A scary experience

Matt and I spent last weekend in Houston and my mom, sister, aunt, and Grandma hosted the most FUN baby shower ever - it was so nice and full of wonderful, personal touches for which I was so thankful. My family and friends have given so abundantly and generously to this baby!

On Sunday afternoon we packed up the car and there was just enough room for Harry to have a spot in the back (you can see he is cramped, but doesn't seem to mind it). Morty is in there too, but hiding.





Anyways, after we got home I took Harry on a walk and then came home and started doing some work in the baby's room. Everything was normal. Harry was hanging out with me when all of a sudden he started seizing...I mean, a full on, no mistaking it seizure. I was panicking - it is so scary to see your furry friend shaking and drooling and losing control like that. Matt carried him to the car and we were on our way to the emergency vet, but luckily he stopped and we decided to turn around. He was SO tired for the rest of the night - his poor brain was tuckered out. :( We took him to the regular vet today and they did blood work. But, most likely these are anxiety induced seizures and there is not much we can do to prevent them. He has done this once before (on a much smaller scale) and it was also after he was out of his routine - right when I went to pick him up from staying with a friend when we were in Boston. Poor Harry. I just wonder what happened to him in his first four years of life to make him so anxious and full of separation anxiety????

3D/4D Sonogram

Last week Matt and I got a sneak peak at our baby girl. It is AMAZING to me that they have this kind of technology. We got to see her yawn, frown, smile, pucker her lips, suck on her wrist, and open her eyes. We think she is pretty stinkin' cute. Check out the chubbiness of those cheeks!

Matt's prayer for Saylor

A while back, before we had decided for sure on a name for the baby, Matt shared a simple prayer with me he had written for her. If you know Matt, you know how he looks for deeper meaning and purpose in things, so of course it was no different when it came to choosing a name. In addition to loving the sound of Saylor and it's uniqueness with our common last name, we felt an immediate tie in when this prayer came to him, and it has been on our hearts ever since.

"My hope for our little girl is that she would live with the freedom God gives to engage in the beauty and abundance of life while being directed by the winds of the Holy Spirit."

I love my husband's gift at writing. I thought that his words were so beautifully encompassed all that we have talked and dreamed about for her. Something so simple, yet something so hard to fully attain. Only by His grace!

While my family was here last weekend, they helped us with many projects (thanks dad for stuffing insulation in the attic for hours!) including hanging these letters in her room. The task was not without serious hanging frustration, but I think they turned out great. :)

Recent happenings

If I am honest, the last few weeks I have hated this blog. Blogging in general. It has been a pain in my side...just another thing that I "need to get to" but haven't had time. HOW is life so hectic right now??? I feel like I get up at 6 and don't stop until 8 or 9 every day, and some days it is exhausting!

Please forgive me for complaining...I will stop now. Most of it is really fun stuff to be done for the baby. And though work is busy and draining, it is a privilege to work with the patients on my caseload right now and their families. I have two that absolutely cannot speak they are so aphasic (one can't get a word out and the other get TOO many words out - but every single one of them is jibberish). I also have one seventeen year old who is making AMAZING progress! He went from not being able to keep his saliva in his mouth to eating double portion plates in a week. And last week, he found his voice and we are now working on shaping words...I am so proud of him. Praise God for helping his brain start to heal so suddenly after so many slow weeks!

Matt and I have also felt so blessed the past couple weeks with the love and support friends, family, and co-workers have shown us with some baby showers. We are struck by the amazing community God has provided us and this baby!

Here are some pics...




My Mom and aunt Janet


Thank you to my sweet friends who hosted! (Lorraine, Keegan, Amy, Kelly, and Lauren -and sweet Molly who couldn't make it in from ATL).

Next weekend we are driving to Houston and I am so looking forward to seeing my Aunt Donna and Grandma who are flying down from Michigan. It's going to be a great three day weekend!