Prayers

I ask for you to pray for my newest cousin, Blake Galligan.





See below the email from my cousin Bryan and his sweet wife Tiffany:

As most of you know, William Blake Galligan joined our family at 6:10 AM on Tuesday, April 29. Born at 35 weeks, he is a beautiful and sweet boy and we are so lucky to welcome him to our family.

On April 30, Blake was diagnosed with a rare heart condition called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. This condition is very serious, and is going to require a series of 3 surgeries over the first 2 years of his life. We are very lucky that the doctors caught it so early. We decided that we wanted his surgery performed at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston because they are renowned for their successful treatment of this consition.

Today, May 2, Blake was transfered from Austin via Star Flight to TCH. We had been waiting to transfer him until Tiffany was released from the hospital. Bryan went to Houston last night to be there when Blake arrived, and Tiffany saw him off from Austin. The trip was a success, and he is now resting comfortably in the NICU waiting for another round of assessment from his new team of doctors.

We will keep you posted as we hear more. Everybody has been so kind and gracious; please keep praying for us. This little guy is a fighter and he has a lot of people in his corner, we appreciate your support.

List

Leslie Sadler tagged me...so here goes...

maybe i should color my hair...
i love the smell of the car air conditioner - when you first crank the car.
people would say that i’m hard-headed.
i don’t understand why weekends only consist of two days.
when i wake up in the morning i hope i can sleep just a few minutes longer.
i lost my willpower to go to the gym...well, not really my willpower, but my time.
life is amazing.
my past made me who i am today...or is that too clique...is that even how you spell clique?
i get annoyed when I get cut off while driving...this especially happens on my way home from work...
parties are not a good time to party? what's a party?
dogs are loyal, entertaining, loving, playful, happy, loyal....
cats are soft, sometimes entertaining, cuddly
tomorrow is friday - woo hoo!!
i have low tolerance for drivers who cut me off...see above.
i’m totally terrified of snakes...any and all kinds.
i wonder why I thought my life would be i don't know how to answer this either leslie...
never in my life have i jumped out of an airplane...something i really want to do.
high school was boring and fun at the same time...can that be possible?
when i’m nervous I break out in red splotches on my chest...not a pretty sight.
one time at a family gathering someone in my family (i will not name names) got overserved (like that word leslie) and fell into my birthday cake and knocked over a lamp...in the grove...
take my advice sleep all you can before you have kids.
making my bed is a habit. it has to be made before i leave the house.
i'm almost always tired.
i’m addicted to diet coke.

I tag Shelby, Mira, Natalie, Elizabeth & Claire

Cleveland

Catching a nap while strolling at Crosstie


Playing with Grandmomma


Eating the flowers...yum yum

Laughing at Honey


Wearing Grandaddy's glasses


Having fun with Grandaddy


Momma and William


Daddy and William saying goodbye to Uncle Tom

New carseat

William outgrew his old carseat, so we've moved on up to the big one. I think he's more comfortable in it (when he's awake) because he has so much more room. The only problem is when he falls asleep....




I think we've solved the problem now though, or at least I hope we did. We found his old head support pillow from when he was an infant and put it in the new one. Now it holds his head better when he snoozes :)

Vicksburg

William met his Uncle Tom last weekend. Tom flew in from Vail to visit for the week.




Miss Joy also stopped by to see William.


While we were in Vicksburg, we drove down to see the river. It is so high and is supposed to get even higher!!

William is 6 months!

We went for his 6 month check-up this morning.

Stats are:

Length - 29 inches (off the charts)
Weight - 19.9 lbs (90% percentile)
Head - 45 1.2 cm (90% percentile)

Weekend

We had a great weekend. We left early Firday morning for Oxford - and thank goodness we did because the bad weather came not too long after.
We had a baby shower for Lain on Saturday. Baby Georgia is expected to arrive in early June. Then we stopped at Uncle Tommy and Libba's new old house in Carrollton on the way home Sunday.


Cousins!
August & Asa (5 1/2 mo) Jessie, Sofie (1 1/2 yrs) & Albe (2 1/2 mo), Meg & William (6 mo)


William with the girls (my college friends)


William & Morris with the girls :)


William laughing at Grandmomma


Cousins all sitting in Grandaddy's lap