In 2007 our third son was born, we were expecting a healthy, normal birth, he immediately went into respiratory distress, and was flown to a NICU in St.Louis, Mo for possible heart lung bypass(ECMO). While in the NICU he was diagnosed with a very rare syndrome (Rubinstein Taybi Syndrome), this is the story of our journey, our new kind of normal.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

One heavy load!

I took Alex outside with me to water the flowers, and before I could water everything my arm was burning from his weight. He is 27 pounds, and I don't lift weights. So we put him in our "Baby Trend" carrier, that also is a seat, and I wore him on my back and finished watering the flowers. He loved it, and it was sweet to feel his fingers in my hair. He is way to heavy for me to take on walks this way, but I think when we go to parks he can at least sit in it, and I can carry him for about 15 minutes at a time.










6 comments:

Kelly said...

I love the picture of him laughing!

What a chunk!!He could take AnnaKate down, she is only 22 pounds!

Did Noah love first grade?

Kelly

Cindy said...

You're lifting weights now! :) I love backpack carriers too.

Myssie said...

He is so cute! What a chunky monkey!!

Cathy said...

I love to just look at him! Weights, who needs them when you get to carry Alex aroung, right?
Cathy & Annabel

Jacqui and Lloyd said...

The picture of him laughing is just precious. I love watching his little personality emerge through the pics on your blog

hennhouse said...

Wow! He looks happy in that second photo!!