Allison and Ryan's Big Day...

Here was my view of the wonderful wedding day!  It was amazing to be involved in this worshipful event.  Love my family so much!

Setting up for the reception was a collaborative effort...

Rehearsal time!  Willow was slightly excited about being flower girl...

I think I took this while Ryan was reading a poem he wrote to Allison...

Dad made me cry during this...

Allison Carol, you're getting married today!!!

Mom reading my toast...

Hmm, she was needing a nap...

It was one of my most favorite days yet!  So thankful to God for putting these two together.  

Willow moves to 3 y/o room at church

They got to go to the treehouse play area!  She had such fun and went into the room with no tears.

Let's not forget the fun we had watching wheel of fortune for the first time.  Let's just say that when they got happy, she joined them!

Tea time with mommy and daddy...

Cake for no reason?  Sure!

We found clown fish at the pet store.  Willow saw a yellow one that looked kind of like the one on Nemo that says, "bubbles, bubbles, bubbles, bubbles!"  So she suddenly started saying it.  ;)

She wore herself out at the park one day...

Lastly, this week we had an eventful day. I put Willow down for nap and got in the shower.  When I came downstairs about 45 minutes later, there was a horrible burning smell in our house.  I tried for a while to figure out what it was, but I couldn't.  There was some haze in our kitchen, but I didn't know what it was from.  So, yes, our noble firefighters came to save the day and pull this out of our dishwasher.

Poor Willow went with the flow, but it was a rude awakening, because I woke her and we got out of the house into the hot sun!  Drama!

Almost 2 months post op & 3rd BIRTHDAY!

We've had a wonderful August so far!  

It started with a bang with Willow turning 3!!!  We may have celebrated like four times.  :) It was, after all, her golden birthday!

The night before her actual birthday, she decided to melt my heart with the sweetest hug and kept repeating, "Love you so much."  

One of her favorite places is the aquarium, so off we went!

Tons of new and exciting toys to explore!

Then my sister, Allison, married Ryan!  Willow was a flower girl, I was matron of honor, & Kyle was an usher at the Golliver wedding.  It was a wonderfully joyous celebration!  The next post I do will be dedicated to that special weekend. 

She can swim again!  Borrowing our neighbors' pool...

Today we had another check in with Willow's cardiologist at Children's.  She's doing great!  We had begun weaning her off of one of her two diuretics a week ago, but the doctor decided since her eyes got kind of puffy to keep her on the full dose for another month.  Her bloodwork looked great!  Now we don't go back for a month!!  The time in between appointments there keeps growing.  We are so grateful she's doing so well.  

We mentioned to him that Willow seems to have more energy than before surgery, and he said that sounded right!  If she had gotten the other repair, the Fontan, that would not be the case as she would've still had only one ventricle.  We get to watch our daughter feel better than she has ever felt in her life at 100% oxygen; what an honor and a joy to witness!  Thank God for miracles!