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Friday, December 20, 2013

December 5th, 2013 is a day that we will never forget. It's the day that we'd feared and the day that changed the course of our lives. It's the day that left us feeling hopeless and scared. The kind of day you pray never happens. On December 5th, 2013 we got the news that our perfect princess had type 1 diabetes also known as juvenile diabetes and insulin dependent diabetes. The day we knew our daughter was in for a lifelong daily fight. In what seemed like an instant a drop of urine sent our world spiraling out of control. December 5th, 2013 was also the day we found out how strong we really are, how strong our faith in God is, how blessed we've been and still are and that true heroes come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Since that day our life has been turned upside down. Normal three year old things have been replaced by new normals like finger sticks, carb counting, insulin injections, corrections and so on. Slowly we are finding our way-tantrums and battles are lessening. The tears are mostly a memory. Our vibrant outgoing princess is reemerging and we are finding our footing. I don't know why this happened to our little girl but I do know we are ready. God has prepared us. We will take this challenge one day at a time and write a new story for ourselves.

We are especially grateful to all our FAMILY and friends who reached out to us, prayed for us and continue to do so.

Special thanks to the Kiprotich family for being there when no one else could, Megan Sebek the trailblazer for your words of wisdom and advice, Jessica Kamrath for reading my crazed texts that morning and caring, Michelle Quintela for coming to brave the day to day with me and providing solace, Kairo and Jonathan for making sure we were taken care of in the hospital, and our dear neighbors for all you did and do and to everyone who's listened.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Happy 2 Months!

Yesterday Grant turned two months old. It's hard to believe time had gone by so fast. This two monther now smiles a lot and is even starting to laugh and coo occasionally. He is very strong for his age. He still loves his paci but is disliking diaper and clothing changes less these days. Hiccups are sure to make him scream and he now prefers the swaddle to sleep at night (or at least mom does). He had his longest stretch of sleep this week FIVE whole hours! We couldn't celebrate being 2 months old of course without visiting Dr. Cheng😉 thankfully he got a glowing report. Just like his big Sissy Dr. Cheng said he looks like a healthy four month old😉 After his appointment the 3 of us took Grants first flight to west Texas so we could get an early start on Thanksgiving. Dennis will join us next week. Grant did great throughout thankfully and London was a big helper. We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! These are just a few of the things we re thankful for.

Our big boy

13# 9oz 77th percentile ( 4# 1oz gain!)

24 1/2 inches 97th percentile!

@ the airport

Friendsgiving at London's school Tuesday

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Halloween 2013-the Doc is in!

Well today was another first for Grant-his first Halloween. London is a pro now with three under her belt. Big Sissy chose the costumes this year. The winner was Doc McStuffins and her friend Chilly from Disney Junior's cartoon Doc McStuffins.

The Doc herself

Doc's friend and sometimes patient Chilly

London did great again this year. She really got into it as she knew what it was all about-CANDY! She was in character too London was replaced at least for a few hours. Doc was making house calls and candy was the payment;) Grant was a trooper riding along peacefully for most of the way. Then Chilly got a little Chilly (it was like 59 guys thats cold for us austinites especially in October) then fussy and it was time to call an end to Halloween 2013. London had to have Dad carry her loot because it was too heavy so I think we did pretty well.