Visits with friends

Our aunt and uncle, Vianne and Jim, are visiting in Ohio this week. Here is Vianne with Jackson... she's a pro.

Duncan and Jackson also got a visit from their soon-to-be-playmate Jack Kellough. Jess gave birth to Jack just a couple weeks after our boys were born. Duncan is taking a nap, so he couldn't join in the picture.
And here's Jess' mom in HEAVEN... she loves the grandma role. Duncan is napping in her arms.

Duncan's turn to be in the Bumbo. He's not so sure.

Duncan is not sure here whether he is looking at himself or his twin brother... mirrors confuse the HECK out of twins... hee.

A future Louisville cardinal? Jackson preparing for night-night time (like the pink pacifier?)

Self portrait of Duncan and me. He loved having his patch off!

OK, so I went a little camera happy... here's another self portrait of me sandwiched between my boys - my favorite spot!

Jackson is all grins here...

The END

(aren't I funny!)

Check out US News and World Report Article

Scott and I opened up this week's issue of US News and World Report to find one of the feature articles to be about Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. The stort is about a little girl who had her three surgeries done in Texas and they chose the Norwood Procedure as opposed to the route we chose for Duncan: the Hybrid Sequence. The end result (after all three surgeries) is still the same... below is a link that takes you to the photo gallery included in the article. The print itself is not included.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/photography/ch_surgery/bigpicture.php?image=1

And for those of you who are interested in the anatomy of the heart... here is a diagram explaining what an HLHS patient's heart looks like when born and what the end result should be. Duncan's heart will operate like the picture on the right after his 2 year surgery. I continue to be amazed at what can be done as the field of medicine advances. Truly incredible.

http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/heart-diagram.htm