On Saturday, October 1, we participated in the Shamu & You Family Walk to benefit Rady Children's Hospital. We formed our own team, Heart Hero, this year in honor of Xavier and other children with congenital heart defects. We were fortunate to be able to join forces with the cardiology department at Rady's and become the official team for cardiology....this meant not only were we able to recruit more walkers and raise more money, but it also meant that any funds raised by our team would be allocated specifically for cardiology use. As a team, we had 92 walkers registered and raised over $7200!! It was so wonderful and amazing to see how many people showed up to support Rady Children's Hospital and how many families were there with their VIPs (Very Important Patients). I'm already looking forward to next year!
Taking a break to hang out with Shamu. Xavier is signing "whale" in this picture...so cute!
Also, a good picture of the Heart Hero cape Matt's mom made for Xavier. She also made capes for three other little heart heroes on our team (thank you Oma!).
Riding on daddy's shoulders.
