Well I finally uploaded some pictures, so that makes this easier. i still haven't figured out how to just upload certain ones from my camera and i literally had like 850 pictures that it uploaded so i kept putting it off. Anyway, i will give a quick update as to what has been going on. i say "quick" but that might be hard, for we have had A LOT go down since i last posted.
First off, Haddyn Joy is exactly that, a JOY! She is such a great baby and has been just what our family has needed in this season of life. Haddyn is now 8 months old and into everything. She started crawling at 6 months and pulling up at 7 months. so it's been busy, busy around here. She is sleeping through the night, Praise the Lord and mumbles da-da and ma-ma. She adores her big sisters and they help me so much. It's like there are 3 mommies around here.
Harper Bear, as we call her is as spirited as ever. She is so full of life and is just so much fun. She is super independent, wants to wear leggings every day and acts as though she is 15.
Hallie girl, our little miracle, is doing well. However her little body has endured so much, i just marvel at the Lord's healing power in her life. This child has had 6 strokes in her brain and 3 brain bleeds. She was doing great last time i posted and we were just trucking along in life, when she hit her head one night and that landed us in a life flight helicopter to san antonio to have emergency brain surgery. Her brain was bleeding in two places and man was this mama scared. But He was there with me and miraculously got us through the ordeal. So recovery was hard on her due to the stress that put on her body, but she got better within a couple of weeks and we pressed on. Then one july evening she got a bad headache (which was not a good sign in her case) and that meant we were rushing her to the hospital once again. Come to find out she had another brain bleed. She actually had two small strokes that then bled into her brain. No surgery this time, just prayers and prayers, and did i say prayers!!! The surgeon could not believe it, he said "well the prayers must've worked." He thought he was going to have to operate and told us it would be life threatening to operate and if she didn't show signs of improvement it would be life threatening to NOT operate. Her pupils were not reacting, she wasn't even waking up with wet cloths on her. All of our buddies/prayer warriors hit their knees and in turn hit the enemy head on and within minutes Hallie started to come around and eyes started to react again. Can I get a Hallelujah! So then it's onto the recovery road again for her. Those times are hard for her because of whatever auto immune process going on with her is affected by stress, so when she gets home from the hospital she has high fevers and can't walk due to the pain. But she prevailed once again and life shortly became normal again. She suffered no major residual effects from all these traumas. Her walk isn't quite as fluid as a typical 5 year old, but she's as bright as ever and man does she know Jesus. So as of now, she is doing chemo and high dose steroid pulses to try to suppress her auto immune thing. hence the puffy cheeks and weight gain. The steroids have made her gain about 10 pounds which is huge for a little 5 yr old. We also had to cut her hair due to the brain surgery where they shaved half her head. The doctors don't know exactly what Hallie has and we have been to numerous places. They marvel at the fact that she is doing so well in spite of all she has been through. they haven't seen a child have this many strokes and be well. I told them it's Jesus. He has her in His hands, and it's a daily surrender for me to place her there. But when I do all my fear melts away and His peace calms me.
OOPS, i think i mentioned the word "quick" up there in reference to my update, so sorry. Please continue to pray for her, she still gets daily fevers and we do not want anymore strokes!
So here we are now in November and all 3 girls are happy and precious. I am blessed to be there mama and they crack me up daily. Here's some pics of the family from the past several months. Ok, I am off to try to burn off the umpteen pieces of PW's pecan pie that i inhaled over the past week. Be blessed and remember to talk to your Creator today :)
