"One less thing..."

"One less thing" is our new motto. Yesterday, Isabelle got taken off the ventilator! Which meant I got to hold her for the first time... If I got to pick one memory to hold on to forever, it would be that one. That one moment in time where everything stops, and you know you've just witnessed something so beautiful and so powerful that not even time can take away the impact. No one can describe the magic of having this tiny piece of you cuddled up against your chest, with one tiny hand resting right on your heart, and the warmth shared between you melting away every last bit of worry... It was beautiful. In that moment I found love. A love that goes beyond what any passage in a book, scene from a movie, or lyric in a song could ever describe...

This morning, Isabelle got one of her IV's taken out... One less thing. Now, it's a waiting game. She has to poop! Which could take several days... It breaks my heart, because she cries and cries because she's hungry, and we can't feed her. :( She's been so much more alert though, now that the sedatives from her procedure have completely worn off. She has huge, beautiful eyes that stop you dead in your tracks and make it next to impossible not to just cut off all the tubes and wires and run home with her. (At least that's how I feel, anyway) Santa is supposed to come today, but the blizzard is making his time of arrival unpredictable. I'll keep you guys updated later!