Our Community Has Heart Walk

We decided it would be fun to go to the banquet the night before

This is the picture he took before we got Two ready 

to go to Grandma & Grandpa Casey

This is the view from Liam's seat

Surprising the kids and getting Liam into the pool a couple times 

could be considered a good or a bad thing...

This is how we started our day today

Luckily - This is how it turned once we got to the park :)

 This was Liam's Favorite activity

(Until someone unplugged it & it collapsed)

Here's the boys all ready for the 5k :)

Nick, Shawn, Justin, & Liam

Shawn and Liam getting ready to run the 5K

Holly getting ready to run her First 5K!

Nick & Justin getting for the 5K

Nick came in 2nd place!!!

AND........

Here are some of the members of 

AINE'S ARMY!!!!

Aine's Army was 10 people strong last year

This year

Aine's Army was 20 people strong!!!

Aine was NOT sure what to think of the ferret

NOPE - She didn't like it!

The bunny was ok....

Until it moved

This was an hour after we got home

This was 3 hours after we got home 

(I adjusted her shirt)

We would again like to thank everyone who helped make this such a successful year!

I am hoping that there are some other cool pictures

and there were many other cameras there :)

ALL GONE!

We are pleased to announce that Aine got out of the hospital on Saturday.
She is doing really well and seems glad to be home.

Now - because she came home I followed through on shaving my head :)
We raised $120 towards shaving my head and so far a total of $635 towards the event.
THere is still a little less than a week left, so those totals could change.

Before

 First cut

(ALL Pictures were taken by Liam)

 ALL GONE!!

 About 4 oz of hair right here!

First time the shaver is touching my scalp

Cutting some of the extra hair off

Pile of Shaved hair!

Front View of After

Side View of After

Event & Donation Information:
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e76ge75hde0992f7

On the Floor!

We have made it to the floor and Aine is as friendly as ever!

She is soo happy and doesn't even seem to have gone through surgery.

We are hoping that she remains stable and doesn't get any swelling.

In Recovery!

Aine is doing well and is currently in recovery.

They are working on waking her up so we can go back and see her :)

Her hearing test was Awesome! She has normal hearing!

We will have to wait to find out results of the MRIs.

Off to do more waiting........

Onto the next step!

Aine is out of surgery and onto getting her hearing tested with the ABR test.

The surgeon said that it was a great repair and both ear tubes have been placed.

Once the testing is completed they will monitor her for any signs of breathing issues.

In the OR

Aine is in the OR for ear tube placement and laryngeal cleft repair.
She will then go to have her ABR (hearing test) done.
After which she will go to have her MRIs done.

She was really happy when we got here & loved all the attention that she was getting.  Because in true Casey kid fashion she melted the hearts of everyone that she saw.

We were reaching Nana sign language, and showing her how to belly laugh.

Aine was teaching one of the nurses how to play fetch and didn't want many of them to leave.

I'll update you more as I find out more.

Surgery Day

Today is the day!

We are coming in on the home stretch.  We leave the house in an hour to make it to the hospital by our 6 am check in time.

Her surgery is scheduled to start at 8 am.
I'm not sure what is going to happen first, but will find out soon.

Thanks for the continued prayers & we will continue to update you throughout the day.

The Challenge

As many of you know,
Shawn and I are VERY competitive.
We can't even play monopoly!

So....  that being said.

This is me NOW!

but I have been challenged to join the "Shave your Head" challenge.  But to make it interesting, we have set up some rules for the momma.

Please - Get involved - and know that it is ALL for a good cause & it's a great way to spread awareness even after the walk/5K is over!

Challenge UPDATE!!!

Let's get these lovely locks shaved for a GREAT CAUSE!!

The main goal remains the same - raise awareness for Childhood CHD, raise money for research, and get some hair to Loves for Locks!

Rules:
1) $100 for my head to be shaved.  Sorry - but no donations, no shaving :(
2) All individual donations will count towards the $100 goal listed above.
3) Total raised will be posted daily (top three donators will be listed individually so you know where you stand)
4) Donations can be made to paypal ainesarmy@gmail.com (Put Your name in the comments section to be counted individually)
5) Donations that count towards highest person ends Noon Mothers Day (we will continue to accept donations until Noon Friday May 17th for this years walk but they will not count towards the "shave my head" total.)
5) In case of a tie??? One can cut the pony & one can shave!
6) LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!!!!

P.S.  Shawn has offered to do the honors of shaving my head if you just want to donate :)
After pictures will have to wait - 

What a Great Month!

April has once again come and gone & left a lot of memories for us to look back on.

Shawn and I celebrated our 9 wedding anniversary

Aine turned 2 & Liam turned 4

They got to meet Dora & Diego

Liam helped Aine discover that Spiderman is COOL!!!

 We spent TONS of time with Family

Spend some quality time together

 And... Play some Jake & the Neverland Pirates

It's been a good month & we are hoping that May will be even better!