Crazy Life of Mike and Em

Just an FYI, I will be posting soon pictures of our holidays and family get-together! So until then, please forgive me until then!
I feel like sometimes my life is just crazy. I know, don't we all? It just seems like we are constantly being pulled different ways: school, work, broke cars, family. This life is mostly a delightful steady stream of keeping us busy and it seems to do a good job. But it seems like every once in awhile we are reminded about what is important in life. I worked yesterday, and one of the HARDEST and DIFFICULT parts of working where I work is seeing incompetent parents having children, although, I can neither confirm or deny that this particular situation had her child, but it just really ANGERED me!!! (I can not go into specifics, we'll just say some BAD choices were being made.) It took me back to my second day of work at the hospital. (Do not worry, I will not break HIPPA!) I was 22 weeks pregnant (with Ryker), and it was the day after finding out he had a heart condition. I had a patient, a younger Mom, and her baby was a sick baby. He/She was sick because of the poor choices her Mom had made. The baby was in the level II, and most likely the parents were going to lose custody. It just made me sick. Here I was, doing EVERYTHING within my power to have a healthy baby, and I had been hit for a second time, carrying a precious baby with a life-threatening birth defect. It is VERY hard to be see women doing drugs or participating in otherwise colorful behaviors that not only harm their own bodies, but are hurting their sweet innocent babies, never really giving them a chance. It breaks my heart. And there are so many amazing families, dealt the trial of infertility, and wanting these precious babies to be theirs. It is really hard to see these women make stupid mistakes. And I still have not see hide or hair of the gal we were going to adopt from. So hopefully she delivers next Monday (please-oh-please not until then!)

On another note, my sweet 6 1/2 month old niece, Gracie, is having her second open-heart surgery Feb. 2nd. We are very hopeful, but the prayers in her behalf and her family's will be greatly appreciated. She is such a sweety, and I can not begin to imagine (nor will I) any other outcome then her coming home a few weeks after.

To end on a happier note, the voting starts TOMORROW for me to hopefully win the makeover! It would be amazing to win. Truly a much-needed pick-me-up for this gal. So you probably will continue to hear me nagging you to PLEASE vote. I will post tomorrow the exact spot where you can vote, but to read the latest of this incredibly witty writer and her hilarious posts, just click HERE!!!
Thank-you all now in advance for your votes!