Thank you....

• The Heart Hospital at Baylor Plano--really beautiful facility with the greatest medical staff!!
• Dr. William Ryan--there's a reason we traveled so far to get such an excellent surgeon.
• All my local DFW friends.
• Most specifically Susan for being wonderwoman and only the absolute BEST person to watch my child, offer such awesome friendship, overnight stays, football Sundays, food, laundry services...EVERYTHING...Also, Susan's dad for letting us borrow his car while we were there (at least until my crazy husband bought a car in Texas!)
• Kellye for all the great toys she let Matthew borrow while we were there (or should I be thanking Brenna-Marie??)
• Kelley- for sitting with me during Mike's surgery
• Carrie and Mike and the twins--for housing, food, friendship and wine
• TJ and Chrissie- for traveling all that way to visit with us. Twice. And for awesome friendship. Oh yeah, and that toy that worked wonders in the car on the way home!
• Chrissie's mom- for dinner, dessert and hosting us at your house
• Doug and Dana- for housing us for several days. And hosting a kick as* party for our send off!
• Mike's parents- for "being there". And for the hotel room you gave to us that last night.
• Mike's sisters family- for loading up 3 kids to make that drive down to DFW to visit Mike.
• Lou for the ride to the airport and storing our car at his place the whole month we were gone.
• Our neighbors- for taking such great care of our dog that she doesn't seem to like us anymore.
• Hotels.com- if you're not aware of the program, the gist is each night you book through them you get a point. For every 10 points, you get a free night at anyplace that is less than $400 a night. (i.e. the Bellagio Penthouse suite on a weekday in the "off" season is $399). We had 4 free nights and stayed at some beautiful places for free (well, not free- we paid the taxes).
• Sesame Street (most specifically Elmo) and Yo Gabba Gabba. For whatever reason, my son adores them and in a pinch will calm down immediately in a car when bribed with either one of these.
• Anyone else who offered us thoughts, prayers, phone calls, and love from a distance.

We are so blessed!! We are so relieved and happy that this chapter in our lives is OVER.