First Birthday Card

Abby got her first birthday card in the mail today! I wanted to share it because I thought it was pretty perfect for the occasion.

"God can do anything, you know--far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! We're asking God to bless your day, your year, and you in amazing ways!"

Thank you so much for the card, Reed family! I hope one day we can meet in person and you can hug the girl for whom you've been praying for so long! :)

Comments

Anonymous said…

Happy Labor Day, Julie! About this time last year, you were on your way up to Baltimore to meet your little girl! What a year it has been! We can't wait to help your family celebrate Abby's first birthday. What a beautiful and wonderful gift from God she is.
Love you guys!
Amy

October 21, 2011 at 9:38 PM

Debbie said…

Today is T-H-E day and we wish a very happy and blessed birthday to Miss Abby. Wishing all a "joy"ous celebration to not only Abby but to her loving family today, October 22, 2011.

Much love and warm wishes to all

Tracy and Debbie Erwin

October 22, 2011 at 12:02 PM

Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome

If you happen to pick up the latest Reader's Digest, there is an article in there about Piper Breinholt , a four year old with CCMS. If you've been around here a while, you'll remember wayyyyyy back when we first received Abby's diagnosis that I was able to speak to Piper's mom, Reagan. The article is more about their story and not as much about the ins and outs of CCMS, but I think it's probably enough to get some people googling it and I'm hoping a few will end up here. Every once in a while, I give a blog post the title of Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome so that it would show up in Google. My ever-present hope is that people will stumble across my blog and 1) be encouraged by the hope we have in Christ, 2) feel a connection with someone in a similar situation as them, or 3) get excited over the miracles that have been performed in Abby's life!! (a combination of all 3 is great too!) :) Notice that it's not to get famous and it never wi

The Potty Man

Caleb LOVES to go potty! I have never heard a potty training story like this one....Caleb tells us when he needs to go, we take his diaper off, and he goes! Now, is it perfect? No, not at all! We aren't trying to potty train at at all, but we figure every time he goes is one less diaper we have to change! The only time we consistantly put him on the potty is when we give him a bath (he always pees in the tub, so we know he needs to go!) He almost always goes on the potty now instead of the tub though. When he's not "really" going potty, he's pretending to go potty! He's such a funny kid!

Lego Party: Favors

I'm a little slow in posting the Lego Party pictures, but I think I have a few excuses I could use. At any rate, I wanted to share what I did for the party! It will take a few posts, so stay with me. I'll start with how I did the favors. These are the goody bags I made. I just bought solid colored gift bags and matched scrapbook paper to each bag. Then I punched circles and attached them with the 3D foam tape so that the circles were raised. I used the keychain (explained below) as a name tag on the outside. These are Duplo blocks. I put a round magnet on the back and...voila! A magnet! (note: hot glue doesn't work so well...I ended up reglueing them with my apoxy because the magnets fell off.) I made crayons using Lego man crayons. Yes, I know this guy has lost half of his leg. The others were already packaged and I didn't want to open one up just to get a picture. I used a Lego mold to make the crayons. Caleb put small pieces of crayon in each m

Life as a Leach

Search This Blog