Out Shopping.

Dancing with Gaga.

How quickly they learn!

She managed to open the bag and pull out not one but TWO cookies that
she is now nibbling on. She is truly our child.

Din din!

To celebrate a glorious Seattle evening, we walked to our neighborhood
pub. Mirabel was only too happy to mow down on the grilled cheese from
the kid's menu. Of course, she's so grown up that she didn't need our
help!

After a shaky start due to high mucus levels, we are back to
weaning .... Slow but steady wins the race, right? Little Miss is
doing great keeping up with her fluid intake. Now if only we can get
her to enjoy her veggies!

Thank God for teddy bears

Cutest. Baby. Ever.

Seriously!

Our little girl isn't so little anymore.

Hello everyone!

Everything is going well here. Mirabel is eating more and more and soon we'll be cutting back on her tube feeds.

She's just getting SO big! Actually she isn't growing all that big, she's just becoming a person so fast. Yes, we get the typical one year old tantrums anytime we tell her no or take something away from here, but otherwise she's a really happy girl.

And don't let this last picture fool you, although she isn't walking much, she is toddling and getting more confident every day. She's up on her feet a lot and will be running around the house before we know it.

She's very loving and gives out kisses to Mommy and Daddy, her bears and even the older boys at daycare! (no wonder we keep getting colds)

She is smiling all the time and if you remember my previous post where I was squishing her face, these next two pictures are from last night when Cristy asked her to do Squishy Face.


We hope are all well, take care!

Cardiologist appt

So, no new pics for this update but I wanted to get the word out about
Mirabel's cardiology appointment yesterday. It was fabulous!!!

She wasn't such a cool customer for the echo and the EKG/blood
pressure, but when Dr. Kemna came in she was all smiles. Other than a
lingering cold (that we saw the pediatrician about this weekend) she
was pronounced very fit indeed.

And glory, glory, hallelujah! We switched over to Enalapril from
Captopril for her blood pressure meds. Why is that such a good thing?
Because it only has to be given twice a day - no more staying up late
for that final dose!!

Dr. Kemna suggested that we come back in six months. When she saw the
look of panic on my face, she quickly amended that to four to six
months. ;)

In other news, we have been missing our Grandma! She flew back to the
warm and sunny climes of South Carolina last Friday and it hasn't been
the same without her. The silver lining is that we are going to
attempt more frequent blog updates, which have been rather sparse
lately.

Now I'm heading back to American Idol auditions. Happy New Year -
let's hope the rest of 2010 brings lovely things to everyone.

Merry Christmas!!!

As you all know, last year, after 5 weeks in hospital, Mirabel came home for the first time on Christmas Eve. Although she is the best present any of us could ever hope for, I think we were all a little terrified those first couple of days.

This year couldn't have been more different. Our little girl is healthy and happy and we actually celebrated Christmas with a nice dinner and presents and everything!

We had the family over last night for dinner

And this today our little family had our first real Christmas morning. Mirabel still needed a little help opening her presents but she sure knew who they were for (not that it kept her from wanting to play with Mommy and Daddy's presents or just playing with ribbons and boxes and wrapping paper.

We are SO thankful for our little girl and for everything God has given us and we hope that you all are also having the best Christmas EVER!

Mirabel help!

Okay, we owe a MUCH longer post, but had to share this pic - Mirabel's
first attempt at self-feeding!

Go Bucks!!!

Caaaaakkkke!

Happy Birthday beautiful baby girl!