Visiting the Florys

On Sunday we drove up to Gurnee to visit our good friends Mark and Robin and their kids Annie and Sam. Evie warmed up to Uncle Mark right away, espcially after he played the piano for her. (She is making her "I'm not looking at you face" at me, not at Mark!)

Then Uncle Mark showed her the fish, and then she got to pet one of the cats...she was thrilled!

"Where did the cat go? I thought he was right here!"

Gavin had a great time playing with Annie. He started saying her name right away: "Ah-nee!" He followed her everywhere, except into the basement.

Evie and Francis:

Robin and Sam:

Aunt Robin read to Evie as she ate her chicken nuggets:

Mark, Francis, and Annie spent a lot of time in the basement, playing a karaoke game on Xbox:

Here's Francis and Annie singing to Taylor Swift, and all the other kids are watching (Evie is on the couch behind Francis):

As Robin said, we wish the road between our houses wasn't so long! We hope to get together again soon!

On another note, Evie saw her nephrologist (kidney specialist) on Monday. Uncle David had come over to watch Gavin so Francis and I coud both go with Evie, but once Evie was in her uncle's lap, she didn't want to let go! When I told her it was time to go and picked her up, she started to cry. She only stopped when we decided to have David go with me and Evie, and have Francis stay home with Gavin.

The doctor thought she looked good and he was pleased with her bloodwork results from last week. Evie will see her cardiologist next week, and have a diagnostic angiogram on August 23. Whatever the angiogram shows will help us determine the next step for Evie.