Sweet 16!

Mia has finally reached 16 pounds! Go Mia. I remember when she was stuck at 13 pounds for awhile and I thought is she ever going to get bigger and Brad had to keep telling me not to worry that she would get there and he's so right...she's getting there. She's almost too long for our scale now, I measured her the other day and she is real close to 29 inches...pretty soon we'll be switching car seats...I was hoping she might stay in her current seat til she's 20 pounds, but she'll be too long pretty soon.

Monday I have to take Mia to get her blood drawn in Bakersfield, so please pray for us. Pray that it would go quickly and easily...she's such a hard one to get blood from. This is pre-pre-op stuff. She needs this done before Friday because they are going to do a CT scan of her heart and they need to put her out for that, so they want to make sure her blood work is ok prior to that. They'll also be drawing blood on Friday, but I believe they'll be able to do it when she's under the anesthesia so that shouldn't be painful, but they will have to put an IV in her on Friday, so pray for that also. They'll also be doing a chest x-ray and an EKG on Friday, but those should be pretty painless.

Her helmet is fitting her really well, which is a blessing, so we'll just keep praying for head growth.

Mia did really well with her Synagis shot yesterday. She didn't get a fever and we were so thankful. She wore her helmet all last night and it looks to be fitting real well. This morning she got weighed and she's now 15 pounds 13 ounces...so we'll keep praying for more good growth because the bigger she is for surgery the better.

A New Helmet

Yesterday we went to LA to get Mia's new helmet. Since both of the grandmas were busy Grampa Flash volunteered to tag along...thank you Grampa! He drove us down there...we stopped at In & Out along the way...we had burgers and Mia had beef and carrots with oil...I think that's pretty similar to what we had. Our appointment was at 1:30 in Torrance and they said allow for an hour to adjust the helmet. Well, 1 hour turned into 2, but we definitely didn't want to go back anytime soon and so far so good...I've been checking her helmet every couple of hours to make sure there aren't any red spots and it seems to be fitting well. It's a little bigger and bulkier than the last one, but they wanted to make sure it would last her until she's 2 or so...they said insurance would definitely not go for a 3rd helmet (we still don't know about this one, but we continue to pray and be hopeful). They did think her head grew a smidgeon since she was last there...so please be praying that it would continue to grow and this helmet would reshape her head.

This morning Mia got her Synagis shot...it is a shot they give babies during cold/flu season to protect against RSV...any premie and baby with a heart/lung condition gets the shot...it's a once a month thing for the next 5-6 months...so pray that she wouldn't have any adverse reactions, she ended up doing fine with her last immunization, but she had a fever for so long...pray she doesn't get a fever with this because we want her to be able to wear her helmet.

Tomorrow we go to LA to get Mia's new helmet. Pray that it would be a good fit and that it would do the necessary job to get her head shaped right. Pray also that her head would grow and that we would be patient as we wait on God's timing.

I meant to post these pictures awhile ago...regardless, this is Mia with her Peace Rose...she really enjoyed touching the petals...she liked it!

Today in church we looked at Habakkuk and I was reminded of God's faithfulness to Mia. At the end of the book, Habakkuk says that regardless of what happens, "I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior." (Habakkuk 3:18) This was a great reminder for Brad and I as we get closer to another surgery for Mia...just like her last surgery, we do rejoice in God regardless of the outcome because He is good always. May you be reminded of the goodness of God as you start your week.

Mia did pretty well with trick-or-treating. She went to her Grandma Cheri's and then to her Grampa Flash and Nana's house. I think she was slightly amused by her costume...when I put it on her she immediately held up her arms and was inspecting them, it was cute.

Mia got weighed today...she is now 15 pounds 11 ounces, yay Mia. Her cousin Joy is 15 pounds and soon to be 5 months...so far Mia has been passing her grown out of clothes to cousin Joy, but soon it will be turned around. :)