she likes disneyland

summer

does this face say enough? we are climbing the walls in here today! i am starting to act like kramer! (or kyle...do you remember when we lived in austin and you stayed home for too long? yeah...like that!) we've been eating weird things, staying in our pj's...i'll stop there. we've gotta do something! so, we are going to pretend we are on vacation tomorrow. we are going to disneyland!

we're back

so we are back. we have had a fun filled two weeks off. nana came to visit and we had a blast. it was so nice to spend time with her. mia ended up with several new stuffed animals as well. i think it only took her about an hour to work nana over for her first one! then i started noticing the number growing day by day. ha! that's what nana's are for. mia has been talking a lot lately. especially on the phone. i can understand about 1/3 of what she is saying but, that's okay. her favorite word is "no" now. everything i ask her to do is a "no" even if she wants to do it. like going to the beach, she loves it now. especially since nana took her out there to watch the sunset several evenings. now i try to do the same as often as i can.

not much else has changed. we are still just enjoying our simple life out here. i thank God every time i think about it because i am so much happier now and so is my little girl. we are planning a trip home for the end of september. mark those calendars! i will post something again soon. until then, mia says "no!"

good news

i got some good news this evening...mia's second set of labs came back completely normal. in fact, she even tested negative for hepatitis c this time. so basically that means she might not have even hepatitis c at all. the doctor said she may have tested positive the first time because her mother's antibodies may still be in her system. they want to retest her at 2 and 3 years old and see what those results look like. she did not want to get my hopes up but, i am SO relieved. just to know that my baby does not have hiv and to know that she has a good chance of not even having hepatitis c...i am ecstatic! thank you all for your prayers. i truly felt them. praise God!

our stefani

happy birthday to our stefani! we thank God for putting you in our lives today. you are a wonderful aunt and friend. we hope you know just how special you are to us today and always.

we are fine!

it official! we've been through our first earthquake. we are fine. we live about 40 miles away from the epicenter. i was rocking mia to sleep for her afternoon nap when the house started shaking. at first i thought there was someone in the closet (childhood flashback!)...then i thought there was a work crew doing some heavy duty work outside...then it was over. all i could really think about during this time was, whatever is going on it better not wake up mia! i just got the rat to sleep! it was not until i went downstairs and saw my cell phone, which had a text from jeff asking if i was okay that i realized what had happened. jeff, you win. you were the first to check on me. who would have guessed architect's office was so up on things! mom, you were a close second! ;) so anyway. we are fine. i have talked to a few friends, and they had much more dramatic experiences. especially those who work in a high rise building. anyway. life goes on. overall, i don't think it was a big deal. but, the news would probably like you to think otherwise. i am enjoying all of the live interviews though. lots of people with plastic surgery, many foreigners, government workers trying to take the rest of the day off...haha! i was supposed to clean the kitchen but, forget that. this is good stuff.

i'll back you up

no matter what the outcome of the tests this week...no matter what we have in store for us...He put us together. He already knows. He always will. He does not make mistakes. i'll back you up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChHm0j50mTs&feature=related

(many thanks to all of you out there who are praying. i feel you.)