Olivia Grace & Scarlett Rose: 2012

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Artprize 2012

This was Livi's first time at the artprize & she really enjoy

ed all the people & balloons :) We sure love our daddy & copy everything he does :)...

Summer 2012

This was a great summer... Our neighbors were so nice to give us some free tickets to the whitecaps last month so Livi had her first basketball game. It was a blast

Livi's friend Noah

... this picture cracks me up cuz they look like a couple after an argument...alreadyyyy hahaha

We have been waiting since Olivia was born to donate her hair but has been challenging to sit her down & actually cut the 11" needed until this July. One day after my haircut appointment Olivia came to me & said:- Mama i am ready to give my hair to the kids that need'em...will make them feel better...sight. Appointment was set in the next hour :)and it was even more special cuz her cousin Briana actually wanted to do it with her & had been waiting for a couple of months just to give Livi the extra support( this was Briana's 2-nd time) It was an awesome experience to see how exited they both were to give their hair to children in need...sooo proud of them...

First time...

First haircut for Locks of Love, first time in the adult pool, first 4-th of July at the new house, first time in her kiddy pool :)

First Times...

First time rolling the dough, first time "hand-writting" her "letters haha, first time getting fake nails (stick on), first time getting her hair done curley by mamma...

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Finally back again

After so many months without a computer and not being able to update we're back :). There have been so many changes... good changes during this year. I'll just sum it up shortly. Olivia is now three and a half, 32lb and almost 36 inch long. About 3 months ago Livi started her pre-op transplant road which was put on hold due to her short stature concern. She was still not on the chart for her age which was going to make her growth even harder after the transplant since they couldn’t give her any of the growth hormones after the surgery due to antibody rejections. At that point Peter & I took it upon ourselves to start giving her the shots nightly, hoping we could get some good results on without speeding the transplant procedure... Three months later, I'm grateful to report that Livi has grown almost 2 inches and is finally on the chart (4%tile). She is learning to eat more table food to where 1 yr ago she was still only on baby formula. As for the kidney we're still where we were but we call it "stable" as long as her body can handle all these changes. GOD is good...

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Time...

Happy 3-rd birthday Olivia Grace.

Saturday Jan. 31st... 2:47 pm... A feeling of relief ... A cry... Two little hands grabbing on to the dr.'s pointer fingers... Announcement...She is here...ALIVE...

- Finally a deep breath...We'll name her Olivia Grace ...

A squeeze of hands,tears of joy, a kiss in the forehead and prayers.... Lots of prayers as we saw our little angel being taken away to NICU to start her unknown journey ...

- a journey of Miracles ...

I don't even know from when to start my thankfullnes ...

Thank you God for:

- keeping our minds sane during the pregnancy when we discovered every week a new diagnose & why our baby wasn't gonna be born alive
- for assigning wonderful doctors & nurses to take care of our Livi
- for wonderful family & friends that were always there and prayed (& still do) with us everyday.

-and above all, for making her a walking testimony...

Somebody told me once that she is here to bring people smiles on their faces... - No matter how bad your day is once you meet or see Olivia you can't stop but smiling. She has a way to bring happiness to your day...

Thank you GOD for our Olivia Grace

Happy birthday our little miracle. Mommy & daddy loves you UNCONDITIONALY.