Benjamin

So Benjamin is almost a year old now - he's a cute little guy!  He's been through a lot in his first year of life.  He's had 3 surgeries and should be all done with those now.  He was born with syndactyly where the fingers on his left hand didn't separate.  So he's had surgeries to separate the fingers - he had bones for all 5.  We're excited because he gets his cast off from his last surgery tomorrow, so we can see what it looks like with all of his fingers!  So, I think his biggest birthday present is going to be having 2 fully functional hands!  Here are some pictures of him:

Here's the little guy

This is his left hand before any surgeries - we like to call it his little "paw"

This is his left hand from the other side (before any surgeries)

After each surgery he had to wear a cast like this for 3 weeks - no fun!!
A few times it even came all the way off and we had to figure out how to get it back on.

Getting ready for Christmas

Benjamin's enjoying his first Christmas - he got presents!!!

Here's Benjamin doing one of his favorite things - looking out the window.

And here's the little guy with his favorite teddy bear.

Bye bye!!