Movin' Up

Well, the transplant has been rescheduled. To Friday. This Friday. The 18th. "Just four days" sooner than before. (Four days can be a BIG deal people!) Luckily, everything worked out for our donor and us to be able to have the surgery done sooner. Kids are taken care of, food is prepared. Now we just have to mentally be ready for Friday. The thing that has amazed me the most throughout this process, is how selfless some people are. To even seriously consider donating an organ to someone, to me, is amazing. To actually go through all the testing, do all the research and still want to help? Knowing the sacrifice you're making for somebody else? There are no words. "Grateful" doesn't seem to adequately describe what we're feeling. The only thing I've been able to compare these feelings with, are the thoughts and feelings we have for Alyssa's birth mother. We have been blessed to know two remarkable women. One who gave us our daughter. Another giving Tim a kidney and a certain quality of life most of us take for granted. Nothing we can do will ever repay what has been given us.

All My Love

I love her.

8 Things

I was tagged by my friend Brittney a couple weeks ago. It's about time I responded. So here are a few things about little ol' me. 8 Things I Love/Am Passionate About Alyssa Tim My Family Adoption Friends Scrapbooking Cafe Rio Pepsi 8 Books I've Read and Enjoyed Twilight New Moon Eclipse The Host (Wait, was that only 4?) The Monster at the End of This Book My First Counting Book Little Miss Spider The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (As told by the wolf) 8 Phrases or Words I Say Often Um... whatcha doin' Alyssa? Be careful. Sit down please. Do you want to sit on the potty? Give me kisses. Oh my hell. I just love you so MUCH! Did you poop? 8 Things I Want to Do Before I Die Take Lys to Disney Land Acquire one more baby. Go on some exotic vacation. Clean my scrapbook room. Finish our basement. Improve upon some relations. Finish Alyssa's quilt. Have enough $$$ to pay someone to take care of my yard. :) 8 Things I've Learned or Remembered This Past Year You can live with a lot less than you think you can. This too shall pass. There are some things you just can't do anything about. Either dwell on it and be miserable, or get over it. Kids grow up WAY too fast. There are a lot of good, selfless people in the world. You can shove a lot of dirty dishes in a laundry basket, if the oven is too full. Two year olds are a lot smarter than they're given credit for. Other people's opinions don't always matter. 8 People I Want to Tag Angela Jen Kaarina Kim Kim Leisha Leslie Sam

July 22nd

Kidney transplant day. We have a donor. A FREAKING AWESOME donor. So much love. So much gratitude. So much more to come when I can make sense of the thoughts and feelings I'm trying to encompass in my little head. Thank you.

Aurora

You Are Aurora! (A.K.A. Sleeping Beauty.)

Thoughtful and loving. Authority figures probably have been sheltering you all of your life. Thankfully you're a very tranquil person who is content with what life has given you, but secretly you want to know how the outside world works.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Interesting...

A Thirst for Knowledge

This was fun. This was a lot of fun. I learned a lot and realized I have a lot to learn. And I WANT to learn. I haven't wanted to learn something for a long time. This is good for me. I love it. And it's fun.

There are No Words

She touched a worm today. And thinks they're cute. No, I did NOT witness this first hand. I probably would have had a heart attack. I DEFINITELY would NOT have allowed it. Cringe, all I can do is cringe. And shiver, the icky shivers than run up your spine when you absolutely detest something. Cringe, shiver, cringe, shiver... wash her hands, tell her worms are yucky.