Heart walk for Abby

This past weekend (February 9th), we did the It's my heart, heart walk for this little princess!

We had such a great time! It amazed me how many people were there, and are affected by CHD.  I had mixed feeling when we arrived.  It was hard realizing that we were now one of "those" families.  I don't mean that in a bad way at all.  It was just that now we had a "cause" to walk for.  We've done numerous walks before, but never with a purpose other than to beat our previous time :).  

Looking around you see how many people CHD (congenital heart defects) affects.  Who knew there was such a large population.  Even though it made me sad at times, it also overwhelmed me with all the support.  Every family had T-shirts with their person on it! The love that was there was amazing!  We saw many people who had taken care of Abby as well as friends from the hospital.  It was encouraging to see all these kids with heart defects keeping up with our energetic Kate! Next year we plan on getting a team together and do some real fundraising.  It was kind of a spur of the moment this this year...fun nonetheless.

Kate had a wonderful time with all the bounce houses.  I think there were about 10 of them! There was music, dancing, everything a girl could want...even Minnie Mouse (who we weren't so sure about).  We took Kate to lunch afterwards to finish off our day! 

Kate relaxing after lunch

On our way there

Hope to see you there next year!