Baby Hannah Update

Today we saw baby "Hannah" at the beach. 

She looks awesome.

It was a great way to close a hard chapter for me to see her so happy and thriving. 

She has gained so much weight and really looks well.

I guess God does know what he is doing after all. 

Why do I ever question Him?

Baby Hannah, six weeks ago on her last day here.

Baby Hannah Today

Missing Hannah

 I am really struggling with the "when Gods will is not your will" problem around here. I have been really lucky in my life that a lot of the choices I have wanted to make have been ones I felt God wanted me to make. Don't get me wrong not all of them have been that way. And just like in those circumstances I know t God will pull me though this too and show me the better way. 

But for right now, I miss this baby so much it hurts. Literally hurts. We have cared for lots of babies here, but none who has buried their little selves into our hearts. 

We miss you baby girl and we hope that you are going to a great family!

Baby Hannah Update

This little girl has done a 180 in the last few days. She is laughing, talking and my personal favorite, giving kisses. When she is feeling really happy she will grab my face and plant a huge open mouth kiss on me. I love it. 

SF and Hannah.

IS and Hannah at the beach.

We had to buy a basket on the beach for Hannah to sleep in as the night before she started rolling over and I did not want her to roll on the sand or anything. 

She is still using her feeding tube, but is starting to take more food by mouth. However, when she does eat by mouth she gets a really bad cough. I am really worried about her aspirating.

Maybe the worst picture ever of me, but I love her "oh I am so happy to see you face."

Baby Hannah Update

Baby Hannah has not been doing very well. Refusing to eat, loosing weight like crazy, having high fevers, a UTI etc. We think she has really severe reflux which is the root of all her issues, so the doctor decided to have us use a feeding tube in her nose until the reflux meds kick in.  

Because of her severe reflux she needs to be held upright for about 45min after each feed. Which means a lot of holding since she eats every hour. 

Baby Hannah

A few more pictures of this sweet baby girl. We had her first check up the other day and she is 11 lbs, almost 5 months old and has a bad case of reflux.

 Here is one where you can tell just how not well she really is. See the skin hanging off her arms and legs. For those who have never seen an umbilical hernia, here it is. She will most likely need surgery one day to fix it. 

 With her "take me to your leader" as we used to call it on SF, hairdo. 

Baby Hannah

Meet Baby Hannah. 

Hannah is a little girl who is currently living in a friends orphanage trying to get healthy enough to maybe go back with her birth mother. She is having some major issues eating and has been hospitalized on and off for these issues. Unfortunately, or fortunately in this case, we happen to have a lot of experience in these particular issues. Again we feel so blessed to haven been given the trials we have as we have learned a lot and hope to be able to use what we have learned to bless others. We decided to bring her home in the hopes that being in home environment would help her thrive. FYI she is not up for adoption :)

We are all already smitten!