Thursday, January 29, 2009

Flowers

Hello Friends and Family,

I was writing to let you all know that if you order flowers for any holiday season (i.e. Valentines, Mother's Day, birthdays, Christmas) this year, you can make a contribution to the Childrens Heart Foundation (CHF) by ordering through www.proflowers.com/CHF. CHF provides grant money for research of congenital heart disease (CHD) studies. As far as I know, they are the only organization that does research on CHD. There are many other organizations that do studies on adult heart disease but none that specialize in children born with heart disease. You can learn more at CHF's website at www.childrensheartfoundation.org. Some of the studies they have funded are listed on the website.

I think this is an important contribution to all heart families and everyone in general. Please keep in mind that congenital heart disease is the #1 birth defect in the US. There is one child out of every 125 that is born with CHD. Valentine's Day is National Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Day.

I appreciate your support and thank you for listening (or reading).

Monday, January 5, 2009

Sunday, January 4, 2009

New Addition to the Family!



Here is Chloe. She is 5 months old. She is very gentle with the kids and her and Grendel get along very well!

Update

Hello Everyone!

Well we just wanted to say happy new year to everyone! The boys had a wonderful Christmas. Jason had two weeks off and I am NOT looking forward to him going back to work tomorrow!

The cardiologists decided to put Nathan back on his medication. So, once again sleep is not happening in this house! Hopefully we can reevaluate this in about a month or so.

I believe that is all now. I will upload some photos today or tomorrow!

Love

Laura