Thanksgiving Treat

See for yourself!

Loves of My Life

I can't imagine a day without them. My heart is full this Thanksgiving (and every day). And check out those teeth on my little guy!

11 Months

My baby is 11 months old today. This is his last "birthday" before the big 1 year. How is it possible? I really don't know. It's a good thing that he does new cute and fun things as he grows or else my heart would break for loss of past days. Of course, I'd love (LOVE) to sleep all the way through the night again, but it's a small price to pay for the privilege of sharing life with this precious boy. I adore you, little man!

SO big!

Baby Face

Update

We made it through day 1 post-op and all the kids are now sleeping, yay! All in all, the day went well. Julie's lip is swollen and the stitches make it a bit tight, but that didn't stop her from smiling and laughing today. We think it will look really good once it heals all up. As for Julie's ear, we nearly forget that she even had surgery there! It is draining very minimally, which is not at all our previous experience. What a blessing! Now we just wait to see if it works. We're not confident that it will because the surgeon encountered a lot of scar tissue in Julie's ear, but we also know that God can do anything. We should know in about 6 weeks. Here are some pictures from our day yesterday.

Heading in early in the morning, all smiles!

Almost ready to be wheeled back...brave girl.

Not so happy afterward, but at least finally out of bed and not so sick to her stomach.

Going home at 9PM, feeling much better!

It was SUCH a blessing to get out of the hospital without spending the night there. I am 100% certain that we all slept better at home, even if it was sporadic. Plus, there was a patient in isolation in the room next to us, which freaked me out. I have admitted to being a germophobe, and that was almost enough to push me over the edge. The sign on the door warned about "respiratory droplets." I figured out why after hearing telltale sounds coming through the wall - ack. They day nurses seemed really good about gowning up before going into that room, but the night shift only put on masks. Um...not good enough if you're going to then come in and work on my kid. Did I say I was SO glad to get out of there?? Thanks again for all of your thoughts and prayers. We are very grateful for each and every one.

We're Home!

It's been quite a long and eventful day, but we are actually home! Larry and I got up at 3:30AM with Joseph and stayed up until it was time to take Julie in at 5:30. We're super tired so I'll spare the details, but we were released around 9PM and Julie is doing great. I'll update more tomorrow! Thanks so much for your prayers; they were surely felt!

Surgery Tomorrow

Julie will be going into surgery at 7:30AM tomorrow. Her two surgeons have booked 2 1/2 hours for their procedures, so we are hoping they will be done by 10AM and that we can be with Julie soon after. It is never easy to go through these things, not for Julie and not for us. Turning my baby over and watching the distance between us grow is among the hardest things I have do as a parent. However, I know that God goes with her and never leaves her side or our side. All prayers for our sweet girl are very much appreciated. I will update as soon as I can tomorrow.