Flashback Friday

In response to Storing Up Treasures post, here is my "flashback."

It was January 2007 when we realized that Hannah had more than just a lazy eye. Up until that time, we had heard from the nurse practitioner (whom I will never trust again) that she just had lazy eye muscles and would outgrow her problem. We were finally convinced it was not going to clear up on it's own and I asked her doctor about it. He sent her to an opthamologist who immediately sent her for an MRI. The MRI was quite traumatic enough, since 2 year old must be put under general anesthesia for such a test. It was discovered that Hannah had a large tumor growing quite rapidly behind her left eye.

We were sent to a top-notch hospital with a top-notch eye surgeon to have it removed. When I was told that they would have to cut the bone away from between her eye and temple and then screw it back into place, I felt like I would be sick! My poor sweet baby girl!

But God's grace and peace were abundant and she came through surgery just fine. Recovery was quick and the tumor was benign! Praise God for his protection and the strengthening of our faith through it all.

Some pics from our sorta vacation :)

I took lots of pictures from our week of the girls in the hammock, swinging, etc. I was soooo bummed when I discovered that there was something wrong with the memory card, and only these few turned out. We had a wonderful week!

Maia LOVES Rocky!

Aaaand Rocky loves Maia :)

Rocky loves Hannah too, but Hannah hates doggy kisses.

Hannah loves Lucy, and Lucy doesn't give kisses.

Maia and Lucy cuddling on the floor.

Whenever we wanted to find Hannah, we just looked for Lucy and there she was...always cuddled up on the floor. Hannah's in love :)


Soooo, that was our week with the dogs. We did lots more, but I think this was the favorite pasttime for the girls.

Tagged by Octamom!

Thanks Octamom! I feel sooooo special! I would have done this last night, but the storms swept through and our power went out while I was cooking dinner. FINALLY, it came back on at around 5:30 this morning! To add a little more adventure to our night, hubby got a flat tire out on a dark back road at around 10:30 and couldn't see to change the tire. Soooo, I fumbled around in the dark to get the kiddies dressed and drive out to shine my light :) He just happened to pull off the road at the end of the long lane of some crazy man who was screaming from his house to get off of his property or he'd call the cops!!! And he DID call the cops, much to our gratitude because with the extra light and help in the rain we finally got the stuck tire off of the truck and got back to our HOT and dark, but dry home before midnight.

Soooo, here it is:

What are 5 things on your to-do list for today?
1. Fix whatever is dragging under the car!
2. Take Nana with me to SuperWalmart to do some much needed shopping
3. Doctor's appointment
4. LAUNDRY!
5. Hug and cuddle my children and go to bed EARLY...I'm tired!

What are 5 snacks you enjoy?
1. Chocolate
2. Ice cream
3. veggies and dip (really truly)
4. soft pretzels
5. home baked goodies (pies, cookies, etc)

What are 5 things you would do if you were a billionaire?
1. I would buy a new house, but only after I bought an RV!
2. I would love to RV cross country, home schooling along the way like Lisa Welchel does! Of course, I'd run out of money fast RVing on these gas prices!
3. I would give a very large portion to our church and then to other important ministries like Choices Pregnancy Center, etc.
4. I would buy all the gifts that I’ve always wanted to buy for my loved ones, but couldn’t afford. 5. I would of course put plenty away for our children for college and weddings, and for our retirement.
5 1/2. Oh yeah…I would have to go shopping once or twice

What are 5 of your bad habits?
1. Spending too much time blogging
2. Spending too much time on our church bulletin board
3. Spending too much time on CraigsList
4. Wasting time
5. Eating things I shouldn't while I'm wasting time

Where are 5 places you have lived?
1. ..., Maryland
2. ..., Maryland
3. ..., Maryland
4. ..., Maryland
5. ..., Maryland - I really get around, don't I?!

What are 5 jobs you've had?
1. Deli
2. Sales Associates at random department stores and snob shops...I hated working at rich people stores!
3. Private in-home therapist for an autistic child
4. Teacher at the Christian school that I graduated from
5. currently part time Admin. Assistant and bookkeeper at our home church

What 5 people do you want to tag?
1. Courtney @ storinguptreasuresinheaven
2. Ashley @ Jonash
Ahhh...I need more blog friends!