Back in the beginning of May, Jackson was admitted to Iowa city's PICU for Pneumonia - we were there for 6 days. He did remarkably well and bounced back quickly.
Other than that, we've been enjoying all the time we've had with Jackson - he's started to giggle recently, and it is by far the cutest thing we've ever heard. He's continuing to roll over and interacting with us more. He loves his play yard and will talk with his friends and look in the mirror for quite some time. He's also become fascinated by a few random objects in our house - a throw pillow, a engagement photo of Ben and I, and a painting on our wall. One will catch his eye, and he will just stare at it for a good 10 minutes if you let him. Every once and awhile Ben and I will start talking about our time in the NICU and how crazy it is that we're where we are today - how amazing that he started out so small and now look at him!!
Below is a sequence of photos that I've been taking every month since he's been home - the change just blows me away!
Here is the Jackson and the same giraffe when he was in the NICU.
We go back to Iowa City at the end of the month for his high-risk follow up - they are the ones that are in charge of his oxygen requirements & assess his development - We are excited to hear what they say about his oxygen!
Thank you all for continuing to love and support our little family!
--The Hellands
ps. some of you may have received an email about an old post we wrote back in December titled "oh buddy" - not sure what happened, but Jackson and my Dad are both doing great now, so no worries!!
