Giving Thanks

I have to warn you, staring at my daughter, Mia, may cause you to forget what you were doing, that you have other commitments, that you require food and sleep. She is that CUTE! Thank you for everything you have said, done, prayed for, and given to us. We have so, so much to be thankful for! Little Mia had an infection since last Thursday night. (Nov 15th). But the antibiotics have given her fever the boot, and tonight (Nov 18th) they removed her broviac central line from her chest. The doctors are pretty sure the broviac was the source of the infection and it had to go. Also, they were unable to draw blood from it, so it had outlived its usefulness. In the future, they are going to replace the central line, to feed Mia and give fluids and draw blood from. I am still hopeful that Mia can come home to Bakersfield for Christmas. God is so good to us. Have a very happy Thanksgiving and hug and kiss your families for us!

Mia Danielle

Mia Danielle was born October 12, 2007. She was born at 1:03 pm and weighed 5 pounds 4 ounces. She was 16 3/4 inches long. Mia had a blocked intestine and had surgery the next day to correct it. She was also born without an anal opening, of which she'll have surgery to correct that when she gets a little bigger. In addition, after she was born, we found out that her heart had not formed correctly, she has what is called an AV canal. As a result, 13 days after she was born, she had another surgery, a band placed on her pulmonary artery, because there was too much blood going to her lungs. This band is a temporary fix until she is bigger and will have heart surgery. Later we found out that her right nasal passage was partially blocked, however it did not appear to have any impact on her breathing. Because of all these different concerns, the doctors looked at her eyes, which appear to be just fine, and also her hearing, which is fine. In addition, they have done some genetic testing on her, of which she does not have Down Syndrome and she is not missing any genes. We are awaiting the results from one final test which will tell us if she has an extra gene, the CHARGE gene, of which we continue to pray that the test will be negative. We are so thankful to all who have prayed for her and continue to pray for her. She's been through alot and has done so well because of those prayers, so thank you!

Happy First Bday Jordan!

This past weekend we were in Sacramento for our nephew Jordan's first birthday and Lisa's mom's birthday. Here are some fun pictures from the trip.

Bradley, Jordan, Seth and Andrew

So Andrew shows us how to properly use these toys...

If Andrew can do it, so can Samantha...

Hey...I thought these toys were for kids!

And some more silliness...

Everyone wants to be like Andrew...

Los Osos

Last weekend we got to get away from the heat of Bakersfield to the heat of the ocean. Our friends were getting married in Nipomo, a small town near Pismo. The day after the wedding, we were driving through Pismo to Los Osos and were shocked to see our car thermometer read 105. We are at the beach, not Bako-land, but when we got to Los Osos, not too far north of Pismo, it was a nice cool 79. That was more like it.