Just wanted to share some cuteness with everyone. I love Eli's facial expressions in the above pics. He was clapping and talking/yellling up a storm. He's showing his support for the Dawgs even though his Daddy claims to be a Gator fan. We'll see what happens during football season...
We also have a prayer request for all of Eli's fans. On Friday Eli had his 9 mo (eventhough he's almost 10 mos) "Well Baby" appointment and after checking his vitals his doctor is concerned with his trailing growth. He is growing in length, weight and head size but not at the same rate or on the same curve as he was in his first 3-6 mos of life so as I stated his doc is concerned. On Friday, they suggested increasing Eli's formula intake which we are doing and they also drew blood to check for any problems with anemia, thyroid, or lead and then we have been referred for another test to check for Cystic Fibrosis. Our appt for the CF test is on Monday and we are asking that you pray for a negative test and not only a negative test but a conclusively negative test. The Dr. said the possibility of him having CF is very low because it does not appear in either of our families but they want to rule it out. So we would also like to request prayer simply for Eli to be healthy, gain weight at God's rate for Eli, and for his docs to have wisdom in treating Eli. Pray for my peace of mind because it is really hard to hear that it appears that your child is starting to 'fail to thrive' just a term but still. So that's what is new in the Jeff Hodges household...we are so thankful that so many people love Eli and are willing to lift him up to the Lord in prayer and have done so continually even before he was born. He is such a precious gift from God as are all of you!
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