Very Busy Day.

Yesterday was a very busy day for us as we had a lot to do. My mom, sister (Crystal), and niece and nephew (Ashlynn & Blake)are here visiting and spending some time with Payton and the rest of the grandkids. It is nice to have them visiting and I think they are having a good time. We took all the kids to the park next to our library. They have built a huge wooden course which has slides, swings, poles, and lots of room to run around. It is always busy when we are there but they had a good time. Nolan did take a bit of a fall as he was swinging on the regular swings and Jennie gave him a little push. Turns our he wasn't holding on all that tight and fell backwards on his head and back. That was the end of the park and the fun for him. However, a couple hours and 1 nap later and he was back to his normal self. We then grabbed some McDonald's for lunch and headed back to the house.

Jennie and I then had to head with Payton to her cardiology appointment. I don't know if Jennie was nervous or not but I was. Even though the doctors didn't seem to be worried too much I was. They did an EKG and ECG on her and those two test probably took an hour to an hour and a half. The worst part was that both the doctor and the nurse didn't really say anything during the tests so we are sitting there waiting for something and they just keep looking and taking different pictures. We didn't know if this was just part of the procedure or if they found something that they were really looking at. About an hour after we had been there the cardiologist finally told us that she has VSD. This is when there is a little hole in the muscle between the left and right ventricle of the heart. He said it is fairly common and is seen in about 50% of all newborns. Out of that 50%, 88% of those will close and heal by themselves within the first 2 years. There is really nothing else that they can do at this time and they seemed optimistic that everything was fine. We will have to have regular checkups during the first 2 years to make sure that everything heals up fine. There doesn't appear to be any long term effects as long as it heals and closes on its own. It is still a little nerve-racking knowing that she has it. I guess we shouldn't worry about it too much as there is not a lot that we can do about it.




Then last night we went to the Indians game with Spencer, Greg and Tacie, and Cannon & Addysen. The played the Orioles, which is Greg's favorite team, who are in town for a three game series. We got really good tickets off of Ebay and were only two rows from the field in right field. The fours kids sat in one row and the four adults sat across from them in the next row. I think the kids had a blast. Brooklyn was dancing all night long in the middle of the aisle. Cannon and Maddux were having little fights throughout the game and playing games to try and get Spencer's Sour Patch Kids. If they guessed the color then they got five of them; if they didn't then they got whichever one he pulled. Somehow they ended up getting all his Sour Patch Kids and I know they didn't guess all the right colors. I think he just figured that they weren't going to stop asking so he might as well give them all of them.



I think the highlight of the night was when we got a couple things of cotton candy for the kids to share. It was funny watching them as the boys took huge chunks and ate it as fast as they could while the girls took there time and ate little bites. The Indians did come back and won the game in the eighth inning to give them a 5 game winning streak. They are still dead last in their division but are on a little of a streak. They have been trading some of their players getting young prospects in return. I think they realize that they are out of it for the year and are starting to do a little rebuilding. Anyways we got home a little after 11:00 and the kids were spent. Brooklyn did manage to stay awake the whole way home but was out as soon as she hit the pillow. Well we just wanted to update you on our day and how Payton's appointment went.