Happy New Year

Happy New Year ~ May 2011 bring you Health and Happiness

2010 was quite the year. So many thing to reflect on.

• The happiest most exciting of them all is the start of "Build from the Heart". So many people coming together to help our family build a home for our children with a community room to give back. After many months of planning the digging began. We have been very grateful for the many of people donating there time, labor, materials. Everything from the workers at the job site, the planning committee, the fundraising committee, the hosts of the fundraisers - St. Andrew Lutheran Church and Grand Lodge to the many of monetary and product donations that we have received. We have met some absolutely amazing giving people through this community project. Our life has truly changed!
• From the most exciting to to very sad. Chris lost two Aunts this year and a great uncle. Aunt Betty, Aunt Jo and Great Uncle Bill will be remembered in our hearts forever.
• NO SURGERY! The whole year with out one surgery! And there was only 1 hospitalization. That is HUGE. Granted we have had our share of illnesses in the house: C-diff (Stomach issues), Pneumonia, Colds, Respiratory issues, ear infections, Mrsa,  Head banging, many many clinic visits - but thankfully having nurses at home has kept us away from the hospital. There were several times I thought we would be checking in and with the wonderful care we receive at home we were able to do treatments here.
• Family Vacation - This year our time as a family was spent traveling to ND for my cousins wedding. We really did not do much on the trip, but it was wonderful just to get away and see family.. not to mention the bride was gorgeous and they make an amazing couple!
• Speaking of weddings - The following weekend after our family trip we had another family wedding. Chris, Zak and I were in Chris's Sisters wedding. She too was a beautiful bride. The wedding was so much fun, and again it was great to see family. June was a busy month!
• Chris took his own vacation this year. A friend gave him a trip to Canada where they went deer hunting. He got an 8 pointer! It was nice for him to be able to get away and do something he really enjoys.

So what will 2011 bring?

• Moving! We hope to be moving in March or April into the new house. Hopefully soon after we can have our first play group and parent support group!
• More tests and more doctors. We hope to have a Ct Scan on Callie's Lung. She has been on oxygen since July with really no explanation. She has a spot on her lung that no one knows what is. Hopefully we can get some answers. Then at the beginning of February she will have ear tubes put in and an upper GI scope to see if there is any damage from her acid reflux. We continue to pray her heart stays stable (or better yet just gets better).
• As for Zak.. just stay healthy. No major testing scheduled yet, but we will be meeting with neurosurgery again for his neck and sleep apnea for a follow up.
• As for the rest of the year.. who knows?  Keep reading to find out....