Family

Baylee just came up to me and put her arms around my neck. She started playing with my hair and batting her eyelashes, and then she whispered in her cutest voice, "Mom, you're my family." It was so adorably cheesy. It got me thinking about our little family though and all of the things we've been through together, how we got started, and how blessed I am to have such cute little girls (and almost boy), and such a hard-working, supportive husband.

Our 5th year anniversary is next month. I can't believe how much things have changed since then! I never would've thought that I would be expecting my third child within 5 years of marriage. It's CRAZY how fast time has gone by. I am SO grateful for all of the blessings our little family has been given. I am excited to see what is to come in our future, and what other challenges and successes time will bring. I LOVE HD so much. He is my best friend. I can talk to him about anything, any concerns or worries, anything like that and he will do his best to help reassure me that everything will be ok. He has such a strong testimony and knowledge of the Gospel, and his strength helps me to be better, and to understand more about who I am, and why I'm here. It's also comforting that he's almost as quirky as I am. He is so understanding of me and my moodiness, etc. and he loves me anyway :)

Baylee and Laycee are both such smart little girls. They are already so strong and determined. I can see so much potential in them as they grow. Baylee is so resillient. I have no idea how she's made it through the last year and a half or so. Most of the time she endures things with a big smile on her face. I know that if I had to go through even a fraction of what she's been through I wouldn't be smiling nearly as often. She is such a tough and determined little girl and I have no doubt that her determination is a major part of why she has come so far in such a short amount of time.

More often than not Laycee is right there with us while we've been going through Baylee's treatments. She has been so patient with me. It's hard sometimes to give her as much attention because Baylee needs it so often, but she has remained so sweet and loving throughout everything. Laycee has such a mild temperment. Lately when I put her down for bed she doesn't even cry or complain. She just lays down, gives me a huge smile and a hug, and says "say prayer?" We say a little prayer together and she blows me a kiss as I leave.

My family brings me so much joy. I am so grateful to have been blessed with such a wonderful little family. I feel like I fall so short so often as a mother, but I am learning and will continue to be the best mom that I can for them. They deserve the best from me.

Sorry been a while :)

So I realise that it's been almost forever since I've posted anything on here and I apologise.
To be honest it was mainly because my page got all screwed up and I didn't know how to fix it. Anwyways we've been doing fine for like the last year or so :) Baylee is now off of her steroids! I no longer have to give her shots. SO nice! And Dr. Filloux said that she is doing so well that we'll probably only need to do her monthly IVIG infusions for another 6 months! There is an end in sight, which is so nice :) After that we'll just be going down for bi-annual MRIs. It's such a blessing that Baylee has been and still is doing so amazingly well. She's still pretty hyper, and she still has tantrums, but those things are manageable. She seems to be mellowing out a bit since she's been off of her steroids though. We enrolled her in preschool again at BYU I this semester and they haven't had very many problems with her. Last semester she would have a tantrum or something to that effect on a daily basis and sofar this semester it's only happened 1-2 times. We did just recently get a service coordinator to help us figure out what would be best for Baylee as far as behavioral/developmental therapy goes. She is working on scheduling a psychiatric evaluation for Baylee and we'll see how much help she needs. I was trying to figure that out on my own for a while, and ended up going pretty far over my cell phone minutes so it's nice to have someone to help me out. I don't know how much help she'll need, but we just want to make sure that she gets as much behavioral help as possible before going into kindergarden. Overall though it seems like Baylee should be able to lead a relatively normal life, which is such a blessing. We'll see how things go, but we're pretty optimistic at this point. We are very grateful for all of the prayers that have been said in Baylee's behalf. We know that her speedy progress has been a direct result of those prayers, so thank you all so much.