I'm still in shock that it's been almost been a whole year since our precious Mia was born!! Her birthday is next Thursday, February 4th!
You'd think I'd have somewhat of a schedule or something organized in my life... it's crazy that I hardly have time to come online to update the blog!! Then, whenever I do blog (like today), none of the pictures of videos I want to put on here are on the computer yet. Today's post will most likely be another picture-less blog. Sorry!! I haven't even posted pictures to Facebook since August, I think! I've been terrible in that area. So much for good intentions! =)
Everything is going great - our Cortez family grew! Last Wednesday, my brother Robert and sister in law Jen and nieces Arianna (4) and Caitlin (2 1/2) welcomed little Elijah Benjamin into the world! They had another planned home birth, but this time Jen wanted a water birth - which went beautifully! I missed Arianna's birth by around 3 days and Mercedes and I missed Caitlin's birth by 4 hours because I had to fly out from Las Vegas for both. I was SO excited to be in the area this time to witness Elijah's birth!! He was also a surprise (they've never known the gender of their babies until they were born). He is the first boy in my side of the family, so we are ALL thrilled and still can't believe it! We're so used to girls!! =) It's a fun change! He was born just before midnight and weighed 6lbs 5 oz and was 19'' long! So tiny, but still bigger than Mia was at birth!
Mia is doing great as well! She got her first hair cut on Sunday!! I just trimmed her bangs - she looks even cuter - if that's possible!! =) She's so much more interactive now and LOVES her Slinky!! =) It's too cute!
Be praying for Mia - her surgery for getting the tubes inserted in her ears will be on Friday, February 5th at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (by Stanford). It should be a short procedure, but they'll also be doing a few other things as well as a hearing test since she'll be out anyway. Robert and I will be hanging out waiting during the surgery, but then she'll be taken back to CRC later that day. I'm sure family will be visiting her then. =)
Oh, that is another new thing! They finally semi-lifted the visiting restrictions! Now 2 people can visit Mia at a time AND just last week, they're now allowing siblings to visit! Mercedes is SO excited to FINALLY go in Mia's room again!! Every time I'd take her to see Mia through the window, she'd always say "I want to go in Mia's room. I'm not sick." She's very happy to be there - and the staff is glad to see Cedes again! =)
One request I do have is that you'd join us in prayer for Mia on her birthday (like we did when she was 2 weeks old).
Pray for Mia's health, healing, life, etc on Thursday, February 4th @ 1:02pm PST
Thank you!
I'll add pictures, etc SOON!! =)
Rachael <3
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Two new cute videos of Mia from Sunday night!
Hi Everybody,
Thought you'd enjoy seeing our almost 1-year-old Mia Amore!! =) She is too cute! =)
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I moved Mia from her stroller to her bed to check her diaper, and she just started talking and talking!!!
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Mia's first time getting her teeth brushed!! My first time doing it for her. The CNA's always brush her teeth with a sponge thing, but I decided I'd give a real toothbrush and paste a try. Check it out!
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For those of you who are seeing this in an e-mail, go to the blog website to view the videos.
www.theadamisfamily.blogspot.com
Enjoy!
Rachael <3
Thought you'd enjoy seeing our almost 1-year-old Mia Amore!! =) She is too cute! =)
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I moved Mia from her stroller to her bed to check her diaper, and she just started talking and talking!!!
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Mia's first time getting her teeth brushed!! My first time doing it for her. The CNA's always brush her teeth with a sponge thing, but I decided I'd give a real toothbrush and paste a try. Check it out!
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For those of you who are seeing this in an e-mail, go to the blog website to view the videos.
www.theadamisfamily.blogspot.com
Enjoy!
Rachael <3
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Long time to not update... =)
Hi Everyone,
Not all of you knew (unless you saw my post on Facebook) that Mia was sick while we were in Sacramento.
A few of the kids (about 5 out of the 25) in the front group at CRC got some sort of virus. They all had diarrhea. Most of them have had a surgery so they can't throw up (so they don't aspirate with their trach), so we're not sure if their stomachs were hurting, but those who were sick had to go on lockdow (can't leave their rooms). Everybody had to gown up, wear gloves and a mask) and it seemed to work, because once everybody started doing that, it didn't spread to any of the other kids, which is wonderful! =)
Mia started with her sickness on January 5th and was on full strength Pedialyte. When she'd start getting better, they'd switch to to 50%/50% formula and Pedialyte. Her diapers looked better, then they'd get bad again, so she went back and forth 50/50 to full strength Pedialyte for a while. I finally saw Mia after my side of the family celebrated our Christmas with my siblings and my brother's family on the 9th. I must have gotten a little too close at some point even though I was gowned up and everything (or else I just got it from somewhere else), because I was sick from Sunday until almost totally better by Wednesday evening.
She finally came out of her lockdown yesterday!!! We are so happy and I bet she is soo happy to finally get out of her bedroom! =) It's great not having to gown up anymore, too. =)
I'm off to visit her right now, but I'm going to leave you with a picture my Mom took with her cell phone the other night when she was visiting. I can't believe how long Mia's hair is!! =)
Continue to pray for Mia's healing... I'll write another detailed update with Mia's improvements soon. Life is so crazy busy.... I had to MAKE myself write this right now! =)
Rachael <3
Not all of you knew (unless you saw my post on Facebook) that Mia was sick while we were in Sacramento.
A few of the kids (about 5 out of the 25) in the front group at CRC got some sort of virus. They all had diarrhea. Most of them have had a surgery so they can't throw up (so they don't aspirate with their trach), so we're not sure if their stomachs were hurting, but those who were sick had to go on lockdow (can't leave their rooms). Everybody had to gown up, wear gloves and a mask) and it seemed to work, because once everybody started doing that, it didn't spread to any of the other kids, which is wonderful! =)
Mia started with her sickness on January 5th and was on full strength Pedialyte. When she'd start getting better, they'd switch to to 50%/50% formula and Pedialyte. Her diapers looked better, then they'd get bad again, so she went back and forth 50/50 to full strength Pedialyte for a while. I finally saw Mia after my side of the family celebrated our Christmas with my siblings and my brother's family on the 9th. I must have gotten a little too close at some point even though I was gowned up and everything (or else I just got it from somewhere else), because I was sick from Sunday until almost totally better by Wednesday evening.
She finally came out of her lockdown yesterday!!! We are so happy and I bet she is soo happy to finally get out of her bedroom! =) It's great not having to gown up anymore, too. =)
I'm off to visit her right now, but I'm going to leave you with a picture my Mom took with her cell phone the other night when she was visiting. I can't believe how long Mia's hair is!! =)
Continue to pray for Mia's healing... I'll write another detailed update with Mia's improvements soon. Life is so crazy busy.... I had to MAKE myself write this right now! =)
Rachael <3
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Happy 2010!
Hi Everybody,
I feel like it's been forever since I last wrote an update. We are all well. Mia is doing really well, too! Her c02 has been great - mostly in the mid 20's - mid 30's, but Jay is still being very cautious in her weaning. She's now at a breath rate of 29 and her pressure control and support are less than they were 4 weeks ago when she was starting to get sick. So that's good news! =) She's at a .5 to 1 liter of oxygen and she's satting perfectly fine. =) She's still not quite ready for room air just yet, but I know she will get there again soon!
Today is Robert's official day back to work and it was great having him in San Jose for the past 2 1/2 - 3 weeks!! Robert, Mercedes and I (and Willow, too) all drove up to Sacramento yesterday and, as long as Mia stays in stable health, we will all be going back down to San Jose on Friday afternoon.
We're hoping to have the house a little more in order so it actually feels like home, but it's definitely going to take a lot of work!! Mercedes loves her bedroom and being in Sacramento! Willow loves exploring in the house, too! It's funny watching him run around and to see where he goes. I couldn't find him last night for about 20 minutes and I was just hoping he wasn't outside or stuck in the garage somewhere! Turns out our bathroom door shut on him and he was stuck in there all alone in the dark! It was kind of funny. hehe =)
I think my allergies are worse here in Sacramento which isn't fun!! As hard as it is, I'm trying to overlook sneezing and being congested all the time. =) Other than that, I'm doing great! Hopefully I can get the kitchen set up the way I want it. We basically just unpacked and put things in the cabinets, but now I'm seeing how the kitchen will function better, so I'm looking forward to making those little changes. =)
Robert just found out that he'll be able to take the remaining week off from work so we can help each other get the house together and work on some wood working projects! That'll be fun. He's been collecting a ton of great wood working and power tools that he hasn't really been able to use yet, so he's excited about finally using some of them! =)
Continue to lift our family up in prayer. Mia is getting so much stronger and doing things I've never seen her do before!! You know how when you're about to fall asleep and your body sometimes jolts? Well, Mia did that the other day, but when she jolted, the corners of her mouth went down! I have never seen her face make an expression at all (which is one reason why they think she has Mobius syndrome)!
Another new thing she is doing now is when she bats at toys, she's now starting to grab onto them!!
One HUGE new thing I saw yesterday is that when she's sitting on my lap, reclined on my chest, she is now bringing herself into a sitting position (using her abs/trunk). She was going to TOWN moving like crazy yesterday - it was so cute!!! She was soo wobbly, but she kept bringing her head to midline, which was wonderful! Another thing I saw her do yesterday for about 10 minutes was opening and closing her mouth while kind of smacking her tongue - as if she were eating. I've NEVER seen her do that motion even two times together! She was doing it probably every two seconds on and off for about 10 minutes. I was so proud of her!! =)
Mercedes and I are going to try to remember how to get to Target and Costco now, so I will post pictures in a day or two (if we find our way back home. hehe) It's fun exploring and getting "lost" and finding your way back!! I usually remember where I am anyway, but the challenge is still fun! =)
God's blessings to you all,
Rachael <3
I feel like it's been forever since I last wrote an update. We are all well. Mia is doing really well, too! Her c02 has been great - mostly in the mid 20's - mid 30's, but Jay is still being very cautious in her weaning. She's now at a breath rate of 29 and her pressure control and support are less than they were 4 weeks ago when she was starting to get sick. So that's good news! =) She's at a .5 to 1 liter of oxygen and she's satting perfectly fine. =) She's still not quite ready for room air just yet, but I know she will get there again soon!
Today is Robert's official day back to work and it was great having him in San Jose for the past 2 1/2 - 3 weeks!! Robert, Mercedes and I (and Willow, too) all drove up to Sacramento yesterday and, as long as Mia stays in stable health, we will all be going back down to San Jose on Friday afternoon.
We're hoping to have the house a little more in order so it actually feels like home, but it's definitely going to take a lot of work!! Mercedes loves her bedroom and being in Sacramento! Willow loves exploring in the house, too! It's funny watching him run around and to see where he goes. I couldn't find him last night for about 20 minutes and I was just hoping he wasn't outside or stuck in the garage somewhere! Turns out our bathroom door shut on him and he was stuck in there all alone in the dark! It was kind of funny. hehe =)
I think my allergies are worse here in Sacramento which isn't fun!! As hard as it is, I'm trying to overlook sneezing and being congested all the time. =) Other than that, I'm doing great! Hopefully I can get the kitchen set up the way I want it. We basically just unpacked and put things in the cabinets, but now I'm seeing how the kitchen will function better, so I'm looking forward to making those little changes. =)
Robert just found out that he'll be able to take the remaining week off from work so we can help each other get the house together and work on some wood working projects! That'll be fun. He's been collecting a ton of great wood working and power tools that he hasn't really been able to use yet, so he's excited about finally using some of them! =)
Continue to lift our family up in prayer. Mia is getting so much stronger and doing things I've never seen her do before!! You know how when you're about to fall asleep and your body sometimes jolts? Well, Mia did that the other day, but when she jolted, the corners of her mouth went down! I have never seen her face make an expression at all (which is one reason why they think she has Mobius syndrome)!
Another new thing she is doing now is when she bats at toys, she's now starting to grab onto them!!
One HUGE new thing I saw yesterday is that when she's sitting on my lap, reclined on my chest, she is now bringing herself into a sitting position (using her abs/trunk). She was going to TOWN moving like crazy yesterday - it was so cute!!! She was soo wobbly, but she kept bringing her head to midline, which was wonderful! Another thing I saw her do yesterday for about 10 minutes was opening and closing her mouth while kind of smacking her tongue - as if she were eating. I've NEVER seen her do that motion even two times together! She was doing it probably every two seconds on and off for about 10 minutes. I was so proud of her!! =)
Mercedes and I are going to try to remember how to get to Target and Costco now, so I will post pictures in a day or two (if we find our way back home. hehe) It's fun exploring and getting "lost" and finding your way back!! I usually remember where I am anyway, but the challenge is still fun! =)
God's blessings to you all,
Rachael <3
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