Tripp Has His Wings

No doubt anyone who follows this blog follows the blog for Tripp.......

Tripp went to heaven on Saturday the 14th.  Exactly two years and two weeks after Leah.

Late last week I was sitting with Tabby on my lap at my computer and I showed her Tripps pictures, and told her not to worry, that he would be OK because Leah was going to fly him back to heaven with her and he would be all better...........

 

Christmas for Leah, 2011

Even though Leah is gone she is still a part of our family

and so each Christmas I intend to hang her stocking, 

and her ornaments

These are now two of my all-time favorites:

You can read about them, the reason behind them, the parade they were in, and the wonderful woman responsible for them: Here

Last year, 2010; we didn't put up a tree, or do any decorating at all really.  
We tried to ignore Christmas for the most part. 


2009 was Leah's first and only Christmas, and that years tree theme was Butterflies.  


This years theme became 'Butterflies and Angels' without me really even trying..........

Blog Change Coming Soon!

Just a quick note to let everyone know that the blog makeover will be completed soon! 

However, it's not just a makeover/re-design.  The URL will be changing, the blog name will be changing; pretty much everything will be changing.  

Because of the limitations on changing blogger sites, I'm going to have to do a 'We've Moved' post on this blog directing everyone to the new one.  

Mason!

Just another quick post - not for me but for a very good friend of mine.  I used to work with her when I lived in Pennsylvania and now even though Jeff and I relocated, I still work for the same company and so we email almost on a daily basis for work stuff!  

Her twin sister just gave birth to her first born son Mason on May 5th.  He is a-dor-able!!!  

Mason was born with DDH, Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip.  I Googled it and found that it is relatively common, and often has an excellent prognosis.

Here he is in what I believe is called a Pavlik harness:

Can I just say again how adorable he is?!?!

As I know most of my readers are fellow Mommys, I was wondering if I could put the word out there and ask if anyone has had experience with DDH and has any advice or encouragement to share?  And of course, prayers for little Mason and his Mommy and Daddy would be appreciated as well!

Please feel free to use the comments section; but if you'd prefer, you can also email me at: MegGehring (at) gmail (dot) com and I'll be sure to pass everything along!

Thanks everyone!

Check in and Mother's Day

Hi everyone.  Just a quick check-in.  We're doing great - I'm 25 weeks today and little Tabby is a mover and groover!  She seems to be a bit more active than Leah was, and Leah's nature was quite calm and peaceful.  So I'm wondering what Tabby is going to have in store for us when she arrives!

It's been 2 weeks since I did my glucose screening and I think it's a 'no-news-is-good-news' scenario with that.  I'll have my next appointment in 2 weeks just as I'll be entering the third trimester.

Hannah is doing great!! She's been taking her new medication (unbeknownst to her as I am mixing it with the gravy of her wet food) and her stitches came out yesterday!  She's still bandaged only because we didn't want her licking at her freshly un-sutured paw and doing damage.  My guess is that it may be itchy after that (?) and I know she's going to want to give it a thorough cleaning.  I want to take it off tomorrow morning and see how she does with it.  

And much like I had my Leah Journal to document her daily caloric intake and her bandaging regimen, I now have my Hannah Journal where I document her daily medication, paw pad checks and doctors appointments.  

For Mother's Day last Sunday we went to the same Butterfly Garden we went to last year (which I talked about in this post.)  It was pretty much exactly the same as last year - though I guess you can't really change up a butterfly garden too much. This year I remembered my real camera so I didn't have to rely on my phone! Here are some shots:

Here are two butterflies just uh .... hanging out .... um .... (clears throat) .... ya know.

Hey, it's nature - I just document it.