Friendship

One thing that I have valued more than ever through Maddie's heart journey are friendships...old and new. Not only did Bryan and I hit the "family lottery" when we were born into our families, we truly have wonderful friends. The support we've been given through this has been so awesome. We came home with Maddie to a sparkling CLEAN home, manicured yard and yummy dinners for weeks. The phone calls, help, emails, gifts and comments on the blog have also been so uplifting these last few months. We have appreciated this more than you'll ever know- Thanks again...you know who you are!


Yesterday, Maddie and I drove down to the Tri-Cities for my close friend, Carrie's baby shower. When we arrived, my great friends had already "scoped" out the sick people (luckily, a lady had announced she was sick upon arriving, why she came, WHO KNOWS!?!) The best part of the story is Farrah and Jamie went up to this lady and forewarned her to stay away from me and my baby! Don't you just love it...how awesome is that!?!? The poor gal sat in the corner and secluded herself from the crowd...nice on her part and maybe next time she won't attend a social event when she's sick. Nothing like having your "homies" take care of your dirty work! Thanks girls! It was such a beautiful day and fun to spend some time outdoors. We went by Susie and Teagan's after the shower and it's always so much fun to spend time with them. Teagan is such a cutie! I'm so grateful for the friendship we share...we are just hoping the girls have their Glenn (next surgery) at Children's Hospital around the same time! Our time frames are about the same since the girls are only a week apart. As I've said before, I just love the wonderful mom's I've met who also have heart babies. The bond that we share is like no other...we have the same worries, dreams, simple joys and we "talk the same talk". It brings such comfort!


I also received this most precious gift in the mail last week from my friend Randee. (I've never laughed harder with anyone else! Fun times we had!) She created a book for Maddie from all of the posts on the blog. It's digitally scrapbooked and so cute. We just love it and Maddie will too someday!

I have enjoyed getting back into "normal life" again...slowly and with much caution, of course. It's been so fun to finally "show off" my sweet daughter! On Wednesday, we'll head over to Bellevue for Maddie's cardiology appointment. It's been 5 weeks since our last one and we're praying for a nice weight gain, a healthy echo, ekg, and dr's visit!!!