As of Friday, August 20, 2010.....

Jett weighs in at 12 lbs 6oz! He is happy and healthy although we're not quite out of the woods yet.

The upcoming flu season and RSV season is upon us and although we will all be vaccinated, we pray that Jett stays RSV free! Because he is a preemie, his immune system is much weaker than a term baby and that makes it even more scary. It's funny how some people get offended when you ask them to wash and sanitize their hands, but I've learned that becoming a mom gives you the right to say "NO" to anyone. Not that I didn't have the right before, but maybe not the 'kahunas', if you know what I mean.

I've also come to realize that some people will never get it! The first three months of Jett's life were the most difficult and trying part of our lives. No words will ever be able to convey the gut-wrenching pain you feel as you wait minute to minute, watching your child struggle to survive. With all of that pain, we've learned a huge lesson: take nothing for granted. Why is it that tragedy teaches us the most?

If we could rewind our story and do it all over again, of course we would want Jett to have been carried to term. It would have been so much easier on him, and evidently everyone else too. I look at it differently now. We were given three extra months with our beautiful boy. Three extra months for Joel and I to show him how much we love him by being there every second. We are so lucky to have a healthy little boy that no one's inability to understand will ever bring us down!