Arnold Palmer Valentine's Party Pictures

Our Heart

Andrew with the CVICU MD who fought so hard every day for Andrew's life.

Hannah, a Precious Little Heart friend

Brandon & Emma, another PLH friend

Over the course of the party, Andrew went from being very hesitant walking on the ship in the play yard (the floor tends to be bumpy) to wanting to run around by himself like the other kids.

On the ship, Miracle

Andrew & Sebastian, two Miracle boys

One of the nurse practitioners & nurses that took such good care of Andrew.

More nurses from the cardiac unit

A couple more nurses. We just love these people. They are so good to all the kids they take care of. We could never thank them for all they have done for our Andrew.

A line up of Precious Little Hearts, headed out with balloons - a BIG hit with Andrew.

Andrew on the ride home. Happy with his balloon. He had such a great time!

Heart Day, The Two Year Old Version

I cannot believe I got these pictures. Andrew hardly ever looks at the camera, typically stops whatever cute thing he's doing as soon as I bust the camera out. But here we have the progression of one of his funny faces. Classic. Happy Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day!

Page Craft

Steve & I have owned a small business for a few years, mostly (Steve) doing subcontracting work for larger sign companies. But recently Molly asked us about making a smaller residential sign for a friend getting married & we think we may run in that direction a bit. So, our first residential sign is up for all to see on our Page Craft blog. Link provided to the left.

Partners in Recovery

Well, almost as soon as I got back to Steve in recovery he said to me, "I can't wait to see him (Dizzy)." And he wasn't kidding. I had to have my mom wake Andrew up from a nap at her house to bring him back to our house so Steve could begin recovery. I'm not joking. Steve gave a little smile when I announced that my mom's car was pulling into our driveway. I took this picture shortly after. Steve is doing well. Uncomfortable, but able to sleep most of the day. I think he looks great. The bleeding has slowed considerably & the swelling isn't bad at all. We are very thankful that surgery went well today & continue to pray for complete healing for Steve's sinuses & all the neurological symptoms that (hopefully) were attributed to the cyst. Thanks for all the support, as always : )

Home sweet home

In surgery

Steve just went back for surgery. Should be about an hour before I can go back to see him again.
MD just came out to let me know everything went well. 8:10am

Steve's surgery

is scheduled for first thing in the morning. Hoping to be outa there by noon. Procedure itself should take about 45 minutes. Will update when we're home for inquiring minds : ) Thanks for the prayers!

Girls just wanna have fun!

The shoes. Snatched this photo from Teresa, of course blogspot won't let me put it at the end of the post like I want it, so it'll make more sense when you get to the end.

Dizzy with Uncle Vince at the bowling alley. Kalee had her FL birthday party on Sunday & Andrew thought the bowling alley was great, very exciting to watch the kids bowl.

Before Kalee's bday party on Sunday I got to take her to the mall, just the two of us. Here she is trying on sunglasses, which she needed for riding the convertible rental her Momma got.

Trying on some of the Valentine's Day stuff at Claire's

Showing off our matching flower hair clips, that we sported around the mall & the bowling alley!

Our fancy painted toe nails. Kalee picked green to match the cool new high heel shoes she picked out. Cannot believe I don't have a picture of them.; words can't describe!

Pictures of Our Growing Boy

FYI: Steve's surgery has been scheduled for January 27th.  It's an outpatient procedure to remove the cyst from his maxillary sinus & repair his septum.

Why, oh why did the video clip icon go away on the compose page of my blog?  I got a clip all ready to upload & now, nowhere to upload it to.  I'll have to get Steve to put it on his YouTube acct & attach the link later...  And where is the spell check icon???  Now my bad spelling is just out there for everyone to see.  Who at google authorized these changes without consulting with me first?  : )
Dizzy Ball  okay, here's the link to the video in YouTube.  Sorry about the quality, I guess YouTube compresses the crap out of videos.