Lately I have been very emotional about Paisley turning 1! I think as a mom the 1st birthday is an emotional one any ways. But with all that has happened this last year, I find myself finally processing all that went on. I think I just went through the motions, and did what I had to do. And now a year later I am reliving last years events. Its like I'm going through it all over again,
the feelings I have are so strong. Don't get me wrong I feel so blessed to be one of the lucky mothers who was able to bring their baby home, when others could not. I want to journal some things that I couldn't bring myself to write down last year so that my children can see how we have been blessed by our Heavenly Father & His son Jesus. That they may also know that everything happens for a reason.

One of my favorite memories of last Christmas, Luke & I were trying to decided on a name for our little girl. I loved Paisley & just felt like that should be her name. Luke wanted to think about other names since we had time (or so we thought). But Christmas morning he hands me a baby book & where it says, "this book belongs to", he had my mom write Paisley. And this was my Christmas present.

Little Rascal

Shake That Booty!!!

We had a crazy fun few weeks. After Halloween we headed
to SLC for Caitlin's blessing. Then me and the kiddos headed
to Star Valley. We had alot of fun spending time with family.

We also got to go flying with grandpa Dave. I didn't get pics,

Emily has some on her blog. By the end of the ride both boys

(Brad & Blake) were asleep!Here's Pais with Grandpa Kay &

Grandma Delsa.

Then back to SLC to Primary's for another swallow study &
visit to the U of U's NBICU. We were able to see some of our
favorite nurses. Here's Pais with Heather, one of her primary
nurses. She seemed to know her when she heard her talk.

Here is Jill another one of Paisleys' primary nurses.They are
so amazing. We are so grateful to have had such angels taking care
of our little girl!

This is Caitlin & Paisley sitting on Luke's lap. Caitlin is only

4 months old & she seems to be tha same size as Pais who is

10 months old!!

We also got to hang out with Grandma Redda. & Blake got to have

a sleep over with aunt Beta & piggybear.Thank you everyone for

the yummy meals & good times.

What do get with a Cheesehead,a Pixie, & Buzz lightyear?

My cute little family.

Blake hade so much fun this year being Buzz Lightyear. We went

to a Trunk or Treat with some friends & if there was too long a line

at one car Blake would just move onto the next one!

Blake got to go to an Suu football game with Daddy. He had

so much fun & found himself a much older girlfriend.

Home Depot had a little carnival for Halloween, so I took Blake in

& he got his face painted & had alot of fun with the games.

Blake not quite sure what to do with the first snow!!

Update overload

In Loving Memory of Linda Grover

Here are some pictures taken through out this month.

We have had a busy month. Paisley had a ENT (Ear Nose Throat) visit at Primary's, where they did a swallow study, and found that her left vocal cord is still paralized and will most likely stay that way. They also found that she silently aspirates when she eats. Which means that her formula is going into her lungs and not her stomach. So we have to thicken her formula til its like pudding, and get her lungs checked every few weeks. We also went to Steph's wedding at Thanksgiving Point, she looked beautiful. Got to see alot of family.Then we had a dear friend return to Heavenly Father. She was more than a friend, she was a part of our family. She had been living with cancer for many years. She was a great person to talk to. I learned alot from her. A great poem that she loved was

"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, or cool a fainting robin unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain."Emilly Dickinson

Cali Vaca

We went to Cali over the weekend & had a great trip. Grammie Carrie flew down to take care of Paisley (we still have to be careful with her). So it was just Blakie with us.
We went to the Dodgers game Saturday & this was our view. We sat in the left field cheap seats. There were 3 homeruns, 1 got close to where we were.

It was sooo hot I think it got up to 105. We had some real characters seating next to us. Most of them were drunk which made for a lot of laughs. There was a Jack Black look a like who had us going with his lip singing talent.

Then off to the beach, were we spent most of our time. Luke did some body boarding, we found seashells, and made me a mermaid, I can't get the picture to load:(

Here is Blake blending in with all the sufers. He's a natural!!

Our New House

Paisley's Blessing

Grandma Redda and Grandpa Denny, Kamie and Jason and Family and Clover, Blake, Paisley and I

The whole gang (sorry, I'm not going to name everyone)

Clover, Blake, Luke and Paisley
L-R: Blake, Grandpa Kay, Grandma Delsa, Paisley, Grandma Carrie, Clover, Luke and Grandpa Dave

L-R: Grandpa Kay, Grandma Delsa, Paisley, Grandma Carrie and Luke
Four Generations of Ericksons

Grandma Delsa and Paisley

Blake and Grandma Redda