Snooky Great: July 2007

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Don't make any pizza, there will be food at the party...

We went to Palmdale today and visited Jarrett and Dorothy. For dinner, Seth and Samantha made us pizzas in Jarrett's smoker (no clue what you call the thing). They were great!

Bean's Room

Lisa's mom came over on Friday and painted the baby's room. It's a nice sage green...very relaxing, no primary colors to keep the baby awake...we can always hope. :)

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Lisa & Bean

Lisa cut her hair today...it was way too long and way too hot for summer in Bako-land. :) Here's a picture of her new cut and Bean @ 22 weeks.

Thursday, July 05, 2007

We had a nice 4th of July with family and friends. Brad's parents came over during the day and helped us start to put up some of the crown molding that will go in the office. After we went over to some friends and enjoyed a BBQ and some fireworks.

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!