So much has happened! So blessed!

I sit here in my quiet house, 2 little angels sleeping soundly. I am excited to actually have a moment to sit down and write about the adventures and excitement that has filled our lives the past several months. I notice that my last blog entry was from July. Wow how time flies.

In that time, Ashlynn has grown from a baby girl to a little girl. We know that one day soon she will be grabbing her lunchbox and heading off to school. Last year, Ashlynn had a series of very scary events in relation to her WPW. The first was by far the most frightening event since she was a newborn.

In late November, Ashlynn caught a pretty nasty cold. She had a raspy cough and her cousin Lily had been diagnosed with croup, so we took Ashlynn to the dr. She gave her an inhaler to help clear up her wheezing. She received 2 doses and that morning around 5:30 she meandered into our room. Freezing cold and covered in sweat. She went back to sleep and when the alarm went off she was unresponsive. We tried diligently to wake her but after 5 minutes and a trip to the shower, we called 911. She was in diabetic shock and her blood sugar was 18. My world and heart shattered as I watched them attempt to revive her in the back of the ambulance. Her arms convulsing as if she was having seizures. That day they flew her to St Joe. Dr. McCormick was shocked by the event. He said that maybe once a year do they see this happen. We made a plan and headed home. He directed us to take her to the hospital the next time she was in SVT so that it was documented and then we would do the ablation. A month went by and the night before Christmas Eve she went into SVT. Reluctantly we took her to the hospital. Unfortunately, they could not break her SVT and after several frustrating attempts the put our angel in an ambulance and headed to St Joe. Once there, she broke out of the SVT. Thankfully Dr. McCormick got us home for Christmas and we scheduled Ashlynn's ablation. On February 25th, 2011 Ashlynn was admitted to St. Joe and they began mapping her heart. Less than 4 hours later, Dr. McCormick strutted into the waiting room and gave us the best news ever. "Surgery was a success. She was doing great. Treat her as if she never had an SVT." Thrilled and shocked we waited to see our brave princess.
It has been over a month and Ashlynn is SVT free, medicine free and can eat chocolate now too!
She will be 3 years old in less than a month and every day she amazes me. She will start school in August and she is very excited!

Ashlynn had another GREAT change in her life this year!!!! She is a big sister. Elijah James Richardson was born on March 25th, 2011 at 8:00pm. Our big boy was 10 lbs 2 oz and 21 1/2 inches long. He is absolutely incredible and Ashlynn is a fantastic big sister. She loves to help burp Elijah, get mommy diapers and sing to him when he is upset.

Elijah is a blessing and we are so in love with him. He is so strong and loves to eat. I can not wait to spend time with my 2 angels.