Flashback.

While sitting in the waiting room waiting for Rylie to get done with her most recent surgery we couldn't help but chat about everything we've been through in the last year or so. 

Exactly one year ago we were sitting in this very waiting room, surrounded by other nervous parents, waiting for our baby to come out of surgery. Rylie was in getting tubes as most of the other kids were. It was the scariest moment of our lives. Up to that moment she had never been away from us for very long, and she most certainly had never been handed off to a stranger. It was a quick and easy surgery but we were scared out of our minds. It doesn't matter how easy the doctors say something is- when it's your baby they walk away with you are ways filled with complete terror. We only had to wait about 15 minutes for LadyBug to be out of surgery but it was it was long enough for us to know we never wanted to donut again...

Flash forward 13 months and were sitting back in this very same waiting room. Again waiting for a different set of strangers to call us and tell us our baby is awake and okay. The surgery is different but the fear and anxiety is the same. We've come a long way in 13 months. We know this hospital like the back of our hands. We’ve seen construction projects start and finish. We have a bit more of this road to travel but this little girl inspires us to keep going. And keep going we will! 

September 2013 (top) - October 2014 (bottom)

A lot has changed in 13 months… but this cute little smile has always stayed!