Today was the first of the two eye surgeries that Lily needs to have done. We, mistakenly, thought that they were going to do both procedures at once but since that is not the plan we went ahead with the first one today – a simple tear duct probing. Lily, along with a ton of …
One Year Later
In our first year of life with Lily, we celebrated every anniversary we could think of: the day we got the phone call, the day we met her, the day she had her first overnight visit, the day she came home for good, the day of her heart surgery, the day of her cardiac arrest. …
Head and Shoulders…
I sometimes feel as though that as a whole, we need to look at our calendars and start thinking about adopting Rosh Hashanah as the new year for everyone. I don’t think that I’m alone in thinking that September always feels more like the new year than January does. Be it the years of school …
Those Genetics…
A mom post tonight…. It’s become part of our routine to see Lily’s birth parents every few months. We really enjoy seeing them: watching the expression on their faces when they see how much she has grown and what she can do. There is something immensely fulfilling about watching her birth dad hold her for …
“Today”
A mom post today…. We were driving to the zoo on Sunday morning and Jess turned to me “Do you know what today is? It’s today.” Such simple words but ones with so much meaning between the two of us – it’s almost like a secret language. “Today” was the day that we almost lost …
Renovation Mode
Guys, Mommy is a destruction queen! For the past few weeks she has been working day and night in the basement of our house to, “get it ready”. For a while I didn’t really know what that meant but I do now and it’s a pretty amazing thing. The mom’s have decided that it’s time …