About time!

After much begging and pleading I've decided to start a blog. Not sure what to expect from this experience, but I decided to do so for three reasons:

#1 My friend Tarisa asked me to :-) Well, actually a lot of people said that they missed the website we started for Chase while he was in the hospital. Apparently he had quite the following of fans who missed the updates when we went home.
#2 My family is large and in charge and it is very hard to keep everyone informed on what is going on. This is the simplest way for everyone to know the same info at the same time.
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#3 To post all the good news I can! When I first started getting diagnoses when I was pregnant with Chase, I ran to the Internet to find out all I could. And promptly spent the next few months in tears! I find that people tend to post the bad stuff & those who are blessed with little complications either don't post because they don't want to be braggy or are just too busy enjoying their kiddos. But if even one pregnant woman or new mom who has gotten a scary diagnosis finds this page and finds some comfort that not every case is worst case- then I'll be happy. I wish it had been there for me, maybe I didn't look hard enough, maybe we have many more mountains to climb, but I hope someone finds comfort in our story.

Please take this blog for what it is. A story with opinions/feelings/situtations/mistakes/triumphs that are mine and my sons'. And if you can't say anything nice, then please don't comment :-)