Sisters

Just Hangin Out!

This is for my mom. I wish we lived closer! I miss you!

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Most days are good and easy. This week I had two hard ones. Little things remind me of what is to come. Like this sweet picture. I know I will always treasure it. I love these little feet.

Happy Birthday Sage!

Happy Birthday to my favorite 3 year old! I can not believe that my little girl is 3! She has grown and changed so much in the last year it is hard to believe. She basically skipped wearing size 3 clothes and went right into size 4 with a size 10 shoe! She is a head taller than all of her friends her age too! Sage is an absolute joy in our family. She makes me laugh through out the day and I am constantly asking myself where she got so funny! She has quiet the sense of humor! Sage also has a huge heart. She can't go to bed without a hug and a kiss and has a huge concern for those that are sad or hurt. Sage makes friends very quickly and isn't afraid to jump right in! She loves going to the park, chick fil a is her favorite place to eat, and she loves to play outside every chance she can. She loves being a big sister and prefers to be called big sister. Seriously, if you say hi princess she will say, "I'm not the princess, I'm the big sister!" Sage loves to play with her friends and cousins and always mentions them in her prayers. She can talk my ear off and if I don't respond she will say, "mom why aren't you talking to me?!" Sage loves going to preschool and looks forward to it everyday. Every morning she asks me, "where are we going today." Bedtime and bath time are her least favorite times of the day and always want Reagan to do it first. She always needs, "two minutes!" She has learned to fake cry, talk mean and naughty, cry till she gets what she wants, run away from camera's and has her daddy wrapped around her finger. Most of all we are blessed to have her in our family. I love being her mommy and I am so proud of the big sister she has become. Happy Birthday Sage. I love you so so much!

She's a Big Girl now!

Sage is officially a big girl! Today was the first day of summer camp at her pre-school. That's right I signed her up for pre-school this fall! I thought that summer camp would be the perfect way to get her used to going to school! Sage has been so excited about pre-school and talks about going all of the time. I have been preparing her for it the last couple of weeks by talking about it and how it will work when I drop her off. I was affraid that she would go kicking and screaming with out me! But yes, she is a big girl. She got out of the car, got her book bag and with her teacher in hand walked right into the school, not even looking back to wave good bye. I half wanted to smile and half wanted to cry. I did tear up I have to admit! I was more nervous and scared then she was! I picked her up and asked her about it. She didn't have a lot to tell me but did say that she wants to go back tomorrow! Oh sweet bliss! It was fun for her and nice for me to have a couple of hours! Here are some pictures of my big girl!

Reagan's Blessing Day

Sunday was a very special day. Reagan was blessed by her daddy at our church. He gave her the most beautiful blessing. I was such a proud mommy. Reagan wore the same blessing dress that Sage wore on her blessing day and Sage had a pretty new white dress to wear too. They looked so beautiful. After the blessing everyone gathered at our house for brunch. It was such a beautiful day and we had a lot of family and friends come to support us. Thanks to all of you that came!

Here is everyone that came, minus a few that had to leave right after the blessing. From left to right as best I can (by families): Jake Taylor, Mick, Natalie, Grant, and Fischer Hewitt, Grandpa Harold and Grandma Peggy, Matt and Amy Sterzer, Natalie, Trevor, and Hannah, Brooke and Rich Coles(taking the picture), Chuck and Jacob McGee, Griff and Mindy Christensen, Joe, Heather and Cloe Hansen, Polly, Roland, Abby, Spencer, Lizzy, and Mary Astorga, Sage, Me, Reagan, and Daddy.

Uncle Chuck and Reagan

Reagan's story

I think that it is time that I share with all of my blog followers a little something about my sweet Reagan. I realized the other day that I have failed to mention what we learned about my little girl the day that we left the hospital with her. As I shared earlier we noticed right after she was born that she has four toes on her right foot. This obviously took us by surprise and shock! I was very worried and concerned that she may have other complications. They took her promptly to the nursery. I was not able to spend much time with her right away. I wasn't even able to feed her until I was in my own room. We had a very long day of waiting for the pediatrician to examine her. He didn't come until 9:00 that first night. I was very relieved when he was able to tell me that he believed that it was isolated in only her mid shin down. He ordered x-rays for the next day. I did not know the results of the x ray until day 3 in the hospital. We were packed up and ready to go home when the pediatrician came to discharge us. What came next was quiet a shock. After reviewing the x rays he learned that Reagan was missing her fibula in her right leg. As early as 6 weeks in the womb, for some reason, something went wrong. We don't know why, it just happened. I went through a very emotional next few weeks. I couldn't believe that my little girl had this happen to her. Why her? We have visited Primary Children's Hospital and Shiners Hospital for children. Both places were great to work with. We do not know what we will need to do yet. She is too young to tell and she is sort of in the gray area of knowing what to do. Because she is missing her fibula it causes her leg to be shorter and her foot to be smaller than the other. Because of this it gives us two options. Either to leg lengthen or amputation. Both procedures are hard for me to imagine. We have done a lot of research and a lot of praying. We will be going back to Shriner's in December to do another set of x rays to see how she is growing. Hopefully we will have a clearer answer then. We will make the best decision for Reagan's quality of life. Reagan has brought so much joy and so much strength to me. I hate that this has happened to her, but I can say that I have felt a peace and a strength come over me. I know that our Heavenly Father has heard my prayers. Thank you to those of you who have shown us much love and support. I can also say that my eye's have been opened to a new world and a new perspective on life.