10-18-12


We are home safe and sound from our wish trip, what an amazing and inspiring experience! I will do a full Make a Wish entry after I get caught up and all my pictures are edited and ready to go. I’m just so far behind trying to play catch up! Thanks so much to everyone for all the continued support and prayers, we are so blessed!

10-5-12

Let’s just say that there is a lot of excitement in our car as we head out for Hatcher’s Make a Wish trip. I can’t believe it’s finally here and Hatcher is feeling strong and ready to go! Feeling so blessed to be able to have this moment with our family! Timme, we want you to know that we love you and thank you for all the hard work you put in to making Hatcher’s wish come true. It seems so serial that you are fighting so hard now. We will carry you in our hearts our entire trip!

Funnies:

Randy was having a boy’s weekend with his dad and brother’s when our dogs decided to kill a skunk and leave it for me on the front lawn! The smell was lovely as you can imagine and I was grossed out, but I took care of it! Jaxyn stood at the door taking pictures! The kids were so proud of me! Let’s just say I hope I never have to do that again!

Hatcher comes into the bathroom where I was getting ready and says, “mom, I know what I want to be when I go to middle school. A doctor or maybe an animal shelter worker.”

Hatcher has been going to preschool and passing out “hunting tickets” to his friends. (They really are left over raffle tickets form his benefit) It sounds like the cowboys in Miss Marilynn’s class have a pretty serious hunting trip planned with “real guns!”

Hatcher, “Mom, how old are you?” Britt, “I’m 31, why?” Hatcher, “oh, I don’t want to get that old…. It’s just too much!” Britt, “You better, I want to see who you marry and what you will be, and be a grandma to your kids!” Hatcher, “mmm, no thanks mom.”

9-26-12

I haven’t even posted my last update and I am ready to do another! The countdown is on ….We leave for Florida in just a blink! The kids are beyond excited. In fact I have never seen Hatcher so excited for something! At the Give Kids the World resort where we will be staying they have tons of activities. The kids have watched the video over and over in anticipation, and can you guess what Hatcher is most excited about? Yes, the horse back ridding, always a cowboy. My hope is to get my blog completely updated before we leave so I can capture the entire wish trip so we always will have that memory. Hatchers echo went well and his tricuspid valve even looked good! It is still just the lung battle right now. I almost hate to say this in fear I will jinx all the good days Hatcher has had! He has been oxygen free for 3 weeks and even the last 4 nights – what? I can’t believe how different my life is with his good health the past few weeks and I hope I will always remember how grateful I am to just be able to do simple tasks! Here is my attempt to catch up with pictures for the past few months. We were able to squeeze in lots of fun and memories even if it meant leaving in the middle of a camping trip because Hatcher was not feeling good, but I look at all these pictures and I think, we did it, we made the best of summer!

9-9-12

We received a special visit yesterday from our “Make a Wish” friends! Goodies, balloons and a countdown chain till we get to take Hatcher to Disney World to meet Woddy and Buzz Light-year! The kids are so excited and seeing that chain and taking one of the links off this morning makes it all the more real! We are so excited to get away and make such a wonderful memory as a family! Hatcher started off the week with a trip to the ER. Jaxyn was trying to help me, and was coming down stairs, Hatcher in arms, with coloring stuff, when they had a fall and Hatchers head cracked right open. I have to say going to the ER for a “normal” kid injury was rather refreshing! He is fine … We had to laugh because Randy and I were thinking of all the horrific things he has been through, and if you ask Hatcher I think he would say this topped the list! Jaxyn felt horrible as you can imagine and I think she did more crying than Hatcher. It really broke my heart as she felt so responsible for it. She has been one amazing sister to Hatcher, dang those stairs! Although we continue to have the ups and downs, we have really had some quality days with Hatcher. He doesn’t seem to last too long and tuckers out rather easy, but hurray for the good times! Me and the kids hoped in the car last minute ( I mean I didn’t even know I was going till the afternoon we left) and drove to Bellingham to see my family. My brother form Texas and sister from Oregon and my parents all under one roof! Hatcher had 4 amazing days … the Lord definitely blessed us with those! Playing on the beach, catching crabs, kite flying, baseball watching, island sailing, and ice cream eating! It has been a long time (2years) since I have been able to go home with Hatcher and Jaxyn! It all fell apart the day before we left and I’m glad I didn’t know how the car ride home was going to go because I probably wouldn’t have gone… a sick week, turned into pneumonia but he recovered fast for Hatcher and once again is doing fine. He had his first day of Preschool this last week. He has been able to go oxygen free all day too! I had to pinch myself seeing him do such a big boy thing and looking so good! Monday he has an echo with his cardiologist form Primary’s, fingers crossed all will look good. It’s funny how life works. We had essentially come to grips with Hatcher’s condition and made some pretty huge decision when it comes to his life. Low and behold when we stopped trying live we were and are blessed with life! I know Hatcher and that tomorrow may be a battle yet again, but he still has fight left in him! Special thanks to Mickey Young and his knowledge, so excited to be going an herbal, naturopathic approach, and it’s working! I feel like my prayers have changed in the sense my only desire is that his days he has here on earth will be full of life and Joy. I think back to watching his whole body struggle just to get one breath and I plea with the Lord that he will not suffer. I am so thankful for the tender mercies the Lord has blessed us with, there are too many to count. Yeah for the first day of 4th grade and preschool, life is sweet!