Heart Warrior

As most of you know, my son is a heart baby.

If you don't, you can always read more about that here.

Well, back in August, before we went on leave, Cayden saw Dr. Smith again.

It was just a normal appointment, I gave him updates on how Cayden was doing

and he did his usual tests; the EKG and ECHO.

However, we didn't leave the office with our normal news.

This time, Dr. Smith told us that surgery is no longer a 50/50 chance,

it definitely has to be done at some point.

He told us that the hole was just too large to fix itself, 

and if one condition (the VSD or PS) started to fix itself,

then the other would become more of an issue.

His plan was to meet with his team of doctors and surgeons

and let us know what they all recommended.

After weeks of waiting, I finally got the phone call.

They recommend waiting to do the surgery a little longer.

They said that there is no rush in getting it done because Cayden is doing so well.

Plus the longer they are able to wait, the stronger his muscles will be.

Now I'll tell you, that gave me a small sigh of relief.

I'm so happy that it doesn't have to be done right now,

but at the same time, the longer we wait, the more Cayden will remember.

and I definitely don't want it to end up happening while Chris is deployed.

Our minds are a little jumbled and our hearts a little torn.

So if you wouldn't mind sending up a prayer for our family,

we would appreciate it.

Losing Track of time!

My goodness. Time is just slipping right between my fingers.

Can you believe its ALREADY June! I sure can't.

Well I have seemed to be M.I.A recently so this post is going to be full of random ramblings.

First off, We are having a bit of a scare with my little man. As you know ( or need to catch up on ) he has VSD and PS. He has been doing really well on his medicine and is growing perfectly. However, the past couple days he has been having issues staying awake during feedings. He normally eats for about 10mins on each side , every three hours. Well, He has been barely making it to a 7min feed and randomly popping up hungry. Grrrrr... It's exactly what the doctor has been telling us could happen. Which means we could be leaning more towards the surgery side. Yeah, talk about one worried momma...

Alright now, Holy Cow. Do any of yal watch The Real World?! My husband and I are die hard fans. And if anyone is with us.. What are your takes on Nia? One minute I like the girl and the next I want to jump through the dang TV and shake her crazy ass. I almost had a heart attack when she went nuts on Johnny and then her and Avery got into it. I seriously about jumped out of my pants in anger. Didn't the whole start from Avery's dog pooping and Nia stepping in it and refusing to clean it up? I swear, if that becomes the biggest problem in my life, someone better give me a high five. Anyways, I can't wait to see what happens next Wednesday.

Oh and I totally just participated in this book exchange. Samantha over at Hooah and Hiccups showed it to me, and helped me out with finding some mommies, which made me realize that I need more mommy friends, besides the point, ANYWAYS I got a confirmation email today saying that my book had sent to my child and I got so excited. Now I am anxiously waiting for Cayden's books to come in the mail. I LOVED reading with my parents so I am hoping Cayden will enjoy it too (:

After months of  our orders being changed and set back and cancelled and what not, we finally got our day set. We are due to be at Fort Carson, CO on September 10th (: So goodbye Fort Drum, NY. Honestly hope to NEVER see you again. I mean we have had our share of good times but phew this town has worn me out. (and this weather) but HEYYY to all you military wives!!!! This will be our first PCS (my husbands second. He was in Korea before here) and we would love any advice. We will be moving with two cars, a baby, and a dog and have no idea how we are going to do it all.