Warning....pictures of my stint in the ICU.

This is Tracy. You all know and love her. So do I! I just thought you would want to see the face of our angel. I love my sister and thank Heavenly Father for her everyday.

This is my toe ring. I have had this baby on my second toe of my right foot for at least ten years. It came off during my hospital stay. It was either that or loose the toe.

My beautiful little Christmas tree. It sat on the counter in my ICU room and I loved looking at it. My mom and sister brought it, along with a bunch of pictures of me and my family so when I woke up I would have something to look at. My family all wrote me notes on the hearts on the tree and I will cherish those forever. I have an amazing family.

This is my showcase of IVs and such.

This was the typical scene in my room. I think Trace blogged about this one. I love my hubby. He is incredible.

This is it, the best of the worst. I have a few other pictures of me in the coma but I cannot bring myself to post those. They are too hard to look at. But I am a visual person so I wanted to post something for all you visual people out there.

Our family. This is Christmas day and my first memories of waking up. Seeing Grace and being able to hold her was the perfect medicine. She is such a miracle baby.

Right after being extubated! One of the best days of my life.

My sweet sister was there when they removed my ET tube and this was just moments later, after I brushed my teeth, that is. I could open my mouth and better yet...I could CLOSE my mouth and I could smile again! My eyes are not crossed by the way....

While I was sleeping, my blood pressure dropped really low so they had to put me on BP medication to keep it up....well with all the coughing and now restricted vessels, this happened. It was so dark when I woke up that it looked like I had crossed-eyes. This was just taken yesterday, so it is healing very nicely. Today, it looks even better.

This is me now.

The night I came home from the hospital we had our first Christmas as a family of three. My sister gave Grace a book with a story of adoption. Here we are reading it together.


I thought this was funny because we are holding up Gracie's clothes and not our own. We love being parents and love our little supermodel. She has more clothes than I even know what to do with. More clothes from Grammy.

Again, thank you to you all. I had a follow-up doc appointment today and still have the pneumonia but am on the mend. My doctor kept reminding me that I almost died and that it takes time for my body to heal after something like that. I feel so blessed to be here and be among all of you! Thanks again for your love, prayers and support.

NOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, GO GET YOUR VACCINATIONS!!!!!