This is a day in the life of our family: Aaron gets all gussied up for work as a chaplain, Mary stays at home with baby and studies for her 2 classes, and Helena just gets cuter.

We went to see her cardiologist today and he said that she is progressing very well. They did an Echocardiogram and her heart still looks good. She will have to spend a night at the hospital in 2 weeks for a catheter procedure. They have to sedate and intubate her to do this procedure. The results will tell us when her next surgery will be. Currently it looks like it will be right after Christmas.

Helena is growing slowly, but her doctor that that is normal for cardiac babies. Her heart works pretty hard and so she burns calories like mad instead of storing them and getting chubby. She is in the 5th percentile in weight, but she is in the 50th percentile in height. She is tall and thin.

In other news, Helena will be a pumpkin for Halloween. And this Halloween will be the 8th anniversary of my and Aaron's first date. Wow, things sure have changed in the last 8 years.