Dillon and Christie

Our sweet family and life adventures.

Update on Ruby

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Ruby had her sedated echocardiogram this past Thursday. She did well–it was sad with the IV and they had to try both hands and dig around a bit with the needle before they found one to give her the medicine. She had to go fasting but did really great with that as well. She’s a…

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Tender Mercies

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I don’t have time to write this stuff in my journal right now, so I’m just going to write it as a blog post.  For the 2 or 3 of you who read this ;). Let me just tell you, life has been hard.  It has been hard and stressful and sad and scary and…

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Carving Pumpkins

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As I said, Dillon was gone and I took on the task of Carving the Pumpkins.  It’s a big ordeal without another parent to help, I’ve decided!  I’ve also decided Dillon will just have to be here next year to help out.  Although it will be easier when Ruby is a little older since she…

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Pumpkins!!!

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Oh my goodness, I have SOOO much to catch up on. And what’s really crazy is that I want to catch up on my blog all before Ruby’s surgery at the end of November, so I figure I better do a couple posts a night. So here we go! Dillon has been working INSANE hours…

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Update on Ruby

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email sent to family Hey everyone, we just had a quick visit with the cardiologist today. They did an EKG and checked oxygen and listened to her heart. Her oxygen level was 100% today :). She weighed 9 lb. 10 oz. so she is gaining! (though still below the 5% for weight). She has been…

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Watching Little Mermaid for the 1st Time!

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Sad, but Bailey has not seen any princess movies! So when I was offered to make a little money from a re-release of The Little Mermaid, I decided it was time for Bailey to see it. But then the DVD didn’t work and so we ended up having to turn it off and watch it…

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