It's been a GOOD week

Monday's clinic appointment went very well--as good as it gets really. A tweak here and a tweak there and we were on our way. We had a chance encounter with a beautiful Mum and babe in the waiting room. I started talking to her and asking her questions about her little girl.....

....she too, has Alpha-1. The first we've ever met! It was surreal, an instant bond with Kayli and Belle. We hugged, we cried, both so excited to meet one another. They are on the yellow brick road to an eventual transplant. I felt a wee guilty sitting next to her, knowing how well LuLu is doing and understanding the fears and unanswered questions she has as a newer liver MuM. I know- I've been there-still doing that. I told her I'd be her guide... it's sad to think we could have been sitting feet away from each other and not met. Speak up everyone...we're all so connected. We just have to put the dots together.

Us with Corrine, our transplant coordinator and The Queen

Healing beautifully. It doesn't get her down. She doesn't even seem at all bothered by it. She is already quite rough and tumbley. Crawling, rolling, standing...and on the verge of walking by herself. In one week we've covered her years worth of milestones. Miracle after miracle.

I was teary standing in front of shelves and shelves of baby food at Target. I was like a kid in a candy store....filling my cart with tons of food...feeling so happy and lucky that my daughter will now eat, and very well at that. I feel lucky because most times it's a real struggle to get liver kids to eat after transplant.

Grandmum

Julianna our transplant social worker. She's been great. Always making sure WE are doing alright.

It was a beautiful, sunny day after clinic so we took advantage of the nice weather. LuLu felt leaves for the first time. She was quite inquisitive--taking it all in. Then she went all the way down our walk way with little help from MuM.

She made it across the finish line. My friend Amy across the street later told me she saw us out her window and was loving it. I was loving it too.

Getting into STUFF! YAY...that's normal! Make havoc little LuLu. I welcome you to do so.

Auntie Joser stopped by to say hi and I suckered her into helping me with a bath. She couldn't wait to get her hands on her....

Tonight. This is PERFECTION. THIS is what our life is about. The little stuff means SO much. Oh, how I love my family. I am happy.