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Yesterday Elise and I had a conversation about Emma, something we haven't done in a long time. I wonder if the thoughts of the new baby and my pregnancy remind her of things more often now. If that is so, it is a nice side effect, since I
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Elise was asked to be a flower girl (her second time). She was quite excited! She got to pick out her own dress, although after she picked it out we realized she thought she was picking out the bride's dress, which explains why it looks a little like
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I had my first prenatal visit today. It went really well, and I am still overjoyed with how well it went. I was just a bit hesitant wondering if anything would be wrong, but everything appears as it should. We did go ahead and do an early ultrasound today, so
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I am sitting here tonight trying to find a way to share the news I want to share with you all. Some of you will have already heard. Perhaps some of you have not. John and I are happy to announce that we are expecting to welcome a new baby
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OK, this is a little late, but I thought I should probably post some pictures of Elise on halloween. She enjoyed it so much. I don't know what was more exciting, the costume or the candy. By the way, Elise decided herself that she would be Dorothy from
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I'm sorry I haven't posted recently. I've thought about it, and then it just doesn't happen. You know what happened this day a year ago? I took Emma to the ER for the very first time. It was a long and overwhelming
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I had to share with you all today a really big praise. I was making some phone calls in regards to Emma's medical bills. I haven't heard from the Children's Hospital for a long time. So I called them to find out the status
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I feel so blessed today. Thank you to anyone that has been praying for us, I can feel the prayers. The days of remembering Emma's surgery and recovery went well, it was actually the days leading up to it that were the hardest. In the actual remembering there
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Tomorrow is the anniversary of Emma's open heart surgery. I don't know if it is that or other stresses in my life right now that are causing me to be very emotional. Two days ago I was a wreck, yesterday I was fine, today I am
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Lord, please heal my heart, but not so much that I don't hurt, For if I don't hurt, how will I remember. Lord, never let me forget the pain, For if I forget, how will I know your blessings Lord if you choose to fill my
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Well, this will be a post of odds and ends, but here goes. First of all, this has been a good week despite the memories of Emma. September 14 was a very significant day in my mind. It marked the first day Emma travelled down to Little Rock. It was
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As I stand here on the threshold of what I see as 5 months worth of Emma memories, I am a little nervous. You see, even though Emma's birthday was in July, it is now that we are hitting the "significant dates." Most of Emma'