Our Fifth Post, Pictures From the Beach

We are HOME!! Wish we were still there because it is one of the best places we as a family can go and have tons of fun all day every day. The kiddos saw Dolphins and snorkeled and we went out to dinners and played in the sand and HAD A BLAST. Here are some pictures from the week. (If your wondering who the other kiddos are in the pictures and other adults are too, we always meet up with some very close friends of the family and spend the whole week together. They all have kids around the same age as Makayla and Ayden so the kids really can get adventurous.



This is all of the kiddos that came with our group.

The Adults enjoying the afternoon

We rented some boats and headed out to Crab Island one day

Ayden stayed at the front of the boat the whole way there and back

All-in-all it was a great trip. Travis and I did hear back from our Cardiologist and our surgeon on the issue with his Tricuspid Valve last night. They are both agreeing that they need to completely get rid of the Tricuspid Valve by sewing over the whole valve so it is no longer functional. This valve will not grow and it's too small to be replaced with a mechanical valve. This means that Ayden will only be functioning with one side of his heart from now on. To keep the non functioning side from dieing, it is my understanding that they are going to be removing the patch they gave him during his first surgery that separated the two bottom chambers. This will allow the blood to flow freely back and forth in the bottom chamber to prevent the muscle from dieing. Here is a diagram.



Surery is still set for September the 7th but are still going to be doing tons of fun things till then. Ayden will be joining Bart Crow more of some Texas Country Signer at Billy Bob's Texas on Monday, September the 5th for Pickin for Preemies. Ayden is a huge Texas Country fan and plays his guitar all the time. Excpecially to Bart Crow, Joey Green, 1100 Springs and he has just found a new love for Max Stalling.

We are so thankful to be able to do this for him. I just love to catch every single smile he has on his to offer and this is going to bring a big smile to his face.