Surgery - the BIG one

Thursday, July 20th, 8:30am

Mighty Margaret is scheduled for her 3rd heart surgery, although this one is "the big one" as it will be open heart surgery.  They call this surgery her "full repair" but we do not yet know what exactly will be done.  We know what the overall defects are but Margaret's heart is complex and a lot will be determined during the surgery.  Pre-op appointments are on Tuesday, July 18th and we should have a better understanding of what to expect of the surgery after those appointments.  

We ventured out to take some pictures of Margaret in her Mighty Margaret outfit.  Here are a couple!

And a few wearing another favorite onesie:

4th of July

We had some fun taking pictures of Margaret in her Fourth of July outfits -- yes, she had several!  Here are a few snapshots.

This girl loves to lounge in her pool. :)

Photos

I made a promise to myself that I would learn how to use my nice camera when we had a baby.  Well, Margaret is here and I've been working on keeping this promise because Bill and I both agree that we want higher quality photographs of our little lady and family instead of always only having iPhone quality ones.  

Here are some shots from when we were still in the hospital a few days before we were discharged.

And a couple from a trip to the park...*check out that pout! :)

Feature on Children's website

Our family was picked to be a feature on the Children's MN website recently and had a photoshoot to get some nice pictures to go along with the post.  Direct link to the article can be found here although you can also access it by going to the Children's Hospital's main web page.  Pictures done by Lynsey Tjaden Photography.