Heart Update

Our sweet little Belle has once again amazed us. She had her 3rd echo since birth on Wednesday. They were quite concerned about her valve not closing and then when it did putting to much pressure on a narrowing spot she has. Belle would have none of that, her heart is great. She still has a small VSD (hole) but they aren't concerned about that for now. The valve is barely present and the narrowing doesn't have any added pressure or stress on it. YEAH!!!! She is doing amazing. She truly is the easiest and sweetest baby. We are all completely smitten and can't get enough of her. Tony and I have decided that the boys love her more than us. We are now second best. :( I would be second to her any day though, she is truly an angel. Thank you once again for all your prayers and kind words. You are all truly appreciated.

Beautiful Belle!

After the transfer of the video to Blogger the pictures look so fuzzy and blotchy. Her skin is actually completely clear and no blotches. Sorry the pictures are a bit off.

Here's Belle!

Thank you all for being so kind and supportive. Sarah and Belle are both doing ok. Sarah will be released this evening, but Belle will need to stay at least another day. Her oxygen levels just aren't staying where they need to be, so they continue to monitor her. This is fairly expected considering she's 3 weeks early and has DS. All in all though, she's doing great!

Enjoy the pictures!

Tony

My new favorite song

I have this new but old band I want you all to check out. It has been around for about 14 years, here a little, there a little. They had a big reunion this weekend and came up with some amazing stuff. I personally absolutely love the song Don't Let Go. It has a lot of personal meaning for me. It is hands down my new favorite song. I think these guys are awesome and their talent truly amazes me. I am completely and totally in love with the lead singer. His voice has a way of melting me. Some of you may know them by their original name The Chimney Sweeps, they now like to call themselves SilentMonk. The link to their site is http://www.silentmonk.com/ the first four songs are songs they recorded this weekend and then if you want to hear more of the duo scroll down to the middle section under Chimney Sweeps. Double click on the song title and then open. My other favorite is Reflection. So let me know what you think.

Spring Break

First of all I have to say what a gorgeous day it is in Seattle today. It is 76 today. I have all the windows and doors open and the boys have been outside the entire day. They of course are begging to have a water fight. I'm not so interested in cleaning up the mess. I love the sun and I love this weather. It makes me want summer so bad. Tomorrow it is suppose to be only 58 with showers. :( I am definitely sucking it all in today. It is amazing how the sun and the warmth can make us all so HAPPY.
Great Wolf Lodge was a blast. It was so much fun for all of us. I of course was stressing for the past three weeks leading up to this that I was huge and didn't want anyone to see me in a swimsuit. When I got there I was relieved of my worries and was reminded that not many people have perfect little bodies. Nonetheless I was so thankful I didn't see anyone I know. The boys had a blast and can't wait for the cousins to come and visit so we can go again. Kiegan and Jonah loved all the water slides and were even brave enough to go on the Howlin' Tornado. It is a 6 story funnel, so imagine getting flushed down an enormous toilet. Fun huh? They loved it and couldn't get enough of the 6 water slides. There was a wave pool and then also another pool that had a huge floating snake, beaver, and lily pads to climb and play on. At the one end of that pool was a whole section of basketball hoops. If there is anything to complain about I can only think of two.....I will get to the second one later, but the first being there wasn't really just a hang out float around pool. The basketball/floating animal pool was the only one to just float in and after awhile there were to many kids splashing around. I personally think a lazy river would have topped everything off. It doesn't really matter though because everything else was so much fun. They have this 4 story treehouse water fort that you can do a million different things including two slides. These two slides K & J loved to race on. At the top is this enormous bucket (48 ft tall) that holds 1000 gallons of water and dumps on everyone below every few minutes. The boys all loved this. There were a couple times that they almost lost their swimsuits from the bucket dumping. That was always a good laugh. Then they had a smaller area with a small slide and lots of things to spray each other and run through. It is mainly for smaller kids but all the boys enjoyed it. It was really great and we all were completely wasted by the time we got home. The only other thing I have to complain about is a personal problem. Yes, a prego personal problem. I've never experienced before the difficulty of trying to pull a very wet swimsuit on over a very wet large body. It was ridiculous. It seriously took me like 5 min. I know not the mental picture you want to have but if it was appropriate I could have definitely won on Funniest Home Videos. The rooms, service, and food were all great. I definitely recommend to everyone that lives close to one to go. It was the perfect two day get a way. We can't wait to go back this fall.
I have mixed emotions with Spring Break ending. I am definitely glad to have the boys back in school and being back on schedules. Yet I'm sad that this is the last break before baby comes. Breaks and vacations will be different from here on out with a little extra one in the mix. In the end this was a great Spring Break week and we were able to do alot of fun things and also get a ton of stuff checked off of the to do list. It was a success.