey color, they are now turning more brown, just like his big brother.  Speaking of, William continues to love him more and more everyday.  When we go in to pick William up from preschool, William is so proud to show off his baby brother to his friends and dotes on him with lots of kisses.  To this day, William has not said one word about Henry's lip or nose, even while most of his friends ask questions about Henry's "broken lip."  The older brother is doing a great job protecting his little brother!  

Here are a couple of our favorites from Henry's newborn pictures:

And a couple more highlights from the last 2 months:

Henry on his 1 month birthday (left) and 2 month birthday (right)

Hello world...it's me, Henry.