Catching Up

Um, okay, so last August is ... well, almost a year past. So ... we're a
little behind! But here's a quick synopsis:

- September: Mirabel started at Providence Mt. St. Vincent daycare, which
has been fabulous! We miss our old center, but it's great to have her in a
little more structure, with more kids her age.

- November: Right before she turned 3, she decided it was time to start
going on the potty. Woo hoo!

- Second Christmas in our new house. Dave limited himself to an 8 foot tree
... maybe we'll go for 12 next year.

- Spring 2012: Mirabel started sleeping in a big girl bed. Which means we
don't always get to sleep as long as we like, but she loves being able to
climb in and out.

- This Wednesday: Her next cardiology appointment, where we find out if the
Fontan is on our roadmap for this year. Her sats have been doing well, but
her stamina is obviously lower. It would be great to help her get to a
place where she can run and play longer, but it might get complicated
because -

- June: She's going to be a big sister!! We're expecting another girl in
about 7 weeks (eek!). So far, everything looks great. Which means I'm
panicking, cause what do I know about a healthy newborn?? :D

I promise pics of our big girl (and maybe the little one, too) for the next
post.

A little surgery

We haven't been keeping up the blog for a while but I'm sure some of you recognize that as a good thing.
Mirabel has been doing so well we just haven't had anything to talk about.
I also blame Facebook. That's where all the cute pics have been going lately.
Anyways, M had surgery this morning to close the hole in her belly. She did so well they aren't even keeping us overnight.
I had hoped that this surgery wouldn't be necessary but now that it's over it's great to be done with this chapter. She hasn't eaten thru her G-tube in almost a year and now no more leaking stomach acid. All in time to start at her new school in a few weeks.
If you want more frequent updates you'll have to friend us on Facebook but you'll also get the added benefit of cute pictures of Mirabel and the newest member of our family, Santa Bunny.

Family Portrait

We're way overdue on a much longer blog post, but we just had to post this pic (courtesy of the lovely Debora Spencer).

Contrary to the look on her face, Mirabel is doing VERY well and is generally a happy little girl. But life's tough at 2 1/2, you know?

Merry Christmas to all!!!

Singing

"Go Buckeyes!"

Lying about her age already.

London Bridge

Whoo ...

.... Is the cutest little owl??!!

Chow Maniac

Mirabel learns to drive.

Mirabel and the Lion

Reading

Summer living

This was earlier in the week, before we had to dig our coats out and bundle up again.

Bye!

Summer.

Hello all. Everything is going well here. We've all had colds but we're getting better and summer's here. We went to the beach today and Mirabel saw her first parade yesterday.

We're having a heat wave!

We thought we'd head out before it got too hot.

She likes being outside...

But she wont go alone...

I'm pretty sure Daddy got wetting than she did...

She's going to have to learn to like the water a little bit more though.

Wading pool's open!!!

Too bright.

Bubbles

Where's your...

Olives

Off to daycare

Finally, a beautiful sunny weekend day.

Memorial Day

After many rainy days the sun came out and we were able to spend some time at the park. We hope you're having a great day!