Thursday, October 1, 2009
Winners chosen by Random.org
The winner of the $50 Gift Certificate from
Sew Blessed By Jenise is:
Anne said…
This would be so nice to win! I would give the bag to my sister!I love the Piano Music Tote, Monogrammed
and the toile makeup bag!
The winner of the $25 Gift Certificate from
Prim and Sassy Cottage is:
Tenille said…
These are too adorable! Facebook fan 🙂
The winner of the Gift Package from
The Spotted Elephant Boutique is:
my4blessings said…
love the orange and pink rag blanket- love the domask and minky fabrics too
Winners have 48 hours to respond and claim their prizes. If you did not win, boutiques will continue the discount they have offered through this blog until Friday so enjoy shopping!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Is it possible that my sweet girl is 5?!?!
Britain was celebrated in style this weekend! A princess cake (I have always wanted to make one of these!!) and picnic in the park with grandparents before we picked up her dearest friend Ellie and headed to Charleston for the weekend.
If you’ve never decorated cupcakes…sprinkles, icing and all…late at night….in a hotel room….with two sugar crazed little girls…you have truly missed out on a fun time!
The two were inseparable all weekend.
C asked 4 hours into the trip”how long until they settle down”?
We learned that little girls, slumber parties and sugar are a recipe for a weekend of non-stop giggles!!
We shared a birthday lunch with our dear friends the Butchers. Cute Wyatt even dressed appropriately for a pink party in his shirt to honor little sister Annabelle
They tackled the crashing waves at the beach
And played hard and slept even harder!
And when Sunday morning rolled around, I was amazed that the little dears were still in bed, whispering sweetly to let C and I wake up slowly. Little angels.
And then I found this…
…clearly, their hushed tones had more to do with what they were concealing than consideration for my much needed beauty sleep!
Monday, September 28, 2009
We had the pleasure of attending a Heart Walk in Charleston this weekend. Allow me to preface this post by stating first and foremost, our acknowledgement of the Lord Jesus as the Great Physician! There is no doubt in our mind that He alone is to be praised for the miracle that we have witnessed in Evie’s life. He is the Giver and Sustainer of life, and the One who possesses the power to heal or to extend His loving arm to welcome His little ones home. That being said, it is clear that He uses extremely gifted individuals at times to carry out His purposes….this is one such man!
There is an awed reverence when you stand in this man’s presence.
Words fail me.
I worship the ground he walks on.
Im full of emotion that Im unable to convey.
How do you express gratitude to the man who repaired your baby’s broken heart?
On the night Evie was diagnosed with a heart defect and whisked away by chopper to MUSC and the nightmare began, emails began pouring in from those praying around the globe for our Evie. A dozen individuals in the medical profession wrote to assure us that Dr. Bradley of MUSC was the best and that we were in excellent hands!
I will never forget being called into the consultation room with Dr. Bradley and his staff following Evie’s day in surgery. I remember my heart lodging in my throat when I looked at him for reassurance. His eyes were bloodshot and swollen. Time stood still. I was certain for a sickening moment that He had lost her.
But no, this renowned Physician was just bleary eyed from the exhaustion of six hours in surgery on a heart the size of a strawberry, working to switch arteries no larger than the tip of a ball point pen. Gifted, amazing, brilliant man!
Two days after her surgery, I sat with my baby through the wee hours of the morning. She’d had a traumatic day failing being off the vent and has just been re-intubated. Her scar was infected and splitting open. Irregular heart rhythms plagued her. I felt again that she might not be strong enough to pull through. In ICU, there is a nurse stationed full time at each bed closely monitoring the droning beeping of monitors and infusions of medications. The phone rang at 3:00 am and our nurse was called away. She returned to say that Dr. Bradley had called from his night off at home to check on Evie and adjust her meds. This man never sleeps…clearly, his heart is in his work!
We are indebted and grateful for the healing hands of those who loved and cared for our little miracle girl!
Evie pictured with a couple of the greatest nurses in the world!
Joy and Brenna, you know how dear you are to us!
Evie with two more of her phenomenal Cardiologists this weekend. The walk did her in!…the only way to get a picture where she is not crying with a doctor is to have her completely zonked!
I snapped this picture that evening walking on the beach in Charleston.
Happily-ever-after skipping off into the sunset!
No slowing her down.
No looking back!
This movie is a must see for any heart mom reading this…or anyone else who loves a good tear-jerker! A moving story of men who defy the rules and start a medical revolution. Their patients are known as the “blue babies” – infants suffering from a congenital heart defect that turns them blue as they slowly suffocate. This Dr invents the heart lung bypass that makes open heart surgery possible for babies who would otherwise have no chance at life.
There is an awed reverence when you stand in this man’s presence.
This movie is a must see for any heart mom reading this…or anyone else who loves a good tear-jerker! A moving story of men who defy the rules and start a medical revolution. Their patients are known as the “blue babies” – infants suffering from a congenital heart defect that turns them blue as they slowly suffocate. This Dr invents the heart lung bypass that makes open heart surgery possible for babies who would otherwise have no chance at life.
