Happy World Down Syndrome Day!!!!!

May god bless my little angel Evelyn and all the other angels across the world!!!

Doctors, Doctors, Doctors

Everytime I feel like I am staying on top of all of Evie's needs medically- I find myself booking her another Dr. appointment. She currently has a pediatrician, geneticist, pediatric cardiologist, ENT, two therapists and now a pediatric opthamologist. Well, she will soon. I am not sure how you check the vision of a 12 month old baby, but we'll see. I guess the good news is that by getting everything checked so often we always stay on top of anything that might be a concern. So far we have been extremely lucky with Evelyn's general health. She has never been "sick" really in her life, other than a 99 degree fever once and a bad cold. She had her ENT check up a few weeks ago and her hearing test was 100% normal! The lady checking her even said she is a really great booth tester :) Anyways, its kind of scary as a mom to have to be so proactive about possible health issues for your baby, as I always get nervous and imagine the worst. I am just very thankful to God that he has blessed us with such a healthy little girl!

Taylor Joins the Family

After you have had a child of your own and have gone through the experience of brining a new life into the world, your perspective on friends and family doing the same completely changes.

I went to visit my brother, his wife Shannon and their new baby boy on Wednesday night who was born at 5:57 pm and I couldn't help but get choked up. Not only because I was extremely excited and happy for them, but the memories of brining Evie into the world just one short year ago were still so fresh and vibrant in my mind. It might sound strange but I still vividly remember the smell of the sanitizer on my hands each time I entered the NICU to see my little angel so tiny and fragile. It is funny how the mind works.

Well I guess the good news here is that if I am really missing the smell of sanitizer on my hands- I only have 3 and a half short more months before I will be in that hospital room again bringing Evie her little sister :) Crazy.