Last week

A few pictures from the last week. We got Mikayla's wheelchair on Thursday. It is so tiny - the top comes just above my knee. She is still not sure about it at all. Getting a little better every day. When she does push on the wheels and make it move, she gets the biggest smile on her face then looks at both Mike and I to see if we were looking. This is a BIG adjustment for all of us, including Mike and me. To be honest, I have had an extremely hard time with this. As parents we want to protect our children from the world. I know that people in this world are unsure of things that are different so they sometimes act in ways that hurt people who are different. That will be a VERY hard thing for me to deal with. Someone told me that Mikayla is going to have great strength - more than we can ever imagine having. I just want her to have a truly HAPPY life. I want her to NEVER wonder if she is loved. I want her to never wonder why she is on this earth- I want to teach her from a very young age that God has a purpose for her life - a very special purpose. Pastor Dan said today that the very thing we feel is our strongest weakness is the very thing that makes us perfect for God's use. I feel in the deepest part of my heart that Mikayla is going to touch and change the lives around her because of the miracle that she is... the miracle that God performed on her. I know that before she was ever born - lives were touched around her. I have learned so much and gained so much in the last 2 years from carrying her and being her mother. I am so thankful that God picked me to be Mikayla's mommy. There are hard days and more to come, I am sure, but I am so thankful that God gave me this precious angel of His.
On a less serious note... here are Mikayla playing on the floor with the animals close by.

The other night Mike put Mikayla in the clothes basket(it was clean) and pushed her around the house. She put a pair of his shorts over her head in the picture above. She was laughing so hard and had a blast. I took video but for some reason - i think it is my computer- I cannot load videos on here.
I had to put these pictures on here because they crack me up. This is Duke's new buddy. This dog comes to the front door and waits for Duke to come outside. Normally, Duke is a good boy and stays in the yard but since this little guy has come around - he has been running off. Two days last week they were gone for close to an hour. As you can see they are quite the odd duo.

Here is Mikayla in her chair. This is just a temp chair. We go to the wheelchair clinic at Vandy in a couple of weeks. Then she gets measured for the real one. The real chair will have a different back on it that will be better for the curve in her spine.
Duke is not sure what to think about this thing... he is going to have to learn to get out of her way.
Here is Mikayla helping Daddy cut the grass on Saturday. She really did have fun riding.