OUR SPECIAL DAY

THEN:

Just landed in Charlotte. Welcome home Zachary!!







NOW:







Last Saturday was a very special day for us! It was one year exactly since we brought Zachary home to Charlotte. I remember it like it was yesterday! It was one of the happiest days of my life. We have had a wonderful year together! He has changed so much. Not only hasn't he grown a lot but he has gotten really tall, his personality has really blossomed and his vocabulary has expanded. He is such a happy child. We are tight as bee's wax and can't stand to be away from each other for very long. ;-) Ok, so here are some pictures from 'then and now'.

We have been very busy and there's been so much going on. I guess the most pressing and unfortunate thing is that I pulled my lower back out Saturday before last. I have been out of work for the most part of two weeks now. I am pretty much in excrutiating pain all of the time. I have been going to the chiropractor a lot....like 10 times in 12 days. Tomorrow I am going to an orthopedic doctor. Based on the fact that my back hasn't improved much, I believe that it's time to take the next step. They are probably going to do an MRI and put me in physical therapy. It has been a rough last couple of weeks but we're making it, with lots of help and prayers. Now, I have to stop and say this. I know that my friends all over the country read this but I also know that some of my local friends read it as well. I just want to stop and say that I honestly don't know what I would have done without you guys the last 2 weeks. I have had friends in and out of here just about every day helping me with Zachary and everything else. I couldn't have made it with out you guys and I am SO grateful!! Words can't even express my gratitude. So I just want to send out a BIG "Thank You". It hurts me to pick Zachary up and that just breaks my heart. I have had to have someone else bathe him, rock him and put him in bed for me over the last couple of weeks. I've done it a few times but it definitely set me back. He's about 27 lbs now and every time I pick him up, I end up in even more pain with in a few hours.

Ok, so enough of that. I know I will be better soon and life will be back to normal. I have to get to bed now but wanted to post this before too much time went by. I meant to post last Saturday but there was so much going on that I didn't get around to it. I am also having problems with my computer. I guess it's going to blow up next. Our luck the last two weeks has not been good at all, but somehow we've managed to keep a fairly good attitude about it. After I pulled my back out, a couple of days later Zachary got pink eye. So I had to take him to the dr and then I had to go to urgent care because I was in so much pain. THEN, my tv blew up and I am now getting the "blue screen of death" error on my computer. Geez, it's one thing after another. I did get a really nice, new HDTV, widescreen out of it, which I LOVE!! Oh and then Z got pink eye in his other eye. Today I picked him up from daycare and another child had bitten him on his forehead. I was NOT happy about that...but unfortunately there's not much you can do about it at this age. So, that's a brief synopsis of what's going on with us. I promise to post again soon with an update!

Hope you are all doing well! Hugs....