2009 Pictures!

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE HEARLZ

Well, I know that most of you that check Dani Jo's blog feel that we have fallen off the face of the earth...just know that No News has been Good News. Dani Jo is doing wonderful! She is such a miracle to our family. Not only is she walking everywhere...but she runs! She has the best personality and is so strong willed. She doesn't let anyone, or anything stand in her way of what she wants! She is so excited about Christmas, because she keeps opening all the presents under the tree...lolol I bet I have re-wrapped 10 gifts....

She is getting so big...in fact, Jamie will be 4 in March and weighs 24 lbs and Dani Jo weighs 21 lbs. She doesn't take anything off Jordan and Jamie. They try to bully her around, but usually I am having to get on to Dani Jo for bullying them around.

I am uploading some pics of Dani Jo and her sisters! By the way, I now have facebook and have connected with several moms of kids with her same syndrome. It is really exciting to see the other kids and the different things that other parents are doing. It is around midnight, so I better get some rest! God Bless you all this holiday season and keep praying for us and our family...for we are feeling the results of your words up to Heaven! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

SUMMER FUN!

Hope all is well with you all! We have definitely had a very busy summer. Joey and I have been working a lot of hours to end this school year. We are planning to go to the beach July 4th which is greatly needed! Of course, it is back to the drawing board for Joey and I when we return.

Dani Jo is doing fabulous! She only has had to go back to Brenners one time in a while. It was for dehydration from switching from formula to Nutrin Jr (kind of like pediasure) - this is formula that is ran in her feeding tube at night, however when we switched from one to the other, the amounts were not the same, therefore she got very dehydrated. She has done okay for the most part in the heat this summer. We are very cautious about letting her in the heat though because her heartrate seems to increase in the heat.

Jamie and Jordan are just as crazy as ever! We have really had a great few days off together. On Sundays they both have horse back riding lessons and they both love it so much! They were into gymnastics, but quickly wanted to start with horse lessons. Jordan finished up her Pre-k year at St Paul and is all ready for Kindergarten. Jamie will also start St Paul next year in the Head Start program as well. We are very excited about this! I know that Jordan will be much happier with her sister with her.

Jordan, Jamie, & Dani Jo are very close sisters and pretty much do everything together. In fact, they are all sleeping in the same room now. Hannah Montana - of course - who else is there. LOL! I am posting more pictures and hope that you enjoy them as much as we enjoy our beautiful girls. I know this summer is going to be so busy for us, but we will do our best to post as much as we possibly can! We love you all and hope that your summer is GREAT!

In Christ,

Amanda

18 Months Old TODAY!

Hi everyone! I hope you all didn't think we had given up on you all. Our lives have been so busy the past few months. We have dealt with a lot of sickness. We are well now. Thank God! Dani Jo is doing so awesome! She is crawling everywhere! She is into everything! She is also getting a little personality too. She has learned about 20 signs! We are so proud of our baby girl. I just can't get enough of her.

My God is so big! For so long I didn't understand, but I know that He has a perfect plan for her life! She is amazing! We are all learning signs and it is such a cool thing that our family shares! She is still getting Speech Therapy and we have picked up Occupational Therapy. She was doing so well in Physical Therapy that they discontinued it. YEA! I will try to post more tomorrow and get more pictures. I an off work tomorrow so I may have time to work on more pictures! Please remember us in prayer! We love you all very much! (She will be 2 years old in 6 months!!!) Can you believe that! Crazy huh!

Always,
Joey, Amanda, Jordan, Jamie, & Dani Jo!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hi everyone,

Sorry it's been a while since we last updated our blog! This holiday has been extremely busy. It is about 11pm on Sunday night and I thought I would share my Christmas present with you all. As most of you all know-we haven't heard Dani Jo since she was about 3 weeks old and haven't heard her since. I have been praying to hear my little girl's voice. God answered my prayers for Christmas on Decemeber 7th. I hope that you all find as much joy in the video below as we did.

We mothers spend 90% of our time telling our children to "be quiet", "be still", "not so loud"...I don't do that as much as might have before. For 4 years I have taken for granted sound from my children...For 14 months we have not been able to hear sound from Dani Jo...So when we were finally able to hear her voice, we were overflowing with joy that could never be put into words.

Dani Jo has been my inspiration over the past year. I am a better mother because of her. She has taught me to love deeper, live life fuller, and never ever take for granted the precious things in life, no matter how big or small. A baby's cry has never sounded sweeter to me...a baby's coo never gave me the feeling that I feel when I hear Dani Jo.

Dani Jo would not be where she is now without your prayers and support. God has truly blessed us with 3 beautiful miracles. I used to go through the motions of being a mother before her, but I look at "motherhood" very different. There are a lot of women that long to have a child of their own and before I just took that for granted. I thank God everyday for making me a mom! If you are a parent, I encourage each of you to spend "valuable" time with them. I have started "hanging out" with my girls everyday. All they really want is for us to spend time with them and to be interested in them...they want to know they are appreciated, loved, and to listen to what they have to say. I have learned so much over the past year.

God allows things to happen in our lives so that we are humbled. I am humbled!

Well, it is almost midnight, but I wanted to give you all an update on our family. We love each of you and will post more later! May God bless you all this new year!