I Heart You

You may be aware that The Muse has been noticeably quiet lately, well there is good reason for this. I have recently been asked to write an article for a new Irish website for Dads (http://www.dad.ie/) and so you can find my first offering at http://www.dad.ie/details.aspx?id=59. On top of this, myself and Mrs T have spent three of the last four weeks at St. Michael's House attending a Lámh course, I shall be blogging about this in my next post (it's in progress) so won't spoil it for you just yet...Finally, we have last week taken Noah back to Crumlin children's hospital for his 8 month cardiology checkup to see once and for all if the three holes (VSD, ASD and PDA) that were loitering with intent in his heart, had closed up.

Well the excellent news is that his biggest hole, the VSD, has completely closed up and he has only one tiny hole remaining at the top of his heart. Noah is not due back to the clinic for two years and just for a brucey bonus, we have had it confirmed that he will not require any surgical intervention based on the current state of his heart. The sheer cathartic relief of this news was an exceptional feeling, an almighty sigh and thankful look towards the heavens was offered and it brought to a close one of the darker clouds that had been hanging around since Noah was born. Good times all round.

Some quick updates on Noah's world at the moment; Noah has recently been to swimming lessons in what can only be described a simply marvellous swimming suit, Noah has been on his first trip to the playground and is a fan of the swings but still remains sceptical of the slide, Noah has watched Ireland win their first Grand Slam in 217 years and was also delighted to see England pull off a remarkable second place (no, we're still not sure how that happened, still could be worse, could be French. Or Welsh...), Noah has been to his first Paddys Day Parade whilst suffering from a nasty bout of the snuffles and Noah has been on his second aeroplane trip to England and is easily the most comfortable flyer in the family. Enjoy the below pictures of the man in question and stay tuned for the Lámh post coming soon....

"they want me to weart this to the pool? will have to give this some thought, hmmm...."

"now I like this, mind me hat...!"

"oh my lord, I think that kick is going over..."

"ha ha! never in doubt, oo-er...."

"very nice Daddy, but those men are wearing skirts and we haven't been to the pub yet..."