August 10, 2009

Wow! It has been a few weeks since our last post. Taylor continues to do really, really well. She is growing and happy. No doctors visits (cross your fingers) for a while - at least until mid September.

We are in the process of transitioning from our summer babysitter - a wonderful college student named Genevieve - to our new full-time nanny, Whitney, over the next two weeks. Very exciting and a relief to have found such wonderful child care providers for Taylor, and Emileigh as well. Cameron is getting ready for 1st grade. Not quite excited yet, but hopefully that will come.

Taylor had speech therapy the other day and the appointment went well. We also had a physical therapy consult. Both therapists agree that she is making tremendous progress and looks amazing for all that she has been through in past 4 months or so. She is about a month behind in her physical development, but we are not too concerned. She did spend a total of a month in the hospital between the two surgeries with a solid 9 days of that time under heavy sedation. We think she is doing just great and will work with her to help her catch up.

Lately she is all smiles, especially when Cameron and Emileigh are around. We are enjoying her and so happy she is healthy. No big vacation for us this summer. Just many lazy days at the pool and lots of quality time with family and close friends.

So many of you have mentioned that you follow Taylor's blog and and are keeping up with her progress and continue to pray for her and us! THANK YOU!!! We truly believe she is a miracle and continues to thrive due to God's grace.

I am busily getting ready to open the school year but have added a new challenge to my life. I decided about two weeks ago to sign up for the Star Kids 8K on October 10 to benefit the Pediatric Cardiology department at INOVA Fairfax Hospital. I have never run a race this long and am starting to train for it - boy is it tough! Check out this site if you are interested. Star Kid 8K Web Site - Washington DC Running Report
Source: http://www.runwashington.com/

If you want to run with me, sign up and let's go!!! :)

Love to all...