Disney: Day 1

FINALLY! I know that's what you're thinking, right? Haha! I'm finally forcing myself to update the blog with the Disney details before I forget about all of them! I figured it'd be easier to break it up by day so I don't overwhelm the poo out of all of you with a single massive post.

So Day 1 was Saturday, November 24th. We left hubs' aunt's house near Tampa where we spent Thanksgiving and drove on up to Disney World. Here's the welcome sign. The kids were getting totally stoked with every second that passed!

We were able to check in early and headed off to our preferred room at one of Disney's value resorts, the All-Star Movies resort's Toy Story building. Let's just say THAT was a huge success. The kids loved seeing the ginormous Buzz and Woody statues. Here they are on our way to our room. Do they seem a tad excited to you, too?

Toy Story friends! Yay!

LO striking a pose on Buzz's big ol' boot.

This kid wasn't quite sure what to do with himself. So. Much. Toy. Story. Everywhere!

After we settled in, we headed to Downtown Disney to grab dinner at the famed T-REX restaurant, complete with huge dinosaurs that come to life periodically and an ice cave that changes colors.

The kids loved watching all of the dinosaurs move and the light shows that happened occasionally throughout dinner.

Aaaaaaaaaah! Scary dinosaur!!!

A big mammoth!

Another big dinosaur of some sort!

We had an amazing dinner that didn't cost us a penny (except tip) courtesy of the Disney Dining Plan. That thing was awesome! We spent about $200 adding it to our trip and it gave us a table service dining credit for EACH person (all 4 of us!) for EACH of the 4 days we were there. This dinner added up to over $100 and we especially enjoyed NOT paying for it (hubs will of course say we DID pay for it through the DDP, but I choose to pretend it was all free).

After dinner, we opted for a massively awesome dessert for the 4 of us to share. It came complete with smoke oozing out of the center!

I asked the kids how they liked the dessert. Chase's reaction? Thumbs up!

LO felt the same way!

After dinner, we couldn't pass up the perfectly placed Build-A-Dino located 20 feet from our table. So the kids each made a dinosaur: a mammoth for LO and a red dino thing for Chase.

Here they are following the Build-A-Dino guy's instructions to a T! They had so much fun!

Here's Chase placing his dino's heart inside before he gets filled up with stuffing.

The finished product, complete with an arm that you can press to hear him "ROAR!" LO helped Chase name his dinosaur "Diamond." Whatevs.

LO was pleased with her mammoth, too. She named her "Flower" and she has an arm that makes a lovely (loud) mammoth-y sound.

Of course they had to give their new friends a bath!

We walked through the World of Disney store while we were at Downtown Disney, but managed to make it out without a purchase, believe it or not! We didn't stay out too late since we knew we'd have an early morning at the Magic Kingdom the next day, so we headed back to the hotel. We couldn't get to our room without the kids needing to climb and play on the fun Toy Story stuff. Here's a pic of the kids on Rex. You can see Chase was less than thrilled with being hoisted up there... ;)

Pics next to the BUZZ blocks!

This one's my fave:

Where's Waldo? I mean, LO and Chase?? That's a BIG door!

We found RC!

One last "stop taking my picture mom because my face is hurting from all of the smiling!" pic of LO before we headed in for the night. LOL!

We all turned in around 9PM with big plans of an early Sunday morning at Magic Kingdom! More to come soon!

The Little Things

It's the little things that make me happy. Like taking LO's old white crocs and repurposing them for her little brother. This may not sound like groundbreaking news worth blogging about, but I'm here to admit I have a habit of donating old/used stuff and buying NEW stuff All. The. Time. It's awful. Not that donating items to our local Goodwill or Salvation Army is bad, because it isn't and we typically have a huge lot of items that we donate every year (we prefer this route over garage sales). But sometimes I wish I didn't always have the "New is Better" mindset. It's something I'm aware of (finally) and I'm working on it. You just wait 'til little baby #3 arrives and you see him/her wearing everything his/her older brother and sister wore when they were little. Yes, I kept a lot of their clothes and shoes so there will be a lot more repurposing around here!

As for the crocs, I've learned a valuable lesson: Don't buy white crocs. Ever.

It was amazing how after just a few short weeks (days?) of wearing these crocs, LO managed to turn every surface pitch black. How in the world does that happen?? Granted she was a crazy-busy 3-year-old when she first started wearing them, and I'm pretty sure 3-year-olds don't put too much of a priority on keeping their shoes clean. Whatevs. I remember trying to clean them periodically but getting frustrated because it just didn't seem to help. Then she outgrew them and they've been sitting in a box for months (years?). I finally got them out on Sunday to start my deep cleaning attempt so they could be presentable enough to put Chase in.

Here's how they looked when I started. They were awful. Not sure these pics really do them justice!

The bottom was absolutely filthy and I didn't have much hope that they'd improve too much, but I wasn't too worried since the bottom would just get dirty again with use.

I started out by removing the jibbitz and soaking the crocs in hot, soapy water. I put them in a bucket with a few dessert plates on top of them to hold them down in the water. I had planned to soak them for about 5-6 hours. It ended up being over 24 hours. Ooops!

After soaking them, I used a brush and scrubbed them like a crazy person. After a good rinse I let them dry, then applied crocs butter to them to help 'em shine. Here's the after pic!

I promise they looked MUCH better. Here's a little side by side comparison pic:

Now all we need is to slap some new jibbitz on these bad boys and they'll be ready for my little guy! Yay!

P.S. I know you're still waiting on a Disney post... I promise it's a work in progress that WILL be posted soon! ;)

A Confession & the Deets on Chase's New Room

Confession: I'm nothing if not ambitious.

Well, assuming ambitious is a synonym for impatient, because I'm most definitely that, too.

This weekend--actually just this Saturday to be exact--I have decided my beloved hubs and I will be doing Chase's room. I can't use the term "redo" because technically all we did was move his bed & dresser into his room when we first moved into the new house. We didn't "do" anything that would now require us to be "redoing" it. I'm crazy excited about this but it's a lot to take on in a single day. Well, really it'll just be a few hours while the kids are being entertained by their grandparents. I want it to be a big "reveal" for him... he leaves in the morning with his current sad, boring room, and comes back that evening to his amazingly awesome big boy train room!! WOO-HOO!!!

Chase is currently still in a toddler bed, so we're going to convert it to the full size bed. We're also painting the walls, installing some new lighting, putting up a curtain rod and curtains, and adding a variety of homemade wall art to complete the theme.

We decided to go with trains because, let's face it, the boy loves him some trains! But I didn't want it to look like Thomas the Train barfed all over his room. I want it to be a great starter room for a toddler boy that can easily grow with him. Removing an 8 foot by 12 foot Thomas of Sodor wall mural from one of his walls wouldn't be the most effective "grow with me" option. So I want to do a train theme that doesn't involve a lot of cartoony train stuff.

Enter my amazing Pottery Barn sheet set that was the basis of my inspiration for the room:

Classic. Train-y. In primary colors that can grow with him. I am so in love with these sheets!

I've paired them with this amazing Pottery Barn quilt that I swear the boy will be taking to college and eventually using with his own kids considering the price tag on this bad mamma jamma:

For the walls, we have chosen a lovely gray (Secret Passage by Olympic) that is really going to 'pop' against the white trim everywhere. Hubs insisted I buy a paint sample to paint a swatch on his wall before buying the gallon we'll need for his room. How dare he doubt me?? (LOL... past experience with picking out a paint color for our former kitchen, I'm sure). But kudos to me for picking out the RIGHT color the FIRST time! Now to just get that gallon...

For the wall decor, I've crafted a do-it-yourself framed train collage that I'm super excited about! It's very simple and juvenile, so it's perfect for a 3-year-old boy's room, but the images can easily be switched out as he grows.

I also found a fun Pinterest idea to purchase cardboard letters for less than $2 each, then spray painted them with a lovely brushed nickel metallic paint. I LOVE the way these turned out and can't wait to see them up on the wall!

I also purchased two wall decor signs from Amazon to add to the train theme:

Next to his new full size bed, you will find a new night stand from Target along with a cute lamp, also from Target.

There is only one window in Chase's room, and it is currently (and embarrassingly) covered by a dark brown blanket that is tucked into the valence attached to the blinds. This was our quick and cheap fix to make the room darker for nap time and bed time when we first moved in. Totally redneck, yes, but it's served it's purpose (for the past 9 months)...

His new room will have a lovely curtain rod in brushed nickel from Target and two navy blue blackout curtain panels (Surprise! They're from Target, too!).

The new lighting has to be my favorite part of his new room decor! I really wanted to add train-y depot sconces on either side of his new full-size big boy bed. Wouldn't you know I fell in love with these ones from Pottery Barn, complete with their $69 price tag (each). UGH.

Super cute though, right?? Hubs' wouldn't let me I couldn't bring myself to spend so much on lighting, so I searched elsewhere. I found these ones at Home Depot for a more reasonable $42 each, but again, way more than I wanted to spend. They have a much different look than the Pottery Barn ones, but still keep with the "train/depot" theme of his room (although the finish is a bit darker than I'd like).

So last Friday, we stopped at Lowe's to pick up the paint sample and a few other items to prepare for the big room overhaul, and imagine my surprise when I saw THIS light up on the demo wall... for $12.49!!! Score!

I loved loved loved it the second I saw it! It was perfect!! But, just my luck, they didn't have any more of them in stock. I believe it was discontinued or something and was on clearance, so it was all kinds of gonezo. We talked to the friendly Lowe's guy and -- get this! -- I was able to get the demo unit from the wall for a whopping FIVE BUCKS!! That's $5, people! Shut the front door, right?? The guy was super nice to call the other local Lowe's not too far from us to see if they had any in stock. It was the same sitch where they only had the demo light, but we were able to get that one for FIVE BUCKS, too!!!!

Seriously. $10 for new lighting for my boy's new room?? YES, PLEASE! Now the fun begins for hubs as he tries to determine how we can install these onto drywall (there are no existing wall sconces for him to simply replace), but without cutting into the drywall so we'll have the flexibility to move them or the bed without leaving two big holes in the wall. Plus I also want them to operate using the light switch in Chase's room, so good luck with that, hubs! I will mention here, though, my husband is the very best at entertaining all of my crazy ideas. I get my heart set on something and he makes it his mission Every. Single. Time. to be sure I get what I want. It's pretty much a win-win for me, but I know I make things so very difficult for him sometimes. He's such a trooper though and I'm SO THANKFUL to have that guy in my life. LOVE HIM!

So anywho, if any of you are wondering what we'll be doing this Saturday, you now have your answer! We've got our hands full with a loooooong list of "to do's" and a short timeframe in which to get it all done, but I'm rather confident in mine and hubs' skills. I mean, when you try to accomplish something with two kiddos around, I think we can all agree it takes at least 4x as long. But when you subtract those two precious little distractions, you're able to accomplish 10x as much!! At least that's how I do my math! ;)

And no worries ('cause I know several of you were worried completely sick about this - lol!), I will most definitely be sharing some "Before & After" pics of Chase's room after this weekend. I'm so excited and cannot wait to see how it all looks put together and most of all -- what Chase's reaction will be to his new big boy room!!!!!

Not to think LO has been left out of things... I have big plans for her room, which I hope will be implemented next spring (before the baby arrives). Here's a sneak peak at the inspiration for her new girly horse-themed room:

LOVE!!!

Oh, Poo!

So I know I owe you guys the great big Disney World post of 2012, but sometimes life gets in the way and we get distracted. This morning was a perfect case in point!

Not only am I trying to keep my daughter's elementary school updated with the various happenings as our Facebook page admin, plus working with her teacher to plan and organize the class holiday (CHRISTMAS) party, plus planning and preparing for my sister's baby shower (YAY!) as well as getting ready to completely overhaul Chase's room next weekend (whew!), plus working extra holiday hours at The Store and decorating the house for Christmas plus shopping for gifts and working on my annual iPhoto Christmas project and cooking/cleaning... whoa. I think you get the point. So with all of that going on, I'm trying to find time to post about our Disney World trip, which unfortunately is not the priority on my growing list of things to do...

Anywho, the point of today's post? Poo. Oh, yes, friends. Poo.

With my first day (in what seems like FOREVER) without any plans to be anywhere or do anything but lounge at home, I was taking advantage of my Friday morning by napping intermittently on the couch while Chase played with some toys and watched PBS. This is my FAVORITE morning activity by far -- especially since it's what I did almost daily during my first trimester.

So I'm half asleep on the couch and I hear Chase in the downstairs play area saying he needed my help. Of course I tried to get out of it but after asking a few questions about what he needs, I hear him mention the word: Poo.

Crap (literally! haha!). I got up off the couch as quickly as my overweight, out-of-shape, almost 18-week pregnant body would allow and found this. Obviously we can all agree I have a hard core commitment to documenting our lives via electronic media since my first instinct was, of course, to take pictures rather than address the issue at hand.

WARNING: YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE GRAPHIC PHOTOS CONTAINING POO.

Can someone please explain to me how poo went from the back, top area of his diaper all the way to his feet??! I expected that perhaps it had "dripped" down his leg, but no. His legs were clean. Just his little foot was covered in poo. I have no idea how little Houdini made this happen. But I was certainly grossed out. Not what I had planned for my quiet, relaxing Friday morning of napping.

So after stripping him down and cleaning up the poo, I sat him next to the sink to wash his feet off. Within a matter of moments, the entire kid was submerged in a sink bath!

He was having a wonderful time! It was so funny because I'm pretty sure our kids have NEVER been sink bathers, even as little ones that would actually fit in our sink. So it was pretty hilarious to see this big 3-year-old of mine stuffed into a sink bath. But he had a blast!

This next one is pretty blurry, but I think it does a good job of capturing his joy of sink bathing. I just love this kid to pieces!!!

And not to leave you guys hanging, I thought I'd share a little teaser photo of Disney if for no other reason than to prove that the trip DID happen and that you WILL be seeing photos and a recap here... eventually. ;)

:)

Update Time!

Well, okay... it's been a bit too long since my last post, but as most of you can agree, this is a busy season of the year! In addition to life and work and everything else, we just spent about a week in Florida for a family vacation! There's so much to talk about and so many pictures to share, but for now, I owe you a little update on a little something else.

Next Tuesdays marks week 18 of my pregnancy with baby #3. It's been about 5 weeks since LO and Chase shared a little message with you guys about our big news. I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to talk about it here!

So let's see... hubs and I always wanted to have one of each -- boy and girl -- and boy were we ever blessed with LO and Chase!!! Those kids are the light of my life and I am so grateful to be their mommy! Once things settled into a new normal with Chase (meaning after his first two heart surgeries and once we were out of the mandatory "protective bubble" stage), we realized our family just didn't quite feel complete yet. The idea of a third child crossed our minds, but neither of us were 100% set on the idea. We definitely weren't against it, but were not ready to move forward. Then in November 2011 we purchased our new home, and had the joy of four months of dealing with building it and eventually moving in. Then settling in. And that last part took a LOT longer than I had ever expected! Sure, all of our belongings were "moved in" but it didn't feel like our home until I was able to make the time to make it ours -- hanging photos on the walls, purchasing the necessary furniture to fill it up (we went from about 1,500 sq. ft. to over 3,200 sq. ft.), window treatments, etc. Again, this took way longer than I had expected!

So fast-forward a few months, and we started to discuss the family dynamic again. Things still just didn't feel complete. So we talked about #3 again. And this time, we both felt we were ready. It was time.

Within a few short months, we found ourselves expecting baby #3! Of course we were overjoyed, but I'll admit I was a bit apprehensive as well. I clearly recall enjoying every moment of the first 20 weeks of my pregnancy with Chase, until we got his CHD diagnosis, and things were so scary and unbelievably difficult for the second half of my pregnancy. I mean, how can you not dwell on the "what if's" when your baby would be born with only half a functioning heart? How could you think about onesies, diapers and pacis when you have to focus on relocating your family 4 hours from home, worrying about your child's birth and first open-heart surgery while maintaining some sort of normalcy for your 2-year-old daughter?? Ugh. I always knew if we had another baby, I'd experience the exact opposite of my pregnancy with Chase: I'd spend the first 20 weeks worried out of my mind about my baby's health, then (HOPEFULLY) spend the last half of the pregnancy looking forward to the birth of a healthy baby boy or girl. And I guess that sort of sums up where I'm at now.

As I mentioned, we're almost 18 weeks pregnant. In 2 weeks, I have an appointment at the same Maternal-Fetal Specialist we saw when we received Chase's diagnosis. This appointment will include a full anatomy scan (boy or girl!?) as well as an in-depth look at the baby's entire body/organs/etc. We are hoping and praying we will receive a wonderful report at this appointment! A few weeks later, we'll return to this office again to meet with Chase's pediatric cardiologist for a fetal echo on the baby's heart. Again, we're praying for a healthy report at this appointment as well!

I'll admit that while I am a bit apprehensive about the baby's health, I'm not totally consumed by it. And this actually surprises me! I can't tell if it's just because life keeps me so busy with my current little ones or what? The negative side of me thinks that I'm not allowing myself to get too attached to the baby because of the fear of the unknown... but the rest of me just thinks this is what it's like when you're resting in faith that God is in control. He knows my heart; He hears my prayers. We are fully trusting in Him and are praying for GREAT news at our upcoming appointment on 12/11.

As far as how I've been feeling this time around? Ohmahgah the exhaustion and fatigue during the first trimester pretty much kept me camped out on the couch during all waking hours of the day. It was straight up unbelievable! I had no idea it could be so bad! Obviously caring for 2 kids, managing the  house, working a job and everything else on my plate was taking its toll! Seriously. I cannot put into words how awful it was! I would send LO off to school with hubs and crash on the couch until I had to get up to make Chase some lunch. I'd pile dirty dishes into the sink -- without so much as a quick rinse. I all but refused to empty the dishwasher and certainly never took the time to load it. Poor hubs! I wasn't cooking at ALL, the house was a horrible mess, and it was all I could do to function on a daily basis. Oh, the fatigue!!! Luckily, as with both LO and Chase, I didn't have any real nausea to speak of. No real morning sickness -- just an occasional feeling of wanting to puke but thankfully not doing so. ;)

Now that I'm into my second trimester, I'm feeling much better, have much more energy, and actually feel like a contributing member of society again! I'm looking forward to our appointment next month so we will know if we're having another boy or girl so I can start getting the nursery ready. There's so much to do and so much to be thankful for!

Thank you to those of you who have asked about how things are going and have gently nudged me on Facebook or via text to share more about this pregnancy. Talking and writing about it makes it more real and it's definitely something I need to get used to! Thank you in advance for your prayers concerning our upcoming appointments... we covet them and are so grateful for those of you who have been with us over the long haul! Your support means so very much to me!!!

Coming soon: lots of pics from our Walt Disney World vacation!!!!! :)

New Big Boy Room Inspiration... Help Needed!

Working on some inspiration for Chase's new "big boy" bedroom. I want something train-y, but not like Thomas the Tank Engine threw up all over his walls. Right? The bed and dresser below are the furniture he already has (although the dresser is more brown and less black -- just a bad pic... and he's still in the toddler bed -- this is all about the transition to full size bed, which will take place in December).

Much to my husband's dismay, today I purchased the train sheets and quilt from Pottery Barn Kids. These were NOT cheap, my friends. Major setback. But I'm pretty adamant he will be taking that quilt to college and use it for his own kids some day.

I found a cute night stand and table lamp from Target, will put up some navy blackout curtains (2 floor-length panels), and paint the walls a very subtle gray. Then it's just a matter of adding in a few accent pieces of wall decor. I'm somewhat partial to the block letters I found on Pinterest that are made from cardboard letters and spray painted. I'll probably do them in blue or red to contrast with the gray walls. Then maybe add in a few train-y pieces like the RR crossing sign and whatever else I can find that I like.

Overall I'm SUPER CRAZY EXCITED about what his room is going to transform into in just a few short weeks. I have plans for some custom homemade pillow shams and possibly a bedskirt if I feel it will be needed (do boys rooms really need one?), but that won't be 'til Phase 2. ;)

Thoughts? Comments? Anyone have any other ideas for awesome train decor we should include in this super cute new room? I'm such a novice at this stuff... I have no home decor skills whatsoever to speak of, so I'm very open and willing to hear any/all suggestions you lovely readers may have!

Cardiology Results

Well, as expected, Dr. H brought up the "F" word at Chase's cardiology check-up this morning... Fontan. That's his 3rd planned heart surgery. Whoa. As much as I thought I was ready to talk about it, turns out I wasn't really ready to talk about it.

Not surprisingly, Chase was NOT in the mood for the simple things like height and weight. I'm sure it's possible he has bad memories of such things at the cardiologist's office as he usually does really well with height and weight at his pediatrician's office. Weird. Once we were in the exam room, and he saw the blood pressure machine roll over, he was NOT having it! He was ordered to have BPs on all four extremities, but the nurse took pity on us after both legs and an arm. He was screaming and fighting through most of it -- he's never been a fan of having his blood pressure taken (can't blame him!) and today proved no different. His pressures were all good and we were very pleased with his o2 saturation in the upper 80s!

After a bit of a wait, we were taken back for the echo. He wasn't happy about having his shirt taken off or laying down for the echo, and he definitely was not interested in the stickers they typically apply to his chest to capture his heartbeat during the echo, so the tech was nice and left them off. Once he was comfortable and noticed Despicable Me was playing on the TV in the exam room, he was his usual echo champ that we've always known and loved! He was perfectly still and cooperated perfectly! The tech was able to get the images she needed and we were taken back to the exam room to wait on Dr. H.

When he stepped into the room, he was amazed at how big our boy is now! It's been 6 months since his last appointment, and I guess he's had a bit of a growth spurt since then. He definitely looks huge to me! But Dr. H was pleased with the information collected this morning and of course, essentially the first thing he said after greeting us, was that it was time to talk Fontan timing.

((gasp))

It's never easy, even in these early planning stages, to even THINK of turning your 3-year-old son over for a third heart surgery. I won't even get into the many thoughts that run through my mind because they're mostly depressing and I don't want to dwell on them. But just imagine our surprise when Dr. H suggested we go ahead and get his Fontan scheduled for March.

MARCH.

As in, like, 4 months from now.

ohmahgah.

We of course mentioned our biggest concern about that timeframe (with the knowledge that we will most certainly be bumped for more urgent surgical cases once or twice... potentially taking us into April or May), was that Chase's little brother or sister is due the first week of May. Dr. H congratulated us and agreed that we definitely needed to consider the timing of his surgery very carefully. Dr. H agreed we didn't want to schedule the Fontan during the winter (cold/flu/RSV) months, which we wholeheartedly agreed with, and that being 7 months pregnant (with the ginormous size and lack of energy that comes along with it) isn't ideal, either. Going for a summer Fontan (June/July) would be tough considering the lack of sleep and other big changes that comes along with having a 3rd child, so then we talked about early Fall 2013. I'd love to have it done before LO starts 1st grade because I'd hate for her to miss too much school (it goes without saying that she would be with us in Charleston for the  entire duration of our stay for Chase's surgery). I'm pretty sure if she misses 10 days she doesn't get credit for the year (or something weird like that?). So maybe early August would be best?

We all agreed that we would bring Chase back in 4 months (March) for another echo. Really the ONLY thing that could potentially force our hand to have to schedule his Fontan is a section of narrowing in his LPA (left pulmonary artery). It was ballooned during his pre-Fontan cath last year, which gave it a bit more wiggle room, but according to today's echo, it appears to have gone back to what it was before that cath. So if we see in March that the size of his LPA narrowing has worsened, we'll have no choice but to get him on the books for his Fontan at MUSC. If all looks good, we can most likely schedule it later in the Fall.

It was encouraging to hear Dr. H say that there is some research that indicates delaying the Fontan as long as possible (within reason) is actually beneficial to HLHSers like Chase because as adults, HLHS patients are appearing to have significant issues with their liver due to the higher pressure that the Fontan brings. So hanging out with Glenn circulation (which is what Chase has now) is potentially ideal anyway. He mentioned there's a surgeon in Atlanta who is waiting as far out as 7 or 8 years old for his single ventricle patients before their Fontan because he used to be an adult cardiologist and saw the significant liver issues his patients were having as adults, and feels that delaying the Fontan as much as possible can help reduce potential liver issues as they grow into adulthood.

So that's that. We'll go back in March and Chase's LPA will tell us whether we need to go ahead and schedule his Fontan or if we can wait it out a bit longer. Whether I'm still pregnant or have a newborn to contend with, I am NOT looking forward to the thought of going in for the Fontan. However, I am looking forward to being post-Fontan and not having any additional planned/scheduled surgeries in our future. As difficult as it is to block out the negative thoughts that come up all to often during this journey, I know my hope is in the Lord and that He has a perfect plan for our boy. I am trusting in Him, even and especially through this heart-wrenching journey.

I didn't take any pics of the kiddo at the appointment, but here he is after we got him loaded up in the car to head home. He's got pretty much all of his favorite things: Mickey, monkey, juice and food. The only things missing are his iPod and a Concrete Mixer from Culver's. ;)

Thanks a bunch to those of you who were praying for us today! God answers the prayers of his people!

Cardiology Check-up

Chase has his 6-month cardiology check-up Tuesday morning. Please say a prayer for our sweet boy! We're expecting it's about time we start discussing his third scheduled surgery, the Fontan, which we're thinking will be some time next summer/fall.

Ugh.

Can't even start to think about that right now.

I'll share an update tomorrow after his appointment. Thank you so much to those of you who have loved us, supported us and prayed for us along this journey with our amazing Chase!!! We wouldn't be where we are without you!

LOVE THIS KID!!! ❤

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Help!

Can someone please tell me how to tackle this madness? These Tupperware cabinets have been the bane of my existence since we moved into the new house... I can't get it under control!

Need ideas STAT!!! Please help!



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