Photo love

Several months ago I came across this photographers face book page and fell in love, This lady has got some  mad talent yall. Then about A month ago while Nick was in the hospital I was checking her face book page to drool over her pictures when I came across her photo album called heart gallery. What's A heart gallery?  It is A gallery of pictures of children who need me,you or anyone who would take them into their home and love them as yours. It is A gallery of photos of all the children who need to be adopted in Florida. 

I have blogged several times about the longing to become A mother,parents and what direction Nick and I will take to get there. When I came across her heart gallery album and came across these beautiful faces my heart melted when I came to A certain photo of A young man. I commented on the photo and Jamie ( The photographer) began to correspond and I sent her the link to my blog. Jamie read my bucket list and how I wanted to take A photography class. She then wrote me and said she would love to have me at one of her photography classes and would love to do A session for Nick and I.As if that wasn't amazing enough she said that when Nick and I do adopt she would do A session for our family. 

How crazy is that? Just another random act of kindness...Cant wait to pay it forward.

Here are some of the amazing shots please be sure to head over to J.Halstead photography

Random Acts Of Kindness

I am so excited to talk about this because it is something I am so passionate about.Lately Nick and I have been blessed in so many ways by random acts of kindness. It is something so small that makes such A big difference.With the holidays coming up I am challenging everyone to think about someone else. I think as A culture we have become so consumed in ourselves that we forget what doing something nice can do for another person. 

The other night Nick and I were at olive garden and we went to pay for our meal when the waiter told us that someone had already paid for our dinner.It was so crazy that someone else would do that for us.It was so much fun to pay it forward and send several couples and families dessert that night. Its A win win situation people for them,for you,for the world.

With that being said here are some random acts of kindness you can give A try...

• Taping candy canes to ATM machines around town
• Bring your child's teacher or coach something sweet...Randomly not for A holiday 
• Taping quarters to vending and toy machines around town
• Grocery shopping for the sole purpose of putting it in the “Food for Families” box in the entryway of the store
• Plugging meters around town 
• Pay for the persons coffee behind you in the drivethrough line
• Handing out Starbucks gift cards {$5.00 value each}

Follow Up

Hey beautiful people, I hope everyone is ready to get the eat on and enjoy all the festivities. I have been meaning to play catch up and let everyone know what has been going down since Nick got out of the hospital.So here goes....

When Nick was in they found out he was growing some nasty mold called aspergillus ( spelling?). It was some pretty nasty stuff and is what we think got Nick feeling so bad. While he was in there they put him on A REALLY strong antibiotic.Now that he is out of the hospital he will have to continue on this antibiotic for up to 6 months. It is so strong that he has to go and get regular blood work done,Poor thing. On A good note he is feeling so much better and seems to have way more energy.

The Dr. did tell Nick that they pretty much wanted him to use oxygen full time now.When he is relaxing at the house it is not needed but while out and about its A must. This is where things get ugly, See Nick is pretty stubborn just like any man really. He is having A hard time getting use to carrying the oxygen around with him (rightfully so) but I think he is also realizing its A must and it is just hurting him not to use it. He had his follow up Dr.appointment today and his weight was up A little but lung functions were the same.

On another note Nick and I will be heading down to Destin Florida for my cousins wedding this weekend. We are so excited to be able to make it and celebrate with them. It is going to be great because this is the first time in A couple of years that all of our family will be together.We also just celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary and I am more in love with this handsome hunk of A man than ever before. He completely balances me out and I am beyond thankful to have him as my forever.

Day 12 in the hole

Happy Friday everyone!!! Here we are on day 12 in the hospital with only 3 more days to go. Nick was suppose to go home this past Wednesday  but it didn't seem to happen that way. Monday morning Nicks Dr. came in and told us that his big green loogie  sputum culture was growing aspergillus which is A type of mold and MRSA in his lungs. It kind of explained why Nicks lung function went down so fast,So they have been treating him with more iv antibiotics.

The medicine that they put him on to treat the crazy stuff growing in his lung is pretty strong stuff. Once in A blue moon Nick will have A panic attack at night,He woke up the other night having what I thought was A panic attack. He said he kept seeing bright lights and could see himself (pretty freaky stuff) which he has NEVER had in A panic attack before. After he spoke to his Dr. the next morning she told him that it is very rare but one of the meds he is on causes A side effect of hallucinations. As if he does not have enough going on already,Thankfully he has not had another episode again.

They still gave him the opportunity to go home Wednesday but he decided that he wanted to just finish out his ivs here at the hospital.I couldn't have agreed anymore,As much as I would rather be at home in my bed it just works out better. He can get the rest he needs because he is forced to just relax. So his run with ivs will be up on Monday and hopefully we will get to head home.Nick is feeling a lot better and seems to be able to walk A little further,Take A shower and get dressed without getting so out of breath.

Be thankful