because of some of the issues that olivia deals with one of her doctors suggested that she undergo an mri to rule out a tethered cord. we were quite anxious because in order to preform an mri on a child they must be put under anesthesia for the procedure. it was a hard day, but she came out of it like a champ. all of the nurses were so impressed and surprised by how well she did and best of all the results came back negative for a tethered cord. such great news! here are some pictures for that very stressful day.
bright and early in the waiting room at strong memorial
that morning was very emotional and full of hugs and kisses
like a big girl in her hospital gown right before they took her away to put her under the anesthesia
just starting to wake up after the procedure, still very groggy
here is another march 09 post. the weather turned warm early last winter. we were able to enjoy march in upstate ny in just long sleeved t-shirts. meghann & i decided to take advantage of the nice weather and we were going on walks almost daily during those few warm weeks we had. on one of our walks i decided to break out my good camera and take some pics. they turned out amazing! i have to say, it’s not hard to take good pictures when you have beautiful models! here are just a few of the pics we took : )
gorgeous savannah, btw, that is her actual eye color, no editing was done at all!
i’m going to do a picture highlight post for each month that i missed and if anything super important happened i’ll do up a short post for that. lets see how long it takes for me to get caught up to the present!
playing at the park w/ nana & aunt emily
visiting w/ some old friends, alisa & landon
a little fun w/ photoshop
nana entertaining livi while we waited in the car before her ortho appointment in rochester
i know this doesn’t seem like much but…. we were told olivia might not be able to use her legs correctly b/c the nerves in her legs were to quick. one morning i noticed that liv had stuck her big toe through a small hole in her pj’s. i pushed it back though and she proceeded to push it back out. seems silly to most of you i’m sure, but to me it showed that she was able to move her toe and make it do what she wanted. i cried! lol
taking a walk around the cabin w/ nana, papa, aunt emily, uncle kyle, mommy & daddy
i'm going to eat you! lol
livi & mykaela swinging double at the caton park
going on a walk from wegmans to denison park w/ our fav girls
celebrating mine & dad's birthday : )
my little family : )
first pic w/ my new camera!
lol! she loved those leg warmers!
"playing" xbox w/ daddy
watching daddy & aunt emily playing b-ball at the park
wow, i can’t believe that i haven’t posted in almost a year! this past year has been a bit difficult for us, i’ll be the first to admit that i’ve been a little depressed and that probably attributed to my lack of posting. i have recently decided that i need to do something for me, something to help me get out of the depression that i’ve slipped into. i’ve come up w/ a few thing that i am hoping will help and starting my blog up again is one of them.
last march, actually just a few days after my last post my husband doug got laid off from his job at Corning Inc. unfortunately he is still having trouble finding anything though just with in the last week or so a few things have come up that look like they may have some promise. we are crossing our fingers (and our toes) that one of them come through.
in july we found out that i was pregnant again, we were very nervous at first what with doug being unemployed and all, but quickly got excited and were anxious to welcome another member into our family. we were devastated when at 6 1/2 weeks i miscarried. i of course knew what a miscarriage was and knew it was something that could happen but i never really thought it could happen to us. like everyone else who has had to deal with this loss, we healed, it just took awhile. it made us realize though that we were ready to be parents again and that as soon as we could we could try again. and we did.
we got pregnant again in november and are currently a little over 13 weeks along. we are very excited and anxious for her or him to get here. actually, my due date is the day before olivia’s 2nd birthday!!! that should be interesting!
speaking (or rather writing) about olivia, she is doing great! i don’t think she was even crawling yet the last time i posted. now she is not just walking, but running and jumping and climbing and dancing. always dancing! i’m not sure if you’ll remember this or not, but her developmental doctors had originally said that they weren’t sure if her legs would work correctly or if she’d be able to walk on her own. such a HUGE victory it was to see her walk for the first time! we actually have an appointment with her orthopedic specialist later this month. it should be her last and we are very excited about that!
her bladder is still not working on it’s own. we are still intermittently cathing her 5 to 6 times a day. that will probably continue on for the rest of her life, though we are still playing that God heals her and she is able to go on her own. her bowels are still a bit of an issue as well. but with medicine and restrictions on her diet we are slowly getting a handle on that situation as well. we will be seeing her gastrointestinal specialist at the end of the month also. hopefully they will be pleased w/ her progress and also have some answers for us.
i’m hoping to post every few days. we’ll see how that goes. i’ll definitely be posting some pictures from the past year and probably some back posts. hope everyone is having a great new year thus far!
olivia & i went up to hornby to go for a walk w/ meghann & the girls. we walked a long way, about 2 miles all together. then we hung out for awhile and let the girls play. we decided that we were going to go for a few walks a week from then on.
such a rockstar
mykaela loves to make olivia laugh, they are so cute together!
sach, meghann & the girls came up a couple of time to get the dishwasher completely installed, which was probably a pain for them, but liv & i really enjoyed it because we got to spend time w/ our bff’s : ]
olivia has discovered how to make funny noises by sticking her bottom lip out & blowing. it’s so funny & she doesn’t even care that she’s making us all crack up! too cute!
doug & i have had this ongoing fight since we moved in here. the deal was, i would do all of the cooking, and her would do the dishes. well it didn’t quite work out. i tend to be a bit stubborn, and was refusing to do any of the dishes. a deals a deal! so after nearly a year of dishes stacked nearly to the ceiling on almost a weekly basis, i gave in & decided to buy a dishwasher. i couldn’t deal w/ all of the endless bickering anymore. thankfully we have a good friend who just happens to be a carpenter & he help doug install it for free! which was so amazing of him because he had to do a ton of plumbing & rewiring. meghann & the girls came up to keep me & live company while the boys worked, it was fun! thanks sach for all of your help! we love you : D
olivia loves the dogs. she loves to pet them & get kisses from them & she especially loves to watch them be silly & run around all crazy. she just cracks up, it’s so funny to watch her watching them.
sach, meghann & the girls came up a couple of time to get the dishwasher completely installed, which was probably a pain for them, but liv & i really enjoyed it because we got to spend time w/ our bff’s : ]
olivia loves the dogs. she loves to pet them & get kisses from them & she especially loves to watch them be silly & run around all crazy. she just cracks up, it’s so funny to watch her watching them. 
