Tonight We Are Thankful... - Crafty Nester

Crafty Nester

Last Fall, our baby looked like this…

She was in severe heart failure, and she was so sick, and uncomfortable.

This year, our baby girl is not sick, but full of the life her hero heart has given her.

Without this precious hero heart, our baby would never have seen this birthday. Today? Our baby is four…and we have SO much to be thankful for.

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What a strange thing!
To be alive beneath cherry blossoms!
- Kobayashi Issa

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Winter will surely give way to the warmth and hope

Winter will surely give way to the warmth and hope of a new Spring.
- Dieter Uchtdorf

Spring and flowers and my babies...
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Show a baby a fountain, and he will want to be in it...
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I have held this little hand hundreds of times, th

I have held this little hand hundreds of times, through hundreds of tests and procedures, and I will hold this little hand through hundreds more...
So honored to be this brave girl’s mama. So lucky to be the one who gets to hold that hand.
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This girl, his Mei, took care of our baby until he was our’s, not just taking physical care of him, but seeing to his attachment needs, and his heart. She cared for his heart in so many ways. She spent sleepless nights in the hospital with him after heart surgery, she paced hospital halls waiting for news and texting me updates... then a year later, she spent sleepless nights waiting for text updates from me on the other side of the ocean while he was having heart surgery here.

She is his Mei. And she loved him first, and he is the luckiest to have had that. Because of her, he has attached to us so well.

His mind was blown and he still talks about seeing her, and my heart was filled, when he got to see her again a couple months ago, almost two years to the time he became ours... but she will always, always be his Mei.

@meredithtoering
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Eight years ago we met Jackson...Today this handsome boy has been our handsome boy for EIGHT YEARS! Happy family day, Jackson 💙💙
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The cutest bunny boy, full of the most joy. He has

The cutest bunny boy, full of the most joy. He has all of our hearts. 💙💙
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Little egg hunters...making memories. 💕🐰
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