Happy New Years

Out with the old (2010) and in with the new (2011). For the Anderson men, we had a wonderful and blessed year, however, we felt the pain of our family and friends. So this year, we send many well wishes, blessings, and happy thoughts to you all. God Bless our family and friends who continue to be there for us. March and April come the month of all the specialist appointments. The boys are doing so great though, BRING THEM ON!

We also want to send extra special blessings and prayers to everyone expecting. I swear, 2011 is going to be a baby boom kind of month. As always, think about having echocardiograms done, around 20 weeks the doctors can see the heart clearly to see if there are 4 chambers and to see if there are any concerns for follow up...PLUS...it's a great time to find out the gender of the baby...so I can go shopping for something cute :) Yellow, green and purple don't work for me :) LOL. Lastly, once you deliver, and I am hearing most hospitals are now implimenting this, please ask for a pulse ox (oximetry test) on your new little bundle of joy, before taking him or her home from the hospital. One more way to help prevent damage to a heart that could (hopefully not) be possibly a little more fragile than some.

With that being said, we are proud to announce that February 7, the city of Sioux City, Iowa and it's Mayor and City Council will be presenting a proclamation to our men for February 7-14 and declaring it Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Month. This is the second year our great city has done that.

God Bless you all. We love and care about each of you so much