Quiet 4th

Our 4th of July weekend was pretty quiet around here. Its been really warm lately, so I didn't think it would be good to take Teagan down to the fireworks by the river. She seems to get overheated really quickly, even in the house! So we got take out and watched a movie! Next year we'll really have to celebrate, and Teagan should be walking by then!

Gavin is sure having fun playing with my mom! Today I found them in his bedroom both inside his Teepee!

This week Teagan has an appointment with the dietician, and a checkup with the cardiologist. They told me that we will probably think about scheduling her cath after our August checkup and then think about a surgery date after that. After seeing our heart buddy Natalie's improvements and quick recovery after her Glenn procedure, I'm almost excited about Teagan having hers! Natalie's mom said she is breathing slower and eating better already, just one week after surgery! Teagan has to work so hard to finish every bottle because she breathes so fast and just gets exhausted. Hopefully the surgery will help her body just be able to relax a little!

Weight Check & Update

Home Health came out to the house today for Teagan's weight check. I was a little nervous about how much she had gained because the last week or so she's been throwing up a little more and not eating quite as much as she should. But somehow she pulled through and gained 8 oz in the last 9 days!!!! She now weighs 10lbs 5oz!!! I was so excited to see those numbers on the scale! My daily mission is to get her to eat as much as possible and keep her growing so she can be strong for her next surgery, so after this last week I was amazed at her progress! She is 22 inches in length now too which puts her right around the 5th percentile. Her next weight check is a week from today when we meet with the WIC dietician for our monthly check up.

It has been so nice having my mom here this week to help with everything! Sometimes feeding Teagan can take up to 45 min. all together and my mom has been really great at feeding her for me- and getting her to eat! Gavin is making great progress with his 'potty skills' and is all but night trained! He is so cute in his little 'underoos'! He is pretty proud of his 'accomplishments' and announces it to everyone everytime he goes. Yesterday I took him to Walmart with me (my first experience at a store with him in underwear) and of course he had to use the potty twice while we were there. I'm a pretty germ conscious person (even more so now with Teagan) so there was no way I was going to let him touch the public toilet. So I decided to take his pants off and let him stand on the seat, thinking it would go straight down into the potty. Well, lets just say it went everywhere but the toilet! We came out of the bathroom to meet my mom and he proudly announced,"Hey grandma, I went potty all over the place! Did you hear me? I went potty all over the place!" My mom started laughing so hard I thought she was going to do the same! ha...

Road Trippin!

Gavin & Nana
Gavin 'watering' the lawn
Gav & cousin Garrett
Trent & Gavin
Me & my two little loves!

Teagee
Trent's dad 'Pacaw' holding Teagan.
Gavin and cousin Garrett.
Gav hiking with Pacaw

After a good report from the cardiologist last week we decided to take a little road trip up to Trent's parents' place for the weekend! The cardiologist decided that Teagan is still ok without the propanolol and thinks that her little ER 'episode' was probably due to weaning the medicine too quickly. He also said that he's guessing her surgery will be sometime in Sept. with her cath procedure in August to make sure that she's ready. Usually kids are in the hospital for a much shorter duration for the Glenn and we are hoping for a quicker recovery than the first surgery. The cardiologist said that when kids are a surprise diagnosis like Teagan (not known before birth) 9 times out of 10 they are hospitalized atleast twice as long as the pre-diagnosed. One of our heart buddies Natalie had her Glenn last friday and was moved to the floor by monday- 3 days later! She's doing awesome and we're so happy for her and her family!

Our 'road trip' over the weekend was both fun and stressful. We couldn't wait to get out of town after hanging out at home for almost 3 months but coordinating and packing everything we needed was alot! It was great to visit with family and finally have a change of scenery though! Trent and Gavin went on a hike with Trent's dad and brothers' family and had a great time. Trent and I even went out for about 2 hours and left both kids with Nana & Pacaw! This was the first time since we've been home from the hospital that Trent and I had been alone without the kids! I was so happy that Gavin was able to get some fresh air and be a little country boy for the weekend. He got to play with cousin Garrett, run through the sprinklers with Nana, play in the haystack, and get really dirty! We are in the midst of potty training with him and this weekend he had his first experience 'watering' Nana & Pacaw's lawn....(see above picture!)

My mom flew in last night to stay with us for a while and help me with the kids! This is the first time she'd seen Teagan since a few days after her surgery so she was pretty impressed by how great she looked! Gavin is really enjoying someone else to play with and I'm loving the break!

Tommorrow home health is coming out again to weigh Teagan and see how she is doing. Last monday she weighed 9lbs 13.5 ounces so I'm hoping that by tommorrow she is atleast 10lbs... we'll see! She's thrown up a couple times in the last few days which doesn't help, but I'm still hopeful!