Just a quick note to say Happy Emily Day to everyone! Three years ago today we lost our beautiful daughter Emily. Today we choose to celebrate family and to treasure the moments we have together. Today is a day to give an extra kiss to your loved ones and thank God for them. Today is a day to celebrate life!
Phil is taking off work today and we are going to have a fun filled family day. We will be taking blankets that I made to donate to St. Mary's hospital (where I delivered both Emily and Caroline). Then we will see what the day brings us!
Happy Emily Day!
Love,
Megan
Friday, April 11, 2014
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Heart Status 2014
February 7-14 was congenital heart defect awareness week. We kicked it off by seeing Caroline's cardiologist for her yearly check-up.
For the most part everything looked good. No residual holes and the regurgitation (blood going the wrong way) looks the same as it did a year ago-trace amounts in the tricuspid valve and moderate amounts in the mitral valve. The big news in our eyes is where she is stats wise. For the first eight months of her life she was in the lowest 5th percentile (she was only 11 lbs 8 oz at 6 months old!). Well now at almost 2 years of age we are happy to say she has been holding steady for the last 6 months or so at the 50th percentile! Can you believe it???!!! Our child who was hospitalized at 2 months old for failure to thrive, had a feeding tube, would take over 30 minutes to drink 2 ounces, who we had to measure every mL she drank is THRIVING. Admittedly she did sit in the 25th percentile for awhile there which was excellent in and of it self but somehow 50th percentile feels soooo much more secure.
This time around we aren't going a year in between appointments. We will be seeing him again in August. She had a cold when we saw him and he was having trouble getting a proper pulmonary pressure reading. So just to make sure that is all okay we get to see him again in 6 months. He wasn't worried so we aren't. No need to worry about what may be...heck if that is how we lived I would be going crazy! In any case, from our understanding of it she isn't in any immediate risk of anything if her pulmonary pressure is a bit higher. If it is it means that pressure in her lungs is making her heart work harder than it should. Over time this is not at all good for her heart. But for the next 6 months it is fine. He just wants to be on top of it. Like I said we aren't worried. She is healthy and thriving and that is what matters.
In other health news Caroline got tubes put on the 17th of February. She handled the surgery like a champ and seems to be doing well with them. Hopefully this will deal with her monthly ear infections.
Anyway, that's all the news we have for now. It feels good to be sharing good news.
Love,
Megan
For the most part everything looked good. No residual holes and the regurgitation (blood going the wrong way) looks the same as it did a year ago-trace amounts in the tricuspid valve and moderate amounts in the mitral valve. The big news in our eyes is where she is stats wise. For the first eight months of her life she was in the lowest 5th percentile (she was only 11 lbs 8 oz at 6 months old!). Well now at almost 2 years of age we are happy to say she has been holding steady for the last 6 months or so at the 50th percentile! Can you believe it???!!! Our child who was hospitalized at 2 months old for failure to thrive, had a feeding tube, would take over 30 minutes to drink 2 ounces, who we had to measure every mL she drank is THRIVING. Admittedly she did sit in the 25th percentile for awhile there which was excellent in and of it self but somehow 50th percentile feels soooo much more secure.
This time around we aren't going a year in between appointments. We will be seeing him again in August. She had a cold when we saw him and he was having trouble getting a proper pulmonary pressure reading. So just to make sure that is all okay we get to see him again in 6 months. He wasn't worried so we aren't. No need to worry about what may be...heck if that is how we lived I would be going crazy! In any case, from our understanding of it she isn't in any immediate risk of anything if her pulmonary pressure is a bit higher. If it is it means that pressure in her lungs is making her heart work harder than it should. Over time this is not at all good for her heart. But for the next 6 months it is fine. He just wants to be on top of it. Like I said we aren't worried. She is healthy and thriving and that is what matters.
In other health news Caroline got tubes put on the 17th of February. She handled the surgery like a champ and seems to be doing well with them. Hopefully this will deal with her monthly ear infections.
Anyway, that's all the news we have for now. It feels good to be sharing good news.
Love,
Megan
December 2013
December 2013
We had a great December filled with lots of family and friends. We kicked off the month by going to a Jazz Christmas Concert at a local Baptist church. If you live in Richmond and never been to Jazz Nativity at Gayton Baptist you HAVE to go! It is an annual tradition for our family that we LOVE. Caroline had a holiday party at school and Phil and I got all dressed up for his company's Christmas party. Another memorable day was when we drove up to DC to surprise Phil's mom on her birthday. She had NO idea we were coming and we surprised her at the hotel before going out to dinner. We were also able to have dinner with my mom for her birthday but I don't think we have any pictures from that night. We were so excited to have a few house guests this month. Our friends Blair and Brandon come for a visit (and we remembered to take pictures!) and Aunt Amy came to visit for a few days too!
We celebrated Christmas with my family. It was really great to have Cammie (my brother's fiance) and Max (my sister's husband) celebrate Christmas with us at my parent's home this year. We also had my brother's friend Ryan spend Christmas with us. It was great to have all my family together especially because that time last year my brother was in Afghanistan. The only unfortunate thing was Phil and I got sick which was a real shame because we were all supposed to go out to a fancy dinner.
After Christmas Caroline took her first plane trip to San Antonio! Since we were doing the after Christmas before New Years time period with Phil's family we all decided it would be fun to go somewhere. His family used to live in San Antonio so we thought it would be fun to go back. We were also hoping for warm weather. The warm weather didn't happen but we still had lots of fun. We visited 2 missions including the Alamo and explored the Riverwalk. We spent one day at Sea World and another at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Caroline loved seeing all the animals at Sea World and was excited to see from afar the Sesame Street characters (the kids area there is Sesame Street themed). At Six Flags she LOVED the tea cups, swings, train, cars, basically anything she was allowed to ride. She even stood to the side saying "off off" when she waited in line because she wanted another turn. Hmm gotta teach her patience ;)
We had a great December filled with lots of family and friends. We kicked off the month by going to a Jazz Christmas Concert at a local Baptist church. If you live in Richmond and never been to Jazz Nativity at Gayton Baptist you HAVE to go! It is an annual tradition for our family that we LOVE. Caroline had a holiday party at school and Phil and I got all dressed up for his company's Christmas party. Another memorable day was when we drove up to DC to surprise Phil's mom on her birthday. She had NO idea we were coming and we surprised her at the hotel before going out to dinner. We were also able to have dinner with my mom for her birthday but I don't think we have any pictures from that night. We were so excited to have a few house guests this month. Our friends Blair and Brandon come for a visit (and we remembered to take pictures!) and Aunt Amy came to visit for a few days too!
We celebrated Christmas with my family. It was really great to have Cammie (my brother's fiance) and Max (my sister's husband) celebrate Christmas with us at my parent's home this year. We also had my brother's friend Ryan spend Christmas with us. It was great to have all my family together especially because that time last year my brother was in Afghanistan. The only unfortunate thing was Phil and I got sick which was a real shame because we were all supposed to go out to a fancy dinner.
After Christmas Caroline took her first plane trip to San Antonio! Since we were doing the after Christmas before New Years time period with Phil's family we all decided it would be fun to go somewhere. His family used to live in San Antonio so we thought it would be fun to go back. We were also hoping for warm weather. The warm weather didn't happen but we still had lots of fun. We visited 2 missions including the Alamo and explored the Riverwalk. We spent one day at Sea World and another at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Caroline loved seeing all the animals at Sea World and was excited to see from afar the Sesame Street characters (the kids area there is Sesame Street themed). At Six Flags she LOVED the tea cups, swings, train, cars, basically anything she was allowed to ride. She even stood to the side saying "off off" when she waited in line because she wanted another turn. Hmm gotta teach her patience ;)
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| looking for a cute photo for christmas cards |
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| Out to eat with Unkie Jon and Miss Kayla to celebrate YaYa's birthday! |
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| So cute |
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| Happy Birthday Yaya! |
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| Helping mommy cook! |
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| LOVE |
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| LOVE |
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| Caroline's friend Hudson and our Godson! |
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| Date night for Phil's company party. Thank you Miss Amanda and Mr. Ricky for watching Caroline :) |
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| Still looking for the perfect Christmas card |
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| adorable |
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| THE WINNER! Our Christmas card photo! |
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| Caroline and her friend Spencer |
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| Eating healthy :) Yuuuumm Pork fajitas with mango salsa |
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| Aunt Amy and I |
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| Miss Blair! |
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| Hugs for Mr. Brandon |
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| Caroline's Christmas Party at Preschool |
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| Checking out the awesome trains at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens |
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| As close as she would get to Santa at Lewis Ginter. |
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| The outlaws :) Phil, Max, Cammie |
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| Phil, Matthew, and Max |
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| Papa and Caroline at Christmas eve church |
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| Cammie is so exicted...Matthew is too. Can't you tell? |
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| Yay for Ryan being with us too! |
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| First airplane ride! |
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| Little helper :) |
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| The Alamo |
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| Our wheels in San Antonio |
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| smiling and waving with Daddy on the swings |
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| Daddy and Jon on the swings...cool photo |
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| She liked the characters from afar |
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| super proud of this photo...so cool! |
Well I figured this post was long enough on its own. Will post 2014 photos soon.
-Megan
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