How we are living

Ok, now that you know what's been going on with me, it's easier to update you on the whole family. We are all actually doing really well! We've been very busy (...busier than I like to be). I've had several appointments for me. I like to have evenings home, most every night, but evenings is when I've been taking care of me. Plus we've been busy with fun stuff. Tim and I had birthdays this month! Plus we celebrated friends birthdays and we have started community group again. I've been attending morning bible study and MOPS at our church. The boys are great. Ben loves school and learning and Micah loves trying to out-talk Ben. Micah's trying to figure out to hold his own against his older brother. They are both great big brothers and love Maelyn to pieces (sometimes too much). Maelyn is 11 months old. 11. months. old. phew. She loves to eat finger foods, she can out eat her brothers. She also loves books, anything with a face and anything her brothers are playing with. She started physical therapy for gross motor. At 10 months old, she assessed at a 5/6 month level, a 50% delay. Basically she sits. She doesn't crawl, roll or even scoot. She just started to be ok with being on her tummy and to like standing (but she has no balance). Maelyn also had a cardiologist follow up appointment this month. She did great. Her doctor said everything looks good. We have heard a lot of different timelines for her next surgery. The last we had heard was, when she is 3. But at this appointment her doctor said he thinks next summer. So that was news. Not that is necessarily good or bad news, and it's not even for sure, but it kind of hit me like a ton of bricks. It was hard for me to hear. I usually get by by pretending that it isn't happening, or that it is super far away, so hearing "next summer" freaked me out. But I'm working through it. Maelyn's first birthday is also approaching fast! Which I think also had me in a weird funk, but after some praying and healing, I've let go of the burden I have been carrying of feeling like I wouldn't see the day, and instead just celebrating with JOY. We are all choosing joy, and living a life to the fullest. We have so much planned for the summer, so much ahead of us, and so much life to live!

Train museum and lolly pops 

Puff picnic with eachother

PJ - movie day (Micah opted to change out of his PJs)

11 month old! Standing up, growing hair, starting to loose those cheeks...