Visit to the Cardiologist

Sydney was born with two holes in her heart (a VSD and an ASD). This is more than likely the reason she was left at the front door of a local doctor's house at 8 months old. She had open heart surgery and was on a heart/lung machine at 8 months. She was a serious scar but is in great shape! A few weeks ago we took her to a pediatric cardiologist to make sure her body has healed properly - and it has. She fought the EKG and the taking of her vital signs but didn't seem to mind the echocardiogram too much. Dr. Jackson said she looked great and shouldn't have any problmes down the road. She will probably NEVER be an olympic swimmer, but I don't imagine we have to worry about that. We will continue to see him once a year until she's 18 just to make sure all is well. Dr. Jackson is at LSU Health Sciences Center which is our local charity hospital. There are some hoops to jump through, but we were very pleased with the experience. Both girls even got a very cute and NEW stuffed animal.
We took her to JulieAnne's Bakery afterwards for lunch and a cookie for being such a trooper.

Smooth Rider

Mike bought Sydney her first tricycle, and she abolutely loves it! I think Evan enjoys it just as much as she does because she loves to push her sister. Evan has waited such a long time for a sister to 'baby', and she definitely jumped right in. She loves to bathe Sydney, wash her hair, put her diaper on and get her dressed. She's an awesome helper!

Happy Birthday, Sydney!

Since we missed Sydney's first 2 birthdays, we decided to have a party for her to make up for it. I ordered a small cake just for her so we could get those pictures. It turns out that a 2 1/2 year old isn't nearly as messy as a 1 year old. She received lots of great gifts, but I think she is still a little overwhelmed with all the toys that are already in the house.

A Little Bit of Heaven

Just a few more pictures of our girls.

Family: That's What it's All About

Stealing a moment with PaPa

Our Little Angels

Look how sweet they are: and we have these little ones FOREVER!

My Girls

I can't believe it has almost been a month since my last post. Here are a few miscellaneous pics that I love. Evan and Sydney have bonded so well. They are true siblings - sometimes they adore each other, sometimes they can't stand one another, and sometimes one likes to aggravate the other. Isn't it amazing how the art of aggravating another is pure instinct?