My Auntie Tina!!!

Okay, you all know for how long my mommy and daddy have been trying to get auntie Tina's visa extended...and it finally happened. Auntie Tina can stay until march 29-th and than she has to go back to Albania. We all are so happy that she'll be here for my first birthday and baby-sit me a bit longer...LOVE our "together time" .

The swallow test...

Yesterday we took Olivia for her 2-nd swallow-test and it went great. She did amazing drinking out of the bottle with the "honey & nectar thick consistancy" (thickening gel for people with respiratory problems). The therapist was so shocked to see how well she cordinated her breathing that she gave us the OK to start giving her some foods by mouth (as tolerated) and thin it out as we go so she can get use to her eating skills, hopefully once and for all :)))... so ready to get rid of the pump and 24/7 tube feeding.
Olivia's weight today was 14lb & 14oz ... growing and getting stronger everyday.

Just discovered my voice :-)

Like every week today was my day off which is usually filled with doc's appts. Around 9 AM we had the developmental therapist ladies come to do Livi's evaluation. They played with her for about 1 & half hour and did everything beside getting Livi to say any word. A couple of hours after they left I was holding her in my lap, admiring and feeling the great joy that every mom does when they cuddle with their little ones. She looked around, took a deep breath and started yelling out loud "DADDA-DADDA-GADDA-GAGGA"... I couldn't believe it... my little baby said her first word... what a precious moment.
There is nothing more beautiful that listening to your child's joyful voice, even though what they're saying doesn't make any sense :P .
It is AMAZING how GOD works in all of our lives to make us realize how precious HIS creation is.

Livi's first Halloween.

Since this was Olivia's first Halloween we wanted to get a costume that fitted her personality the best. We thought hard about it and we decided to make her a "WHOOPY CUSHION"...i know you guys think that's not cute for a girl, but Olivia s.m.times wakes us up from a dead sleep, that's how loud she is...LOL.
Anyway after looking around for 2 straight weeks with no luck in finding her size we ended up making her a "flower". She looked so cute in that outfit even though home was the only "trick or treating" that she did due to the flu season. We both had fun taking Livi's picture and eating the candy that we bought to give out ;))) .