Hudson Bear

Hudson is 5 weeks today, and we can't believe it! As of the last two nights, he is sleeping huge chunks through the night. That is always so great when that starts happening because the local cafes have by now run out of coffee in the mornings for me haha :)

We have weaned him off all of his calcium supplements, and I am taking him twice a week to get his heel stuck :( for calcium levels checked through his blood to make sure they remain normal. As of now, everything is looking fine! Hudson goes tomorrow morning for his monthly echocardiogram for his heart. They just want to keep checking to see if the two holes show evidence of closing as of yet, and the other positive thing is that he is still showing no signs or symptoms relating to the holes in his heart which babies normally do by now if there are going to be any issues. Praise the Lord! We are praying for the holes to close on their own so that we can avoid any future surgeries for him. God is good!

Hudson loves to be held..constantly! If he's not in our arms, he's in a sling or pack going around doing chores with mom or dad! Shane started back to work this week after some extra time off for our whole ICU ordeal, and it's been interesting with four children on my own to say the least. My mom went back home, and a lack of extra hands is noticed! We are definitely busy around here.

Paige, Chase and Julia are just in heaven with Hudson and love to sing and talk to him. They continuously want to hold him and snuggle with him. He is never lacking in the cuddle department. At his last week's checkup he is 10-1/2 lbs and grew over an inch since birth! I was so glad about the weight gain because he lost a lot while in his ICU stay since he was just on saline for a few days before they let him eat with all his testing.

Thank you so much for all your prayers and love xoxo