Happy Birthday!!

It's hard to look back to one year ago and believe that we made it to celebrate Brendan's first birthday! He truly is an amazing boy, and we can't wait to see what the next year holds for him!

Trick or Treat!

We had a lot of fun on Halloween. Sleeping Beauty and her Prince Charming had lots of fun collecting all the candy and wearing their costumes! As a side note, for those looking at this picture, yes, we are having another baby...Surprise!!! The newest member of the family is due in late January!

Buddy Walk 2008

This weekend we participated in our first Buddy Walk in Kansas City. It was an incredible experience for all of us! There must have been 3000 or more people there, and there were so many activities for everyone. Rory's favorites were of course the pony rides, the jumping house, and the fire engine! We met some incredible people, including one family whose son was born about 3 weeks after Brendan, and they both have the same heart defect. They even had their surgeries about 2 weeks apart..talk about a small world! We are hoping that we'll still be here next year so we can participate in the walk again!!

Happy 4th!

Home Again!

It's hard to believe, but a little less than a week after his open heat surgery Brendan is home!! His doctor's were amazed at how quickly he recovered, and we are too! Big sister Rory was more than thrilled to have Baby Brendan home after the doctor fixed the "boo boo on his heart". Looks like we are just about back to a normal home life routine!

The Progress Continues!

What more can I say, than Brendan is certainly an amazing little boy! His recovery has been amazing. Thursday morning he came off of the vent, and has been doing great!He is still on a little bit of oxygen, but they are trying to wean him off of that. He has NO IV lines in anymore, he is off of all heart medication, and the drain came out of his chest yesterday, and he got moved to the step down unit!!

He is well on his way to a full recovery, which is so hard to believe! It's been less than a week since his open heart surgery, and he looks incredible! We are looking forward to having a couple of our friends from Ft. Hood down to visit today, and then tomorrow Brendan's nurse Karen from his NICU days after he was first born, will be coming to visit tomorrow!

He is all fixed!

After one very loooong day, we are happy to report that Brendan came through the surgery very well! All of his doctors were very happy with how things went! The next 12 hours are the tough ones, so please keep saying your prayers for him! We'll post another update hopefully, tomorrow!