Busy, busy, busy

In the past few weeks we've seen the cardiologist and the urologist for Gabriel. He was diagnosed with congenital heart disease in Russia, so the cardiologist was more precautionary than anything. He got a normal report from that doctor. He also has a testicle that hasn't dropped yet so he needs a surgery to fix it. It is an outpatient surgery, but we have to go to Abilene for that (I have no idea why, but that is where Tricare sent us.) We saw the urologist two weeks ago, but he wanted to wait for the surgery for good measure until Gabriel had been seen by the cardiologist which was Wed the 18th. Now we have his surgery scheduled for the 3rd of July, but we have to be in Abilene the 2nd for the pre-op physical.

On a side note, we had to have our dog, Ammo put to sleep on Wed. the 18th as well. He had developed cancer, so needless to say that even though the cardiologist gave Gabriel a clean bill of health, it became a bittersweet day for us.

Hope that everything is going well with everyone else.

In Him,

Rick, Angela, and Gabriel

Lazy Summer Days

We just returned home from a walk, so Gabriel posed for a picture with Ammo. If we don't enjoy the outdoors in the morning, we will cook to death in the afternoon. Hope you are all enjoying your lazy summer days.

We will send more again soon.
Love, The Schwarte Trio

Summer is Here!!!!

Well, summer is here and we are already cooking in Texas. As you can see in this picture, Daddy was reading to Gabriel. It was interesting to listen because the book was called Little Toot and as Rick was reading it to him it talked about Big Toot, which must have been the dad. I couldn't help but laugh to myself as I listened from the other room, because it was irony at its best. I love Big and Little Toot dearly though!!!!

Gabriel picks up so much more each day. His favorite word now is NO, sometimes in context and sometimes not. So my current project is trying to put it into context for him. However, I am told this is a popular first word, but it is bordering on disrespect around our house.

We hope and pray you are all doing well and we will try to keep updating regularly throughout the summer.

Love,
The Schwarte Trio