Vacation and Dr updates

Sorry it has been a while since I updated last. I have been having to go out of town a lot for work. We have moved to a new computer system and we are having to do a lot of training.  It has been hard being away from Matt and the boys for  a week at at time but I think it has been great for Matt and the boys to bond and have some good daddy son time.

We have had a busy past month. We were able to go on vacation with some of our family and had a great time.  It is so much fun watching Garet and Reed hang out with some of the cousins and meet new members of our family that they had never met before.  We went up to Helen GA and stayed in a cabin up in the mountains.  Matt got to do some long time needed golfing and we got to do some relaxing that was also way past due.  Below are some picture from our vacation.

 While daddy was golfing Garet and I were able to go on what they call a duck ride. It is a big bus that drives around the park area and then drives into the water and becomes a boat and gives you a nice relaxing ride around the lake. Garet was not sure of the whole thing till he got off the bus and saw some family that was wanting for us to get done and then it was the coolest thing of the day. he was telling everyone that we went in the water and then they gave everyone these duck bill quakers.  We finally had to hide that later that evening to get a break from the quaking.

 At the end of the first day we went and watch a laser light show on the side of the mountain.  It was nice but it was late and both boys wanted to have there mommy time. By the end of the show I had to sleeping boys in my lap and two arms that had fell asleep a couple hours prior.

 We found a nice little water area that had a waterfall and some really cool rocks. It was just what we needed to cool off for a little while. Garet thought it was so cool that he could just walk around in the water. Reed was not so sure what to think.

 While we were at the cabin a family friend bought Garet this silly caterpillar toy. (Garet names him Burt) Well needless to say Burt was not put together with very good glue and started to fall apart after a day or so.  The picture above is a picture of Garet with the pieces of Burt on his feet and nose. I think he had more fun with it after it fell apart.

There was a great group of people that we got to hang out with. There was family from up North that were there and then friends and family from Orlando and then some family from Jacksonville like us that came to visit as well for a couple days.

On to the dr updates. Right before we went on vacation Garet had a cardio appointment and it went well. They have finally reached to top out on a couple of his meds.  They have increased them as much as they can right now until he gains more weight.  He has been slow on gaining weight here lately but all of his dr's say that at this age they will slow down and then hit another growth spurt.  Well Garet is eating more food then I do most days so I am sure that growth spurt will be coming here very shortly.  His next appointment will be in October. We are now at going every 3 months to the Cardio Dr's. 

Reed just had his 6 month appointment and if Garet does not hit that growth spurt here soon Reed will be catching up to him in weight.  Reed weighed 18lbs 2 oz. and he is now 27 1/2 inches long. He is in the 75% is both weight and height.  He is a big boy.  Reed is doing really well sitting up on his own and if he can get his arms to work for him he will be all over the house crawling very soon. He will push himself up on his feet and hands all the time so I know he is strong enough it is just getting the hands and legs to work together. The next time Reed will have to go into the dr will be for his flue shot when they come in and then for his 9 month check up. 

Overall things are going really well with us. We are trying to stay cool till these hot Florida summer days pass.

I know there are a lot of friends and family that read this and I just want to ask for you all to add a couple people to your prayer list.  There are a couple of girls that are at Shands in Gainesville right now that really need our thoughts and prayers.  Emily has just received the gift of a new heart. She is now in the post transplant stage and will need a lot of strength to recover from such a surgery. Rachael is in very bad need of a new heart. She is on a ventilator and is having a lot of issues going on right now. I know there are a lot of families that need our prayers but there two  I know of by name and would love you to send you thoughts there way. 

Thank you so much to everyone for following what is going on with our family.