Old habits die hard...or never...

So even though this blog was started with the best of intentions.  It has ended up just like every diary I have ever owned....

Dear diary,

I am so happy, I got a skateboard for christmas.  Third grade is the best, I love recess and art.  My favorite food is peanut butter and marshmallow sandwitches...

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Dear diary,

So its been awhile...I got my driver's license today....

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Dear diary,

see my new blog

So I am loving Hawaii....(yeah, I live here now)  I even have a picture of me the day I got here! That is really impressive to me since a) I hate being in photos and b) I never take any myself of anything.

So not only am I living in a sweet bamboo-laden apartment in a high rise in Waikiki, but I have a sweet ride too!

Anyone hearing the theme songs to The Jeffersons besides me?  This car lasted an entire 4 days before it broke down for the first time.  You can't use the radio and the lights at the same time, and the gas pedal sticks (which is fun when you are driving in Honolulu traffic) but I can say this about it....I OWN IT!  And its red...whats not to love?

How far your little candle throws its beams! -W.S.

As scary as this looks, I couldn't be any happier.  She sailed through the surgery and is doing great.  I just can't wait to bring her home and hold her and love her.  

OH HAPPY DAY!

So I was at the hospital for a majority of the day today (well, technically yesterday now) with Mimi and Mia. There hadn't been much change with Mia. Mimi was going to come home too and I got almost back to Puyallup when I got THE CALL!

MIA IS GETTING HER HEART!!! WITHIN HOURS!!

The wait is over....the day is here. I don't remember the last time I cried out of joy but I will never forget this! I turned my car around so fast I swear I was on two wheels for a second. I made it here unscathed which is more than I can say for everyone (see Mimi's blog).

Right now she just seems so content, lying in her dad's arms, feeling the beats of the little heart that has done its best to get her this far. I am so grateful that the little guy was able to hold out this long but I am so glad she is upgrading.

They told Mimi that it could take up to 4 months for this to happen, Mia was four months old on the 8th, got the good news on the 9th, and will have surgery on the 10th. I tried not to think about this moment because when it kept never coming I would just get sad. Now that it is here I realize that I had no idea what a wonderful feeling it would be. I just want to do one of those running, jumping, heal clicks.

I can't help but think of the family that has donated their babies heart so that Mia can survive. I have seen so much tragedy in my life working in the ER that my heart aches for them knowing that this is a day that they will never forget but for completely different reasons. I am so grateful for their selflessness and understanding.

I wish I had a picture to post with this. You will just have to use your imagination. Close your eyes, think back to your best moment, now try to think of it at a current event, not a pleasant memory. That is the picture.

Heartache

This is a pic from Saturday.  I went up to the hospital to see babe.  It is hard to just watch her in the bed and not pick her up and love her and hold her.  It took everything I had to not get in the crib with her and spoon.  I can only imagine what the nurses would say or do if there was a big lady curled around one of their patients in the crib.  She is hard to resist though.  

The big tube that wasn't there in the previous post is an ET tube.  She is on a ventilator and that is why we can't hold her now.  She is so small and tender.  I just love her so much.  Max would be jealous if he wasn't so indifferent!  

Keep Mia in your prayers.  With any luck we will not be waiting for much longer.  

Mama Cat

I just love this picture and had the good fortune of the rebirth of my camera and it was still on my card!  As many know, Mia loves the bink but didn't always have the strength to keep it in her mouth.  We had several animals with beaks that we would use to keep the bink in her mouth but this kitty was perfect.  This was also pre haircut.

Insert Wedding Photo Here

NO!  Not mine!  So long time no bloggy.  Sorry about that folks (all three of you that read this!)  So much has happened....not really.  I went to my last single sister's wedding in Colorado in September.  Within 30 minutes of being there something I like to call "The great purse flood of '08" occurred.  An unopened, defective bottle of water opened in my purse and in 30 seconds did about $500 of damage.  It was more but luckily my purse managed to dry to pretty much the original condition.  My camera and cell phone weren't so lucky.  Long story short no pictures of the wedding.  No pictures of anything since.  I was never the best at taking pictures of events anyway so now its even easier to not document anything.  Luckily I was blessed with sisters who want to take pictures of everything, all the time so I'm covered.  

So I'm still here in Washington.  Its rainy here.  I moved into a studio apt/motel which I now lovingly refer to as the "no tell" if ya know what I mean.... I am one step closer to my dream of living in a single wide.  No offense to you trailer folk.  I would really like to live in a trailer unless it was in the midwest during hurricane season.

Still working graves in the ER.  Its a special person that works graves in the ER.  We are a unique people.  I have liked it here and have considered extending my contract except I'd have to continue living in a motel.  

Max is still cute as a button.  I have a picture to prove it.  He is such a boy.  He was outside Mimi's for less than 10 minutes and managed to find paint from a paintball and apparently thought it looked tasty.  

You Belong in 1958

You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in!

So I stole this from Crystal... I guess I should have known that it would be no where near my actual year of birth....  I kinda feel like I'm this old right now.... I need a nap!

What Year Do You Belong In?