I am lamenting the fact that my summer is very close to being over and I feel like I was robbed of a few weeks when we were handed the news about Abigail. I did have a great vacation though, and it was very nice to not think about the inevitable for a week. I got a very cute baby announcement in the mail, which brought about a fresh batch of tears from both of us. It's actually kind of nice to see Matt show some emotion because usually nothing bothers him. I am currently struggling a bit with the fact that some people can smoke, drink, and drug their way through their pregnancy and have a perfectly healthy baby. Heck, there's a whole show on TLC about women who didn't even know they were pregnant! Amazingly, their babies are fine. We, on the other hand, worked hard for this baby, wanted her, prayed for her...I take tons of different vitamins, am very careful about what I do and do not eat, don't drink or smoke, and haven't even made necklaces in order to avoid inhaling the fumes. It's just hard to stomach that we did everything right and still she has a defect, while others can do nothing right and have a fine baby. In other news, the crib bedding came today and it looks really cute! The lampshade got cracked in several places during shipment because it wasn't wrapped properly, so I'm hoping I'll get a partial refund. I think it will still be usable though. I will take some pictures once the nursery is all set up, but the crib isn't up right now and probably won't be for a little while. I do have 3 more months, after all! Actually, I'm not feeling rushed at all with Abigail. I think it's because I know what could come after she's born and it won't be easy. I'm trying to just enjoy being pregnant with her while it's still "easy."
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
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