Getting Excited

I think I need to take some pictures because apparently Mike needs something to break up all the "word" posts. :) So I promise to work on that. We had a celebration dinner tonight. What were we celebrating, might you ask? Getting to move to one-a-week appointments! Our appointment went really great today. We even had Collin with us (we were pretty nervous since this was the first time he tagged along with us!) He was cute and was on his best behavior. Our baby is stable, with the same teeny little pocket on the right side of the chest and the same amount on the left. The shunt is still in place, and everything looks pretty good (all things considered!) The tech took some semi-cute pictures of our little guy in 4-D (cute because he is ours  but I still think ultrasound pictures are just not that cute) and I will have to scan them when Collin is awake, since the printer/scanner is in his room. And whatever-his-name-will-be looks a lot like his big brother Ryker. It is pretty cute to see such strong similarities. They have the same little nose, the same frown lines, and are just both so cute! The doctors are just astounded at how things look, considering how sick he was and how much fluid there was. Our perinatologist is funny because he keps calling in his colleagues to show off how great our baby looks. He is one proud doc. I go next week for a fetal echo at Primary's, and our doctor told us to tell our way funny cardiologist that he needs to tell us exactly what is happening and how this has all happened. And we seriously will, since we love to give our cardiologist a good laugh. I love being on the positive side of things, and living the miracle. Because even with the fluid, we can actually start to make plans for our baby. What a miracle to be able think and plan the "little" things, about how we will layout Collin's room (since he will be sharing with his little brother, or the blankets/bottles/outfits/etc. It makes us smile. He still has a journey, but knowing that we can make plans for him brings us a lot of peace. I know that we could never be where we are without the prayers and fasting for our baby from our friends, family, and all of you. Love befuddling the doctors in a good way.