Hospital & Funeral

Well I have slacked off this past week! It's been a busy one. Monday my dad had surgery to remove the hardware from his leg from when he broke his femur/hip. He has been in pain, pretty bad pain sometimes, ever since he broke it and had the original surgery in September. He still has not been back to work yet and is on disability, so he needed to do something about it. The doctor said that some people's bodies just don't accept the hardware for whatever reason. But after this surgery on Monday he said that everything looks healed and there is no infection, so hopefully just having the hardware removed will take care of the pain. He got to go home the same day, so it ended up just being outpatient surgery. I know he is anxious to be back to normal, so pray that this would take care of the pain.

Then yesterday (Friday) Ashley had surgery on her wrist to remove a ganglion cyst. It was outpatient also. She was really funny when she was in recovery, while she still had some of the "happy juice" in her system. :)

So Bailey and I spent 2 days this week at the hospital. On Wednesday, we went to the funeral for Colton (in case you had not seen on his caringbridge site, he passed away on Feb. 28th). It was so sad, and I just cannot begin to imagine being in Derek & Malisa's shoes. The casket was SO tiny, and Derek himself carried it out when the funeral was over. I also ended up going to the graveside prayer after the funeral, and the thing that struck me there, was how difficult it would be for them to drive away from that cemetery. Even though he was just a lifeless body, his soul now in heaven, I can't imagine the pain of having to leave him there. I've just had so many thoughts floating around in my head since this whole thing started. You hear about people losing babies every now and then, but I've never had one of my own friends go through this. It hits close to home and makes me wonder why God allowed them to go through this journey. Why not me? What's the difference? It's brought to my attention how easily something like that could happen to me, and has given me a new appreciation for my healthy baby. I've often heard and realize that God gives grace as it is needed, so I can never imagine how they are getting through this, since God has not given me grace for something such as that. I am just so extremely thankful for little Bailey.

Well I need to make good use of my time now, so I'm going to go do some yucky housework!

2 Months Old

Bailey is 2 months old today! I don't feel like I can fully say time flies.... I guess in some aspects, I can't believe she is 2 months already, but in other ways, it feels like it's been a long 2 months! But she is fantastic and I'm so glad she is in our lives now.

We celebrated with free subs from Quiznos and we rented a movie we are about to watch.

We also have something else to celebrate today--- we just paid off our Jeep! It was actually a 5 year loan, so we paid it off in less than 3 years, go us! (Thanks to Dave Ramsey!) So now we have no vehicle payments which frees up a good amount of money for us - excellent! More evidence of God providing for us.

Off to watch our movie now! Yay for the weekend!

Colton

Here is the update from Malisa today on Colton. Please keep them in your prayers during this difficult time.

We had the meeting a day early with all of the Doctors. Colton has a genetic disorder called mosacism of Trisomy 8. The Doctors don't really know what that means becuase they haven't seen it much. Colton's MRI came back and the prognosis isn't good. When his brain started to form all of the nerve endings that disperse got jumbled up and none of them ended up where they are supposed to be. His brain also didn't form the ridges like a normal brain would, it is completely smooth. For Colton this means that he will never function at all. The hospital has told Derek and I that we can take our time to decide when to shut off his ventilator. We appreciate all of your love, support, and prayers through this difficult time. We would ask that no one visit the hospital and we will notify everyone of funeral arrangements as they are made. Again, we cannot tell you how loved and supported we have felt through this time and how much it is appreciated.

A Few Pics

I just love this one! Love her beautful blue eyes!

















Cousins! Zoe and Bailey
















Smile!
















Best friends and babies!

Zoe's Pledges

Zoe saying the pledge to the American flag, the pledge to the Bible, and singing 'The B-I-B-L-E'. I can't believe how grown-up she is! Sorry it's sideways, I don't know how to change it.

Sick

I am so tired of having sickness in our house! It has been almost 3 weeks running that we have had some type of sickness. Three weeks ago on Friday was when Bailey started her cold, and then Anthony and I got it, and that really was about a 2 week cold. I think I still have a bit of a runny nose from it. And then on Sunday, Anthony started feeling not so good, and I'm guessing it is the flu he has now. This is his 3rd day in a row he has stayed home from school. And he is one of those people who has to be really sick to stay home. It's the sickest I've ever seen him. Luckily, I am feeling fine and Bailey seems to be fine too, so I'm actually hoping it IS the flu, because I got the flu shot when I was pregnant so hopefully that is why we are not catching what he has. I really only got it since they highly recommend it when you are pregnant, but I think I'm a believer now, and I'll be getting it every year!

Colton's CaringBridge Website

Click here to see updates on Colton.