Almost 1 Years Old

I still can't believe that my baby girl is almost 1 yrs old. It just seems like yesterday that we've been praying and wondering if God will ever bless us with our little miracle.

Let's see.. what has happened since my last blog?

Our computer crashed.. which means we lost a lot of pictures.. It's so heart breaking and we are trying to get the pictures off the old computer.. hard drive is gone.. fried... toasted.

Lilly has 4 teeth now and 2 more poking through :) She looks so cute!!

She pulls up and walks around holding on something or pushing something around. She has not yet to trust herself.

Her first word Uh-Oh...Love it!!! :)

Now the big doozy... Lilly has her 1st Major Virus.. :( No fun I might add.

We took her to the park Saturday to play, she loves to swing. The weather was beautiful and we thought "let's have a family day" She played and played and almost fell asleep on the swings. She wore herself out and took a great nap

Sunday, played like normal and ate a little less , but that's been typical with her teething.

Monday, I heard her cough around 5 am and I didn't think anything of it. I just thought she was coughing. Dry throat or something. So I fell back asleep and woke up normal time to get ready for work. Went in Lilly's room to discover her hair plastered to her head. I thought she had snot on her hair and I turned the light on. Looked in her crib and she was covered from head to toe. And.. the color was ORANGE!! ewww.. I thought.. Oh goodness.. she was getting me back because I forced her to eat a few bits of carrots for dinner. Swooped her up and put her in the tub to get her clean. Poor Russ, he was half asleep and had to strip the bed and treat all the bedding so it wouldn't stain. She felt awful, warm and so limp. I just thought it was the typical stomach bug. Well it wasn't.. she slept all day long. No wet diaper.. at all. Kept throwing up and here came the diarrhea. We ran to the After hours clinic and they said its just the typical flu. Fast forward two days.. Wednesday. Still lethargic and no movement.. not much pee. No eating, nothing. Her fever did go away.. thank goodness. Went to the Dr that morning and they gave her something to calm her stomach. Well that didn't help and they sent us to the ER.

That was awful.. bad experience. She was so dehydrated and they tried giving her an IV, but couldn't find the veins. 5 pricks I might add. Poor baby cried and cried and it took all that I had to hold back my tears. They gave up and gave her something for her stomach and she drank and drank and held it down. Went to the Dr the next morning and they were able to get a stool sample. Came back with Blood in it.. and soon discovered it wasn't some normal virus.. it was ROTA VIRUS. Oh my word. Excuse Me.. what is that?

Yeah, I was upset and mad at all these parents who "let" their kids "wipe" their own bottom after they go #2. And Not wash their hands.. Yup.. that's where it comes from. Lilly does not go to a Daycare, which is common there. You can pick it up anywhere though. So the Park.. Yup.. The Park! Good grief, poor girl. I don't understand why it had to attack her?? She's been sleeping 24/7 and we have to wake her up to drink and force food in her mouth. And to top it all off.. she has an ear infection. I think Lilly's had enough.. and I know Mommy and Daddy have. She is very clingy and I don't blame her. I would be too. Her 1 yr Birthday is on the 24th.. :( her Birthday party is scheduled for the 26th.. which we might have to post pone.

I just pray and hope Lilly will get past this quick. It can last up to 14 days.

So.. pictures?? We are working on saving what we can.. will post soon.

We have a new computer.. MacBook Pro.. AMAZING..

More to come.. can't wait to celebrate my babies 1 year Birthday.. :)

8 months:1st tooth and now crawling

Lilly cut her 1st tooth at 8 months and now she is crawling!
She is every where. She loves to go and we are not prepared for that. The house isn't even child proof yet. Where in the world did the time go? She will be 9 months 12/24!! WOW!
She crawls for a bit then does the army crawl. It's so funny to see her get serious and go. Daddy will be child proofing the house this weekend for sure!

We visit Santa Sunday. I hope she isn't afraid of him and we can get one good picture with her on Santa's lap. We've looked forward to this for years and now is the time. Is this for us ?? Haa.. yes, right now it is. When she gets older, then it will be for her :)

Will post pics soon..
More to come...

6 month pics

I know I've been so behind updating my blog. We've been so busy with our active one. Here are a few 6 mth pics
Our lil Minnie Mouse

Go Dawgs

Look how sweet

Is this good Mom?

Hi Everyone

Almost 6 Months old!

It's been awhile since my last blog! Lilly's been trying all kinds of food and so far so good...She loves it! Rice cereal first, she was such a ham and decided to blow bubbles while she was eating and it goes everywhere. I laugh, not good so she keeps doing it. Haa!! She got the hang of it and does great! Sweet Potatoes, Apple Sauce, Green Beans and Banana's. She's not too sure on the banana's, but we will keep trying later. She is growing so fast, wants to drink out of a cup.

Lilly also rolls over. She did the stomach to back at 17 wks and the back to stomach at 22 wks. Now she is our little 'Roly Poly' She rolls everywhere. You put her down in one spot, turn your back and she is all the way across the room. haa! She gets around and heads towards Annie and Lucy. Wants to pull their tail and gets so excited that she can get them. They are patient with her and Love her! Makes Mommy happy :)

She will be 6 mths Friday and well I'm not going to be a good Mommy that day. We have a Dr appt to get shots :( I wasn't thinking when I made the appt. We spread the shots out, so I know it won't be that bad, but still. I need to do better :)

Here are some pictures of Lilly trying out food for the first time.. enjoy

Here we go

I like it!

I'm so sleepy, such hard work.

More to come...

No longer a Newborn

Today I realized that my baby girl is getting so big. When you pick her up, she no longer bends her legs up to her chest :( So sad. I loved when she did that! Now she is all legs and wants to stand up, roll over and tries to sit up by herself. She weighs 14 pounds and is in stage 2 diapers! Time is really flying by fast! We are enjoying her so much and she makes us laugh. She is so silly and is just truly a happy baby! We are so blessed and Thank God for her every day!
She's been sleeping through the night since 4 wks! Mommy and Daddy love that, as we love to sleep too. haa! Last night was 12 hrs!! Yup.. 12!
The Dr gave us the go ahead to start giving her cereal, vegs and fruit! This should be fun and oh so messy! Haa.. will post pics when we decide to take that exciting plunge ;)

More to Come...

3 Month Photo Shoot

Lilly had her 3 month pictures done and can you say... So stinkin cute!! It's so hard to choose!

The photographer "Tate" did an amazing job! She saved us! The photographer we used for her 1 month pics stood us up and never called! So a friend of mine directed me to Lasseter pics and they were able to meet with us the next day! We were so excited. Here are a few pictures of Lilly. Enjoy!

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1 Year Ago Today

Can we say "WOW" Our God is a mighty God! It's been 1 Year today... we were headed to the Czech Republic Praying for a miracle. Now we have this amazing 3 month old baby girl in our lives. It's been a true roller coaster ride getting to this point. Looking back I thought we would never get here. But we are.. enjoying every minute of our Lilly. She makes us laugh all the time. She is such a true blessing and our little miracle!

We've also helped so many couples who have gone through what we have and it feels great to spread that little bit of hope. It's a passion and I really do think God took us down this road to experience these hard times. We have realized that He has always been in control!

So.. what now? We will take in one day at a time and watch Lilly grow every day. Discovering new things, learning each other, having fun and taking in the moment.

God is so good!

More to come...