I apologize it has been so long since I have updated our blog. I know you are probably wondering how our little heart baby is doing and what else is happening in the Isbill house. First of all let me say, Logan is doing great!! His wonderful personality is still making us smile everyday and his heart is doing great!! It is a true testimate to how amazing God truly is.
We had a follow up appointment a few weeks ago, after all the snow. His cardiologist said the patch is holding great and looks good. There are, however a few places they will continue to watch throughout his life. She said this sort of just "comes with" the defect. They will continue to watch his Mitral Valve to make sure the 2 holes (instead of 1 like in a normal heart) do not get too tight; if they do they will have to go back in and snip between the holes to loosen it a bit. There are 3 places in his arterial vein that are goose necked, if those get too tight they will have to put a stint in to open them up. Good news if that happens, they can do this procedure noninvasively and go through a vein in this leg and the stint will grow with Logan over time. Lastly, there is a place where the blood is flowing a little faster than they like, but not too much faster. In a normal heart the fastest they like to see the blood flowing is at a 2, Logan's is flowing at a 2.3 She said they will just watch it to make sure it does not get any faster. We go back in 3 months for another check up. The cardiologist is not anticipating any of these 3 problems to happen but is being caution nonetheless.
As everyone else has experienced or knows about, we has some crazy snow a few weeks ago. I think we got something like 14 inches. It was beautiful and actually kind of nice to be trapped in by the fire for a few days. Rowdy was able to be home with us the entire time, so Logan got to play in the snow with his daddy for the first time!! He didn't really know what to think about it. Rowdy brought in a big snowball and let him feel it. After he felt of it he went face first into the ball and took a big bite out of it. It was pretty funny. We got him all bundled up and let him go outside to play. He didn't really move much, partly because he had his cousin's boots on that were a little big on him. Then he saw his daddy jump into the snow and of course he had to try it, so he just fell in!! Then my sister and brother-in-law came over with their 2 boys, Jack and Taylor, and we went sledding. We had so much fun and I think I have to say Logan enjoyed his first big snow storm!! Enjoy the pictures!!
Lastly, several weeks ago Rowdy and I found out that we are expecting our second child. We are so thrilled and can't wait to meet him or her. My due date is September 9. I have been feeling alright. A little more sick than I was with Logan, which actually makes it a little harder because I have to chase a toddler around too. But I feel so blessed that our family is growing and that God has given us another blessing to care for. 
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