Great news and bad news

Sorry I've been not posting for so long. It was both a great week and a terrible week. I have been sick with pneumonia this week and it has been a long horrible week. I'm finally feeling a tiny bit better but still tired, but I wanted to get some recent pictures posted.

I also wanted to update everyone on the GREAT news we have about Anna. She had her cardio appointment this past week....her EKG was perfect, as was her heart rate and respiration. The cardiologist could not detect any murmur or anything with the stethoscope, but when we had the echocardiogram performed, they did still find evidence of her VSD. But the great news is that since her last echo, the hole has reduced in size and is now only open about 1mm! It has been closing over on its own, so our cardiologist said surgery is not indicated for her and the only thing we need to do is have her come back in one year for another look. With hope, it will be completely closed by then! But even if it stays like it is, she will have a perfectly normal life! It is the wonderful news we were hoping for and we are so blessed!

Anna and Natalie continue to do great and still no problems. They are both doing fine & getting along very well. Halloween was quite a treat for Anna!

I'm going to post some pictures and try to catch up before time slips away!

Princessa of the Sea - Anna

Happy sisters on a beautiful day

You can see why we always say "monkey see, monkey do" around our house! Anna copies everything Natalie does......which is not always a good thing :-)

Poor Simon is now the constant center of Anna's universe. He tries to stay away, but she always finds him!

Natalie was "Little Red Riding Hood" at the Fairytale ball at school last week. Too cute!

Anna the princess figured out really quickly that it was pretty cool to get candy handed to you at each house! She has a sweet tooth and would love to eat the entire bag if possible! Natalie the queen was in charge.