8 Months Old

Hi everyone. I am so sorry it has been so long since I last posted. It is hard to come up with things to update when there is really not that much to report. Don't get me wrong I love "not much to report". Jackson is doing wonderful. He has been off oxygen a little over a month and seems to be doing great. He came off his Viagra about 2 weeks ago and is doing well with that. His breathing is about the same and when we check his pulse ox (% of oxygen in his blood) it is always above 95%!!!!!!! We saw the pulmonologist a couple of days ago and Jackson is doing so good from a respiratory stand point that he decided we could wait 6 months to see him again. They did his weights and measurements, he weighs 17 lbs and is 30 inches tall. That puts him in the 11% for weight and 95% for height. They also did a head circumference and he is in the 95% for that. So basically he is lollipop baby. He is doing good developmentally he is still a little behind but seems to be making strides everyday. He still can not sit up on his own but is getting very close. He can sit supporting himself with his arms for a couple of seconds. He loves to stand with his weight supported, and can stand for a little bit (seconds) holding onto the coffee table. ECI (early childhood intervention) assessed his developmental status and said he is not really behind at all. He still has some eating issues, basically the only thing he likes is oreos. I have included a picture of what he looks like after he plays with an oreo. He is starting to babble a lot and says ba, bo, ma, and da. His favorite thing to say is "aaaa-pooo". He loved Halloween we sat outside and passed out candy, he got so excited when people came up to us. He was Yoda it was the cutest thing I have ever seen. He got a huge Halloween globe for the front yard, he loved it, so did all of the other trick-or-treaters. After we passed out candy we went over to our friend's house. They have a little girl named Samantha, she was a cat it was adorable we got some pictures of them together. I guess that's really all for now, thanks for reading, and once again sorry so long since the last post.
Love, Adam, Kimberly and Jackson