Here's our very cool 15-month old! He has a huge fascination with sunglasses right now and here he is modeling a pair of mine. These are my cheap sunglasses I got at Sam Moon for $5 which are way too big for me as well, but happen to be the most comfortable pair of sunglasses I've ever had. Jake thinks so too! He's only in his diaper because I had already changed him twice today. The last outfit got soaked when Jake opened the toilet lid and splashed like crazy and then dove into the bathtub I was trying to clean. So mischievous...all the time! He had been nicely playing in the bathroom floor with some toys while I tried to clean, but how quickly things can go awry :)

He's had two doctor check-ups this week and is doing very well. At 15 months, he weighed in at 25 lbs/31 inches at Dr. Chandler's office and now is in the 50-75 percentile. Today we saw Dr. Grenier for the last time. She is moving to Kentucky to work at UK. We will miss her SO much but feel so fortunate that she saw us through Jake's surgery and got him "fixed." She's been a God send for us and so many other families in the Houston area. She did an echo, and Jake got a glowing report. He has a very minimal amount of regurgitation in his Mitral valve and his heart was pumping just like normal. She's keeping him on Enlapril indefinitely which just helps his heart pump a little better--its the same medicine Ty takes everyday as well. We'll see Dr. Reddy from now on but won't have to see him for a year! She did recommend us for genetic testing downtown which we had been wanting to do anyway. She gave Ty the information to set up an appointment. Ty and Jake will make an interesting study for the doctors. Also, there is a researcher in Houston who has isolated about 150 genes associated with heart defects. Its possible that he'll be able to tell us exactly which gene of Ty and Jake's their ASD comes from. He also can tell us the percentage of us passing this on to another child if that's God's will someday. Its amazing what medicine can do today. Well, medicine and our good Lord! Its been a good day.