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First doctor’s appointment.
I had my first prenatal visit today. It went really well, and I am still overjoyed with how well it went. I was just a bit hesitant wondering if anything would be wrong, but everything appears as it should. We did go ahead and do an early ultrasound today, so we got to see the [...]
New life.
I am sitting here tonight trying to find a way to share the news I want to share with you all. Some of you will have already heard. Perhaps some of you have not. John and I are happy to announce that we are expecting to welcome a new baby to our family July 2007. [...]
Halloween.
OK, this is a little late, but I thought I should probably post some pictures of Elise on halloween. She enjoyed it so much. I don’t know what was more exciting, the costume or the candy. By the way, Elise decided herself that she would be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. The “ruby” slippers [...]
November 8, 2006.
I’m sorry I haven’t posted recently. I’ve thought about it, and then it just doesn’t happen. You know what happened this day a year ago? I took Emma to the ER for the very first time. It was a long and overwhelming day. You can look back at the post from that day if you [...]
Really Big Praise!
I had to share with you all today a really big praise. I was making some phone calls in regards to Emma’s medical bills. I haven’t heard from the Children’s Hospital for a long time. So I called them to find out the status of Emma’s account. It has been paid in full! Medicaid apparently [...]
Blessings of the day.
I feel so blessed today. Thank you to anyone that has been praying for us, I can feel the prayers. The days of remembering Emma’s surgery and recovery went well, it was actually the days leading up to it that were the hardest. In the actual remembering there were many good things. Here are a [...]
Surgery anniversary.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of Emma’s open heart surgery. I don’t know if it is that or other stresses in my life right now that are causing me to be very emotional. Two days ago I was a wreck, yesterday I was fine, today I am feeling kind of weighed down. But I did get [...]
The prayer of the grieving.
Lord, please heal my heart, but not so much that I don’t hurt, For if I don’t hurt, how will I remember. Lord, never let me forget the pain, For if I forget, how will I know your blessings Lord if you choose to fill my arms, still let them ache just a bit, For [...]
General news from the Leins.
Well, this will be a post of odds and ends, but here goes. First of all, this has been a good week despite the memories of Emma. September 14 was a very significant day in my mind. It marked the first day Emma travelled down to Little Rock. It was the day we met one [...]
Looking back, looking ahead.
As I stand here on the threshold of what I see as 5 months worth of Emma memories, I am a little nervous. You see, even though Emma’s birthday was in July, it is now that we are hitting the “significant dates.” Most of Emma’s first two months are a blur of feeding difficulties and [...]
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