We're Home!!!!


We're home!!!!  We came home yesterday afternoon.   The children were so excited so see each other and the house was very loud with excitement, playing hide and seek, and eventually we had to settle down later in the day and watch a movie...."Frozen!!!"  Today a friend dropped off a meal and her little friend Ella went for a walk with her.  They enjoyed picking dandelions in the yard smelling the fresh country air.  Feeling so blessed to have my baby home with this surgery behind us.

Tomorrow we go back to the clinic for an echocardiogram to see how she is functioning and see the cardiologist.  Thank you for all your support and prayers.

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