It's her 3rd birthday!!!!!!3 years ago her precious China birthmom gave this beautiful little baby girl the gift of life. I'm so thankful she chose HOPE for our Gianna Lilyfaith despite such a grim diagnosis....and just 2 months ago I was on my knees in the CICU in tears begging the Lord to save her....to... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to Gianna's prayer army...words cannot express what a gift your love, encouragement, support and (most of all) mighty prayers have been to us. Thank you for tirelessly storming the gates of heaven on behalf of our Gianna Lilyfaith and her miracle heart. We are eternally grateful to you and to our Awesome and... Continue Reading →
Reunited!!!!!!
🎶🎵"REUNITED!!! ....And it feels so goooood!!" 🎵🎶.....ahhhhh, this is the result of the power of many prayer warriors. ..thank you for praying us back together for Christmas. ...we ALL have full hearts now 🙂 💜💛💚 So thankful!!!I love this quote by Corrie ten Boom:"We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can... Continue Reading →
UPDATE…with a FULL HEART!
Daddy and the boys are breaking us out Today *sunday*!!!!We will be home for Christmas!ANSWERED PRAYER!!!!What a miraculous journey it has been to a FULL heart for our Gianna Lilyfaith!If you are just getting to know our story, well....to understand the FULLNESS of this miracle, please take the time to read this post ,  this post and... Continue Reading →
Final heart echo results
Big. Big. News!!!!!Dr. Marx (we love him so much) came by to give us the amazing and miraculous news that her final heart echo looks wonderful!!!! I can't believe we finally get to hear those words!!! Gianna has a fully repaired heart (with the help of some extra parts) that is now fully efficient!! Thank... Continue Reading →
Changed forever
Can I just share my heart for a moment.I'm so overwhelmed. Amazed. In awe. Brought to literal sobs and tears tonight. The strength and bravery this precious warrior has displayed these past 6 weeks has blown me away. Sometimes the reality of it all hits me at once, like a ton of bricks. My heart... Continue Reading →
amazing weekend & our hopeful exit strategy!!!
I will let the pictures speak for themselves!Daddy and the girls came up for a long weekend visit  to surprise their baby sister! Gianna experienced so much more joy and determination with her family around!A cheerful heart really is good medicine!!!What made the Friday that they arrived all the more special, is that it was Tahlia's... Continue Reading →
Moving on up!!!!
Huge newsThe "plan" is to move to floor today! !! Woohoo!!! Hoping to post that good news update later! Pray!!!No vomit in past five hours...(she had suffered all day tuesday) ...please pray she's free of that misery Big morning!! We got Gia out of bed and let her put some weight on her legs with... Continue Reading →
ONE MONTH POST- 1st OP (praying us HOME)
Its beyond my comprehension how far we have come.I can barely process the fact  that tomorrow marks 4 weeks Post-OP (Her first surgery).Brian and I almost laugh at the realization that if we would have known, going into this, that our little girl would have had to endure THREE OPEN HEART surgeries in the time... Continue Reading →
PRAISE!
Gianna is out of surgery!!Yup, that (above) is just about how I am feeling right now.....after her third open heart surgery in 3 weeks,My hands are thrown up in the air in relief and praise!Thank you for praying for her so faithfully!!prayers were answered!It was successful! Her pacemaker has been inserted and it is working... Continue Reading →