Merry Christmas 2010

Blaze had a cardiology appointment on Monday of this week. Dr. Tong pronounced it “a boring appointment.” Beautiful words, indeed. Internally he continues to thrive. We are so grateful. I was getting nervous because Dr. Tong seemed to take longer coming in to meet with us after the appointment, but everything looked great. Blaze behaved himself very nicely, too. The previous visit he was full of rage and anger when they wanted to put things on him, which is understandable. He had chilled out a lot this time, I was so glad. We explained the day before that we were going and they would be taking pictures of his heart. When they put the wand on his chest to do the echo, the resisting stopped as he looked at the monitor and said, “Well, look at that!” He was so amazed and in awe of the pictures coming out of him. He’s up to 27 pounds! Hooray! We’re getting there. Our next appointment is in April.

Blaze is very excited about Christmas. After his cardiology appointment I took Blaze shopping for Daddy. In his defense, he did slurp down an entire small chocolate shake on the way home, and he had been to the doctor for two hours that day, so he was getting goofy in the store that night. He would lean to one side and hang his head over the edge of the cart. He would try turning in the cart. He didn’t like any ideas for Dad and we both were getting frustrated. Then he saw the outdoor Christmas display aisle. We have a couple of things in front of our house, but our neighbor down the street really has everything out. People drive by to look at his displays. Blaze loves walking over and looking at the train, various displays and the nativity. He and Daddy always sing “Happy Birthday, Jesus” when they see the nativity display. So, at Target, Blaze begged to go down the “CHRISTMAS!” aisle. As we were walking down, he started saying, “Happy Birthday, Jesus!” I was very humbled by my little guy. I told him that yes, that was why we celebrated Christmas, because Jesus was born. There was not a nativity display in Target. A few steps later he saw another display, “Oh…sweet little pig” and yes, it was a rather large pig wearing a Santa hat. The moment was gone that night, but I pray that I always remember to consider Jesus, every day.

Thanks for keeping us in your prayers! We are so blessed.