Look who's walking and has a tooth

That's right Ashley finally got her first tooth last week. It only took her 13 months to get one, but it's there. Hoping that all her other ones come in soon. Below is a picture of her tooth it's hard to see but it's there.

She started walking the last few days. She stands by herself and raises her arms and screams with a big smile it's so cute. Tonight she started out by herself and no help.

Ashley's 1 year Pictures

For those of you that are wondering Ashley's MRI came back normal!!!! A true answer to prayer.

MRI for Ashley

Ashley had her first MRI on her brain Wednesday. She did great cindering that she couldn't have anything to eat after midnight and nothing to drink after 7:00 a.m. that morning. Her MRI was scheduled for 11:00 a.m. and we had to be there at 9:30. She did good for a half hour and then she turned into a crank. With all the toys that they had for her to play with she wanted nothing to do with them. She got her sedation medicine around 10:45 and it took her about 10 minutes to fall asleep. The MRI went well they found nothing abnormal and she laid very still for them. We could hear her crying down the hall as they wheeled her back, but I got her back to sleep and she slept for another hour. It was so funny when she woke up and for the rest of day she was unbalanced and a little loopy. I would sit her on the floor and she would tip over it was funny. The worst part of the whole day was watching her being wheeled out and she had oxygen on it brought back so many memories of last year.
Sound asleep on my lap.

One Year Ago

One year ago we almost lost our dear Ashley to RSV. I remember it all like it was yesterday. There were so many awful memories of that day. You feel so helpless when your child is suffering and the doctor's and nurse's are trying to help her, but it's just not working like they would like and all you can do is stand back a watch. After they got her vented and the room cleared out of the 10 doctor's and nurse's that were working on her when she stopped breathing and her vitals were all going down fast. There where two nurse's remained in the room and they told us "Someone sure was watching over your little girl tonight and thank goodness she is a fighter" I will never forget those words. I don't think I stopped praying the whole time we were in the ER. God decided to let her live that night and he must have some big plans for her. We are so thankful for all the Doctor's, Nurse's, Social Workers, Aero Med Team, Friends, Family, and our Church that helped us and Ashley during this time. We are so blessed to have her in our family this past year. Today will be filled with tears, but they are tears of joy that we have our daughter and tears of saddness with the memories and the sights of that day. I put up this saying above her crib and it sums it up nicely "Such a big miracle, in such a little girl"

Christmas

Make a Smilebox slideshow

We had a busy Christmas. There were so many pictures so I thought a slide show would be easier. We had a total of 7 parties and over the last week. The girls are very tired and on toy overload. We had the Tubergan family Christmas on the 19th which included a nice big meal, fire, and many gifts. We had the De Vries family on Christmas Eve which included sledding, fire, and many gifts again. Some of Brooke's favorite's gift this year are her American Girl, Nintendo DS, Latch Hook, Piggy Bank,Flannel Sheets. Kenzie's favorite's are her Bitty Baby, Little bunk beds for her dolls, Polly Pockets, Tinker Toys. We were the mean parents and Ashley got clothes, diapers, wet wipes so not to may toys for her this year, but I think her favorites were the boxes.

Happy Birthday Brooke

Brooke celebrated her 7th birthday on Thursday. She stayed home from school in the morning she wasn't feeling well. I brought her to school in the afternoon since she was feeling better. She was so excited that she could pass her birthday treat out on her birthday. She didn't fell like going out to eat so she choose to pick up Wolfies for supper. She opened our gifts and was so excited that she got a MP3 player. She has been asking for one for awhile. We had her party with the grandparents, uncles, and aunts on Friday. Aunt Kristin made Brooke's cakes this year. We had a great night and Brooke got a lot of good gifts.

Christmas Program

Brooke was a light bearer this year and Kenzie was a sheep. This was Kenzie's first program and she did so good. Kenzie is my singer she sings even if she doesn't know the words. Brooke had a line to say and she totally forgot what to say right before the program. I think the nervous got the best if her. It was so cute watching all the little kids up front.