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  • Hope's Amazing Journey

    Hope had an appointment today at the Shriner's hospital in Philadelphia. We were overly optimistic going into today's appointment. Sure, she has Cerebral Palsy, but she is walking independently, she is able to understa…

  • how Grandma views adoption

    It's been interesting getting the different opinions from the Grandmas involved in Hope's very open adoption. My mother was scared to death that Jill was going to come back for Hope (before and after parental rights wer…

  • Hope's 1 year pictures

    We haven't been able to get Hope to the portrait studio for professional pics, so I took them myself. Here's Hope, in my Christening gown, for her first year pics. You can click them on to make them bigger.

  • What a difference a year makes.....

    One year ago today this email greeted me: "Maggie, My phone call this morning was about a baby. She was born in June at less than three pounds and is now just about three and a half pounds. She does has some problems, bu…

  • lil stinker!!!

    Hope was playing in her little play yard thing today and I could hear her rustling paper...so I was pondering just what she was doing when I looked over and saw this.... \ That's using her left hand AND standing....…

  • Hope's MRI Update!

    I got a call from the Neurologist yesterday. It was confirmed that Hope had a stroke. That's what they call it. It is in the right frontal lobe and is the cause of her left side hemiparesis. We knew this, anticipated thi…

  • some randomness

    ok, first of all, I bought Hope a therapy ball at WalMart, ok? It was really cheap and the box pretty banged up. So I get it home, pump it up and it is massive. It's a capsule shape, which is perfect for her therapy, …

  • Hope

    Hope has been struggling a bit lately almost to the point of regressing. The therapists said this is normal when she hits a growth spurt. The muscles and joints are focusing on growing so much that she loses some ability…

  • Hope is doing better!

    Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers. Hope appears to be on the mend. She had her PT today and did quite well, didn't nap much and has been sleeping fine tonight. I hope this continues. It's been a long w…

  • Hope

    I can't say that Hope is better, but she isn't any worse, thank God! She had a very stuffy, wheezy, coughy, sneezy day. Oh, and when she tried some fruit and cereal she gagged until she choked, then threw up. So tha…

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