The State of Zenn: Christmas Break!

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Christmas Break!

We've had a wonderful Christmas and break from school. Here is just a little of the fun...

We've gotten a ton of snow to play in!

Christmas Day!

Cookie making! Something we don't do very often anymore. With no fat, no peanuts, and low carbs...cookies just don't mix. We have yet to find a TRULY fat free cookie recipe so today we just used Matthew's fat free brownie mix to make cookies. They are flat but good and he is happy...that's all that matters!

We love that our children are home bodies like us. We are looking forward to our family tradition of camping out downstairs, stuffing our faces, games, and wii tournaments for New Year's Eve.

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UnknownDecember 30, 2009 at 3:30 PM
It is amazing all of the things that can be done if you put your mind to it.
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AnonymousDecember 30, 2009 at 7:29 PM
A CAMERA!!!! We need more photographers!!! =)
Love the pics!! Looks like so much fun.
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A little history...

Mike and I were married in 1996. Our first son Joshua was born in Colorado and struggled from the beginning. A heart defect wasn't found until we moved to Minnesota when he was 8 months old. He had mitral valve stenosis and should have died. He was taken into surgery for a new valve and was good as new. He required a second valve replacement during his 1st grade year of school due to pneumonia. He also suffers from eye strabismus, asthma and allergies.

Thanks to Joshua, our second baby, Matthew, was watched carefully in utero. At the 20 week ultrasound they said, 4 chamber heart, looks good! We were sent back for a level 2 ultrasound a few weeks later where we received the blow...Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. It's been an extremely long road but today he is doing very well. We've added along the way Hypogammaglobulinemia with T-cell dysfunction (Immune Deficient), Plastic Bronchitis (due to fat - so no-fat diet), autism spectrum disorder, ADD/ADHD combined type, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, & Asthma. He also suffers from strabismus (eye crossing), migraines and many other side effects from surgery and medications.

Our 3rd son Noah was born with an ASD - Atrial Septal Defect - but it seems to have fixed itself. He also has the eye crossing - strabismus.

Then there is Isaac...son number 4. Isaac has Type 1 Diabetes, a peanut allergy and the lazy eye.

The State of Zenn

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Christmas Break!

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