speed bump...

Thank you for all of those who were praying for Grace's echo on Friday, unfortunately, we had to reschedule her echo because Grace came home sick from school on Thursday.  Obviously, we wouldn't want to share our germs with any other heart patients, but the other reason we had to reschedule is because when you are sick, your heart must work harder, so there is a high likelihood that an illness could make the gradient across her mitral valve artificially higher than normal and then what do you do with that info (you don't know if you should attribute the higher number to being sick or if it would have been higher regardless of the illness).  We were eager to see how Grace's heart was doing in hopes of getting a better idea as to when we would need to head to Boston, but God had other plans, which we trust is the perfect plan.  Our new echo date is September 22nd.  Will you please extend your prayers to our new appointment?

Grace seems to be doing better, so giant praises that this either wasn't a respiratory infection or hasn't turned into one that put her in the hospital!  The hard part about her being sick is that she just wants her daddy when feeling yucky (she will let me snuggle her some, but Grace is definitely a daddy's girl when she is sick or scared) and daddy works now.  Those two have been through so much together, it's no wonder that he is her source of comfort.

We continue to trust God with the logistics of keeping everyone healthy while both mommy and daddy work (fortunately David gets off work at 2:00 pm and we have family close by to help) because when I try to figure out the logistics on my own it doesn't make sense, the good news is that God is WAY bigger than what my little brain can piece together.  

What do you do when your little sister is sick and cranky...

A puppet show of course!  The only problem is the desperate plea for "MOOOOORE!"  when it's all over.

This is what Grace looks like when she gets her groove back...

In case you are like me and could really use a laugh right now, check out one of our all time favorite pictures that we just stumbled across...

Thank you, sweet Village for all of your prayerful support!