Breathe

I found this song/project and I am so amazed! It is so wonderful.

Here is the trailer for it.


You can see the full length video and all also read up on Matt Scales and the amazing singers in this song on this site



Be prepared to cry. I know that my eyes didn't stay dry.

Uh oh!!!

So it looks like Luke is getting very sick :(
He has a nasty runny nose and he has green snot. Those are pretty much signs that he is on the way to the hospital. I am hoping that we caught it early enough and that he will be able to stay out of the hospital. It seems that since he has started getting older that he is being able to shake off a cold much better.

In other news we had a great Thanksgiving and really enjoyed seeing all of our relatives.

I put up our Christmas tree today and now we have to get busy on Christmas shopping. I just can't seem to get up the energy. Oh well, I have a few more weeks still :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Okay, so I am a few days early but I know that the next few days will probably be pretty crazy so I wanted to post a few things that I am thankful for this year :)

~My God and Savior, where would I be without Him?
~My wonderful Husband, Dan is so understanding and compassionate
~My children, they bring me so much joy every day
~My mom and stepdad, I know that I bug my mom on the phone but she really is my rock
~My siblings, I was blessed with such an amazing family!
~Medical Advances
~Music

These are just a few but there are oh so many more that I could write down.

I hope to be back on sometime soon.
I really do want to keep up with my blog again :)

Here's a little something to make your day a little bit better.
Every time I see this little girl she makes my heart melt just a little bit.

A late night Update :)

I am still here!!! It seems like life is so much crazier with a toddler and an infant. Some days I can't believe how quickly the time flies by now.

Ana is almost 5 months now and is doing great. She is 13 lbs and in the 25% for her weight and 60% for her height. Lukie has never had numbers that high!! She definitely got my genes in then height department :) She can roll over both ways and reaches for things. I have decided to wait on starting solids and then I plan on starting with avocados. I think that might be better for her digestive system. I tried to give her cereal when the DR told me too but she screamed for a day or two after I tried because she became so constipated. I felt really bad for her. She sleeps through the night most nights and overall is an excellent baby. I love her to pieces!

Luke is doing really well too. He has been dropping weight wise but his lung health is superb! I am afraid that he is getting a little junky but I am going to call in for an antibiotic on Monday and I think that should clear him out. He is almost potty trained and I am quite happy with that! He is being such a good boy and I am so proud of him. He talks quite a bit now too. We don't understand a lot of what he is saying but we understand enough to get the gist of what he is trying to say.

Here are a few pictures that we recently had taken. I can't wait to receive the rest of them!

We had them taken by Courtney Fisk of Elle Photography. If you want to check her out and maybe book a session with her. Here'sher blog

I love them and she made our experience wonderful! We will definitely be using her again :)

I should probably change my ticker....

..and blog more :)

Just wanted to inform the few people who check in every once in awhile (sorry, I know that I am not too interesting lately) that our little girl has made her appearance.

Analeigh Grace was born June 30th. She weighed in at 6 lbs 1oz and was 19 and a half inches long. She is such a cutie and we feel so blessed to have her with us.

Luke is doing okay with the new baby. I see a few behavioral issues that I have never seen before but I am hoping that with time he will accept his sister a little bit better. It must be hard to go from being the only child to having your mom spending so much time feeding and taking care of another little person.

Luke's health has been pretty good lately. He has been fighting a nasty cough but I am not overly concerned about it. I think that it will calm down in a little bit. I think that the past few weeks have been a little rough on him and I am hoping that as life settles down so does his cough. He is on antibiotics for them at the moment and I think that will help keep anything icky at bay. I really don't feel up to a hospital stay right now.

Here are a few pictures of little Ana. hope that you enjoy!

Update and Great Strides

We are home! We actually have been for a week but I am just now getting around to posting. Luke's port is safely in place and doesn't seem to bother him at all. The surgery to place it was so easy and Luke had no problems with the anesthesia. I think that the Dr's scared me more than was necessary :)

Luke's cough is much better and I am hoping it stays that way for awhile. I don't want another hospital stay till Baby has been born and is able to walk. Overall I would say that we are at a 'resting' point. Everything seems to be okay and we are just living life.

Tomorrow is a big day though! We are walking in the Schaumburg Great Strides walk and hoping to raise more money for Cystic Fibrosis research. A cure is so close and the CFF needs all the funds they can get to continue with the expensive clinical trials.

I am asking that you donate something to my Great Strides campaign if it is possible for you. It would mean so much to us. Any amount is helpful and nothing is too small. You can donate by clicking the button on the side or going here

It should be fun tomorrow and I will post pictures so you can all see what happens at a walk. I may have to borrow someone's camera though because ours just pooped out. Not cool....

Anyways, I took a couple of pics today with my camera phone. Try not to look too closely at my messy bathroom (going to scrub it down after posting this) or my sheer shirt. Tomorrow I will be wearing another shirt under it, don't worry. Also, I know it is not a maternity shirt. I decided that I wanted to wear it even after I was pregnant so a maternity shirt probably wouldn't work for that. Oh well, the shirt shows off Luke's little sister (who is doing great btw).



30 Weeks- Only 10 more to go!

Awwww, Home!

I am only home for the night but boy does it feel good! Dan is staying the night with Luke and I am catching up on laundry and sleep.

Speaking of sleep, I think that I am going to go enjoy some :)

I will leave you with a picture of Luke being super bored during an antibiotic infusion.







And also Luke looking out his hospital room door. He knows that he is not supposed to leave the room so he will spend quite a bit of time just looking out at everyone walking in the hallways. It's really cute :)