November was an interesting month, both good and not so good moments, but thus is life :).
In no particular order, here are some photos detailing our month.
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| Again, these are in no order at all. |
Mark left to for New Mexico the end of this month to do an audit. The kids and I decided not to stay in Gilbert and not go to Tucson. Well, the first day, our Durango ceases to start when leaving church. Luckily people are wonderful and heaven sent. Someone was able to start the car, but looks like its a bad fuel pump. Then we get home and I'm changing lily and see she has a red spot on her forearm, thinking it's just a bug bite I ignore it. Well, come Monday night she has full blown head to toe hives. They last five days and finally go away, but we have no idea what she was allergic too. Oh, and the lights went out in our place, it was an easy fix. Love living in an apartment for that reason. We also bought a car today, so that was fixed. It was a hard week, but it made it easier knowing the time would pass, all issues would be resolved and that my hubby would be home over the weekend to give me a break.
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| We passed the time inside with Jenga. Lily is awesome at this game! |
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| My sweet beautiful niece Lucy. Our family Miracle! |
On November 12th we received a text from Andrew that Whitney was in labor. This was after being 42 weeks along, she was overdue for sure! We waited anxiously for the announcement of Little Lucy, but 50 hours later of labor, she still had not come. The intention was for her to be born in their home, but looks like the body had other plans. They took Whitney to the hospital where they performed a C-section to deliver Lucy. While in the womb, I'm sure due to stress, Lucy had her fist meconium, which of course means she would breath it in. She was delivered and was not breathing. After 40 minutes they were able to get her hooked up to oxygen and stable. She was suffering from Meconium Aspiration Syndrome and Pulmonary Hypertension which is very dangerous, and Lucy's was as bad as you could get. What was supposed to be a joyous event, was turning out to be very scary. We were not sure if little Lucy would be able to pull thru and was actually dubbed the sickest baby in Idaho that week. My whole family, as well as several other families and friends fasted and prayed for little Lucy to recover and make progress. Many tears were shed, along with many pleas. Every time I'd begin to cry over Lucy and pray for her, I'd get the strong impression she would pull thru. Last week Andrew and Whitney were able to hold Lucy for the first time. This week she is breastfeeding. She is recovering fast and they may even be able to take her home next week! The power of prayer, the power of priesthood, community and knowledgeable medical staff amaze me. Lucy is a fighter, you can feel her strong spirit without even having to be in her presence. I know she is going to be a strong influence in our family. Love her so much and I can't wait to hold her.
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| We went with a group of friends to the Phoenix Zoo, it was really fun! |
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| Thanksgiving in Tucson. We had a visit from Aunt T and her family, all good times. |
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| FINALLY got a haircut from my hair dresser Meg in Tucson. Love having short hair again. |
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| Territorial Cup game at U of A, we were not able to go to many games, luckily they had a terrible season. BUT the game we got to both take Lily too was a WIN! Lily was hilarious to watch during the game, but has decided she will not play football someday cause it is too rough! ;) |
