Best Weekend Ever

 Friday October 10th

We were so thrilled to leave the hospital and go home to see our girls. They were pretty excited to see us but they were absolutely ecstatic to see their baby brother. For the rest of the weekend, they just stayed by his side. They love him so much.

While the weekend was not quite as relaxing as I thought it would be due to getting our lives in order to be gone a week, it still was just magical. I enjoyed every minute watching my girls play with each other and spend time with their brother. We decided to watch a movie as a family and the girls climbed up on the couch, snuggled together and Addie leaned over to Mimi and said, "Mimi, I love you. You're my best friend." Mimi looked at her, and gave her a big hug and a kiss. I knew right then that they would be just fine while we were gone for a week.

On Saturday we were able to leave all three kids for a couple hours and go to the temple. It was so needed. We stayed there for a couple hours just praying and finding peace. I left feeling so much love and felt like I could handle things. We were in a good place.

One of the best things and at the same time the worst thing about the weekend was just watching how happy this little guy was. He was all smiles. It was so great to be "normal" for just a few days although the thought of him having major surgery and he had no idea was a little heartbreaking.

The girls and Shawn went to church on Sunday to help them keep some normalcy in their lives. I stayed home with the baby because we did not want to risk him catching something right before major surgery. We were so overwhelmed and blessed to have so many people reach out to us and show us how much they care. It has helped my heart.