Loss of a friend!

Tomorrow (Monday) we will be heading to my hometown for the funeral of my friends mom. It will be a sad visit, one I wish I didn't have to make.

They are a family that laughed together, had fun together and cried together. She will surely be missed by all that knew her. Karen was loving, kind and such a giver. She never missed an opportunity to be at a wedding, shower, or birthday party. She had a smile that would brighten up a room. I always loved to sit and chat with her. She spent a year over in Iraq, by choice, to help soldiers. She always had her "lips" on, never a day without that red or pink lipstick on. I will forever miss that contagious smile!

Thanks Karen for always making me smile or laugh when I was in your presence! You've made me realize that life is too short and to make the best of what I have!

Mindy and her Mom, Karen

Her favorite saying:
DANCE LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING
SING LIKE NO ONE IS LISTENING
LOVE LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN HURT BEFORE
LIVE LIKE EACH DAY IS YOUR LAST

IMAGINiT Baby!

So Daddy was home with Cutter one night by himself and decided to do a photoshoot for the background on his laptop. It was to cute not to post! IMAGINiT is the company that Daddy works for, they sent us this onesie and a bib when Cutter was born. He is just now able to fit in it, so Daddy thought this was the perfect opportunity. It looks great with his pretty blues!

Cardiology

We had Cutter's Echocardiogram done yesterday and the results are good. He is being diagnosed with Aortic Vavle Stenosis. We will recheck it at 12 months, and every year after that, to make sure that the narrowing is not getting smaller. It is very common in first born, type A males. It also should not effect his ability to play sports, if he chooses to do so.

We were very pleased to see that everything looked good. The Cardiologist spent a good 2 hours looking at everything. Cutter was very patient and let the doctor do what he needed to do for about the first 45 minutes, after that Cutter wanted to play with the machine and such. So the doctor took a break and I was able to put Cutter to sleep. While he was asleep the Doctor came back in and finished the rest of the exam. Once I found out that everything was ok, I was able to relax and be mesmerized to see his heart pumping and doing what it needed to do. What an amazing muscle!

Cutter is responding very well to the breathing treatments, we will continue to do them until Monday, when we go back in for a follow-up.

He is such a sweet little boy and we feel so blessed to have him in our life. Sometimes, I think, it takes eye openers like this to bring you back down to reality and remind you not to take life for granted.

Dear Friend

I have a very dear friend,
Her Mom is dying,
She gave it a good fight.

I can't stop thinking about them,
I pray 100 times day for a miracle,
but then again I don't want her hurting.

I can't get in the blogging mood,
Cutters update will have to wait,
My heart is breaking.





( I know this is Cutter's blog, but thought I would fill you in on why there is no update today)

Sick!

Cutter is sick with walking pneumonia. We are doing breathing treatments 2 times a day. Wednesday we are going for a chest x-ray and finally the ultrasound done on his heart. When I took him to the doctor today, the Cardiologist was able to come in and listen to it. He said that all our questions will be answered on Wednesday. Let hope and pray that all will be good and we will get good results.

He is a trooper when it comes to doing the breathing treatments. He has fallen asleep every time we have done it.

I am having a very stressful week (and it is only Monday). I will try my best to do Cutter's update soon.


Does this look like a sick baby to you??


Having fun with his cousin, Hope!

7 month update coming soon!

Have company.

Will post update by Tuesday.

Til then I'll leave you with this...

He is Mr. GQ!

Rolling,Rolling, Rolling!

HE DID IT!! Finally, he has been trying to do it for sometime now, but he hates to be on his belly. Something told me to put him down before bed tonight and he went for it! 3 TIMES!!

We got the second and third time on the videocam and I got the first one with the camera! What kind scrapbooker, I mean Mommy, would I be without a camera near by. So this is the look the first time he rolled over and saw me!


and these are the pics that I got while he was in action!!

Happy 50th Birthday GiGi!!

Happy Birthday GiGi! Hope that you have a great day!! We love you!

A new friend?

Maybe?



Granma and Papa Nix are downsizing and recently sold their house, so we will be going over there for the next couple of weekends - helping them go through 25 years and 4 kids worth of stuff. Saturday we tackeld the attic and we found a box full of old stuffed animals. In the box were 3 frogs, 2 green striped and one blue polka dotted. I asked Greg before he even saw what I was talking about what color frog he had and his response was green and grey striped, he was close, it is green and white striped. Made by his Great Aunt Ruby. I asked him if he had a name for his frog and he said he did, but couldn't remember, so we are working on getting him one. Any suggestions??

I brought him home gave him a good bath (twice) and much to my surprise he cleaned up pretty darn well. We introduced Cutter to the frog and Cutter has really taken a liking to him, so we will see if a new friendship is brewing.