Happily Ever After...

Little Celia-Boo has pulled out her bag of tricks and has played a few cards. We started her on her pulse-ox as soon as we got back from vacation. Oh, did I mention we spent a week in the VA mountains with family?!? Oops. It was a great trip! We got home and the first night, while she was completely at rest, her alarm went off because her heart rate was in the mid 140's. As she was falling asleep. At first, I wasn't too worried because the alarms have not gone off during the night, so I assumed it was a fluke. Can I just stop here and say that I LOVE TOE GLOW?? It tells me if my daughter is breathing or not. Cross off another worry from my list. My Christmas list may or may not include Toe Glow for all of my other children. Breathing is good. Very good. Anyhoo, today while she was in school with her teacher and therapists, her lips turned blue. I got the pulse ox and she was in the low 80's ( above 90 is considered in the normal range) but quick...

 Whew! I can't believe my blog has been dormant for almost a WHOLE MONTH. Sheesh. I thought I'd show you what we've been up to. Just so you know that we haven't been sitting around eating bonbons or something.  First, the twins got a little cuter, if that's even possible. And then Celia had 57 doctor appointments that were an hour away. Okay, not really, but almost 57.  Then Gianna, who would not be outdone by her little sister,  decided to have her FIRST LOCAL SURGERY.  Which included an ENTIRE DAY of pre-op appointments. An hour away of course. I decided to declare it a homeschool field trip. I'm fun like that.  Sofia played dress-up 57 times. And looked mighty adorable doing it.  Daddy was mauled by a passel of girls. And lived to tell the tale.  Gianna got to try out her new wheelchair stroller. And she and Curious George prepared for their 9th surgery. With grace an...

 Corn Maze 2012  Returning from last year- Ry and Aria  The very confident Chelsea and Gianna Combo The rules were simple: NO RUNNING. It was a controversial finish with accusations of runners, and denials and such.  On Maze #1 we have returning champions.  But on the more difficult maze  (just saying')  we had underdog winners- The Oldies and the Babies came in first!! Notice Celia's #1 finger please. She works hard to get that finger to cooperate.  The it was off to the giant pillow. Celia still wants one.  The sisters hopping it up. Gianna's new Dr. is more lax on rules. This actually isn't cheating. I still worry though.  Twinny Twin Twins Because this shot took 217 tries  (give or take 2) Aria was none too thrilled. Oh well. Look at the cute jackets their Grandma made for them!  Who needs a sand box when you have a Corn Kernel ...

 The Newlyweds came through town on their way to a wedding in TN. It was awesome to see them! Wait! Did I just say WEDDING? Yes, yes I did. That calls for MORE WEDDING PHOTOS for your viewing pleasure. You're welcome. I mean to tell you. Three of my SIX beautiful girls. If you had told me a few years ago that God would give me SIX girls, I would have never believed it.  Blessed.  Justin told me the highlight of the wedding was that his Grandpa married them. It was so special! Okay where was I? Ahhh, yes... Newlyweds, then teeth. Gianna lost her first tooth last week. At our house the "Tooth Daddy" comes and leaves you a cash prize. Except sometimes he oversleeps and forgets. Parent fail. And then a crying child comes running in your room saying, "Daddy forgot to leave me money!!" And then Mommy sweeps her into bed and soothes her, strongly suggesting that maybe she didn't see it and it's there. ...

So, how's that for a title for a blog post?!? HA! More on that later..... Celia had her Make A Wish visit last weekend to determine her wish. The ladies who came to see her were very sweet. And they brought her bubbles in a princess wand. For Celia, bubbles=love.  We looked through a booklet of people places and things. Celia started SHRIEKING,  "Disney go, DISNEY GO!!" when we got to the Disney page. I think she might want to go see Mickey again. Just a a guess.  Sooooo..... We established a wish trip. But they needed a non-trip wish as well. We wracked our brains trying to think of something she would LOVE. Nada. Then one of the volunteers says, "You mentioned she loves water. How about a pool?" Hmmmmm...... She would LOVE THAT!!  Her two wishes are officially either a Disney trip OR a swimming pool in our backyard. We have about 3 months until we hear what she has been granted. Then after the sweet l...

"Mom, will you do me the honor?" A memory etched in this Momma's heart. “You don't raise heroes, you raise sons.  And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes,  even if it's just in your own eyes.” ―  Walter M Schirra.

My heart might explode. Gooey, syrupy LOVE is about to burst to overflowing. LOVE MY KIDS.