It's been too long....

So I know I have not updated this in so long so I thought I would now while I have the time. Lucy hasn't been feeling well so Jeremy, Lucy, and I are actually staying in the hospital tonight to try to make her feel better. She doesn't think she needs to eat so she is hooked up to a feeding tube and being monitored. But first, let's get caught up from last time.

Lucy has started daycare and loves it! She goes on walks everyday and goes to the library for story time some days as well. She loves to "play" with all of the other kids.

Her cousin Bayden learned how to give kisses and Lucy was his first kiss :)

Lucy went to her first Winterset football game and got to meet Shawn, Uncle Jarad's friend all in the same night! She had a blast!

Oh and we can't forget that the Hawkeyes have also started their season...

She also turned six months! I really can't believe how fast time has flown by! Next thing I know I will be sending out invites to her first birthday!

Anyway, hope to be out of the hospital soon. It sounds like we are going to be here for most of the weekend but it all just depends on how Miss Lucy is doing. I will try to update more frequently and not wait so long again!

Beat the Heat!

Lucy and I beat the heat today by sitting inside pretending to be out there... we prefer this :)

Baby Steps

Today, while I was waiting for a prescription at Walgreen's I came across this little book called, Baby Steps- A little handbook for happy parenting by Dee Ann Stewart.The cover was cute so of course I picked it up and began to read. Then, because of the impulsive shopper I am, I bought it! And now I think I will share some of the "rules" in the book that Lucy and I have conquered or at least have tried to.


Rule #1- "Don't base your parenting skills on your ability to keep a hat on your child."

Rule #3- Yes, the baby will dress better than you for awhile. Try not to be jealous.

Rule #8- A baby's desire to be naked is only an issue if it lasts into her teens.

Rule #32- Grandmas are great babysitters, and they're less likely to sneak boys over.

Of course there are many more I would love to share but perhaps they would be a good topic for another post in the future. Everyday with this wonderful girl is a learning experience for the both of us. I'm sure she understands though, she knows this is Mommy's first time for of a lot of things!

Let's get caught up

Ok, so here I am. Starting a blog for the first time. I'm doing this for everyone to keep caught up on Lucy and our family without me having to tell our stories one hundred times. And for those of you who aren't caught up let's start from the beginning...

When I was 25 weeks pregnant I went in to the doctor for my ultrasound to find out if we were going to be having a little boy or a little girl. Much to MY surprise the sonographer told Jeremy and I that our little "peanut" (still her nickname to this day) was a precious little girl. After she told us this, she took her wand and kept positioning it at different angles to see her little head. I didn't think anything of it but I was also too busy thinking about headbands and tutus. When my doctor came in and told me that "we needed to talk about my ultrasound" was when I knew something was very wrong. He told us he wanted us to get a second opinion but he thought she had Dandy-Walker Syndrome. Within an hour we were sent to Dr. Mandsager's office and it was confirmed that our little baby's brain hadn't developed all the way and she had no eyes. They told us our horrible options and did an amniocentesis. Later that week I got a call from Amy, Dr. Mandsager's assistant and she told me that Lucy's chromosomes are normal.

After these findings I had appointments every two weeks for ultrasounds to keep an eye on Lucy. We were hooked up with Ann Valdez with Prenatal Hospice and she was absolutley amazing! In one of our meetings with Dr. Mansager, Ann, the head doctor and nurse of the NICU we were told that Lucy wouldn't be expected to "make it" and to start planning what we wanted to do. This consisted of telling the medical team how much interference we wanted them to do with her after she was born. Jeremy and I both decided comfort care for her, which is letting God choose what he wanted without any medical interference. We also had to decide on a resting place and make funeral plans. In this meeting we were also told that they were looking at Walker-Warburg Syndrome for the diagnosis instead of Dandy-Walker which is also alot more severe. Needless to say these 4 months prior to Lucy's birth were very emotional for me, Jeremy, and our families and friends.


Lucy was born March 15th at 11:46 am with all of Jeremy and I's family waiting in the little hallway outside of my room. Keep in mind that Jeremy is the oldest of seven, on one side! Pastor Scott was there as well and baptized Lucy right away. We also lined up a photographer with the organization, Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep, who also happened to attend our church, the AMAZING Annie Weaver. She even made it in time to capture Lucy's first bath and pictures with her big sister Jadie. Here are just a few...

Lucy Mae Bowlsby

So here we are today, almost four months later with a beautiful little girl. She is doing so much better than expected and now after seeing a neurologist and going to genetics doctors in Iowa City, they don't think Lucy has Walker-Warburg Syndrome. We probably won't know for a while what exactly Lucy has but whatever it is she is perfect to us no matter what.

Thank you Beautiful girl, for completing me