Chez Family: Enjoying Some Firsts

Monday, February 1, 2010

Enjoying Some Firsts

Aside from miss Abigail still not taking in enough formula and her lungs being wet (which is still very concerning) Little miss Abigail is doing great! I want to step outside of all the concerns we still have for a moment and leap right into how well she is doing....

Her laughter is contagious... No one can make her laugh as hard as her brother. He can pretty much do anything and she cracks up! I love it! I'm going to invest in a flip sometime soon so I can share some of these priceless moments with you.

Her ability to make screaming noises makes our heart smile...she starts slowly talking (Abigail talk) then if no one is listening or she is being ignored it becomes louder and louder...typical girl.

The fact that she just had surgery a few weeks ago and is doing so well is such a blessing...we are just taking in each special moment.

We felt it was time to start a couple "firsts"

So let's jump right into it....First time in her excersaucer.........

Hmm..looks colorful

Big brother Luke showed her a couple things and

she went right at it!

Ok..now we are having fun!

Mommy...enough pictures already!

Since Abigail is not taking the bottle very well and

she seemed interested in food we decided to try cereal

a couple weeks early..she is after all 5 1/2 months!

First time eating

Not sure, but I think it taste good

umm...is there anymore in here?

I think there is a little left...

I think I almost got it all! :)

Tah Dah...All done!

First favorite blankie/kitty

Thanks Dana!

Oh...my sweet girl

We continue to pray that the Lord clears her lungs and helps her appetite come back!

Thank you for checking in.

5 comments:

KristiFebruary 3, 2010 at 10:15 PM
Keeping you in our hearts and prayers for continued nutrition gains and reduced lung fluid...

Now... onto those pics... Oh. My. Goodness!
I love seeing her in the exersaucer and how Luke plays with her! Abigail's sweet little face... she is just beautiful... and you captured so many adorable expressions!

LOVE the cereal pics! Maybe that's going to be the key?! She look like she thoroughly enjoyed it! :-)

So great to see all these fun, happy firsts!
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luciFebruary 4, 2010 at 7:26 AM
She looks beautiful. Thank you for sharing the pictures. I love your blog and will continue praying for your family.
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TanyaFebruary 4, 2010 at 4:40 PM
Those are GREAT pictures!!!! Will contiue to pray for the bottle feeding to go better and for the lung fluid to be reduced. I loved how cute every single picture was. I do agree that you need a phone that takes videos or something so we can hear some of Abigails sweet noises. I love seeing Luke play with Abigail, that is great!! I loved the picture of Abigail with her tongue sticking out at you, and I would agree that she loves the cereal or it looked like it. She has great hair too, by the way. Praying daily and much for all of you. Hoping you are feeling great!
Hugs and lots of love,
Tanya
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Gina and the GangFebruary 7, 2010 at 10:09 PM
She and Luke look so great! What a cutie. From the looks of the pictures, what eating problem???
Happy Hearts Week!
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hannah mFebruary 17, 2010 at 8:30 PM
These photos of your sweeties absolutely warm my heart! Abigail is looking so big and I can see what an amazing big brother Luke is to her!
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Grace Avery Chez

Our precious Gracie was born February 2005 with her twin brother Luke. Gracie was born with a congenital heart defect-Truncus Arteriosus. She was our little Angel sent from God and we will always feel blessed for the 3 years we had with her. God chose to take Gracie home Janurary 9, 2008. Although our hearts ache for our baby girl we know it was not goodbye...just we will see you soon! To learn more about our little angel and to see her precious face, please visit her blog page by clicking on her photo above.

Abigail Elyse Chez

Our princess Abigail was born August 2009. Abigail was also born with the same congenital heart condition as her brother Luke, Tetrology of Fallot with Pulmonary Artesia and MAPCAS. She has endured two open heart surgeries within her first five months of life, along with 2 catheterizations. We did not know how our hearts would handle having another little girl again, but as always God knows. She too is another huge blessing from God! God blessed her with a happy spirit and she is always, "all smiles!"

About us

Adam and I were family friends and had known eachother for a number of years before we started dating. Shortly after we were dating we realized we were eachothers soul mate. Adam took me on an amazing trip to Paris in 2000 and surprised me with the most romantic marriage proposal. We were married in October 2000 and began our lives together in Corona del Mar, California. Our life consisted of work, traveling through Europe and many other locations, and lastly growing together as a couple. Four years into our marriage we were blessed with our twins Luke and Gracie and then in 2009 we were blessed with our sweet Abbey girl. The last eight years have been filled with many blessings, some trials and sorrow. We have been through eight open heart surgeries with our children. Extreme feeding issues. The most difficult~Our Gracie going to heaven~And we/our children face continued open heart surgeries. Although this journey has been extremely difficult at times, we have also received more blessings than we deserve. We have realized God chose us for eachother and also to be the parents of these amazing children he has given us. As pastor Chuck Obremski stated "finish the race strong" and that we will. Our hearts may suffer at times, but our souls will be saved. We will continue to keep our focus on all our blessings we receive with the most important one~life of eternity and the chance to be reunited with our sweet Gracie . Thank you for reading our blog. All our love, Terra and Adam