Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Long over due update

We have had an exciting and very busy few weeks. It started with Thanksgiving. We went and visited with my family in Rupert. It was fun to be with everyone.

Brayden followed his cousins around everywhere, he just want to be in the same room. Good thing the kids were go sports about him tagging along.
Brayden pined Patrick as he came up the stairs. For some reason he likes to sit on his head (to bad it wasn't with a stinky diaper ;)
We were able to see our new niece, Brookelyn. She is a cutie. She is 8 weeks younger than Whitney. Whitney have been the same size as Brooke since she was born, so it is fun to see them together. (Brooke is on the right)Every time we visit my parents, Patrick manages to take a nap in this chair. (He was cuddled up with Whitney's pink blanket but as soon as he heard the camera throw it)Brayden has become quite the cook (or eater). We made peanut butter cookies and Brayden discovered how the beaters came out and that you can eat with is on them. This is what Brayden does everyday. If you can see all the trucks are lined up in a straight row and he drives them two by two around the table. Whitney is getting more alert everyday. She smiles and giggles now. It is so quiet and innocent. She has the quietest cry that we can barely hear. We blessed Whitney on Dec 7th. Thank you to all our family to come out and support us. Patrick did a wonderful job. The Spirit was strong and you could feel of our Heavenly Father's love. My mom was able to use extra material from my wedding dress (she is an amazing seamstress, she made my wedding dress) and use it to make Whitney's blessing dress. It was absolutely adorable.

My best friend, Jessica, made Whitney this beautiful blanket, I just had to show it off.
Whitney is doing very well, growing like crazy. As the doctors say, a very tiny little girl. Everything about her is very petite. She now can fit in most newborn clothes (and she's 3 months) She has been diagnosed with a rare chromosome imbalance called Pentasomy X. There are only about 25 girls world wide with it, so little is know how it will affect her. We are doing everything we can now to better the chances of a 'regular' life. She is healthy physically, just lots of things we will be working on. The physical therapist was impressed with her strength, so now we will just work on the the basics.

Our sweetheart
Our little angel