Tiny Dancer started 1st Grade!
Next year, we are going to see about homeschooling. I'm nervous and excited. But enough about that - my little baby is a first grader. Say what?!
She's picking up reading, though she doesn't quite have the passion about it that I do. She definitely loves math. Maybe she will be my little math & science geek. ;)
I did a little interview with her. Here it is:
My favorite food is: Candy & Cauliflower
My favorite sport to play is: Baseball
The best show on television is: Spider-Man
The coolest person on Earth is: Addy & Aubrey & Makenna
My favorite thing about school is: Playing with my friends on the field
The thing I do the most awesomely is: Play with my friends
If I could change my name, it would be: Addy
If I could go anywhere in the world, I’d go to: Colorado (Addy’s house)
My favorite color is: Pink & Purple
My favorite toy is: Figurines & Barbies
When I grow up, I want to be: A teacher
My favorite movie is: Aladdin
My current favorite song is: My God’s Not Dead
My favorite book is: Aladdin
Three words that describe are: Girl, Redhead, I like dresses
When I was little, I used to: Play in my little brother’s bathtub
My favorite season of the year is: Spring
The snack I could live on is: Fruit snacks
One food I really don’t like is: Canteloupe
My best friend is: Aubrey, Makenna & Addy
If I had one wish, it would be: I want to be a princess
My best memory is: Going to Oklahoma
A lot of her answers are similar to her answers from 2012. She doesn't change too much! She is excited for school and being with her friends.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Strong Fighter
I haven't updated this blog since May 13th.
A lot has happened since then. A lot that I couldn't even begin to write at the time it was happening. School let out, and to celebrate some of us girls went to the Dine-In Theater to see The Fault in Our Stars. We had a really great night... but the next day, my sister (24.5 weeks pregnant) was hospitalized at Barnes Jewish Hospital due to the baby having Hydrops fetalis.
If you want to read Jonah's entire story, you can do so at my sister's blog here.
He was born on June 27, 2014 at 28 weeks gestation.
Jonah Donovan Naylor went to be with Jesus at 1:51 pm on July 4, 2014.
I have a hard time still accepting it. At times, it feels like a dream. Sometimes I'm just sad. Sometimes I'm angry. Sometimes the emotions are so much, I can't even pinpoint one. I know that I want my sister to stop hurting. I want Jonah back with us. I almost said "where he should be." Where I want him to be is more accurate. Where he should be is where he is. In heaven, with our creator. Whole and healed. Not struggling to breathe, or struggling to live.
This is the worst thing that has ever happened to our family. I miss a baby that I only knew for one week, but that we had all thought about, dreamt about, wondered about. I saw him move and open his eyes. I saw him try to cry when the nurses bothered him. I saw him in pictures, being held by his mommy & daddy, completely surrounded by love. I saw a miracle.
Sometimes it doesn't feel like a miracle. Sometimes I see babies or pregnant women and think why do they get to be healthy? Why couldn't Jonah be healthy too? Why didn't we get a miracle that saved his life?
I'm beginning to see we did experience a miracle. It just wasn't the miracle we wanted or prayed for. You see, Jonah was given a death sentence from the moment we arrived in that hospital on June 7th. That first night there, we heard the words "stillbirth" more than any pregnant woman should ever have to hear. They said there was nothing they could do. They'd monitor her. Hope she delivered a live baby. We prayed. Hard.
Things changed to "Well maybe we can try this... Maybe we can see if a intrauterine blood transfusion would work." We still heard bad things. "We will try this..... IF Jonah makes it through the night." "We will try this..... IF Jonah makes it through this procedure."
Well, Jonah made it through the night... and he made it through that first transfusion... and he made it through 5 more. Yeah, he was pretty much a rockstar. My sister is one too. And on the day they told us Jonah was coming, we heard a lot more negativity about draining fluid (very painful) and breathing tubes (that may not work). Jonah defied it all. He did it. He was born. He lived for 1 week... 9859 minutes he was here with us on Earth. They told my sister she may be able to hold him, MAYBE, at the end of his first week. She held him after just a few days.
It's hard because he was doing so well his first week here. But I see that now as time that was given to 2 parents that just prayed and wanted their baby to be here so badly. That went through a whole lot for a month to get him where he was.
So, you see, we did experience a miracle. He never should have been here. He never should have been held. He never should have had his first meal, he never should have opened his eyes. And that, my friends, is a true miracle. 1 week doesn't seem like enough, but oh is it so much sweeter than it could have been.
We will see you again one day soon, Jonah. Love you so much, strong boy.
A lot has happened since then. A lot that I couldn't even begin to write at the time it was happening. School let out, and to celebrate some of us girls went to the Dine-In Theater to see The Fault in Our Stars. We had a really great night... but the next day, my sister (24.5 weeks pregnant) was hospitalized at Barnes Jewish Hospital due to the baby having Hydrops fetalis.
If you want to read Jonah's entire story, you can do so at my sister's blog here.
He was born on June 27, 2014 at 28 weeks gestation.
Jonah Donovan Naylor went to be with Jesus at 1:51 pm on July 4, 2014.
I have a hard time still accepting it. At times, it feels like a dream. Sometimes I'm just sad. Sometimes I'm angry. Sometimes the emotions are so much, I can't even pinpoint one. I know that I want my sister to stop hurting. I want Jonah back with us. I almost said "where he should be." Where I want him to be is more accurate. Where he should be is where he is. In heaven, with our creator. Whole and healed. Not struggling to breathe, or struggling to live.
This is the worst thing that has ever happened to our family. I miss a baby that I only knew for one week, but that we had all thought about, dreamt about, wondered about. I saw him move and open his eyes. I saw him try to cry when the nurses bothered him. I saw him in pictures, being held by his mommy & daddy, completely surrounded by love. I saw a miracle.
Sometimes it doesn't feel like a miracle. Sometimes I see babies or pregnant women and think why do they get to be healthy? Why couldn't Jonah be healthy too? Why didn't we get a miracle that saved his life?
I'm beginning to see we did experience a miracle. It just wasn't the miracle we wanted or prayed for. You see, Jonah was given a death sentence from the moment we arrived in that hospital on June 7th. That first night there, we heard the words "stillbirth" more than any pregnant woman should ever have to hear. They said there was nothing they could do. They'd monitor her. Hope she delivered a live baby. We prayed. Hard.
Things changed to "Well maybe we can try this... Maybe we can see if a intrauterine blood transfusion would work." We still heard bad things. "We will try this..... IF Jonah makes it through the night." "We will try this..... IF Jonah makes it through this procedure."
Well, Jonah made it through the night... and he made it through that first transfusion... and he made it through 5 more. Yeah, he was pretty much a rockstar. My sister is one too. And on the day they told us Jonah was coming, we heard a lot more negativity about draining fluid (very painful) and breathing tubes (that may not work). Jonah defied it all. He did it. He was born. He lived for 1 week... 9859 minutes he was here with us on Earth. They told my sister she may be able to hold him, MAYBE, at the end of his first week. She held him after just a few days.
It's hard because he was doing so well his first week here. But I see that now as time that was given to 2 parents that just prayed and wanted their baby to be here so badly. That went through a whole lot for a month to get him where he was.
So, you see, we did experience a miracle. He never should have been here. He never should have been held. He never should have had his first meal, he never should have opened his eyes. And that, my friends, is a true miracle. 1 week doesn't seem like enough, but oh is it so much sweeter than it could have been.
We will see you again one day soon, Jonah. Love you so much, strong boy.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Oops!
Yes, here it is, the end of the school year... and I haven't blogged since before Halloween!! Bad Mommy.
Quick recap:
- Halloween was awesome. We had a giraffe (The Baby), Jake from Jake & the Neverland Pirates (Little Monster) and Mulan the Princess (Tiny Dancer).
- The Baby turned ONE. Mustache party ensued.
- Thanksgiving was a fun time with family. We ate a lot. We ate too much.
- Christmas was wonderful. The kids got a lot of toys, but we got rid of a lot of toys too.
- Tiny Dancer was awarded the 110% Student Award at her school. Kind of like "Kindergartener of the Year" award...
- Tiny Dancer is READING books all on her own now. She was reluctant at first (she's like me, we like things to come easy to us because so many things do), but I found her some LaLaLoopsy Dolls phonics books that have really piqued her interest and she loves to read to everyone now.
- School is nearing the end... hard to believe she will be in First Grade next year.
- We made the decision to start homeschooling starting in 2nd grade. I'm really excited and nervous. Which is why I wanted to get my blog back into shape so that I can start sharing our adventures in homeschooling.
Our summer is going to be so much fun - I have tons of things planned for everyone. We are going to do all of the usual things, and maybe some new and exciting things. First: I'm coaching Avery's coach pitch team. So that will be interesting. Next up: Our first visit of the year to the drive in!
Quick recap:
- Halloween was awesome. We had a giraffe (The Baby), Jake from Jake & the Neverland Pirates (Little Monster) and Mulan the Princess (Tiny Dancer).
- The Baby turned ONE. Mustache party ensued.
- Thanksgiving was a fun time with family. We ate a lot. We ate too much.
- Christmas was wonderful. The kids got a lot of toys, but we got rid of a lot of toys too.
- Tiny Dancer was awarded the 110% Student Award at her school. Kind of like "Kindergartener of the Year" award...
- Tiny Dancer is READING books all on her own now. She was reluctant at first (she's like me, we like things to come easy to us because so many things do), but I found her some LaLaLoopsy Dolls phonics books that have really piqued her interest and she loves to read to everyone now.
- School is nearing the end... hard to believe she will be in First Grade next year.
- We made the decision to start homeschooling starting in 2nd grade. I'm really excited and nervous. Which is why I wanted to get my blog back into shape so that I can start sharing our adventures in homeschooling.
Our summer is going to be so much fun - I have tons of things planned for everyone. We are going to do all of the usual things, and maybe some new and exciting things. First: I'm coaching Avery's coach pitch team. So that will be interesting. Next up: Our first visit of the year to the drive in!
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