It's been awhile since I've last blogged. Sophia had surgery, the boys had things to do and then Sophia got sick. Basically life caught up with me and kept me busy. Although I'm extremely tired tonight I had to put down my thoughts and feelings so here goes....

The other day I was talking with my sister and she made a comment about how God knew long before I was even thought of that Sophia would be in my life. God had all this planned and set out exactly how he wanted it to go. My older sister...
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It's amazing how one day you can feel at the bottom of the world and then the next your flying above the clouds. How one day you wake up and realize you've been neglecting yourself while trying to learn to balance life and all it's unexpected glories. Today has been a good day. I mean a really good day. I woke up feeling great. Went to Sophia's follow up with her cardiologist and received wonderful news. The cath procedure worked better than we suspected and Sophia's gradiant has gone all the...
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Whats usually handled as a day procedure ended up being several days with Sophia. Although this was our first experience putting her under anesthesia. Sophia went in for an endoscopy, cath procedure on her pulmonary valve stenosis and ear tube placement. Everything started out being delayed by 5 hours so that should have been my big red flag that things were not about to play out as I had expected. Each doctor came out to consult with us after they finished their part. Each doctor said things...
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It's hard to believe that Sophia turns 5 months old tomorrow. Still tiny weighing in at 6.8 lbs and almost 19 inches long. These past 5 months have been a defining time in my life with constant ups and downs. Each week is filled with doctor upon doctor appointments. If we arent out of the house visiting doctors in their offices or in clinics we have therapist at the house. It's been hard, really really hard to stay strong and persevere through all the obstacles that are thrown our way. There ...

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Sophia is doing exceptionally well! Yesterday she was moved into an open crib and we were finally able to wave Goodbye to that darn incubator! Its so easy now getting her in and out of bed. Before it was such a long process and now I just walk over and pick her up. It's a good warm feeling to be able to see her in a crib. Yes ladies, I cried! It took 6 long weeks before I saw my princess in a crib but the wait was worth it. She's also gaining weight at a good pace. As of lastnight Sophia weig...

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