Happy Halloween from our love bug!

Happy Halloween! I ordered Lila's costume on the 2nd of October and it still hasn't come! She was going to be a mermaid, but thanks to my neighbor Emily Lila was able to be the cutest little lady bug!

Three months

surprise!

I tried to pull off a surprise party for Quinn but I have a feeling he wasn't too surprised. Thanks to everyone who could make it. (sorry I didn't get a picture of all of you hiding behind the wall) I am so sorry we were so late! Dinner took a lot longer than I thought it would. Thanks for being great friends. Love you Quinn.

Happy 30th Quinn!!!!

Happy 30th birthday to the love of my life!!! 30! Crazy! I hope that you have a wonderful day today! I know that circumstances could be better (I will try very hard not to break down and cry today) but please know that there is nobody I would rather weather the storms with. Quinn you are so wonderful. It is amazing how perfect you are for me. I am truly lucky and blessed to call you my husband. You are an incredible father and I have loved watching you raise and love our little girl. She will have a fun, caring, devoted and sweet dad for her whole life and that just fills my heart. Thank you for choosing me. I know it was neck and neck for a bit with "whats her name" ; ) but thank you for letting me be your wife and your best friend. I will be forever grateful for all the circumstances that threw us together on that tropical island. I love you so much Quinn! Have a wonderful thirtieth birthday!

Surgery # 1

Surgery number one was today. The doctors said that it went well and they got all of the bad lens out of Lila's eye. It is so hard to see her in her hospital gown and laying in a hospital crib but she is such a champ. She did so well. We ordered her contact lens and it will be here on Monday. The poor girl, we have several eye drops and ointments that we have to keep bugging her with. Surgery number two is probably next week, we will know more after our appointment with the doctor tomorrow. Please pray that this works and that Lila will soon be able to see. How exciting! I can't wait for that first moment where we can look into each others eyes for the first time. It will be the best moment of my life.

distraction

Isn't this the cutest picture in the entire world?

These past few weeks have been the hardest of my life, and they are dragging on and on. I feel like last week was years ago, so my sweet family is doing their best to distract me. We had a picnic and went to see the witches at Gardner village. It is one of my favorite things to do in the fall. It worked for just a bit ; ) I am such a stress case. thanks!

HOPE!!!!

We had some great news tonight. We are not out of the woods yet, but we had a glimmer of hope. Lila had her MRI today and after some long and agonizing hours we found out that things are looking better than they thought. Her optic nerve is much smaller than normal but it is functional. We talked to her ophthalmologist and she is going to have the cataract surgery this Friday with another one to follow in a week. Then she will just have to wear hard contacts before the next round of surgeries. So then it's just a waiting game.... I think my test in this life is to learn patience.
The doctors did find something to be a little concerned about. Lila is missing a part of her brain called the corpus callosum . It connects the left and right hemispheres together, but apparently there are plenty of people missing this part of the brain and you would never know, they would never know. They lead completely normal lives.
It was so great to get the news. Usually you have to wait for results (something that would have killed me!) but the radiologist reading the results was a friend of my dads. When I heard his name I called my dad who came down and read the results with the doctor. It was so sweet and special to get the great news from my dad. It was a wonderful moment, we were all bawling.
What a miracle! THANK YOU ! THANK YOU! Thank you to all of you who fasted and prayed for Lila. I believe in miracles and I believe that we had one tonight. Quinn and I were truly touched by the outpouring of love from everyone. We figured that over a hundred people fasted and prayed for Lila on Sunday. How can I ever thank you all enough! We feel so so blessed to have you all in our lives. I am so overwhelmed tonight. Thank you all so much. Please continue your prayers for Lila for the round of surgeries coming up. We know that Heavenly Father is listening to us and to all of your sweet prayers. THANK YOU!!