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Spa Day

30 Apr

I think Sammy would have been proud of me. Yesterday, I spent 6 hours having a spa day! Besides listening to Kenny Chesney’s music, Sammy’s favorite thing was to have “spa day” at home. Spa day for Sammy included hair washing with scalp massage, bath, body massage with lavender-scented baby lotion, a little splash of baby cologne, and Twinkie-flavored lip balm after having his teeth brushed. Sammy loved to be pampered, and he sure did smell great afterward!

I followed his example yesterday with a day spent at the Reeda Todd Salon being pampered with a mani/pedi, hair color and new hair style, eyebrow shaping, and makeup application! Over the past five years, I’ve let myself go, and I’ve been long overdue for some time devoted just for me. In the coming weeks, I’ll be looking at an eye exam, new glasses, dental work, and teeth whitening! The inside is still the same, but the outside is catching up!

5th Birthday

10 Apr

Today is Sammy’s 5th birthday. We plan to celebrate the day by joining our family and Sammy’s nurses for lunch. Then, we will all go to Sammy’s preschool and join his classmates on the playground for a balloon release.

The emotions of this birthday are similar to the day of his birth. Due to the prenatal diagnosis of Sammy’s HPE, we were facing the unknown on his birth day–we didn’t know if it would be a happy day or a sad day. That’s how it feels today, too. We’re hopeful that it will be a happy day, but we are preparing for some sadness too. On the upside, my feet and ankles aren’t swollen beyond recognition, and I don’t expect that I’ll be throwing up everywhere like I did on this day five years ago!

Girls’ Weekend

3 Mar

I (Leslie) went out of town over the weekend for a girls’ weekend. My friend, Heather (Harrison’s mom), and I traveled to Bowling Green, Kentucky to meet up with two other friends from Alabama, Marki and Marilyn. All four of us have experienced the death of a child, and we gathered together in a rustic log cabin to share our stories and share our hearts. Although it might sound like a sad experience, it wasn’t. Of course, we all talked about our children and experiences, but we also laughed and enjoyed each other’s company! It was good.

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