Friday, June 19, 2009

Happy Birthday Doman!

Hard to believe Doman has hit the magical age of 5! You can see from the next post that we spent his big day at Disneyland, but I still wanted to write a little blurb about what this year has been like for Doman... it has been a big one!

First, he went to preschool which was awesome and so cute. He has loved it and I'm so grateful he was able to go. The other big part of this year was spent with doctors. And the list of specialists he's seen just gets longer... he has a Gastrointerologist (digestive doctor), a Physiatrist (Rehab doctor), Cardiologist (check his heart murmur), Neurologist (muscle specialist), Neurosurgeon (muscle biopsy guy), plus chiropractor, geneticist, physical therapist, dentist, ER doctors, and who knows what else! I mention this part of his life because, first of all, it is a major one. And secondly, this is all one-on-one time he gets with me or Dan. We love spending this time with him! We have gotten to know him so well and he is so delightful to spend time with. Sometimes if I'm ever struggling with all he has to go through, I just take a look at him... smiling all the while! We did get a diagnosis for him, but that post will have to wait.

Doman is full of love and is such a good brother and friend. I definitely appreciate him keeping Max busy! He's always willing to help Cali and he'd love it if she'd still let him hold her. Thank goodness there'll be a new baby soon for Doman to hold. He has become nice and loud/vocal at home and he loves to make all of us laugh by doing silly things. He still has a love of puzzles and cars, and this year he's gotten really into Lego's (especially Star Wars)... he is quite the little builder. We love you Doman!

Here are some pictures of when we got home, opened presents, and had cake and ice-cream.



A Star Wars cake on the fly... just a mask right on top of a cake... he was pleased. :)

3 comments:

Jake said...

Tell Doman that we love him too

Rachel said...

We love Doman too! I am glad he had a great birthday.

Beth said...

What a cute little guy. Man I can't wait until you guys come back to Utah. My fingers are crossed for a job near Provo... I would babysit anytime!!!