Emilie's First Birthday - April 6, 2007

EMILIE'S BIRTHDAY!!

I can't believe that she is a year old already. God has really blessed us this year. Eventhough things aren't the way we had hoped and we have to go through this, God couldn't have given us a better daughter. If you've met her personally you know what I'm talking about.

Emilie loves everyone. Her eyes sparkle when she has a visitor and she fights going to sleep if a visitor is in the room. She has a sweet disposition and is very content and cheerful. I'm so thankful that God has given her this disposition. She has shown me that eventhough things aren't perfect there is still a reason to smile and look at the bright side of everything.

We had Emilie's birthday party on Friday, April 6, 2007. On the fifth floor of the hospital in the North Atrium. Some of the people that attended were (forgive me if I forget you); Great-grandma and grandpa Wright, Grandma Updike, Auntie Lori and Dallas, Auntie Monique and Jared, Auntie Beatrice and Joel, Mommy's friend Mimi Marchewka and Breeze, Mommy's friend Diane Nystrom and her sister Elaine, Pastor John Drisner and of course - Mommy, Daddy and big brother Taylor. Emilie had a great time!! She got lots of presents and even tasted the icing on her cake, which she LOVED!! Thanks to all who attended.

We also want to thank everyone who joined us in fasting and praying for Emilie that day. Please continue to pray for her. We are hoping to take Emilie to church the next time that Darwin is home. Thanks for all of you who are continuing to support us in prayer. We feel really blessed to have so many people in our lives who pray for us and support us in prayer. You are all really special and we hold you all close to our hearts. (yes, even if we haven't met).

We love you all!!

PS we got the charger for Emilie's external battery this past week and were able to take her to get her pictures taken at Wal-mart. We sent out a photoparade to those who are on our list. You can check out the pictures on the multiply site.

http://sdzeylion2003.multiply.com

Darwin, Sherri, Taylor and especially Emilie!!

First Day-pass March 30, 2007

Hey everybody!!

Sorry I haven't updated the blog in awhile, but I've been very busy. I could have done it last week, but I left the cord for my digital camera in N.Battleford.

We were able to take Emilie out for her first day pass on March 30th. We took her to my grandma's house WITHOUT telling my grandma. Mainly because we didn't want them to be expecting her to be coming and then having something go wrong and not be able to. We didn't want to disappoint them.

As it was, the night before the pass something happened with the ventilator. . . it shut off. So they shortened our pass from the usual 4 hours, for a first pass, to 3 hours.

Emilie had a good time. The surprise went over very well and we were also able to surprise my Aunt Brenda and her family that were visiting grandma and grandpa, also. We ended up being out for the full 4 hours because when it came time to feed Emilie we realized that the nurse who helped to get her feed ready forgot the g-tube (used to feed her - VERY important). She said that subconsciously she must have wanted us to be out for the full 4 hours.

Anyway, the day went very well - no problems with the ventilator and Emilie had a great day! Eventhough she did not have her nap (she literally fell asleep once we put her down in her bed).

Pictures?? Of course!! Silly me, I forgot to make sure my batteries were charged, so I had to get some pictures off of my mom's camera.

Enjoy,

Sherri