Snooky Great: June 2006

Friday, June 16, 2006

Some more of Portland!

In addition to the falls, we also enjoyed visiting the rose garden! It was in full bloom and it appears as though there was some poking there also. Hmmm...

After the birthday party, we got on a plane in Sacramento and flew to Portland to visit Tim, Rachel, Laura, Rocky, and Bella. What a wonderful visit. Portland is a very neat city and Oregon is just beautiful with all of the lush green everywhere! One of our favorite stops was at Multnomah Falls, so beautiful, these pictures don't do it justice! We wished we could have stayed longer!!!

Happy 1st Bday Andrew!

Our nephew Andrew just celebrated his 1st birthday. Here's a picture of proud dad and son! And another of Soon-2-B-Mom-Again-Of-A-3rd-Son watching Andrew "play" with his 1st birthday cake.

Mia's Story

Mia was born October 12th, 2007. Lisa's water broke early at 34 weeks and she was in the hospital for 2 weeks because she didn't go into labor. During that time, they noticed a blocked intestine in Mia and determined that she should be delivered down at UCLA. So, at 36 weeks, Mia was delivered via C-section (because she was breech). We know that was a God thing because after she was born we found out her heart had not completed closing off the four chambers (an AV Canal) and a stressful delivery might not have been best for her. We also found out she didn't have an anal opening and her right nostril was blocked. Months later we would find out her skull had fused early. All of these things required surgeries. On May 1st, 2008, Mia had surgery on her skull and suffered a stroke during it. The doctors told us she would only "eat, breath, smile and laugh". People from all over had already been praying for Mia, but so many more joined in and she is truly a miracle because she continues to progress far beyond what anyone would have imagined. This is our blog to document that journey of our little girl, thank you for praying and we hope it will encourage you as much as it encourages us. God is good, all the time!