In February, we had planned to have Emmie’s MRI and her neurology appointment. Unfortunately, the night before her MRI, she was coughing and sputtering and having massive amounts of yuckiness coming from her nose. She had a cold. We all did, actually. Not fun.
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| Waiting for the super not fun iv stick |
Our little hero was a trooper. Her MRI was scheduled for 6 am. We left Ge & Granddaddy’s by 5 to get there in time. Tiredness does not even begin to describe how she was.
She did excellent with anesthesia this time. Her nurse said she was already waking up when they finished so she just carried her back to us. She slept peacefully for about fifteen minutes and then gradually woke up.
The benefits for having a dear friend who knows how to snap some awesome pictures.
We had to get up bright and early the day Y had to fly out. Some people were quite cranky about it….
I don’t think our Y realized what was truly going on until he had to go stand with the group and away from us. His usual smile turned to a bit of concern when he saw me AND Pa crying and he realized he couldn’t give us hugs. But soon….oh so very soon I’ll have him in my arms again! We can’t wait!!
Once upon a time there were two beautiful little boys with the same name who dwelt under the same roof in a land far, far away. One little boy was placed under the care of his aunt and the other had no one to care for him.
Until one day when the little boy left his far away home on an adventure half way around the world. His feet landed on foreign soil and in to the arms of a mother and father who grew to love him dearly.
Alas, that little boy had to leave his new family to return to his faraway home but oh how the mother and father and his new brothers and sisters prayed that one day they would be reunited.
One day, sad news traveled from afar to the mother and father that the little boy was under the care of a kind and loving aunt. While the parents were devastated they would never see their son again, they knew that he was in God’s hands and only God would direct his steps and guide his precious life.
Then news traveled again from afar…the little boys with the same names had been confused. Yes, indeed, the little traveler was not under the care of a loving aunt. It was the other beautiful boy with the same name.
The family from half way around the world rejoiced at God’s timing and His love and began, anew, the quest to bring their son home forever.
But first! The young boy will leave his far away home on another adventure half way around the world for two whole months with his loving, and often times crazy, family!
The Beginning…(Because there is no way this tale is going to end here…we need a happily ever after people!)
Okay, okay, now it’s the non story teller me! Yes. You read that correctly, Y the Brave is indeed available for adoption and we are, once again, on this crazy adoption adventure.
Stay tuned. Keep your eyes peeled. We will be raising money to get the first part of our adoption paid for…and then the second…and the third. We thought breaking it up in to three goals might not make all of our hearts drop to our stomachs!
We’ve got three fundraisers in the works for now and we’ll have more to come. While Y is here over the summer, we won’t be discussing his adoption to protect his heart, so we’ll be doing fundraising via the internet. Mark should have the donate button up soon through Paypal.
These balloons are awesome and were a ton of fun. Several of them are still glowing in fact. We wanted to make sure we had some fun memories with Y and these small things made it a ton of fun.
Since Big Hero Six was a big part of our celebration, I made a Bay Max for the top of the cake. It was late at night so any descrepancies are because of that.
We thought this would be a fun treat because the first week Y was here, we took a trip to Aldi. We were looking at several different things in the store and I was asking Y what he would like, etc. He kept saying this one word over and over again and for once Google Translate was a big help. Y wanted ice cream. He loves ice cream and so a special fun treat of ice cream for lunch was a must on my to do list.
We split the kids up to share ice cream sundaes and they were all thrilled they got to choose their flavors and toppings, etc. Y and Josiah not only inhaled their sundaes but they then made quick work on the rest of the siblings who said they were too full to finish their own sundaes. We shall henceforth call them the duel trash compactors.
After ice cream we took Y to Build-a-Bear to get a stuffed animal. We recorded a short message and had it included with his bear. We were unsure as to whether he would even want to get one but he not only wanted it, he played it over and over and over again and cuddled with it during the night. I’m so glad we were able to give him something with our voices on it to remind him of our love for him.
There was a dolphin show as well. The rest of the trip he couldn’t decide which was his favorite, the shark or the dolphins. All of our kids had a wonderful time and we are so glad we got to share this memory with Y.
