Hadley's first church outing

Friends, things are going well at home. We've been taking our time with Hadley, learning so much about her real personality and nature. Ella has been loving on her like we never thought she would as well so that makes us happy! The last two weeks have been filled with a couple of different types of doctor's appointments and we met with the surgeon who basically did the operation on Hadley (he lives here in Boise, yet travels to Portland so he can have adequate support to complete the surgery). He said that he thought she was doing well and had talked with her cardiologist as well. The only thing that we are dealing with daily is her withdrawing from her medications. Hadley's body seems to be very sensitive to small changes and it is hard for her to adjust to the decrease in medication. We met with a person from the Infants and Toddlers program today and talked about a plan to work with Hadley. Because of the surgery, she will most likely have some developmental delays. The person said that she looked good though given her circumstances. It's hard because there aren't a ton of milestones to see her accomplishing when she is only a month or so old. This program can follow for up to 3 years, helping Hadley however she may need it so we are hopeful and delighted to have this opportunity to work with such a great organization to get Hadley back on track. Not much else is going on here, we're taking it a day at a time. Both Janelle and I are trying to get back into our workout schedule at the Y and I'm trying desperately to get back into my groove so I can get back to teaching some classes and bringing in some income. The slideshow above is a bunch of pictures we took on Sunday of the girls in their church dresses. I hope that you are all in good spirits and that things in your neck of the woods are going well. Please don't forget to sign our guestbook if you haven't already. Have a great week!!!

Casey