Grant's Journey

I thought it was about time that I added a little update about the #1 thing happening in our lives right now...GRANT! Moving closer and closer to the magic 18 month mark has brought its share of joys and challenges. A few things about Grant right now: Favorite toy: Utensils. Any kind. This kid will demand to have a spatula, wisk, or spoon with him at all times. We can keep him entertained for hours with a basket, some blocks, and a long spoon to stir them with. Biggest accomplishment: Pushing his walking toys around. Grant is very skilled at the whole walking thing, but refuses to get the confidence to take a step on his own. He will take his push toy, walk it over to the couch, park it and walk all around, then go back to the push toy to let it guide him to where he wants to go. Verbal skills: Grant has started signing a lot in the last week or so. He will now sign "More, Food, Please, Thank You, Drink, All Done", and has started a few new signs of his own that we are not qu...

On August 13th, we were fortunate to attend the Intermountain Healing Hearts family heart camp. This is an event that IHH sponsors for families and individuals affected by CHD's to come together and enjoy fun and bonding. We really wanted to attend last year, but it was held the week after Grant's Glenn surgery (can you believe it has been a YEAR!!). This year, we made it a point to go and we had a blast! Camp Wapiti is maintained by the Utah Elk's Foundation and each week, a different group of kids with chronic health problems get to come to camp. They have a full medical cabin with hospital beds to help accommodate needs of the kids and we were fortunate that no one needed the nurse on staff for anything serious! The area has a ton of cabins as well as a huge lodge for meals and activities. Isn't this place beautiful! When we arrived, we loved catching up with many of our heart friends as they arrived. We had a great dinner together in the lodge and then most everyone...