Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Last Saturday Paul, Melissa and I went a took our annual Bluebonnet pictures. It's fun to look back on the pictures with Melissa and see how much she has grown and changed. I hope you enjoy this years pictures.
2010 Texas Bluebonnets
Friday April 16, 2010
Paul, Melissa and I have some very exciting news. First of all Melissa is going to be a BIG SISTER! Yes, you are reading that right, BIG SISTER. I'm 8 weeks pregnant. I had a sonogram today and the baby looks good and is a size of kidney bean and the heart beat is strong. Melissa is really excited to be a big sister. The due date is November 24, 2010.
This baby has the same chance of having Cystic Fibrosis as Melissa did. 25% having CF or 75% not having it. We pray that the baby is healthy even if it does have CF. We know what life is like with a CF child so we feel what ever God gives us we will be blessed. I know the question that is on a lot of peoples mind is will you find out before the baby is born if it has CF. That is something Paul and I haven't talked about yet.
The other exciting news is that Paul and I are going to be home owners. We signed papers on a house last Friday. The house is a brand new house being built. It is already in the framing stage. The house is a 4 bedroom, 2 bath home. We are excited to be able to finally have our own place our kids can call home. We won't get to move in until the end of May or early June.
Melissa in front of her new bathtub
Hanging out with family at the Dallas Arboretum
Back in April we had some family come to town so we all went to the Dallas Arboretum. Our sister in-law Jackie, her mom Patsy and our three niece's Conner, Sydney and Jordan had never been to the Arboretum. This is one of my favorite place to go during the spring and fall. Melissa had a blast hanging out with her cousins. As you can see from the pictures the Tulips are beautiful.
2010 Great Strides Walk Plano TX at OneTrueMedia.com
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Hello Family and Friends,
It's that time again for the Great Stride walk benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This will be our 4th year to walk. Paul, Melissa and I will be walking in the Great Strides Walk on May 1, 2010. I hope we can count on you this year by making a donation and join our team "Melissa's Crew" and walk with us.
Please pass this on to your family and friends.
Please see the following link to my Great Stride Website to make a donation or to sign up to walk.
http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/TraciLiberto5889213076
Melissa started her TOBI treatment today
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
After a week of waiting to start Melissa on TOBI the day has come. When Melissa and I where at the CF Clinic last Tuesday her Social Worker gave me a coupon for a $10 co-pay for TOBI. She said I think you will need this. Boy was she right about that. After dropping off Melissa prescription the pharmacy called me and told me that it would be $1,095.21 that we would owe. I was in shock had no idea it was that much. Our insurance would pay $4000. So I told them to hold off on filling the prescription and I called the Novartis $10 co-pay and Melissa was eligible for the program. I can't tell you how happy I was to only pay $10.
After reading up on TOBI and getting some advice we started Melissa on it this morning. She has to take 2x day 12 hours apart for 28 days. Melissa morning began around 8:00am with her albuterol breathing treatment about 15 minutes and then the TOBI for 30 minutes. It is giving me some good bonding time with her. I pray this will kill the bacteria and she doesn't grow it again anytime soon.
I'll keep you update on how she is doing with the treatment.
I want to be a cowgirl!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Today Melissa's class at preschool dressed up in their western wear.
Let me set one picture up for you.
Melissa doesn't have anything western wear so I was in walmart looking for a cheap cowboy hat, found one in the toy area for $5 and then went looking for some kind of boots. Since they had all there winter boots on sale I just knew I would find some type of boots for her to wear. Not even looking for cowboy boots. I came across some cowboy boots for $7 marked down from $19. Then I remembered Melissa had a pink bandanna that Auntie Peyt gave her when she was born. Over the weekend I had Melissa try on the boots and hat to make sure it fit.
I will let the picture speck for it self.
Today Melissa's class at preschool dressed up in their western wear.
Let me set one picture up for you.
Melissa doesn't have anything western wear so I was in walmart looking for a cheap cowboy hat, found one in the toy area for $5 and then went looking for some kind of boots. Since they had all there winter boots on sale I just knew I would find some type of boots for her to wear. Not even looking for cowboy boots. I came across some cowboy boots for $7 marked down from $19. Then I remembered Melissa had a pink bandanna that Auntie Peyt gave her when she was born. Over the weekend I had Melissa try on the boots and hat to make sure it fit.
I will let the picture speck for it self.
Here is our cowgirl all dressed up and ready for school
A Day Out With Thomas The Tank Engine
Monday, March 8, 2010
On Saturday Melissa and her friend Garrett got to ride on Thomas the Tank Engine. It was a 25-minute ride, but the kids had a blast. Melissa is really in to trains so this was a great experience for her.
Melissa hanging out with her school friends
Sunday, March 7, 2010
It has been a blessing to watch Melissa be a kid. Since she has started school she has made some friends and everyday these 4 have to give each other a hug before starting the school day. Melissa was in the same class with the other three, but I ended up moving her to another room because of some behavior issues she was having. Things are better for her and she loves her new teachers and has made friends in her new class room.
On Friday Melissa and I met her friends and their moms at the park. It was a beautiful early spring day. The kids had fun running around chasing each other. I love seeing Melissa with her friends just having a good time and not a care in the world. In her little friends eyes there isn't anything wrong with Melissa, they don't know she has CF. Melissa doesn't even know that she has CF, we talk about it with her but she is to young to understand. God has blessed Melissa with lots of wonderful friends and we are so thankful to have each and every friend.
Melissa meets BOZ the Bear
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Last Sunday Boz the Bear Next Door came to our Church to put on a show for all the kids 2yr-5yr. Melissa was excited that Boz was going to be at Church. She watches his videos so she was ready to sing and dance. Her Sunday school teacher said that her and the other kids danced and sang the whole time. After Church Boz Melissa got to take her picture with Boz.
Tonight we are taking Melissa to ride Thomas the Tank Engine. He is here in North Texas for two weekends. I will post pictures of that later on this weekend.
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