Snooky Great: November 2006

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

A Great Thanksgiving

We had such a nice time at Thanksgiving with our families. We managed to crowd 16 adults around a long table in our dining room and some extra kids sitting at the kitchen counter. All in all, we had a great time visiting and enjoying each other's company. Family stayed around for the next few days and we got to enjoy some "geo-caching" with Jarrett and his kids.

Lisa and Baby Jordan

Andrew and Bradley

Brad and Bradley on our geo-caching adventure.

Jarrett finding the box while geo-caching!

Seth and Bradley discovering what was in the box...such fun stuff.

Friday, November 10, 2006

We've Got Concrete!

Snooky GREAT! We finally got a sidewalk put in on the side of our house. Little by little we are making progress on the things we would like to see done at our house. The concrete guy said the job took especially long today (10 hours) because the sidewalk is on the shady side of our house and it was taking forever to dry...good thing for us, slow thing for them! Anyway, it looks great.

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!