One.

One year ago today, we faced our hardest challenge as a little family...Sophie's cleft palate surgery. I still remember just how difficult it was to hand our angel over to the nurses - it was the worst thing I've had to do thus far. I even recall making the nurses cry when they saw how upset I was...it was gut-wrenching. I remember trying to keep ourselves occupied in the waiting room with lots of food, Diet Coke and pacing the halls for the 4-5 hours she was in the operating room. I remember being incredibly scared, yet having to remain calm and strong when we first saw her in recovery. My poor baby looked so beat up and helpless. However, she quickly taught us all so much about strength and courage as she healed from her surgery with a great "warrior" spirit.

Seems like so long ago when we look at what great strides she has made in this past year. She now receives speech therapy once a week and is really beginning to show improvements in her articulation. Coincidentally, we were at Children's Mercy again this morning for her routine ENT check-up. Her ears and tubes look just fine and we were content to leave the hospital with stickers and animal crackers - SO much different from one year ago!


"One" more thing...it has been one month since we were placed on the waiting list for baby #2. My, how time flies! Steve and I are now awaiting an appointment to get our fingerprints taken with the Citizenship office - a required element for pre-approval to bring our baby home.