Welcome to our family blog!

This blog was started in October 2010 shortly before our daughter, Abigail Grace, was born. She was diagnosed at our 18 week ultrasound with Holoprosencephaly (HPE), and we were preparing for a child with very complex medical needs and a shortened life expectancy. Abby was born on November 12th and sadly passed away just four days later. This blog follows me, Matt and Abby’s big brother, Connor, along our journey from preparing for Abby’s birth through our adjustment to life without her.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

First Post!

The pressure of the first post on a blog...enough to put a girl into labor!  Well, not really- though at this point I wouldn't be opposed to that happening.  We're scheduled to meet Abby in 15 days, however my frame just isn't meant to handle this much weight.  God bless my mother in law (who is built similarly to me) for carrying twins!!! Miss Abby is already more than a full pound larger than Connor was at birth, and I just don't know if I can take two more weeks of this.  I'm just hoping she stays put until November, because we're really looking forward to Halloween on Sunday!  Connor is going out as Darth Vader- he chose his costume two full months ago and has surprisingly not wavered the least bit in his excitement about it.  He even upgraded his costume last week by borrowing his friend Joey's super cool Vader helmet that has a voice box attached.  This is serious stuff!  He's giving it a test run tomorrow night at his school's Halloween party.  This is definitely the most excited he's been about dressing up, which has made it much more fun this year for Mom and Dad!  Can't wait to post pics of my evil Jedi Master.



Con is also very eager to wear his "Big Brother" t-shirt.  It was supposed to stay under wraps until I went to the hospital, but he found it in my laundry pile this week.  Of course, he wants to wear it now!  I'm not surprised- he is SO excited to be a big brother, and it has dinosaurs on it.