Monday, March 26, 2012

3 months

Baca is alive with us today--a true miracle. Christmas day 2011 was a scary day to say the least. Baca was rushed to Mercy Anderson Hospital then to University of Cincinnati Hospital in bad shape. He was diagnosed with streptoccus pneumoniae which ate through Baca's mastoid bone and went into his brain. He had major surgery to remove part of the mastoid bone. 
We were faced with decisions, lots of time with Baca and hard moments. After being in a coma for 4 days, he woke up.  A miracle for sure. We have learned through this amazing journey the importance of family and friends, prayer is what got us through and how blessed we are to have each other. God is good! 

Sunday, March 18, 2012

sister

My girls are beyond lucky-they will always have each other. Lu wanted to have Bridget come back to our house, alone but Bridget wanted her little sisters to come with them. Lu wanted "time alone" with B. Not knowing how to handle the situation, Lu left without saying anything. Tears as she came in, explained to me what happened. She didn't say thank you or goodbye and Lu has been treated like a little sister before-she has been excluded many times. Now she is excluding 2 little sisters. She had to go back and apologize to all. Emma was incredible-helping Lu with how and what to say. The 3 of us walked down, Lu was scared. They weren't home. I gave her a choice: make an apology card and take it down or go back later and talk with the girls. She made a card-with a big eye on the front-I am sorry it said. Perfect. Emma walked her back to the neighbor to tape it to the door. 
They will always have each other. Its a gift to be able to watch their sister relationship grow and evolve. 

Friday, March 16, 2012

Write



first communion coming up

our awesome new hallway--no more brown! 
I am trying to get the hang of this. Its something I want to have for my girls so they can look back on our life and see how things were, etc. Difficult to do when many pictures I have are actual photos and then many, many are saved on the computer. 
Girls are off school today, we had the Robert's girls sleepover last night and all is right with the world! 
Spring is gearing up with many events, soccer and vball training. 
Loving life and we are so blessed! Tomorrow is Paddy's 4th bday!