The Baldwin Family: February 2009

Monday, February 23, 2009

Our birthday boy!

Our big boy is now one year old!

We cannot believe it! It seems like in the last two weeks Zachary has been doing a whole bunch of new things! He now has a tooth coming in, we can see it and feel it! He can crawl, he can sit up from a laying position, he can pull himself to his knees and feet by leaning on something (or someone), he can walk a couple of steps while holding on to something. He's just so amazing!

Here are some pictures of the party we threw Zachary on Saturday. It was a lot of fun!

The cake and decorations!
Daddy did such an AWESOME job making
Zachary's birthday cake!

The big boy enjoying his cake!

Yum!

Ooooh!

Here's what it looked like before he dug into it.

Mommy and Marianne with their Zachary and Zakary!

Playing with Aunt JJ and Uncle Mike

The happy family!
Mommy's cousins came in from New Orleans
to meet Zachary and celebrate!
Also, here is Uncle Glenn and two of his kids.
Cousin James, Aunt JJ, Uncle Mike and Cousin Madeline

Cousin JT and his girlfrient Cheyanne

Presents!

Zachary loves playing with tissue paper!

Aunt Sara, Cousins Jack (he's six months)
and Madeline (she's 4)

Cousins Madeline and Lauren (she turned 2 on Sunday)

Marianne, Robert and Zakary

More presents!

Having fun!

What does it say?

The cutest backpack - ever!

Yay!

Baby Converse!

What's in the big bag?

Paper!!

Blocks are fun!
With Cousins Henry and Susan from New Orleans

The guys were tired after the party!

Family photo!
Here's a video of Zachary playing with one of his favorite toys...

Hope you enjoyed the pictures - check back next week for pictures from his birthday party in California. Love to all!

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

News Flash - Zachary is Mobile!!

Just a quick update folks - Zachary is crawling!

No pictures yet (he's too quick for us), but here's a picture of him standing up!

Love to all!

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Good news on the cardio front, a visit to the NICU and standing up!

Hi folks!

We've got the best news to share! Zachary went to see Dr. Petit, his cardiologist and we learned the the tiny hole in his heart (an ASD) has closed on it's own. We knew it would, we just thought it would take a couple more years. We are so pleased! His heart murmur is almost gone because his pulmonary stenosis (he had a valvuloplasty last May) is in the normal range now. Even better the PDA surgery that he had when he was three days old is a success (in May there was some indication of some leakage, but not anymore!). NOTE: If you click on the heart issues above, it will take you to a website that give an explaination of the condition.

After Zachary's appointment with Dr. Petit, we went to visit our great friends at The Women's Hospital. We visited Level II NICU, Level III NICU and the nurses in Antepartum. It's so hard to believe that this time last year, Kim was in the hospital trying so hard to keep Zachary inside as long as possible. He is such an amazing boy, he had such a rough start but is just doing so wonderfully well, we are so happy, so pleased and so proud!

Now for what you have been waiting for...new pictures! Zachary is learning to pull himself up into a standing position! He LOVES to stand! Enjoy the pictures!

STANDING TALL!